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* Andries de Witt ( 1573 – 1637 ), Grand Pensionary of Holland
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The Dutch, in this coordinated by Cornelis and Andries de Graeff, tried to placate the king with prodigious gifts, such as the Dutch Gift of 1660.
When Andries Bicker and Cornelis de Graeff, the great regents of the city of Amsterdam refused some mayors he appointed, he besieged Amsterdam.
From 1660 to 1792 Urk and Emmeloord belonged to the municipality of Amsterdam, and ruled from 1660 to 1672 / 1678 by Andries de Graeff.
In 1650 William II became involved in a bitter quarrel with the province of Holland and the powerful regents of Amsterdam, like Andries Bicker and his cousin Cornelis de Graeff over troop reduction following the Treaty of Münster.
He was already well-known even then in the patrician circles over which the brothers Cornelis and Andries de Graeff and the alderman Jan Six presided ; he was on terms of intimacy with the poet Vondel and the treasurer Uitenbogaard.
De Witt became a relative to the strong republican-minded brothers Cornelis and Andries de Graeff, and to Andries Bicker.
On 25 September 1660 the States of Holland under the prime movers of De Witt, De Graeff, his younger brother Andries de Graeff and Gillis Valckenier resolved to take charge of William's education to ensure he would acquire the skills to serve in a future — though undetermined — state function.
This edict was added by Gaspar Fagel, then Pensionary of Haarlem, Gillis Valckenier and Free Imperial Knight Andries de Graeff, two prominent Amsterdam regents, which abolished the stadtholderate in Holland " for ever ".
Young stars such as Jacque de Swart, Andries van der Merwe ( junior 110m hurdles champion of the world ) and Gerhard de Beer ( Junior Championship Bronze Medalist ).
Apart from his three sons, he had several apprentices: Michiel Verstylen, Alexander Coosemans, Thomas de Klerck, Lenaert Rougghe, Theodor Aenvanck, Andries Benedetti, Elias van den Broeck, Jacob Marrel, Hendrik Schoock and Abraham Mignon.
He was the son of Jacob de Witt and the older brother of Johan, and also a close relative to the great Dutch regents Cornelis and his brother Andries de Graeff and their cousin Andries Bicker.
By 1648 large areas of the Southern Netherlands had been lost to France and despite many military successes Andries Bicker, Cornelis de Graeff and many others wanted to sue for peace.
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In 1667 Fagel was one of the signers ( the other signers where Grand Pensionary Jan de Witt, Gillis Valckenier and Andries de Graeff ) of the Perpetual Edict, that was a resolution of the States of Holland in which they abolished the office of Stadtholder in the province of Holland.
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* 1838 – Battle of Blood River: Voortrekkers led by Andries Pretorius and Sarel Cilliers defeat Zulu impis, led by Dambuza ( Nzobo ) and Ndlela kaSompisi in what is today KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
* February 24 – In South Africa, 22 National Party MPs led by Andries Treurnicht vote for no confidence in P. W. Botha.
* Andries Bicker of the Netherlands ( 1586 – 1652 ), administrator of the Dutch East India Company, Mayor of Amsterdam, and diplomat
* ( 1948-1959 ) – Felix Andries Vening Meinesz investigations show gravity anomalies, implying that the crust is moving ( together with J. H. F.
* Carmody, Steven ; Gross, Walter ; Nelson, Theodor H .; Rice, David ; van Dam, Andries ( 1969, April ) A Hypertext Editing System for the / 360, Center for Computer & Information Sciences, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, File Number HES360-0, Form AVD-6903-0, pages 26 – 27
In the Seventh Frontier War ( 1846 – 1847 ) against the Gcaleka Xhosa, the Khoi gunmen from Kat River distinguished themselves under their leader Andries Botha in the assault on the " Amatola fastnesses ".
Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius ( 27 November 1798 – 23 July 1853 ) was a leader of the Boers who was instrumental in the creation of the Transvaal Republic, as well as the earlier but short-lived Natalia Republic, in present-day South Africa.
The Battle of Blood River (; ) is the name given for the battle fought between 470 Voortrekkers led by Andries Pretorius, and an estimated 10, 000 – 15, 000 Zulu attackers on the bank of the Ncome River on 16 December 1838, in what is today KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
In 1856 Andries Francois du Toit ( 1813 – 1883 ), in exchange for a Basuto pony, acquired part of the farm, which he named ' Arcadia ' and on which the Union Buildings were later constructed.
A committee of four members – Andries Hessels, greffier ( secretary ) of the States of Brabant ; Jacques Tayaert, pensionary of the city of Ghent ; Jacob Valcke, pensionary of the city of Ter Goes ( now Goes ); and Pieter van Dieven ( also known as Petrus Divaeus ), pensionary of the city of Mechelen – was charged with drafting what was to become the Act of Abjuration.
The Hall – Janko graph can be constructed out of objects in U < sub > 3 </ sub >( 3 ), the simple group of order 6048 < ref > Andries E. Brouwer, " U < sub > 3 </ sub >( 3 ) graph ".</ ref >:
* Andries Pretorius, Born Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius ( 27 November 1798 – 23 July 1853 ) Great Trek Leader after whom Pretoria was named farmed in the district before the Great Trek.
( 1819 – 1901 ) Boer soldier and statesman, president of the South African Republic ( 1857 – 71 ), born in Graaff-Reinet, the son of Andries Pretorius.
* Marthinus Wessel Pretorius ( 1819 – 1901 ), son of Andries, first president of the South African Republic ( often known as the Transvaal Republic )
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