Piet Pieterszoon Hein
Dutch admiral
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Piet Pieterszoon Hein was a Dutch admiral and privateer for the Dutch Republic during the Eighty Years' War. Hein was the first and the last to capture a large part of a Spanish treasure fleet which transported huge amounts of gold and silver from... Wikipedia
Born: November 25, 1577, Delfshaven, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Died: June 18, 1629 (age 51 years), Dunkirk, France
Parents: Neeltgen Claeszdochter and Pieter Corneliszoon Hein
Place of burial: Old Church, Delft, Netherlands
Nationality: Dutch
Battles/wars: Eighty Years' War > Battle in the Bay of Matanzas;