1672 in the Netherlands

Events from the year 1672 in the Dutch Republic

Event

• January: Rampjaar
• 7th June: Battle of Solebay
• 9th June: Siege of groenlo
• 22 July: Siege of Groningen

Births

Deaths

• January 21 – Adriaen van de Velde, painter (b. 1636)
• August 20
• Cornelis de Witt, politician (b. 1623)
• Johan de Witt, politician (b. 1625)
• October 8 – Johan Nieuhof, traveler who wrote about his journeys to Brazil (b. 1618)
• November 16 – Esaias Boursse, painter (b. 1631)
• November 19 – Franciscus Sylvius, physician and scientist (b. 1614)
• December 30 – Hendrick Bloemaert, painter (b. 1601)

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