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See also:HEYN, PIETER PIETERZOON [commonly abbreviated to PIET] (1578-1629) , Dutch See also:admiral, was See also:born at Delfshaven in 1578, the son of Pieter Hein, who was engaged in the See also:herring See also:fishery. The son went See also:early to See also:sea. In his youth he was taken prisoner by the Spaniards, and was forced to See also:row in the galleys during four years. Having recovered his freedom by an ex-See also:change of prisoners, he worked for several years as a See also:merchant skipper with success. The then dangerous See also:state of the seas at all times, and the continuous See also:war with See also:Spain, gave him ample opportunity to gain a reputation as a resolute fighting See also:man. See also:Wills which he made before 1623 show that he had been able to acquire considerable See also:property. When the Dutch See also:West See also:India See also:Company was formed he was Director on the See also:Rotterdam See also:Board, and in 1624 he served as second in command of the See also:fleet which took See also:San See also:Salvador in See also:Bahia de Todos os See also:Santos in See also:Brazil. Till 1628 he continued to serve the Company, both on the See also:coast of Brazil, and in the West Indies. In the See also:month of See also:September of that See also:year he made himself famous, gained immense See also:advantage for the Company, and inflicted ruinous loss on the Spaniards, by the See also:capture of the fleet which was bringing the See also:bullion from the See also:American mines See also:home to Spain. The See also:Spanish See also:ships were outnumbered chiefly because the See also:convoy had become scattered by See also:bad management and bad See also:seamanship. The more valuable See also:part of it, consisting of the four galleons, and eleven trading ships in which the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king's See also:share of the treasure was being carried, became separated from the See also:rest, and on being chased by the See also:superior force of Heyn endeavoured to take See also:refuge at See also:Matanzas in the See also:island of See also:Cuba, hoping to be able to See also:land the bullion in the See also:bush before the Dutchman could come up with them. But Juan de Benavides, the Spanish See also:commander, failed to See also:act with decision, was overtaken, and his ships captured in the See also:harbour before the See also:silver could be discharged. The See also:total loss was estimated by the Spaniards at four millions of ducats. Piet Heyn ndw returned home, and bought himself a See also:house at See also:Delft with the intention of retiring from the sea. In the following year, however, he was chosen at a crisis to take command of the See also:naval force of the See also:Republic, with the See also:rank of See also:Lieutenant-Admiral of See also:- HOLLAND
- HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
- HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
- HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
- HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
- HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
- HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
- HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART
Holland, in See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order to clear the See also:North Sea and Channel of the Dunkirkers, who acted for the king of Spain in his possessions in the Nether-lands. In See also:June of 1629 he brought the Dunkirkers to See also:action, and they were severely beaten, but Piet Heyn did not live to enjoy his victory. He was struck early in the See also:battle by a. See also:cannon shot on the See also:shoulder and See also:fell dead on the spot. His memory has been preserved by his capture of the Treasure
justified; Aerius redivivus, or See also:History of the Presbyterians; and Help to See also:English History, an edition of which, with additions by P. See also:Wright, was published in 1773. In 1636 he wrote a History of the See also:Sabbath, by order of See also:Charles I. to See also:answer the Puritans; and in consequence of a See also:journey through See also:France in 1625 he wrote A Survey of France, a See also:work, frequently reprinted, which was termed by See also:Southey " one of the liveliest books of travel in its lighter parts, and one of the wisest and most replete with See also:information that was ever written by a See also:young man." Some verses of merit also came from his active See also:pen, and his poetical memorial of See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William of See also:Waynflete was published by the See also:Caxton Society in 1851.
See also:Heylyn was a diligent writer and investigator, a See also:good ecclesiastical lawyer, and had always learning at his command. His principles, to which he was honestly attached, were defended with ability; but his efforts to uphold the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church passed unrecognized at the Restoration, probably owing to his See also:physical infirmities. His sight had been very bad for several years; yet he rejoiced that his " bad old eyes " had seen the king's return, and upon this event he preached before a large See also:audience in See also:Westminster See also:Abbey on the 29th of May 1661. He died on the 8th of May 1662 and was buried in Westminster Abbey, where he had been sub-See also:dean for some years.
Galleons, which had never been taken so far, but he is also the traditional representative of the Dutch "sea See also:dogs " of the 17th See also:century.
See de jonge, Geschiedenis See also:van het Nederlandsche Zeewezen; I. Duro, See also:Armada espanola, iv.; der Aa, Biograph. Woordenboek der Nederlanden. (D.
End of Article: HEYN, PIETER PIETERZOON [commonly abbreviated to PIET] (1578-1629)
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