(1762-10-21)21 October 1762 Hattem, Gelderland, Dutch Republic
Died
2 May 1818(1818-05-02) (aged 55) St. George d'Elmina, Dutch Gold Coast (now part of Ghana)
Other political affiliations
Patriots
Military service
Allegiance
First French Republic First French Empire Batavian Republic Kingdom of Holland
Branch/service
Grande Armée
Years of service
1785–1813
Rank
Major general
Commands
Batavian Legion
Battles/wars
Patriot Revolt
Prussian invasion of Holland
Defence of Amsterdam
War of the First Coalition
Flanders campaign
Batavian Revolution
War of the Second Coalition
Battle of Callantsoog
Battle of Krabbendam
Battle of Bergen
Battle of Alkmaar
Battle of Castricum
War of the Fourth Coalition
Capture of East Frisia
War of the Fifth Coalition
Invasion of the Spice Islands
French invasion of Russia
Battle of Berezina
War of the Sixth Coalition
Siege of Modlin
Herman Willem Daendels (21 October 1762 – 2 May 1818) was a Dutch revolutionary, military leader, and statesman. He was 36th Governor General of the Dutch East Indies, a position he held from 1808 to 1811.[3]
^Kristine Alilunas-Rodgers (2001). Sojourners and Settlers Histories of Southeast Asia and the Chinese. University of Hawai'i Press. p. 159. ISBN 9780824824464. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
^Herald van der Linde (24 September 2020). Jakarta: History of a Misunderstood City. Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Private Limited. p. Chapter 6. ISBN 9789814928014. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
^The only complete biography of Daendels is the now rather dated publication by Paul van 't Veer, Daendels, maarschalk van Holland (Zeist/Antwerpen: De Haan-Standaard Boekhandel 1963).
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