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St. James' Day Battle, the Glossary

The St James' Day Battle took place on 25 July 1666 (4 August 1666 in the Gregorian calendar), during the Second Anglo-Dutch War.^[1]

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1666 in England
17th century in Kent
Conflicts in 1666
Naval battles of the Second Anglo-Dutch War

Adriaen Banckert

Adriaen van Trappen Banckert (c.1615 – 22 April 1684) was a Dutch admiral.

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Aert Jansse van Nes

Aert Jansse van Nes (1626 – 13 or 14 September 1693) was a 17th-century Dutch naval commander, notable for commanding the second squadron in the raid on the Medway in 1667.

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The naval Battle of Texel or Battle of Kijkduin took place off the western coast of the island of Texel on 21 August 1673 (11 August O.S.) between the Dutch and the combined English and French fleets.

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Charles II of England

Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was King of Scotland from 1649 until 1651 and King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from the 1660 Restoration of the monarchy until his death in 1685.

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Chatham Dockyard

Chatham Dockyard was a Royal Navy Dockyard located on the River Medway in Kent.

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Cornelis Tromp

Cornelis Maartenszoon Tromp, Count of Sølvesborg (3 September 1629 – 29 May 1691) was a Dutch naval officer who served as lieutenant-admiral general in the Dutch Navy, and briefly as a general admiral in the Royal Danish-Norwegian Navy.

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Dutch colonial empire

The Dutch colonial empire (Nederlandse koloniale rijk) comprised the overseas territories and trading posts controlled and administered by Dutch chartered companies—mainly the Dutch East India Company and the Dutch West India Company—and subsequently by the Dutch Republic (1581–1795), and by the modern Kingdom of the Netherlands after 1815.

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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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Dutch ship De Zeven Provinciën (1665)

De Zeven Provinciën (Dutch: "the seven provinces") was a Dutch ship of the line, originally armed with 80 guns.

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Edward Spragge

Sir Edward Spragge (– 21 August 1673) was a Royal Navy officer.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Feast of Saint James

The Feast of Saint James, also known as Saint James' Day, is a commemoration of the apostle James the Great celebrated on July 25 of the liturgical calendars of the Catholic Church and the Church of England.

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Flag of England

The flag of England is the national flag of England, a constituent country of the United Kingdom.

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Fluyt

A fluyt (archaic Dutch: fluijt "flute") is a Dutch type of sailing vessel originally designed by the shipwrights of Hoorn as a dedicated cargo vessel.

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Four Days' Battle

The Four Days' Battle was a naval engagement fought from 11 to 14 June 1666 (1–4 June O.S.) during the Second Anglo-Dutch War. It began off the Flemish coast and ended near the English coast, and remains one of the longest naval battles in history. The Royal Navy suffered significant damage, losing around twenty ships in total. St. James' Day Battle and four Days' Battle are 1666 in England, 17th century in Kent, Conflicts in 1666 and naval battles of the Second Anglo-Dutch War.

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Frigate

A frigate is a type of warship.

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George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle

George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle KG PC JP (6 December 1608 – 3 January 1670) was an English soldier, who fought on both sides during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.

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Glossary of nautical terms (A–L)

This glossary of nautical terms is an alphabetical listing of terms and expressions connected with ships, shipping, seamanship and navigation on water (mostly though not necessarily on the sea).

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Grand pensionary

The grand pensionary (raadpensionaris) was the most important Dutch official during the time of the Dutch Republic.

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Great Fire of London

The Great Fire of London was a major conflagration that swept through central London from Sunday 2 September to Thursday 6 September 1666, gutting the medieval City of London inside the old Roman city wall, while also extending past the wall to the west. St. James' Day Battle and Great Fire of London are 1666 in England.

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Great Plague of London

The Great Plague of London, lasting from 1665 to 1666, was the last major epidemic of the bubonic plague to occur in England. St. James' Day Battle and Great Plague of London are 1666 in England.

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HMS Royal Charles (1655)

Royal Charles was an 80-gun first-rate three-decker ship of the line of the English Navy.

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HMS Royal James (1658)

The Richard was a 70-gun second-rate ship of the line of the navy of the Commonwealth of England, built by the Master Shipwright Christopher Pett at Woolwich Dockyard, and launched in 1658.

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HMS Sovereign of the Seas

Sovereign of the Seas was a 17th-century warship of the English Navy.

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Holmes's Bonfire

Holmes's Bonfire was a raid on the Vlie estuary in the Netherlands, executed by the English Fleet during the Second Anglo-Dutch War on 19 and 20 August 1666 New Style (9 and 10 August Old Style). St. James' Day Battle and Holmes's Bonfire are Conflicts in 1666.

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Isaac Sweers

Isaac Sweers (occasionally Ysaack Sweerts; 1 January 1622 – 22 August 1673) was a 17th-century Dutch vice-admiral with the Admiralty of Amsterdam who fought in the Anglo-Dutch Wars.

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Jeremiah Smith (Royal Navy officer)

Sir Jeremiah Smith (sometimes written as Jeremy Smith or Smyth) (died October/November 1675) was an officer of the Royal Navy who saw service during the First and Second Anglo-Dutch Wars, rising to the rank of admiral.

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Johan de Witt

Johan de Witt (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 trade in a period of global colonisation made the republic a leading European trading and seafaring power – now commonly referred to as the Dutch Golden Age.

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Johan Evertsen

Johan Evertsen (1 February 1600 – 5 August 1666) was a Dutch admiral who was born in the 17th century.

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Johan Kievit

Johan Kievit (1627–1692) was an Orangist Rotterdam Regent, who may have been one of the instigators of the murder of former Grand Pensionary Johan de Witt, of the Dutch Republic, and his brother Cornelis de Witt on 20 August 1672, together with his brother-in-law, Cornelis Tromp.

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Julian calendar

The Julian calendar is a solar calendar of 365 days in every year with an additional leap day every fourth year (without exception).

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Kingdom of England

The Kingdom of England was a sovereign state on the island of Great Britain from 886, when it emerged from various Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, until 1 May 1707, when it united with Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain, which would later become the United Kingdom.

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Line of battle

The line of battle is a tactic in naval warfare in which a fleet of ships forms a line end to end.

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Marines

Marines (or naval infantry) are soldiers who primarily operate in littoral zones, both on land and at sea.

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Medway

Medway is a local government district with borough status in the ceremonial county of Kent, South East England.

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Michiel de Ruyter

Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter (24 March 1607 – 29 April 1676) was a Dutch admiral.

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Netherlands

The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean.

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Netherlands Marine Corps

The Netherlands Marine Corps (Korps Mariniers) is the elite naval infantry corps of the Royal Netherlands Navy, one of the four Armed Forces of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

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North Foreland

North Foreland is a chalk headland on the Kent coast of southeast England, specifically in Broadstairs.

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Prince Rupert of the Rhine

Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Duke of Cumberland, (17 December 1619 (O.S.) – 29 November 1682 (O.S.)) was an English-German army officer, admiral, scientist, and colonial governor.

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River Thames

The River Thames, known alternatively in parts as the River Isis, is a river that flows through southern England including London.

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Robert Holmes (Royal Navy officer)

Sir Robert Holmes (– 18 November 1692) was an English Admiral of the Restoration Navy.

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Second Anglo-Dutch War

The Second Anglo-Dutch War, or Second Dutch War, began on 4 March 1665, and concluded with the signing of the Treaty of Breda on 31 July 1667. St. James' Day Battle and Second Anglo-Dutch War are 1666 in England and Conflicts in 1666.

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Ship of the line

A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed during the Age of Sail from the 17th century to the mid-19th century.

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Sir Thomas Allin, 1st Baronet

Admiral Sir Thomas Allin, 1st Baronet (1612–1685) was an officer of the Royal Navy who saw service in the English Civil War, and the Second and Third Anglo-Dutch Wars.

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Terschelling

Terschelling (Skylge; Terschelling dialect: Schylge) is a municipality and an island in the northern Netherlands, one of the West Frisian Islands.

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Tjerk Hiddes de Vries

Tjerk Hiddes de Vries (6 August 1622 – 6 August 1666) was a Dutch States Navy officer.

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Vlie

The Vlie or Vliestroom is the seaway between the Dutch islands of Vlieland, to its southwest, and Terschelling, to its northeast.

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Vlissingen

Vlissingen (Vlissienge), historically known in English as Flushing, is a municipality and a city in the southwestern Netherlands on the former island of Walcheren.

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Weather gage

The weather gage (sometimes spelled weather gauge) is the advantageous position of a fighting sailing vessel relative to another.

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West-Terschelling

West-Terschelling (West-Skylge) is the largest village on Terschelling in the province Friesland, the Netherlands.

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Willem van der Zaan

Willem van der Zaan (29 June 1621 – 17 March 1669) was a Dutch Admiral.

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William III of England

William III (William Henry;; 4 November 16508 March 1702), also widely known as William of Orange, was the sovereign Prince of Orange from birth, Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel in the Dutch Republic from the 1670s, and King of England, Ireland, and Scotland from 1689 until his death in 1702.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._James'_Day_Battle

Also known as Battle of Orfordness, Battle of St. James Day, Saint James Day Battle, Saint James' Day Battle, Saint James's Day, Saint James's Day Battle, St James Day Battle, St James' Day Battle, St James' Day Fight, St James' Fight, St James's Day, St James's Day Battle, St James's Day Fight, St. James Day, St. James Day Battle, St. James's Day, St. James's Day Battle, The St. James' Day Battle, Two Days' Battle.

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1666 in England

17th century in Kent

Conflicts in 1666

Naval battles of the Second Anglo-Dutch War

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