Jacob Binckes
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Jacob Binckes was a Dutch commodore. As a captain he was part of the first of two Dutch invasions of England in 1667 in the Raid on the Medway
in the Second Anglo-Dutch War
.
Still a captain he re-captured in 1673 together with captain Cornelis Evertsen de Jongste (Keesje de Duivel/Keesje the Devil) de city of New York
and re-named it New Orange. But this Dutch city was in 1674 returned to the English by William III of Orange-Nassau the latter Dutch king of England since 1689 as an agreement of the Treaty of Breda (1667).
In 1677 as a commodore on his flaggship the Beschermer he defeated the French fleet in the First Battle at Tobago (Action of March 1677
), but he was killed in action in the Second Battle of Tobago in the Franco-Dutch War
in the same year.
Raid on the Medway
The Raid on the Medway, sometimes called the Battle of the Medway, Raid on Chatham or the Battle of Chatham, was a successful Dutch attack on the largest English naval ships, laid up in the dockyards of their main naval base Chatham, that took place in June 1667 during the Second Anglo-Dutch War...
in the Second Anglo-Dutch War
Second Anglo-Dutch War
The Second Anglo–Dutch War was part of a series of four Anglo–Dutch Wars fought between the English and the Dutch in the 17th and 18th centuries for control over the seas and trade routes....
.
Still a captain he re-captured in 1673 together with captain Cornelis Evertsen de Jongste (Keesje de Duivel/Keesje the Devil) de city of New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
and re-named it New Orange. But this Dutch city was in 1674 returned to the English by William III of Orange-Nassau the latter Dutch king of England since 1689 as an agreement of the Treaty of Breda (1667).
In 1677 as a commodore on his flaggship the Beschermer he defeated the French fleet in the First Battle at Tobago (Action of March 1677
Action of March 1677
The action of March 1677 in the West Indies took place between a Dutch fleet under Jacob Binckes and a French force attempting to recapture the island of Tobago. There was much death and destruction on both sides...
), but he was killed in action in the Second Battle of Tobago in the Franco-Dutch War
Franco-Dutch War
The Franco-Dutch War, often called simply the Dutch War was a war fought by France, Sweden, the Bishopric of Münster, the Archbishopric of Cologne and England against the United Netherlands, which were later joined by the Austrian Habsburg lands, Brandenburg and Spain to form a quadruple alliance...
in the same year.