Gaspar Fagel, painted by Johannes Vollevens

Gaspar Fagel (January 25, 1634, The Hague - December 15, 1688) was a Dutch statesman. Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate Events 533 - Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands Fagel was born into a distinguished patrician family.

He was elected Pensionary of Haarlem in 1633 and as such member representative of the States of Holland. A pensionary was a name given to the leading functionary and legal adviser of the principal town corporations in the Netherlands because they received a Salary, or in the past usually Harlem in English is a city in the Netherlands. States of Holland and West Frisia ( Dutch: Staten van Holland en Westfriesland) were the representation of the two Estates ( In 1670, he was made Greffier (secretary) of the Staten-Generaal and in 1672 after the resignation and subsequent murder of de Witt Grand Pensionary. The States-General ( Staten-Generaal) is the Parliament of the Netherlands. The Grand Pensionary (Dutch raad(spensionaris) was the most important Dutch official during the time of the United Provinces. He was distinguished for his integrity and the firmness with which he repelled the attempts of Louis XIV of France against his country, and for his zeal in supporting the claims of the Prince of Orange to the English throne. Early years Birth and ancestry Louis XIV was born in the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye on September 5 1638 and bore the Heir apparent William III or William of Orange (14 November 1650 &ndash 8 March 1702 He is informally known in Northern Ireland and Scotland as "King Billy"