Johan de Witt and the Republicans did reign supreme for a time at the middle of the 17th century (the First Stadtholderless Period) until his overthrow and murder in 1672.
Her clients included Peter the Great of Russia, Frederick Elector of Brandenburg, Johan de Witt and William III of England.
Edmond Halley’s (of comet fame) representation of the life annuity dates to 1693, when he re-expressed a life annuity as the discounted value of each annual payment multiplied by the probability of surviving long enough to receive the payment and summed until there are no survivors.
•
De Witt controlled the Netherlands political system from around 1650 until shortly before his death in 1672 working with various factions from nearly all the major cities, especially his hometown, Dordrecht, and the city of birth of his wife, Amsterdam.
•
In 1650 (the year that stadtholder William II of Orange died) he was appointed leader of the deputation of Dordrecht to the States of Holland.
Johan de Witt (1625–1672), a Dutch politician who was assassinated
Johan de Witt is a case in point, and Johan van Oldebarnevelt another famous example.
Marcos Witt | Johan Christian Fabricius | Johan Galtung | Johan Petter Johansson | Johan Norberg | Johan Niclas Byström | Johan Museeuw | Johan Henric Kellgren | Johan de Witt | Katarina Witt | Johan Jeremiassen | Johan Gunnar Andersson | Johan Cruyff | Johan Bojer | Alicia Witt | Nils Johan Berlin | Johan Wohlert | Johan Vande Lanotte | Johan Svendsen | Johan Reinhard | Johan Jakobsson | Johan Ferrier | Johan Falkberget | Johan de Meij | Johan Banér | Joachim Witt | Weekends with Alex Witt | Thomas De Witt Talmage | Ole-Johan Dahl | Lars Johan Hierta |
She married her first cousin (the son of Johan de Witt) Johan de Witt Jr. (1662–1701), secretary of Dordrecht.