Jan Hendrik Van Kinsbergen
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 205 years ago |
Date of birth | May 1,1735 |
Zodiac sign | Taurus |
Born | Doesburg |
Netherlands | |
Date of died | May 24,1819 |
Died | Apeldoorn |
Netherlands | |
Job | Sailor |
Naval Officer | |
Current partner | Hester Hooft |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 2894745 |
Jan Hendrik Van Kinsbergen Life story
Jan Hendrik van Kinsbergen, Count of Doggerbank, was a Dutch naval officer. Having had a good scientific education, Van Kinsbergen was a proponent of fleet modernization and wrote many books about naval organization, discipline and tactics. In 1773, he twice defeated an Ottoman fleet while in Russian service.