You sir, are very wise ... That you can understand these kind of videos and even notice the small things. And adapt to things that you want to understand and get to relate it to other things you watched. Hats off from a former Marine.
Michiel de Ruyter was IMO the greatest dutchman ever. There was a film about him, here's an epic scene from that movie: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-M1amLQKpsrM.html
Did you know that one of the English Kings was Dutch? One of the reasons they have the Orange parades in Northern Ireland is because of him. You might find it interesting. If he'd had children, the royal house in the UK would have been Dutch. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_III_of_England
During the late Middle ages, the various duchies and counties of the Low Countries were ruled by the dukes of Burgundy. One of them, Charles the Bold, died in battle before producing a male heir. He only had a daughter, Maria. She married Maximillian II of Habsburg and Holy Roman Emperor. They had a son named Filip the Handsome, who married a daughter of the king of Spain. Their firstborn son was none other than emperor Charles V, who also became king of Spain through his mother's lineage. For political reasons, Charles created the 17 United Provinces as a separate administrative unit apart from the rest of the Holy Roman Empire and his other kingshios in Spain and Italy. He was born in Ghent and got along well with the Dutch high nobility such as William of Orange and relied on them as advisors in the Council of State. He had to abdicate in 1555 as Holy Roman Emperor after being defeated by the Duke of Saxony. His son Philip II inherited his kingships in Spain and Italy and Philip also became Lord of the 17 united provinces. Philip had been raised in Spain and did not trust the Dutch nobility. And that's when the troubles with Spain started.
Your Dutch pronounciation is really good! I remember getting this info in history class about our country.. and nobody really being interested. It's really cool you are so interested in history. Thnx for your videos!
Mind you: he led the defense against TWO SUPERPOWERS of that time joining forces: UK AND France!! It's like some small country like Honduras standing up against the combined forces of USA and Russia in modern day era!
Michiel stopped the barbary slave trade. That was the slave trade of the Pasjas of north Africa on the west European coast. Aprox 1.5 million white slaves were made during the period, up till denmark. It was at the same time we ruled the seas, but the powerfull fleet couldnt be everywhere the little barbary ships went, so eventually they were so fed up, Michiel got the order to sail there with the fleet and threaten them to gave up that practice, or they would flatten their coastal cities. And so it stopped.
@@Raadpensionaris The Bombardment of Algiers (1816) when Britain and the Netherlands defeated the Barbary pirates. The Americans also played a part in the war against the pirates, the line "to the shores of Tripoli" in the US Marine Corps anthem refers to it.
Where the text East Frisia is, is actually Germany. The border between Netherlands and Germany on the upper half of the Netherlands isn't changed much since then. And those star-shaped fortresses you mentioned earlier in the video were a common thing. Each star-point is called a bastion and that's where mostly cannons or some other type of heavy artillery were placed or it functioned as an observation post. If you check some city/town maps of city/towns that existed back then you can still see some remnants of that.
There is a Dutch movie about Michiel de Ruyter. The English translated version is called Admiral. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9Gz9M_lBURY.html
yeah it's a very awesome movie, go see it. You see many key archievements such as the world's first special forces mission in Chatham when we stole their most advanced weapon of the time, the H.M.S Royal Charles.
what they forgot to mention, which I do believe should be mentioned, is that after he died and they were sailing back to the Netherlands with his body. The ship got many salute shots, even from enemies. That was how respected he was back then already.
The Dutch were clever. They had special boats that were flat. So they were able to sail over the chains. In those times all the ships were deep in the water to be sea wearthy. Michel had those small ships that didn't lay so deep in the water. And he had the marines.
13:02 East Frisia is not modern-day groningen. East Frisia is actually the German part of Frisia, and Leer is still a German city today. Groningen lies inbetween Friesland and East Frisia. Groningen is the bit of land where the label 'United Netherlands' ends.
Your pronunciation of "Michiel" is spot on. The VOC *was* a private company but interestingly also had carte blanche to wage war on behalf of the Dutch Republic. Barbary pirates were not from Barbados, though, but from Northern Africa, now Morocco and Algeria. The native people there were berbers. This is also where the word barbarian comes from. Frysian language was spoken all along the North Sea coast all the way up to Denmark. The English crown ship captured during the Medway raid was taken back to Amsterdam as a trophee and exhibited in the national museum up until fairly recently. I think we gave it back a few years ago because we're all friends now.
Not entirely. The ship was too big to be useful for the shallow Dutch waters and was scrapped not long after. The stern piece was kept and is in the national museum. It was temporary given to the UK in 2012 but returned tot the Netherlands.
@CAPTAIN BoogieMan HOOK Actually, it is that the Dutch weren't interested in conquest of England, else Great Britain would have spoken Dutch know. The Dutch were the naval superpower at the time.
Dutch history is fascinating. I’m English and one of my closest friends is Dutch. He asked me what I knew about the Anglo Dutch Wars. I knew nothing. I checked them out - England basically lost. It’s not only the Americans who lie or hide the truth about their history!
The Dutch revolt started with the “beeldenstorm” protestants tearing down Catholic statues. Somehow it became a war for independence. If you like this you should watch the movie “Michiel de Ruyter”
i recently discovered the channel "Defragged History" they have a really interesting and detailed playlist about the 80 years war/war of dutch independence. they haven't covered they 2nd half of the war yet but those are on the way. their last episode covered the battle of Nieuwpoort that the Dutch only barely won. their videos not only cover the battles but also the politics and the other country's involved in the war, i never knew how much things happend in those years and how much people/country's were involved. it's really interesting to learn how much had to happen (and did happen) for The Netherlands to finally get a chance to become their own country and shed the yoke of Spanish oppression.
@@Jari-95 During the 80 year old war some Dutch captains were authorized to raid the Spanish and Portugese ships. The captains carried a raiding letter (kapersbrief). The capture off the Spanish silver fleet was by such raiders. It was very lucrative. When there was peace such in the 12 year treaty those captains couldn't raid anymore. The changed their profession to pirates which wasn't that different (only illegal) and found safe havens in North Africa where there wasn't much centralized authority and already Barbary pirates. The Dutch helped them also by improving their ships. Some Dutch pirates converted to Islam. I had a professor who was doing research to descandants off those pirates in Salle, Morocco a former pirate city.
@@Jari-95 Trust your teacher! And maybe have a look at the series of Defragged History about this war, modern interesting and even with some fun. Not the boring old stuff.
Hello Charlie I's nice that you are interested in our country as a man from the USA and also history here. Yes, De Ruyter was our greatest Admiral in history and he was a tactician. The raid on the Medway and the conquest of the English ship Prince Charles was one of his greatest victories. Yes this man and the De Witt brothers mean a lot for our country at that time. A few times a week I will pass his statue here on the boulevard in Vlissingen where he overlooks the River Scheldt. By the way a part of New York is called after our town Vlissingen ,Flushing Meadow. Charlie thank you for the interest of our admiral Michiel Adriaanszoon de Ruyter. Greetings from Vlissingen 😀 🤚
Sinterklaas (or the saint whom he's based on) was originally from Turkey, or I guess it was still called Constantinopel back then. His remains were later moved to Spain and so Sinterklaas sails back and forth from Spain now
Hey man, absolutely love your videos. Came across your channel couple weeks ago and watched some. I love how interested you are in our country. You absolutely know more than most Dutch people do about their history. Looking forward to watching you learn about the Spanish Wars! Keep it up, Cheers!
The black tie navy sailors from all nations are wearing as part as of the standard uniform actually is a mourning knot in remembrance of De Ruijter's death. The striped back patch they also all wear is a resonance of the one De Ruyter used to wear so he only had to change that patch when the back of his uniform got greasy by his long hair.
Dutch marines are the first 'modern' marine corps. Marines were already employed by the Romans which is where the name comes from. Mare means sea in Latin.
@@Ozymandias1 What I meant with 'modern' is that they specialized in amphibious warfare first and that is what would have a lasting impact on other marine corps. Obviously, there were many amphibious assaults prior from many different nations and peoples, amongst which indeed are the Venetian Fanti da Mar.
@@sannej He was the first to use them in amphibious warfare yes, but even the english, spanish and portuguese were a few years earlier with their own marine corpses
The barbary pirates, big slavetraders also.. where mainly from Algeria, but recruiting from the whole of Northern Africa, the Mediterenean and even significant numbers of Northern Europeans joined them or worked together with them. Marocco used to be a penal colony for example in Roman times, the Romans used to send their biggest thugs there, later the Germic Vandals tribe colonized it, later it was the home base of the first wave of islamic conquerers also.. and originally it's the home region of the Berber tribes, or the Amazigh as they call themselves (free people).
remember , ship to ship battle was as brutal as anything you can think of, to have been through so many of them and willingly go into them , you would have to have giant brass balls.
Barbary pirates were located not in Barbados, but in Algeria. The history of Frisia is complicated. East Frisia is located in Germany. Frisia is (now) located in the Netherlands, west of Groningen and east of North Holland. The people living in the north of North Holland are called "West Frisians" (because of historical reasons). But the Germans call the Frisians in Frisia "West Frisians". As for the Navy, the Dutch republic had a navy, the VOC had ships that could carry goods and fight at the same time (but not as good). The Dutch republic requisistioned ships from the VOC (and WIC) to fight their battles.
@Ingrid Their children got the name 'de Ruijter', but maybe she is related to your family. Tracing your family tree is relatively easy in the Netherlands. Back to about 1550 must be possible.
@@dutchman7623 yes, I understand that their childten got his last name De Ruyter.. Nou, ik ben bezig met mn moeders kant Kleyhorst.. We komen niet ver..
@@dutchman7623 mijn ooms en tantes zijn al jaren aan t zoeken geweest.. T stopt grwoon bij mn overgrootvader. Er is ook maar 1familie in heel Nederland met deze achternaam.. Kleyhorst /Kleijhorst.. Heel vreemd..
@@jemeritte De oudste Kleijhorst die ik zag kwam uit Leiden 1642. Geregistreerde Jan Kleijhorst Documenttype Onroerend goed Plaats instelling Leiden Collectiegebied Zuid-Holland Registratiedatum 01-01-1642 Akteplaats Leiden Zoek in WieWasWie
In modern day, Frisia is the part on the left and the part on the right is groningen ( with next to that the East Frisia area shown on the map). There has been a Frisian empire which at it's biggest almost encompassed the entire Netherlands.
East-Frisia (Ostfriesland) is a region in Germany, next to Groningen. In the province of North Holland there is a region called West-Friesland and they even have there own dialect
@12:30 both, modern day friesland groningen and north holland (part) is westfrissia, and east frissia is a province in modern germany and a few islands in danish Jutland, the Frissians are some of the eldest peoples in europe
The North African coast on the Mediterrenean See was called the Barbary Coast, around modern Algeria, Tunesia. Even Napoleon had troubles with them in his days (late 18th century)
the VOC had 2 branches , the official well known trading branch but without their 2e militairy branch this would not have bin posible. This 2e branch was more like a private army then it was officialy a part of the Navy. Europe at that time was a powdercake. For example for decades the Netherlands were off and on at war with the Spanish , the Portugese and the English. Loyalties at that time switched so fast and often that its hard to fully explain, at certain times we even fought on Portugese side against the Spanish. de Ruyter, sailed as a boatsman on Whaler ships after that he became captain on a Merchant ship mainly bound for the West Indies. After making a name for himself he joined the official Navy in 1641 when the Dutch sided with the Portugese against Spain. in 1643 he sailed on a Trader , mainly bound for the Northern part of Africa and the West Indies. When the first English war started in 1652 he rejoined the Navy , where he rose through the ranks to finaly become the heroic Admiral we now know. p.s. Frisia was a fast independed country long before all this. documented as early as the 6th century BC .. in itself a realy interresting topic. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frisia
10:50 The Barbary pirates were not linked to Barbados, but were North African pirates operating from the coast of nowadays Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya. The name is a bastardisation from "Berber", an ethnic group spread along that coast. Fun fact: when you hear the US Marines' hymn mention "From the Halls of Montezuma, to the Shores of Tripoli", the name Tripoli refers to the US' First Barbary War (1801-1805) against the Barbary Pirate states and in particularly the attempts of US Marines to capture the Libyan city of Tripoli.
There's a realy great movie that's made about him not so long ago. It's a must see.: Michiel de Ruyter (Dutch pronunciation: [miˈxil də ˈrœy̯tər]) is a 2015 Dutch film about the 17th-century admiral Michiel de Ruyter directed by Roel Reiné
The barbary pirates where actualy , north african arabic pirates in the mediterranean . Also de Ruyter was in his 50s when joining the navy , and killed when he was in his 70s . De battle of bergen op zoom gave him de nickname the Ruyter as he charged on horse . one of the things he learned ( this was when there was a dutch revolution in war fare new tactics and signals systems created by mauritsz of nassau) he put in to simular practice in to his naval thinking . The patriotic song that was written about Bergen op Zoom writen in the 1600s . Merck toch hoe sterck . was later used by the dutch Boers in the anglo-boer wars as battle song. Merck Toch Hoe Sterck: Bergen op Zoom Song of Defiance 1626, Geuze Lied ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--zUDRbMHia0.html
Hi Charlie, the Stromboli is a Italian vulcano (as seen on the painting) on the west Coast of Italy. It's still active. Thanks for your nice videos. greetz Peter
... as a kid, I learned a song about Michiel de Ruyter, I think every kid back then learned that song... I don't know wether they learn it nowadays (I am over 60 years old), but I do know that some kids still sing it at Kingday, when they do the "aubade": old Dutch songs, starting or ending with "het Wilhelmus" (our national anthem), here are the lyrics (old fashioned Dutch) and the link to the you tube of Michiel's song, I chose an easy one with an understandable voice 🙃 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-IVCW04I_gSY.html In een blauw geruiten kiel draaide hij aan ’t grote wiel de ganse dag Maar Michieltjes’ jongens hart leed ondragelijke smart Ach, ach, ach, ach, ach, ach, ach, ach Als matroosje vlug en net Heeft hij voet aan boord gezet Dat hoorde zo Naar Oost Indië, naar de West Jongens dat gaat opperbest Hojo, hojo, hojo, hojo Daar staat hollands admiraal nu een man van vuur en staal De schrik der zee ’t Is een ruiter naar de aard Glorierijk zit hij te paard Hoezee, hoezee, hoezee, hoezee
The English and Dutch are very well with each other actually. The Dutch Marine core is even working very close together with the UK Marine commandos forming a NATO amfibisch task force together.
It's like a bad marriage, they needs each other, but there are fights every day. We are in a quiet time right now, but English sandwiches are not safe for Dutch customs...
Ur right and in the 15th century and before the 'Friezen' had their own small country (state). Their was a great 'Friesch' war in the 15th century not lang after that what now is Friesland en Groningen became part of the Dutch United Provinces. And East frisia remaint independent for then. The 'Friezen' also fought of the Holy Roman Empire. They where pretty bad ass as well then
The English frase 'to beat the Dutch' comes from this era. It means to do something incredible. On the negative side, many phrases like Dutch treat and Dutch courage also came from this period. The English admired but also detested the Dutch back then. Now we are best friends. The most dutchies only think Brexit was a bad mistake made by the Brits. Our trade with them suffered badly. And the Brits suffer most from it. They try to blame it on covid-19, but we know this is BS.
Friesland used to stretch all the way from North Holland up to Denmark. Centuries before the middle ages at least, the Frisians kept the Romans from crossing the Rhine. Though much like the teutons from Germany, they were more like tribes folk and less of a cohesive nation, republic or empire. So it makes sense with the rise of feudal cultures and kingdoms the region fell under different rule with each partition growing more of their own identity. (Groningers like to be their own folk, even if they are descendants of Frisians. And they can be, they have become different enough from Frisians and East Frisians (Germany) to consider themselves not Frisians) Regardless, anyone who can speak a decent word in Frisian or Danish should be able to converse with any native around the Wadden coast.
Just a couple of years ago the Dutch king saw to it how this huge back of that famous English ship was lend out to a English museum you can find a you tube video of the occasion
He was set up bij prince william the 3rd. His last battle they did not give him his own beloved ship the 7 provinces but but just a handful of small ships against a much larger French fleet. It's told that he knew he wasn't coming back alive from this battle. He was set up just like the brothers de wit. Who where killed during a uprising prior to this final battle. The movie the admiral is aboute him.
VOC, not VLC. VOC stood for Verenigde Oost Indische Companie (Dutch East India Company) and De Ruyter never had any involvment in that. The East Indies were one of the very few areas on the globe where he didn't fight! Other than that, as a commander and fleet Admiral, he fought EVERYWHERE, in the eastern and western Mediterranean, off the North African coast (destroying Barbary pirate bases), on the North Atlantic, in the Caribbean, in the North Sea and in Scandinavian waters, supporting the Danes against the Swedes). He commanded the legendary Dutch attack ("Raid on the Medway") on the British Navy base far up the Thames, an unbelievable feat of navigation He destroyed British fortifications and most of the British fleet, captured the British flag ship ("Royal George") and towed it back to Holland. The Dutch didn't actually have any use for it and scrapped the ship, but its stern ornaments are still hanging in a Dutch museum to this day. De Ruyter is said to never have lost a battle in his entire career as a naval commander, and finally got mortally wounded in a battle against a combined French-Spanish fleet near Syracuse. When the Dutch fleet sailed past to take their dead admiral's body home, the entire French fleet lined up in honour of the great admiral. On the way home, batteries all along the French coast fired their cannons, saluting De Ruyter as the Dutch fleet sailed north. To this day, the Dutch call De Ruyter "Bestevaer", a title he was given by his crews, meaning something like "beloved father". It might be worth noting, too, that the Dutch "Raid on the Medway" was the very last time that a foreign military force set foot on British soil! The Dutch Marine Corps, incidentally, is the second oldest marine corps in the world, founded just a year after the British Marine Corps.
My Great great great grandfather was buried in the Old Church, Amsterdam, the heart of the nowadays Red District. He never worked for the V.O.C. but for the Marines. He was not a warrior but the head of the carpenters who built the ships for the "Dutch Defence" We were a rogue nation who wanted to rule the world. As the English and the Portuguese (earlier) wanted to rule. We were the worst usurpators battling the other competitors. We burned the crops of the island Ternate in the nowadays Indonesia just to pester (and take over from) the Portuguese. I'm not proud of the fact nor do I feel guilty of what my ancestors did. I can deplore what happened in history. But History Is Not Me! Well I'm part of it but I can reject the politics connected to it. Can't I ?
As a reaction to your comments about being afraid to fall in love again when two of his wives died. I believe that most of the marriages were strategic rather than for love. A way to gain wealth and power. Also you keep saying VLC and it is VOC. The early sailors and tradesmen were very dangerous and battled to ensure trading for the wealthy families in Netherlands. So complicated ..this history of the Netherlands.
When you where pointing with your cursor on the screen at 13:10 we could not see what you were pointing at on the screen because the cursor was not visible.
East Frisian is stil east frisian and it is Germany , Groningen is in between Frisian(Friesland) and east frisian(Ost Friesland,) .The border is stil in somewhat same place as it was on the old chart
I think this competition between the English and the Dutch led to so many expressions in the English language, like 'Dutch courage'. Interestingly, this didn't happen in Dutch. Well, not that I know of.
During the Anglo-Dutch wars, the English went on active smear campaigns versus the Dutch. One can imagine to soften the blows of losing battles to a smaller foe.
Dutch courage, yeah they filled the sailors with Jenever (Gin, which the Brits stole from us), they were so drunk they would do everything, that’s Dutch Courage.
80 years war was about freedom of everything, but the most religion. Protestants were haunted by the Spanish (Spanish Inquisition) and we were sick of it. After we became independent we first took revenge on the Catholics, after that we became the country were everybody could be himself. Your own pilgrim fathers fled from England because of their religion, they came to Leiden, after a few years they decided to leave for America because they considered the Netherlands to liberal in their religion and that this would effect their children, talk about brainwashing 😏. The rest is history. In the centuries after the 80 years war The Netherlands were a save haven for people of every religion, it’s still in our veins, don’t try to rule by religion, we have of course a lot of religious uses, in our daily life but also in laws, although this is getting less and less. Our King is institutionalized with the words “Zo helpe mij God” (with the help of God) which is strange in a country were the majority doesn’t have a religion. (But also a majority believes in something of a higher spirit. It’s complicated but it works. ( of course there are exceptions in were cities are ruled by a chosen religious party).
Michiel de Ruyter was actualy part of the W.I.C Verenigde West Indie Compagnie. . Dutch west indies companie . it was later absorbed by the V.O.C. The West inda compagnie was the one that founded the New amsterdam . but also the one that started the african slave trade.
