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    Rijcklof Volckertsz. van Goens (24 June 1619 – 14 November 1682) was the Governor of Zeylan and Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies. He was the Governor...
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    taught free of charge or Pro Deo. During a visit from the commissioner Rijcklof van Goens in 1657, several regulations concerning the burghers were drawn up...
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    dos Milagres de Jafanapatão). It was captured by the Dutch under Rijcklof van Goens in 1658, who expanded the structure. In 1795, it was taken over by...
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    (bapt.) – Sir Jeffrey Hudson, English court dwarf (d. 1682) June 24 – Rijcklof van Goens, Dutch colonial governor (d. 1682) July 3 – Hyojong of Joseon, 17th...
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    alongside Johan Bax van Herenthals (who would also take an interest in natural history). Van Rheede served under Admiral Rijcklof van Goens in campaigns against...
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    1646 and was governor until 26 February 1650. He was succeeded by Jacob van Kittensteyn. He was the third Dutch governor of Zeylan. Seven years later...
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    Governor Rijckloff van Goens Jr. (1675-1679), who had succeeded his father in 1675 Subsequent to the departure of Governor Rijcklof van Goens, and with the...
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    treaty with the Queen of Quilon. But the garrison left behind by Rijcklof van Goens had to be withdrawn because of local and Portuguese resistance. With...
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    forces of Golconda, and on the sea side by the fleet of the VOC under Rijcklof van Goens. During the siege an English fleet appeared on the Coromandel coast...
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  • Around March 1657, Rijcklof van Goens, a senior VOC officer appointed as commissioner to the fledgling Dutch Cape Colony, ordered Jan van Riebeeck to help...
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