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    Cornelis Corneliszoon Jol (baptised 9 January 1597 – 31 October 1641), nicknamed Houtebeen ("pegleg"), was a 17th-century Dutch corsair and admiral in...
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    Maarten Cornelis "Martin" Jol (born 16 January 1956) is a Dutch football manager and former midfielder. He played over 400 games during his career which...
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  • Jol or JOL may refer to: Cornelis Jol (1597–1641), Dutch corsair and admiral during the Eighty Years' War Dick Jol (born 1956), Dutch football referee...
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    of Cornelis Jol, seized Luanda from the Portuguese. On 25 August 1641, the Dutch landed 2,145 troops near Luanda under the command of Cornelis Jol. Upon...
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  • Peter Stumpp, German farmer and alleged serial killer (b. 1535) 1641 – Cornelis Jol, Dutch admiral (b. 1597) 1659 – John Bradshaw, English lawyer and judge...
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  • The Battle of Cabañas was an attempt in 1638 by Dutch privateer Cornelis Jol to capture the Spanish treasure fleet captained by Carlos de Ibarra. The naval...
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    Theo Jansen (b. 1948), artist Cornelis Jol (1597–1641), admiral and privateer Dick Jol (b. 1956), football referee Martin Jol (b. 1956), football manager...
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    Islands. Elmina was conquered in 1637, Axim in 1642. In 1641, led by Cornelis Jol, Angola was also conquered. It is estimated that more than 550,000 people...
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  • statesman who was mayor of Amsterdam thirteen times, between 1682-1706 Cornelis Jol (1597–1641), admiral and privateer Maarten Tromp (1598–1653), admiral...
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    prostheses do have the same form. François Le Clerc (died 1563), privateer Cornelis Jol, (1597–1641), privateer and Dutch West India Company admiral Peter Stuyvesant...
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    Capture of São Tomé by Cornelis Jol of the Dutch West India Company in 1641....
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    De With squadron: thirty ships, four fireships Jol squadron, seven ships: Jupiter (Cornelis Cornelisz Jol "Houtebeen") WIC De Nijs squadron, eight ships...
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  • garrison of Luanda. In 1641 Johan Maurits sent an expedition under Admiral Cornelis Jol from Recife in Dutch Brazil to seize the Angolan capital of Luanda. The...
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  • audacia pro muro et scuto opus boldness is our wall, action is our shield Cornelis Jol, in a bid to rally his rebellious captains to fight and conquer the Spanish...
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  • National Basketball Association. Retrieved 15 January 2024. "Jol: Maarten Cornelis Jol: Manager". BDFutbol. Retrieved 21 December 2017. "My Secret Life:...
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  • - Dutch buccaneer active in the 1680s. Jan Willems (Dutch buccaneer) Cornelis Jol Roche Braziliano Adolfo Calero Arlen Siu Augusto César Sandino Daniel...
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    such as John Hawkins, Francis Drake, Diego the Mulatto, Henry Morgan, Cornelis Jol, Bartolomeu Português, Lewis Scot and Roche Braziliano. Most of the attacks...
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    missionary and explorer (d. 1676) Johan van Heemskerk, Dutch poet (d. 1656) Cornelis Jol, Dutch naval commander and privateer (d. 1641) Wang Wei, Chinese poet...
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    galvanized interest in the region. That same year, Dutch merchants sent Cornelis de Houtman to Lisbon, to gather as much information as he could about the...
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  • recapture Salvador failed, however. In 1641, a fleet under the leadership of Cornelis Jol finally managed to capture Luanda. The Dutch West India Company was now...
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    buccaneers and pirates such as Francis Drake, John Hawkins, Laurens de Graaf, Cornelis Jol, Jacobo Jackson, Jean Lafitte, Francisco de Grammont, Bartolomé Portugués...
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    October 3 – Étienne Martellange, French architect (b. 1569) October 31 – Cornelis Jol, Dutch naval commander and privateer (b. 1597) November 9 Cardinal-Infante...
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    A force of ten or eleven ships and two sloops under the Dutch pirate Cornelis Jol and Diego el Mulato Martín attacked Campeche on 11 August 1633. The total...
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  • Confederate American Civil War general called "Old Pegleg" by his men Cornelis Jol (1597–1641), Dutch corsair and Dutch West India Company admiral nicknamed...
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    barter salt, a ship's cargo of wine and liquor for tobacco. (Meanwhile Cornelis Jol attempted to capture the Spanish treasure fleet near Cuba with four ships...
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  • October 3 – Étienne Martellange, French architect (b. 1569) October 31 – Cornelis Jol, Dutch naval commander and privateer (b. 1597) November 9 Cardinal-Infante...
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  • missionary and explorer (d. 1676) Johan van Heemskerk, Dutch poet (d. 1656) Cornelis Jol, Dutch naval commander and privateer (d. 1641) Wang Wei, Chinese poet...
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    proceeding to open ocean via the Old Bahama Channel. Under command of Cornelis Jol, the Otter and the sloops Nachtegael and Gijsselingh were to set course...
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  • September unknown It disrupted a Dutch West India Company fleet commanded by Cornelis Jol "Peg Leg", poised to attack the Spanish treasure fleet off the coast...
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    Americas. In 1641, a WIC expedition sent from Brazil under command of Cornelis Jol conquered Portuguese Angola. The Spanish island of Curaçao (with important...
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