Brief Life History of Dirck
Dirck Guysbertsen was born on 16 March 1653, in Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.
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World Events (3)
1689
Age 36
France fought with the Netherlands.
1692
Age 39
An English and Dutch fleet beat France in the Battle at La Hogue.
1697
Age 44
The Treaty of Ryswick was signed in Holland. It ended the War of the Grand Alliance (War of the League of Augsburg,1688-1697) between France and the Grand Alliance.
Name Meaning
Short form of Richard . The alteration of the initial consonant is supposed to result from the difficulty that English speakers in the Middle Ages had in pronouncing the trilled Norman r-.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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