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Johan Evertsen Biography and Timeline

Follow Johan Evertsen through 16 dated historical records for Netherlands.

Johan Evertsen, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

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1652

Dungeness Convoy Strategy Evertsen

Dutch admiral · Dungeness · Warfare / Anglo-Dutch Wars, 1st

Johan Evertsen served as a Dutch admiral in the Anglo Dutch naval conflict. Dutch sea operations near Dungeness followed an effort to protect merchant traffic through the Channel during the First Anglo Dutch War.

Role range: 1652-1654

Dungeness English Fleet Clash Evertsen

Dutch admiral · Dungeness · Warfare / Anglo-Dutch Wars, 1st

Johan Evertsen served as a Dutch admiral in the Anglo Dutch naval conflict. Tromp and Blake led the opposing fleets in a battle near Dungeness that resulted in an English retreat after fierce fighting.

Role range: 1652-1654

Dungeness Channel Control Evertsen

Dutch admiral · Dungeness · Warfare / Anglo-Dutch Wars, 1st

Johan Evertsen served as a Dutch admiral in the Anglo Dutch naval conflict. The Dutch success temporarily improved the passage of merchant shipping through the English Channel before the campaign resumed.

Role range: 1652-1654

1653

Portland Fleet Engagement Evertsen

Dutch naval commander · English Channel · Warfare / Anglo-Dutch Wars, 1st

Johan Evertsen was a Dutch naval commander in the relevant Anglo Dutch naval campaign. The three day battle near Portland pitted Dutch convoy escorts against an English fleet and culminated in heavy damage to Dutch warships.

Role range: 1652-1654

Portland Convoy Protection Evertsen

Dutch naval commander · English Channel · Warfare / Anglo-Dutch Wars, 1st

Johan Evertsen was a Dutch naval commander in the relevant Anglo Dutch naval campaign. The fighting centred on Dutch merchant shipping returning through the Channel and the opposing effort to intercept its naval escort.

Role range: 1652-1654

Portland Battle Aftermath Evertsen

Dutch naval commander · English Channel · Warfare / Anglo-Dutch Wars, 1st

Johan Evertsen was a Dutch naval commander in the relevant Anglo Dutch naval campaign. The Dutch escort preserved part of its merchant convoy although the English fleet gained the advantage in the three day engagement.

Role range: 1652-1654

Harwich Eastern Channel Operations Evertsen

Dutch commander · Harwich · Warfare / Anglo-Dutch Wars, 1st

Johan Evertsen was a Dutch commander during the wider First Anglo Dutch War. The naval operations off the English east coast formed part of the campaign that culminated in the Battle of the Gabbard near the Suffolk coast.

Role range: 1652-1654

Harwich North Sea Fleet Movement Evertsen

Dutch commander · Harwich · Warfare / Anglo-Dutch Wars, 1st

Johan Evertsen was a Dutch commander during the wider First Anglo Dutch War. The fleets manoeuvred in the southern North Sea as England and the Dutch Republic contested maritime communications in June 1653.

Role range: 1652-1654

Harwich Gabbard Campaign Context Evertsen

Dutch commander · Harwich · Warfare / Anglo-Dutch Wars, 1st

Johan Evertsen was a Dutch commander during the wider First Anglo Dutch War. Sources associate the June 1653 engagement with the Gabbard and North Foreland rather than establish an independent major battle at Harwich.

Role range: 1652-1654

Scheveningen Fleet Battle Evertsen

Dutch commander · Scheveningen · Warfare / Anglo-Dutch Wars, 1st

Johan Evertsen served as a Dutch commander in the Anglo Dutch naval conflict. The opposing English and Dutch fleets engaged off Scheveningen in the final major naval battle of the First Anglo Dutch War.

Role range: 1652-1654

Scheveningen Command Crisis Evertsen

Dutch commander · Scheveningen · Warfare / Anglo-Dutch Wars, 1st

Johan Evertsen served as a Dutch commander in the Anglo Dutch naval conflict. The death of Maarten Tromp during the engagement seriously disrupted Dutch command while fighting continued across the fleets.

Role range: 1652-1654

Scheveningen Blockade Consequences Evertsen

Dutch commander · Scheveningen · Warfare / Anglo-Dutch Wars, 1st

Johan Evertsen served as a Dutch commander in the Anglo Dutch naval conflict. The severe Dutch losses contrasted with the strategic importance of ending the immediate pressure of the English blockade on coastal shipping.

Role range: 1652-1654

1665

Battle of Lowestoft

Lieutenant Admiral · Lowestoft · Warfare / Anglo-Dutch Wars, 2nd

Commands a Dutch squadron during the defeat at Lowestoft.

Role range: 1665-1667 – 1600-1666

Lowestoft Fleet Formation Evertsen

Dutch admiral · Lowestoft · Warfare / Anglo-Dutch Wars, 2nd

Johan Evertsen served as a Dutch admiral in the Anglo Dutch naval conflict. The English and Dutch fleets assembled off the Suffolk coast for the first great fleet battle of the Second Anglo Dutch War.

Role range: 1665-1667

Lowestoft Line Of Battle Evertsen

Dutch admiral · Lowestoft · Warfare / Anglo-Dutch Wars, 2nd

Johan Evertsen served as a Dutch admiral in the Anglo Dutch naval conflict. The fighting was shaped by fleet formations and heavy broadsides as both sides contested control of the waters off Lowestoft.

Role range: 1665-1667

Lowestoft Dutch Defeat Evertsen

Dutch admiral · Lowestoft · Warfare / Anglo-Dutch Wars, 2nd

Johan Evertsen served as a Dutch admiral in the Anglo Dutch naval conflict. The destruction and capture of numerous Dutch vessels gave the English a decisive victory and disrupted Dutch naval command.

Role range: 1665-1667

Records, sources and methodology

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