# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jacob-binckes
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:35:59.309Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jacob-binckes"
name: "Jacob Binckes"
slug: "jacob-binckes"
description: "Jacob Binckes was a Dutch States Navy officer. Jacob himself used the name Benckes. He was a seafarer trading mostly on Norway in the transport of wood. In 1665 Jacob Binckes started his service with the Admiralty of Amsterdam. His first assignment as a captain was to escort a convoy to Norway. The next year, he helped to secure the River Elbe in northern Germany, near Glückstadt, in the interest of Dutch merchant shipping. As a captain he participated in the Raid on the Medway in the Second Anglo-Dutch War. With his frigate Essen Jacob Binckes is part of the taskforce on the Medway."
tagline: "Dutch admiral"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jacob_Binkes_by_Nicolaes_Maes.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1637"
deathDate: "1677-12-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.31
  momentum:             0.5
  historical:           5.472714666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Binckes"
    title: "Jacob Binckes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D8%A8_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "چاكوب بينكيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Binckes"
    title: "Jacob Binckes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%81%2C_%D0%AF%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B1"
    title: "Бинкес, Якоб"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Binckes"
    title: "Jacob Binckes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Binckes"
    title: "Jacob Binckes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1861825"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump