Gerard Pietersz Hulft, the Glossary
Gerard Pietersz Hulft (12 December 1621 in Amsterdam – 10 April 1656 in Colombo), was a Dutch general.[1]
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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.
- 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
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
- Abraham van der Hulst
- Adriaan van Flodroff
- Andreas Victor Michiels
- Cornelis Evertsen the Elder
- Cornelis de Liefde
- Egbert Bartholomeusz Kortenaer
- Gerard Pietersz Hulft
- Henry Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz
- Henry of Nassau-Dillenburg
- Herman Coster
- Isaac Sweers
- Jacob van Heemskerck
- Jacob van Wassenaer Obdam
- Jan van Brakel
- Jan van Valckenborgh
- Johan de Liefde
- Laurens Alteras
- Lodewijk Thomson
- Maarten Tromp
- Machiel van den Heuvel
- Michiel de Ruyter
- Piet Pieterszoon Hein
- Roemer Vlacq (1637–1703)
- Willem Joseph van Ghent
- Willem Krul
- Willem van der Zaan
- Witte de With
Kandyan period
- Arachchi
- Dutch Ceylon
- Dutch–Portuguese War
- Gajaman Nona
- Gerard Pietersz Hulft
- Gongalegoda Banda
- Kandyan Convention
- Kandyan Treaty of 1638
- Kandyan Wars
- Kandyan period
- Keppetipola Disawe
- Kingdom of Kandy
- Korale
- Kuruvita Rala
- Mukkara Hatana
- Native headmen of Ceylon
- Portuguese Ceylon
- Rājākariya
- Vidane
- Wariyapola Sri Sumangala
- Yakadadoli
- Yamasinghe Bandara
Military personnel from Amsterdam
- Abraham George Ellis
- Abraham van der Hulst
- Christiaan Lans
- Cornelis Schrijver
- Cornelius Cruys
- Dick Berlijn
- Gerard Pietersz Hulft
- Hendrik Gravé
- Hendrik Koot
- Huibert Quispel
- Jacob Corneliszoon van Neck
- Jacob van Heemskerck
- Jan Albert Hendrik Hugenholtz
- Jan van Speyk
- Jochem Swartenhont
- Laurens Reael
- Lawrence Prince
- Oreste Pinto
- Paulus Roelof Cantz'laar
- Pierre de Bénouville
- Rob Bauer
- Simon Spoor
- Walter Churchill
- Willem Rooseboom
- Willem van Ruytenburch
- Willem van der Zaan
- William A. S. Ouderland
People of the Dutch–Portuguese War
- André Furtado de Mendonça
- André Vidal de Negreiros
- Cornelis Jol
- Cornelis Matelief de Jonge
- Dudley North, 4th Baron North
- Fadrique de Toledo, 1st Marquess of Valdueza
- Fernando de Mascarenhas
- Filipe Camarão
- Francisco Barreto de Meneses
- Gerard Pietersz Hulft
- Henrique Dias
- Jacob Willekens
- John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen
- Martim Afonso de Castro
- Martim Soares Moreno
- Matias de Albuquerque, Count of Alegrete
- Piet Pieterszoon Hein
- Salvador de Sá
- Sancho Manuel de Vilhena
Royal Netherlands East Indies Army generals
- Alexander Idenburg
- Andreas Victor Michiels
- Dirk Reinhard Adelbert van Langen
- Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
- François Vincent Henri Antoine de Stuers
- George Frederik Willem Borel
- Gerard Pietersz Hulft
- Gerardus Johannes Berenschot
- Gillis Pieter de Neve
- Godert van der Capellen
- Gotfried Coenraad Ernst van Daalen
- H. J. J. L. de Stuers
- Hein ter Poorten
- Hendrik Merkus de Kock
- Henri Karel Frederik van Teijn
- Henri Winkelman
- Jacob Pesman
- Jan van Swieten
- Jo van Heutsz
- Johan Cornelis van der Wijck
- Johan Köhler
- Johannes van den Bosch
- Lammert Swart
- Ludolph Hendrik van Oyen
- Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld
- Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1792–1862)
- Simon Spoor
- Theodoor Johan Arnold van Zijll de Jong
Sailors on ships of the Dutch East India Company
- Abel Tasman
- Abraham van der Weijden
- Adriaen Maertensz Block
- Albert Cornelius Ruyl
- Cornelis Matelief de Jonge
- Dirk Hartog
- Douwe Aukes
- Douwe Mout van der Meer
- Esaias Boursse
- François Levaillant
- François Thijssen
- Francisco Pelsaert
- Frederick de Houtman
- Gerard Pietersz Hulft
- Hendrick Hamel
- Hendrik Brouwer
- Henry Hudson
- Herman van Speult
- Jacob Cornelis Matthieu Radermacher
- Jacob Corneliszoon van Neck
- Jacob Groenewegen
- Jacob Pieter van Braam
- Jan Jansz Weltevree
- Jan Van Hasel
- Jan van Riebeeck
- Jeronimus Cornelisz
- Joris Carolus
- Lenaert Jacobszoon
- Maarten Gerritszoon Vries
- Paulus van Caerden
- Pieter Nuyts
- Pieter Willemsz Verhoeff
- Pieter van den Broecke
- Salomon Sweers
- Samuel Blommaert
- Steven van der Hagen
- Wiebbe Hayes
- Willem Bontekoe
- Willem Janszoon
- Willem Krul
- Willem de Vlamingh
- William Adams (samurai)
- Witte de With
- Wouter Loos
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Pietersz_Hulft
Also known as Gerard Pietersz. Hulft, Gerard Pieterzs Hulft.