The First Anglo-Dutch War was a naval conflict between the English Commonwealth and the United Provinces of the Netherlands, driven by commercial rivalry and by England's Navigation Act of 1651, which restricted foreign carriers from bringing goods to English ports. Fleets commanded by Robert Blake, George Monck and Maarten Tromp fought a series of hard battles in the Channel and the North Sea. The English had better ships and tactics, and the Dutch, who depended on trade, suffered from blockades and lost merchant vessels. Tromp was killed in the battle of Scheveningen in 1653. The Treaty of Westminster ended the war in 1654, with the Dutch accepting the Navigation Act, and two more wars followed in the next decades.
Before and after
- 11 February 1650Death of René Descartes
- 14 November 1650Birth of William III of England
- from 28 June 1651 to 30 June 1651Battle of Berestechko
- 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
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