Admiral Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter | Naval History

Death. During the course of the Dutch van squadron's disengagement from fighting, De Ruyter was fatally wounded when a cannonball struck him in the leg, and he ...

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Michiel de Ruyter (born March 24, 1607, Vlissingen, United Provinces [Netherlands]—died April 29, 1676, Syracuse, Sicily [Italy]) was a Dutch seaman and one of ...

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Michiel de Ruyter died of gangrene en route back to Holland, was given a state funeral, and is now remembered as not only the national hero of Holland, but a ...

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He was wounded and died of a wound fever. Upon his return, he was buried in the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam. An impressive, large tomb was made for him, which ...

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Admiral de Ruyter was a great Dutch naval hero who died after battle with the French fleet off Syracuse.

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After a state funeral in Amsterdam, de Ruyter was interred in an imposing tomb with the inscription Intaminus Fulget Honoribus—“He Shines in Unblemished Honor.”.

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Bleeding and dying, he directed the fleet from below deck. The Dutch held the line. The French retreated. Days later, he died from his wounds.

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Born: March 24, 1607 · Birthplace: Flushing, Zeeland Province, United Provinces (now in the Netherlands) · Died: April 29, 1676 · Place of death: Aboard ship in ...

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Adriaenszoon Michiel de Ruyter (Flushing-Vlissingen, March 24, 1607 – Bay of Syracuse, April 29, 1676) was a prosperous merchant in Zeeland.

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