Cornelis Evertsen the Younger, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Dutch admiral
Date of Birth: 16-Apr-1628
Place of Birth: Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands
Date of Death: 20-Sep-1679
Profession: naval officer
Nationality: Netherlands
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Cornelis Evertsen the Younger
- Cornelis Evertsen the Younger (Flushing, 16 April 1628 – Flushing, 20 September 1679) was a Dutch Admiral from the 17th century. Cornelis was the son of Lieutenant-Admiral Johan Evertsen and the nephew of Lieutenant-Admiral Cornelis Evertsen the Elder.
- He is not to be confused with his cousin Lieutenant-Admiral Cornelis Evertsen the Youngest. Cornelis became master on his father's flagship the Hollandia in 1648; in 1651 he was for a time in the rank of lieutenant acting captain on the same vessel.
- He became captain of the Vlissingen in 1652, during the First Anglo–Dutch War.
- In 1653 he was wounded while being his father's flag captain in the Battle of Scheveningen.
- In 1659 he became a full captain.
- In 1661 he sailed in the Mediterranean as captain of the Delft. In July 1665, after the Battle of Lowestoft during the Second Anglo-Dutch War, he was appointed Rear-Admiral with the Admiralty of Zealand.
- He fought on the Zierikzee in the Four Days Battle.
- He became Vice-Admiral of Zealand on 5 September 1666, the year in which his father and uncle were killed.
- He did not participate in the Raid on the Medway in 1667, because the Zealandic fleet wasn't ready in time. He fought in all battles of the Third Anglo-Dutch War on his flagship, the Zierikzee.
- In the Franco-Dutch war he participated in the failed attack against Martinique in 1674 under De Ruyter.
- In 1676 he fought for Denmark under Admiral-General Cornelis Tromp, then the Danish supreme commander, against Sweden.
- And in 1678 he operated against the French fleet in the Mediterranean and before the French West coast. Cornelis was an educated man who twice married wives from wealthy families; he died of an illness in Flushing.
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