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    Cornelis Corneliszoon Jol (1597 – 31 October 1641), nicknamed Houtebeen ("pegleg"), was a 17th-century Dutch corsair and admiral in the Dutch West India...
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    Maarten Cornelis "Martin" Jol (born 16 January 1956) is a Dutch football manager and former midfielder. He played over 400 games during his career which...
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  • Jol or JOL may refer to: Cornelis Jol (1597–1641), Dutch corsair and admiral during the Eighty Years' War Dick Jol (born 1956), Dutch football referee...
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    of Cornelis Jol, seized Luanda from the Portuguese. On 25 August 1641, the Dutch landed 2,145 troops near Luanda under the command of Cornelis Jol. Upon...
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    Theo Jansen (b. 1948), artist Cornelis Jol (1597–1641), admiral and privateer Dick Jol (b. 1956), football referee Martin Jol (b. 1956), football manager...
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    prostheses do have the same form. François Le Clerc (died 1563), privateer Cornelis Jol, (1597–1641), privateer and Dutch West India Company admiral Peter Stuyvesant...
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    Islands. Elmina was conquered in 1637, Axim in 1642. In 1641, led by Cornelis Jol, Angola was also conquered. It is estimated that more than 550,000 people...
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    Capture of São Tomé by Cornelis Jol of the Dutch West India Company in 1641....
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  • garrison of Luanda. In 1641 Johan Maurits sent an expedition under Admiral Cornelis Jol from Recife in Dutch Brazil to seize the Angolan capital of Luanda. The...
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  • statesman who was mayor of Amsterdam thirteen times, between 1682-1706 Cornelis Jol (1597–1641), admiral and privateer Maarten Tromp (1598–1653), admiral...
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