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Anglo-Dutch Wars

The Anglo-Dutch Wars were fought in the 17th and 18th centuries between Great Britain and the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands for control over the seas and trade routes.

• 1652–1654 First Anglo-Dutch War
• 1665–1667 Second Anglo-Dutch War
• 1672–1674 Third Anglo-Dutch War
• 1780–1784 Fourth Anglo-Dutch War

Some historians also count the conflicts during the Napoleonic era as Anglo-Dutch wars:

• 1795–1803 Fifth Anglo-Dutch War
• 1806–1813 Sixth Anglo-Dutch War

In this period revolutionary France reduced the Netherlands to a satellite and finally annexed the country in 1810. Britain took over all the Dutch colonies, with the exception of Java and the trading post at Deshima in Japan.

See also:

• History of the Netherlands
• History of England

External links

• Painting of Anglo-Dutch sea battle (Third War) (National Maritime Museum London).
• National Maritime Museum London official site.
• Dutch Admiral Michiel de Ruyters' flagship 'The Seven Provinces' is being rebuilt in Dutch town Lelystad.

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