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Gerard Pietersz Hulft (12 December 1621 in Amsterdam – 10 April 1656 in Colombo), was a Dutch general.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 24 relations: Amsterdam, Arquebus, Batavia, Dutch East Indies, Burgomaster, Colombo, Cornelis de Graeff, Dutch East India Company, Dutch Republic, Ensign (rank), Galle, Govert Flinck, Hulftsdorp, Joan Huydecoper van Maarsseveen (1599–1661), Joan Maetsuycker, Kalutara, Lastage, Negombo, Philippus Baldaeus, Pieter de Bitter, Rajasinha II of Kandy, Remonstrants, Schutterij, Sri Lanka, Vroedschap.

  2. Dutch military personnel killed in action
  3. Kandyan period
  4. Military personnel from Amsterdam
  5. People of the Dutch–Portuguese War
  6. Royal Netherlands East Indies Army generals
  7. Sailors on ships of the Dutch East India Company

Amsterdam

Amsterdam (literally, "The Dam on the River Amstel") is the capital and most populated city of the Netherlands.

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Arquebus

An arquebus is a form of long gun that appeared in Europe and the Ottoman Empire during the 15th century.

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Batavia, Dutch East Indies

Batavia was the capital of the Dutch East Indies.

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Burgomaster

Burgomaster (alternatively spelled burgermeister) is the English form of various terms in or derived from Germanic languages for the chief magistrate or executive of a city or town.

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Colombo

Colombo (translit,; translit) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population.

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Cornelis de Graeff

Cornelis de Graeff, often named Polsbroek or de heer van (lord) Polsbroek during his lifetime (15 October 1599 – 4 May 1664) was an influential regent and burgomaster (mayor) of Amsterdam, statesman and diplomat of Holland and the Republic of the United Netherlands at the height of the Dutch Golden Age.

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Dutch East India Company

The United East India Company (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie, abbreviated as VOC), commonly known as the Dutch East India Company, was a chartered trading company and one of the first joint-stock companies in the world.

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Dutch Republic

The United Provinces of the Netherlands, officially the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) and commonly referred to in historiography as the Dutch Republic, was a confederation that existed from 1579 until the Batavian Revolution in 1795.

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Ensign (rank)

Ensign (Late Middle English, from Old French enseigne, from Latin insignia (plural)) is a junior rank of a commissioned officer in the armed forces of some countries, normally in the infantry or navy.

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Galle

Galle (translit; translit) (formerly Point de Galle) is a major city in Sri Lanka, situated on the southwestern tip, from Colombo.

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Govert Flinck

Govert (or Govaert) Teuniszoon Flinck (25 January 16152 February 1660) was a Dutch painter of the Dutch Golden Age.

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Hulftsdorp

Hulftsdorp (also written, incorrectly as Hultsdorf) is a suburb in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

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Joan or Johan Huydecoper van Maarsseveen (1599-October 26, 1661), knighted lord of Maarsseveen, was an important merchant, financial expert, property developer active in Amsterdam and a director of the Dutch East India Company during the Dutch Golden Age.

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Joan Maetsuycker

Joan Maetsuycker (14 October 1606 – 24 January 1678) was the Governor of Zeylan during the Dutch period in Ceylon, and Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1653 to 1678.

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Kalutara

Kalutara (කළුතර, களுத்துறை) or Kalutota is a major city in Kalutara District, Western Province, Sri Lanka.

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Lastage

Lastage is a neighborhood in the Centrum borough of Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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Negombo

Negombo is a major city in Sri Lanka, situated on the west coast and at the mouth of the Negombo Lagoon, in the Western Province, from Colombo via the Colombo–Katunayake Expressway and the nearest major city from the Bandaranaike International Airport (About 9 km distance).

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Philippus Baldaeus

Philips Baelde or Philippus Baldaeus, (baptized on 24 October 1632, Delft – 1671, Geervliet) was a Dutch minister.

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Pieter de Bitter

Pieter de Bitter (15June 1666) was a 17th-century Dutch officer of the Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie, commonly abbreviated to VOC).

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Rajasinha II of Kandy

King Rajasinghe II, also known as Rajasingha II (pre coronation, Prince Dewa Astana/Dewarajasinghe), was a Sinhalese King, reigned 1629 – 6 December 1687; seventh king of the Kingdom of Kandy in Sri Lanka.

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Remonstrants

The Remonstrants (or the Remonstrant Brotherhood) is a Protestant movement that split from the Dutch Reformed Church in the early 17th century.

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Schutterij

Schutterij refers to a voluntary city guard or citizen militia in the medieval and early modern Netherlands, intended to protect the town or city from attack and act in case of revolt or fire.

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Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, historically known as Ceylon, and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia.

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Vroedschap

The vroedschap was the name for the (all male) city council in the early modern Netherlands; the member of such a council was called a vroedman, literally a "wise man".

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See also

Dutch military personnel killed in action

Kandyan period

Military personnel from Amsterdam

People of the Dutch–Portuguese War

Royal Netherlands East Indies Army generals

Sailors on ships of the Dutch East India Company

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Pietersz_Hulft

Also known as Gerard Pietersz. Hulft, Gerard Pieterzs Hulft.