The Anglo-Dutch Wars were a series of four naval wars fought between England, later Great Britain, and the Dutch Republic, mostly over trade and control of the seas. The first three took place in the seventeenth century, and the fourth in the late eighteenth. The Dutch, who then dominated world commerce, clashed with English measures such as the Navigation Acts, and the wars were fought by large fleets with admirals like Michiel de Ruyter and Robert Blake. The Dutch raid on the Medway in 1667 was a humiliation for England, but England gained New Amsterdam, renamed New York. The wars exhausted the Dutch Republic, and England emerged as the leading maritime power.
Before and after
- 3 September 1651Battle of Worcester
- from 1652 to 1654First Anglo-Dutch War
- 1652Origins of Quakers
- 1652Founding of Cape Town
- from 1652 to 1784Anglo-Dutch Wars
- from 1 June 1652 to 2 June 1652Battle of Batih
- 1653Founding of Lowell
- 1653Founding of Leominster
- c. 1653The Taj Mahal is completed
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