User:DavidDijkgraaf
History student from Amsterdam in his early 20's trying to make the pages about Dutch military history better.
I also search the depths of the internet to find relevant paintings and illustrations.
I started editing Wikipedia when I noticed the vast disparity between the Wikipedia pages on the Wars of Louis XIV and the narratives in Dutch historiography. It seemed that wiki editors had favoured English and French sources over their Dutch counterparts. I can't blame them though. Dutch isn't exactly a widely known language, even under the historians of the period. Already in 2000 the historian Jamel Ostwald noted about the Anglo-American historiograhpy of the War of the Spanish Succession that:
... a perusal of the large number of English-language works on Marlborough will turn up the surprising fact that none bother to consult the secondary literature written by Dutch historians, much less delve into Dutch primary sources.[...] It is difficult to understand how British historians could be content to scapegoat the Dutch without even bothering to look at Dutch accounts. Until they do so, their conclusions will be based on questionable foundations.[1]
I have tried, and still do, to balance the various pages by adding Dutch sources. My edits wil most often cover Dutch military and diplomatic history in the early modern age, with a focus on the 1650-1750 period, but occasionally I will venture outside that territory.
Pages Created by User
[edit]Claude Frédéric t'Serclaes, Count of Tilly
Battle of Blanc-Nez and Gris-Nez
Frederik Sirtema van Grovestins
Dutch Raid on North America[a]
Currently creating (feel free to help out)
[edit]Draft:Dutch occupation of London
Draft:Assault on the Lines of Stollhofen (1703)
Planned
[edit]Almost fully rewritten
[edit]Henry de Nassau, Lord Overkirk
Significantly expanded
[edit]Frederick Christiaan van Reede, 2nd Earl of Athlone
Important additions
[edit]War of the Austrian Succession
Hendrik Trajectinus, Count of Solms
Planned French invasion of Britain (1744)
Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
Jacques-Louis Comte de Noyelles
Dutch military history through some of my favourite art works
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The Battle of Zierikzee. By Petrus Johannes Schotel. (1304) -
Jacqueline of Bavaria faces the corpse of William, Lord of Arkel after entering the conquered Gorinchem during the Hook and Cod Wars. By Charles Rochussen. (1417) -
Jan van Schaffelaar jumps from the church tower in Barneveld during the Hook and Cod Wars. By Georg Sturm. (1482) -
The Schieringers in Medemblik asking Albert III, Duke of Saxony for protection. By Julius Schultz. (1498) -
Maarten van Rossum's departure after his attack on Antwerp during the Guelders Wars. By Constantijn Francken. (1542) -
Philip II, King of Spain, Reproaches William I, Prince of Orange, in Vlissingen upon his Departure from the Netherlands. By Cornelis Kruseman. (1559) -
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Siege of Alkmaar. By Herman Frederik Carel ten Kate. (1573) -
Capture of Breda. By Charles Rochussen. (1590) -
Battle of the Narrow Seas. By Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom. (1602) -
The Explosion of the Spanish Flagship during the Battle of Gibraltar. By Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom. (1607) -
The Ratification of the Treaty of Münster. By Gerard ter Borch. (1648) -
The Brederode in combat with the Resolution at the Battle of Scheveningen. By Jan Abrahamsz Beerstraaten. (1653) -
The arrival of the Dutch fleet at Copenhagen after the Battle of the Sound. By Carl Neumann. (1658) -
The sacrifice of Antonius Hambroek during the Siege of Fort Zeelandia. By Jan Willem Pieneman. (1661) -
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Surprise assault on Coevorden. By Pieter Wouwerman. (1672) -
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The Battle of Barfleur. By Ludolf Bakhuizen. (1692) -
Stadtholder-King William III at the head of English cavalry at the Battle of Landen. By Ernest Crofts. (1693) -
Battle of Vigo bay. Anonymous. (1702) -
The Battle of Ekeren. By Constantijn Francken. (1703) -
The Prince of Orange leads his troops against the French right at the Battle of Malplaquet. By Charles Rochussen. (1709) -
The Siege of Bergen op Zoom. By Louis-Nicolas van Blarenberghe. (1747) -
The Battle of Castricum. By Charles Rochussen. (1799) -
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The last fight of the Dutch 3rd Regiment Grenadiers of the Guard at the Battle of Krasnoi. By Jan Hoynck van Papendrecht. (1812) -
Dutch soldiers at the Battle of Berezina. By Jan Hoynck van Papendrecht. (1812) -
The Battle of Quatre-Bras. By Jan Willem Pieneman. (1815) -
The Battle of Waterloo. By Jan Willem Pieneman. (1815) -
David Hendrik Chassé leads the third division against the Imperial Guard at the Battle of Waterloo. By Jan Hoynck van Papendrecht. (1815) -
Dutch and Prussian troops meet eachother at the Battle of Waterloo. By Jan Hoycnk van Papendrecht. (1815) -
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The flight of the Hussars of Boreel during the fighting in Brussels as a result of the Belgian Revolution. By Joseph van Severdonck. (1830) -
The replacement of the injured horse of the Prince of Orange during the Battle of Boutersem. Anonymous. (1831) -
The Siege of the Citadel of Antwerp, by Horace Vernet. (1832) -
Transport of colonial soldiers, shipped to fight in the Aceh War. By Isaac Israëls. (1883) -
Dutch intervention in Lombok. By Jan Hoycnk van Papendrecht. (1894)
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[edit]- ^ With help of User:Ereunetes, User:Fxzeds and User:Robinvp11
- ^ Together with User:Admiral Fisker
- ^ Together with User:VidarVN
Source
[edit]- Ostwald, Jamel (2000). "The 'Decisive' Battle of Ramillies, 1706: Prerequisites for Decisiveness in Early Modern Warfare". History. 42 (3): 649–677. doi:10.2307/120864. JSTOR 120864.
References
[edit]- ^ Ostwald 2000, p. 663–664.
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