Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Jan Willem de Winter

Battles of Jan Willem de Winter

Dutch admiral (1761–1812)

Jan Willem de Winter is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1794 and 1797: 1 battle, 2 sieges and 1 naval action across 2 present-day countries, most in Netherlands (2), Belgium (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 423 km apart end to end, 141 km between engagements on average. Most belong to War of the First Coalition (3), French Revolutionary Wars (1).

Siege of YpresSiege of NijmegenCapture of the Dutch fleet at Den HelderBattle of CamperdownSiege of YpresSiege of NijmegenCapture of the Dutch fleet at Den HelderBattle of CamperdownAmsterdamBrusselsThe HagueLilleRotterdamCologneAntwerpenDüsseldorfBonnUtrecht100 km51.904N, 4.367E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1794: 2 engagements2 in 17941795: 1 engagements1797: 1 engagements17941797
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Ypres, 1794Siege of Nijmegen, 1794Capture of the Dutch fleet at Den Helder, 1795Battle of Camperdown, 179717941797
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1 June 1794Siege of YpresYpres, BelgiumFrench victory
October 1794Siege of NijmegenNijmegen, Netherlands233 km NEFrench victory
23 January 1795Capture of the Dutch fleet at Den HelderNetherlands145 km NWFrench victory
11 October 1797Battle of CamperdownNorth Sea44 km SWBritish victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Daniel Orme, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.