Monday 6 April 2009

Rampjaar


Or disaster year - 1672. Rampjaar wiki. This image shows the "The Storming of Coevorden, 30 December 1672" by Pieter Wouwerman (ca1672-82). The Disaster Year ended on a positive note, as Coeverden was recaptured from the troops of the Bishop of Münster on December 30, 1672.

1 comment:

jan bruinen said...

The storming of Coevorden in the picture is by Dutch troops in december 1672. The troops of Münster had taken Coevorden in july