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Johan de Witt, ovvero Jan de Witt, è stato un politico e matematico olandese. Figura chiave nella politica della Repubblica delle Sette Province Unite, nel periodo che va sotto il nome di Secolo d'oro olandese. Con lo zio Cornelis de Graeff, de Witt ha dominato le istituzioni olandesi del tempo.
Johan de Witt (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈjoːɦɑn də ˈʋɪt]; 24 September 1625 – 20 August 1672), Lord of Zuid- en Noord-Linschoten, Snelrewaard, Hekendorp en IJsselvere, was a Dutch statesman and a major political figure in the Dutch Republic in the mid-17th century, the First Stadtholderless Period, when its flourishing sea ...
21 mag 2018 · It’s been said that the Dutch people actually ate de Witt after killing him, with one version even claiming that one member of the mob ate an eyeball. In the end, the new ruler, William III, did nothing to prosecute the ringleaders of the mob. Today there are three statues of Johan de Witt in the Netherlands, all built in the ...
- Kara Goldfarb
16 apr 2024 · Johan De Witt (born Sept. 24, 1625, Dordrecht, Neth.—died Aug. 20, 1672, The Hague) was one of the foremost European statesmen of the 17th century who as councillor pensionary (the political leader) of Holland (1653–72) guided the United Provinces in the First and Second Anglo-Dutch wars (1652–54, 1665–67) and consolidated ...
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Presto considerato capo della "fazione di Loevestein", cioè del partito dei reggenti olandesi antiorangisti, nel 1653, durante le grandi difficoltà della guerra con l'Inghilterra, fu eletto gran pensionario d'Olanda, carica che occupò, per varie rielezioni, fin quasi alla morte.
Witt, Johan de . Politico olandese (Dordrecht 1625-l’Aia 1672). Di posizioni antiorangiste, nel 1653 fu eletto Gran pensionario d’Olanda, e resse la carica durante le guerre con l’Inghilterra (1652-54, 1665-67) e poi con la Francia di Luigi XIV e l’Inghilterra che, alleatesi (1670), invasero le Province unite (1672).
Johan and Cornelis de Witt. Johan de Witt was the grand pensionary of the province of Holland in 1653. This was a stadholderless period in the Republic because Prince William III was still a minor. The accomplished Johan emerged as the actual leader of the civil government, over which the States General, rather than the stadholder, held sway.
