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Herman Willem Daendels
Posthumous portrait by Raden Saleh
Governor-General of the Dutch Gold Coast
In office
11 March 1816 – 30 January 1818
MonarchWilliam I of the Netherlands
Preceded byAbraham de Veer
Succeeded byFrans Christiaan Eberhard Oldenburg
Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
In office
14 January 1808[1] – 15 May 1811[2]
MonarchLouis Bonaparte
Preceded byAlbertus Henricus Wiese
Succeeded byJan Willem Janssens
Personal details
Born(1762-10-21)21 October 1762
Hattem, Gelderland, Dutch Republic
Died2 May 1818(1818-05-02) (aged 55)
St. George d'Elmina, Dutch Gold Coast (now part of Ghana)
Other political
affiliations
Patriots
Military service
AllegianceHerman Willem Daendels First French Republic
Herman Willem Daendels First French Empire
Netherlands Batavian Republic
Netherlands Kingdom of Holland
Branch/serviceGrande Armée
Years of service1785–1813
RankMajor general
CommandsBatavian 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]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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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