Jan Jacobsen (English service)

For other people named Jan Jacobsen, see Jan Jacobsen (disambiguation).

Jan Jacobsen (fl. 1665–1667) was a mid-17th-century Flemish-born Dutch corsair and privateer. Operating out of France with other Dunkirkers such as Karel Verburg and Jan Jansen Gouverneur, he acted on behalf of England during the Second Anglo-Dutch War in the mid-1660s.^[1]

Jan Jacobsen
Born	fl. 1665 Flanders
Died	1667
Piratical career
Type	Privateer
Allegiance	England
Years active	1660s
Rank	Captain
Base of operations	Dunkirk
Battles/wars	Second Anglo-Dutch War