However, Tromp's death was a severe blow to the Dutch – few now expected to beat the English ; the Orangist faction lost political influence and Grand Pensionary Johan de Witt was willing to give formal treaty assurances to Cromwell that the infant William III of Orange would never become stadtholder, thus turning the Netherlands into a base for a Stuart restoration.

Johannes De Witt, a Dutchman who visited London around 1596, left a description of the Swan in a manuscript titled Observationes Londiniensis, now lost.

In the middle of the 1987 season, however, Witt suddenly lost his overpowering stuff and saw his strikeout numbers decline significantly.

It featured three songs by the Wu-Tang Clan and nine songs by old school hip hop artists, including The Cold Crush Brothers, Whodini, and Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five .< ref name =" Witt "> Allmusic editor Chris Witt gave the soundtrack album four-and-a-half out of five stars and noted its old school tracks as the highlights, writing that " The contrast between the life and color of the old school tracks and the unrelenting gloom of the Wu-Tang cuts, produced over ten years later, suggests that hip-hop may have lost something in the intervening years.

Johan de Witt's brother Cornelis de Witt had accompanied the fleet to make the States regime share in the glory, but the events on land nullified this.

But the share that Louis XIV demanded for himself alienated de Witt, and the deal was never concluded.

The land occupied by Addison was settled as early as 1846 when Preston Witt built a house near White Rock Creek.

* The Witt Library houses a collection of cuttings from auction catalogs which enables the researcher to identify occasions when a picture has been sold.

Johan de Witt, heer van Zuid-en Noord-Linschoten, Snelrewaard, Hekendorp and IJsselveere ( 24 September 1625 – 20 August 1672 ) was a key figure in Dutch politics in the mid 17th century, when its flourishing sea trade in a period of globalization made the United Provinces a leading European power during the Dutch Golden Age.

The Second Anglo-Dutch War began in 1665, lasting until 1667 when it ended with the Treaty of Breda, in which De Witt negotiated very favorable agreements for the Republic after the partial destruction of the British fleet in the Raid on the Medway, initiated by De Witt himself and executed in 1666 by De Ruyter.

In the ninth, Witt was two outs away from his second complete game victory of the series when Don Baylor hit a two-strike, two-run home run to pull the Red Sox within one run.

New problems erupted between the Mormons and their neighbors when the Mormons began to settle in the counties surrounding Caldwell, including De Witt in Carroll County and Adam-ondi-Ahman in Daviess County.

Witt writes that Duggan may also have been placed under pressure because he told the others he had gone to the Tavistock Clinic as a child for a family counselling session when his parents divorced.

In 1994, Furse, called by one Northwest newspaper the " antithesis of Congress ' traditional play-it-safe politicians ", won reelection by 301 votes, defeating businessman Bill Witt during a year when the Republican Revolution produced a 54-seat gain for her opponent's party.

Riady's entry into the American business community began in 1977, when he was persuaded by Arkansas banking moguls W. R. Witt and Jackson T. Stephens, and founders of Stephens Inc., one of America's largest investment banks outside of Wall Street, to become partners in the Stephens's Worthen Banking Corporation, after the younger Riady was sent by his father, Mochtar Riady, to set up a banking presence in the United States.

" Speaking before a HUAC subcommittee on September 1, Witt once more denied that he had engaged in espionage, again invoked his Fifth Amendment privileges when asked about his CPUSA and " Ware group " membership, and refused to say whether he knew Chambers, Elizabeth Bentley, or scores of others.

Firebird came together in 1999, when Steer teamed up with Cathedral bassist Leo Smee and Spiritual Beggars drummer Ludwig Witt.

But the most disappointing occurrence of 2004 happened post season, when Parramatta announced that Witt was " not in their first grade plans " for 2005, despite him having another three years to go on his contract.

Born in the Württemberg village of Niederstetten, Witt became a cellist ( some accounts say a violinist ) in the court orchestra of Oettingen-Wallerstein when he was nineteen.

* 1969 – John Witt, American baseball player, author, and actor

* 1964 – Bobby Witt, American baseball player

* January 1 – Michael Witt, Australian rugby league player

* Whitey Witt, baseball player

Prior to his major league career, Witt played baseball at Servite High School, and was an All-County basketball player as well.

* Whitey Witt ( 1895 – 1988 ), MLB player

Witt, along with fellow blue chip signings Ben Kennedy and Brent Kite, added much needed player strength at Manly in 2005 and the club qualified for its first semi finals series since 1998 and finished in eighth position.

Witt arrived at his new club in November 2006 determined to re-establish himself as a regular NRL player after the lean season he'd just had at Manly, and strong performances in the three trial matches at five-eighth saw Witt earn a spot for the opening round game for 2007 against Parramatta, where the Warriors eased to a resounding 34-18 win.

Mid-way through the Super League season, Witt was considered a top contender for player of the year.

* 1 January – Michael Witt, rugby league player

Later in 1996 Furse won 52 % of the vote in a rematch with Witt.

Witt was also a finalist in the 2007 Adidas Action 3 Sexiest Man in League competition, which was won by Manly fullback Brett Stewart following a public online and SMS vote, and was featured in the month of January for the accompanying Sexiest Man In League 2008 calendar.

By waving a black umbrella, Chamberlain's trademark fashion accessory, Witt claims he was protesting the Kennedy family appeasing Adolf Hitler before World War II.

Testifying before the HSCA, Witt said " I think if the Guinness Book of World Records had a category for people who were at the wrong place at the wrong time, doing the wrong thing, I would be No. 1 in that position, without even a close runner-up.

By 1996, an Atlanta Journal-Constitution editorial said, " FEMA has developed a sterling reputation for delivering disaster-relief services, a far cry from its abysmal standing before James Lee Witt took its helm in 1993.

He photographed 433 Eros on the very night of its discovery by Gustav Witt, but was not able to act quickly enough before Witt announced his find.

He finally gives in and has her train her replacement, the attractive and flirtatious June Carver ( Alicia Witt ), before she quits.

De Witt controlled the Netherlands political system from around 1650 until shortly before his spectacular death in 1672 working with various factions from nearly all the major cities, especially his hometown, Dordrecht, and the city of birth of his wife, Amsterdam.

Ton-That and Tran conclude that Poincaré had discovered and completely demonstrated this theorem at least thirty-seven years before Witt and Birkhoff.

" Benitez attended De Witt Clinton and John F. Kennedy High Schools but dropped out before graduating.

Peter Witt is a retired German deputy ambassador to the EU before he was hired by GPlus.

Nathan Witt helped him get a job within the Department of Labor National Labor Relations Board ( NLRB ) before World War II.

" When called before a one-man subcommittee of HUAC ( whose sole member was Rep. Richard Nixon ) on August 20, Witt denied knowing " J. Peters " ( ostensibly the head of the Soviet Union's political operations in the United States ), Chambers, or Alger Hiss.

Federal law enforcement officials debated prosecuting Witt in late 1948 — not for being a communist, a spy, or for committing espionage, but under a contempt of Congress charge for asserting his Fifth Amendment rights before the committee and refusing to answer its questions.

Witt later testified in February 1949 before a federal grand jury investigating illegal CPUSA activities in the United States.

Testifying again before HUAC in 1950, Lee Pressman named Witt as a member of the CPUSA and the " Ware group.

In February 1952, writer Nathaniel Weyl named Witt as a " Ware group " member before the United States Senate Subcommittee on Internal Security.

Witt was called before the Subcommittee on Internal Security on April 18 to testify about his involvement in the Matusow affair.

A truck made an illegal turn and hit Witt who tried to jump on the hood of the vehicle before being thrown to the ground as he was hit.

Kammersänger Josef Witt ( 17 May 1901-3 January 1994 ) was a tenor who was a regular performer at the Vienna State Opera before WW II.

Fritz Witt ( 27 May 1908 – 14 June 1944 ) was a German Waffen-SS officer who served with the 1. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler before taking command of the 12. SS-Panzer-Division Hitlerjugend.

But the Warriors recovered to win 3 of their next 5 games before Witt badly damaged his hip while attempting a penalty goal against the Canberra Raiders which sidelined him for the next four games.

Suddenly Manu Vatuvei made a break down field, finding Witt in support who taunted the Melbourne defenders by waving the ball in the air before placing it down to give the Warriors a shock 18-15 win.

This led Witt to look for a new club and he was linked with the Penrith Panthers and Melbourne Storm before he finally decided to switch codes.