* 1799 – The entire Dutch fleet is captured by British forces under the command of Sir Ralph Abercromby and Admiral Sir Charles Mitchell during the Second Coalition of the French Revolutionary Wars.

* 1704 – War of the Spanish Succession: Gibraltar is captured by an English and Dutch fleet, commanded by Admiral Sir George Rooke and allied with Archduke Charles.

* 1607 – Eighty Years ' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar.

Havana's inability to resist invaders was dramatically exposed in 1628, when a Dutch fleet led by Piet Heyn plundered the Spanish ships in the city's harbor.

Only nine years later, in 1664, the Dutch were conquered by a fleet of English ships by Sir Robert Carr under the direction of James, the Duke of York.

In 1667, when Defoe was probably about seven years old, a Dutch fleet sailed up the Medway via the River Thames and attacked Chatham.

The Dutch navy had three principal tasks in the struggle against Spain: to protect Dutch merchant ships at sea, to blockade the ports of Spanish-held Flanders to damage trade and halt enemy privateering, and to fight the Spanish fleet and prevent troop landings.

* 1607 25 April – During the Eighty Years ' War between the United Provinces and the King of Spain, a Dutch fleet surprised and engaged a Spanish fleet anchored at the Bay of Gibraltar ( Battle of Gibraltar ).

William's successful invasion of England with a Dutch fleet and army led to his ascending of the English throne as William III of England jointly with his wife Mary II of England.

By 1669, the Dutch East India Company was the richest private company in history, with a huge fleet of merchant ships and warships, tens of thousands of employees, a private army consisting of thousands of soldiers, and a reputation on the part of its stockholders for high dividend payments.

* 1665 – James Stuart, Duke of York ( later to become King James II of England ) defeats the Dutch fleet off the coast of Lowestoft.

* 1667 – The Raid on the Medway by the Dutch fleet begins.

In 1630, a Dutch fleet of 70 ships had taken the rich sugar-exporting areas of Pernambuco ( Brazil ) from the Portuguese but had lost everything by 1654.

An Anglo-Russian invasion of the Netherlands in 1799 accomplished little except the capture of the Dutch fleet.

The French army tried to invade the Netherlands over its frozen rivers, while the Dutch fleet was stuck in its harbor.

* May 8 – A Dutch fleet captures Bahia, Brazil from the Spanish.

* April 29 – A fleet of 11 Dutch ships depart for the coast of Peru, seeking to seize Spanish treasure.

* April 14 – Second Battle of Playa Honda: The Spanish navy defeats a Dutch fleet in the Philippines.

* Autumn – Second Dutch Expedition to Indonesia: After being separated from the main Dutch fleet of Admiral Wybrand Van Warwyck, three ships under Jacob Cornelisz.

* June 24 – Dutch-Portuguese War: The outnumbered Portuguese forces successfully defend Macau from the Dutch fleet in the Battle of Macau, keeping a Portuguese foothold in the Far East.

* March 3 – A fleet sent by the Dutch West India Company captures Recife from the Portuguese, establishing Dutch Brazil.

Perhaps the Aster computer inspired another Dutch computer firm to name their computer after another typical Dutch flower — the Tulip's Tulip System-1 which appeared about the same time Aster folded.

Opgezwolle, a group from Zwolle's latest album, Eigen Wereld ( Own World ) appeared in the ' Album Top 100 ' at number 4 ; the highest notation of a Dutch rap album ever.

While Kidd's gunner, William Moore, was on deck sharpening a chisel, a Dutch ship appeared in sight.

The first published crochet patterns appeared in the Dutch magazine Pénélopé in 1824.

Doohan competed successfully throughout the early 1990s and appeared to be on his way to winning his first world championship when he was seriously injured in a practice crash before the 1992 Dutch TT.

Gould was also a guest in all seven episodes of the Dutch talk-series A Glorious Accident, in which he appeared with Oliver Sacks.

Early hints of Chinoiserie appeared in the 17th century in nations with active East India companies: England ( the British East India Company ), Denmark ( the Danish East India Company ), the Netherlands ( the Dutch East India Company ) and France ( the French East India Company ).

At a time when the Dutch nation fought for independence during the Eighty Years ' War, Hals appeared in the ranks of the schutterij, a military guild.

To lay foundations for a new beginning, envoys of the States-General appeared in November 1660 with the Dutch Gift.

The re-released 32 Jaar appeared in both Dutch and English ( phonetically translated as Tastes Of Sweet Desire ).

On 3 May 2001, he appeared on the Dutch television program Nova to discuss the rising incidence of anti-homosexual violence by Moroccan youths.

Triangular sails appeared on Bermudian boats early in the 17th century, a development of the Dutch bezaan, or leg-of-mutton rig, itself derived from the Lateen rig.

In 2004 she appeared on a Dutch comedy film Alice in Glamourland ( Dutch: Ellis in Glamourland ) as a successful writer.

When the Dutch arrived in 1624 at Tayouan ( Anping ) Harbor, Siraya-speaking representatives from nearby Saccam village soon appeared at the Dutch stockade to barter and trade ; an overture which was readily welcomed by the Dutch.

Staten Landt appeared on Tasman's first maps of New Zealand, but this was changed by Dutch cartographers to Nova Zelandia, after the Dutch province of Zeeland, some time after Hendrik Brouwer proved the South American land to be an island in 1643.

A new company, DAF Trucks, appeared in the Netherlands as a result of a management buy-out of the Dutch operations, as did Leyland Trucks and LDV ( vans ) in the UK.

The people of the Netherlands watched as their queen often appeared in public dressed like any ordinary Dutch woman.

Spirou also appeared translated in a Dutch version under the name Robbedoes for the Flemish market.

Eight editions in Dutch and Flemish are known ; and the story soon passed to France, the first French edition appearing in Bordeaux, 1609, and to England, where it appeared in the form of a parody in 1625.

In the latter part of August 1619, a Dutch ship, the White Lion, appeared off the coast of Old Point Comfort.