The expeditions by Adriaen Block and Hendrick Christiansz in 1611, 1612, 1613 and 1614 resulted in the surveying and charting of the region from the 38th parallel to the 45th parallel.

* 1614 – Adriaen Block and 12 Amsterdam merchants petition the States General for exclusive trading rights in the New Netherland colony.

* A second theory concerns the fact that Adriaen Block, during his expeditions in the 1610s, passed by Aquidneck, described in a 1625 account of his travels as " an island of reddish appearance " ( in 17th-century Dutch, " een rodlich Eylande ").

* October 11 – Adriaen Block and a group of Amsterdam merchants petition the States General for exclusive trading rights in the area he explored and named " New Netherland ".

** Adriaen Block, Dutch fur trader and navigator ( d. 1624 )

In 1614, Adriaen Block led an expedition to the lower Hudson in the Tyger, and then explored the East River aboard the Onrust, becoming the first known European to navigate the Hellegat enter Long Island Sound.

The area was briefly visited by Dutch explorer Adriaen Block in 1614.

It was on this shoreline close to the intersection of Greenwich and the former Dey Street that Dutch explorer Adriaen Block's ship, the Tyger, burned to the waterline in November 1613, stranding Block and his crew and forcing them to overwinter on the island.

The Dutch explorer Adriaen Block explored coastal Connecticut in the Spring and early Summer of 1614 in the North American built vessel Onrust.

* Adriaen Block, 1928, Block Hall

In 1614 Adriaen Block explored the coast of Long Island Sound, and sailed up the Connecticut River at least as far as the confluence of the Park River, site of modern Hartford, Connecticut.

Later, in 1614, the bay was explored and mapped by the Dutch navigator Adriaen Block, after whom nearby Block Island is named.

" A Dutch map of 1685 clearly shows Block Island, indicated as Adrian Block Island (" Adriaen Blocks Eylant ").

Another popular origin theory is based on the fact that Adriaen Block, during his 1614 expedition, passed by Aquidneck Island, described in a 1625 account of his travels as " an island of reddish appearance " ( in 17th century Dutch, " een rodlich Eylande ").

Historians have theorized that the island was named by the Dutch ( possibly by Adriaen Block himself ) for either the red autumn foliage or red clay on portions of the shore.

The Tyger was the ship used by the Dutch captain Adriaen Block during his 1613 voyage to explore the East Coast of North America and the present day Hudson River.

Adriaen ( Aerjan ) Block ( c. 1567 – April 27, 1627 ( buried )) was a Dutch private trader and navigator who is best known for exploring the coastal and river valley areas between present-day New Jersey and Massachusetts during four voyages from 1611 to 1614, following the 1609 expedition by Henry Hudson.

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It has been said that Hobbema did not paint his own figures, but transferred that duty to Adriaen van de Velde, Lingelbach, Barendt Gael, and Abraham Storck.

De Ruyter was born in 1607 in Flushing ( Vlissingen ) as the son of beer porter Adriaen Michielszoon and Aagje Jansdochter Little is known about De Ruyter's early life, but he probably became a sailor at the age of 11.

One of these died shortly after birth, the others were named Adriaen ( 1637 ), Neeltje ( 1639 ) and Aelken ( 1642 ).

* The Academy of Musical and Theatrical Arts Adriaen Willaert in Roeselare ( Belgium ) was named after Adrian Willaert.

The Dutch explorer Adriaen Block named the uninhabited island " Noten Eylant ", meaning ' nut island ', in 1611, doubtless after the island's plentiful hickory, oak, and chestnut trees ; This became " Nutten Island " in pidgin English.

His three known legitimate children were named Magdalena, born 1632 ; Willem, known as the Younger, also a marine painter, born 1633 ; and Adriaen, a landscape painter, born 1636.

His son, Adriaen, had died in Amsterdam in 1672, and Willem the Elder was also fetching his grandson, similarly named Adriaen, who was then aged two.

In 1590 the walls are replaced with earthen mounds with bastions after a design by Adriaen Anthonisz.

Among learners ' work, done for his own advantage, are to be counted some studies after the Dutch etchers such as Zeeman and Adriaen van de Velde.

A condition of the separation was that the Elder could recover from his son Adriaen ‘ two royal gifts ’, presumably gifts from Charles II for work done in England .” Cordingly ’ s account further relates that the dispute was still continuing after another ten years, since “ in the autumn of 1672 Judith complained to the woman ’ s husband .” Robinson adds that by 1674 the couple “ must have been reconciled ”, for at a chance meeting with Pieter Blaeu in Amsterdam in July the Elder explained that he was only visiting for a few days “ in order to fetch his wife ”.

Also Jan Weenix and Adriaen van der Werff were invited to deliver paintings, after Eglon van der Neer died.

Johannes Lingelbach, Adriaen van de Velde and Eglon van der Neer assisted him by drawing the figures on his paintings.

Much of Mostaert's work was destroyed in the great fire of Haarlem in 1576, and some paintings once attributed to him are now attributed to Adriaen Isenbrant.

" Peasants in a Tavern " by Adriaen van Ostade ( c. 1635 ), at the Alte Pinakothek, Munich

Schrobop ; while the Delft merchants sent up five ships under Adriaen Dircksz.

File: The Judgement of Paris by Adriaen van der Werff. jpg | Adriaen van der Werff, c. 1712

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Though he seems to have kept a workshop, his only registered pupils were Nicolaes van Berchem, Jan Steen, and Adriaen van der Kabel.

Hadrianus Junius, otherwise known as Adriaen de Jonghe, wrote this story around 1567 in his book Batavia, published only in 1588, and was quoted by Cornelis de Bie.

Adriaen van der Donck is the other possible Dutch leader.

* November 12 – Adriaen van de Venne, Dutch painter ( b. 1589 )

* April – Adriaen van Ostade, Dutch painter and engraver whose subject matter included tavern scenes, peasants drinking and smoking, itinerant musicians, village festivities and quaint village characters ( b. 1610 )

** Adriaen Brouwer, Flemish painter ( d. 1638 )

* December 10 – Adriaen van Ostade, Dutch painter ( d. 1685 )

Dutch composer Adriaen Valerius recorded the current melody of the Wilhelmus in his " Nederlantsche Gedenck-clanck " in 1626, slowing down the melody's pace, probably to allow it to be sung in churches.

* July – Adriaen Isenbrant, Flemish painter ( b. 1490 )

** Adriaen Isenbrant, Flemish painter ( d. 1551 )

In his De Groote Schouburgh ( 1718 – 21 ), Arnold Houbraken mentions Philips Wouwerman, Adriaen Brouwer, Pieter Gerritsz van Roestraten, Adriaen van Ostade and Dirck van Delen as students.