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The Franks eventually were divided into two groups: the Ripuarian Franks (Latin: Ripuari), who were the Franks that lived along the middle-Rhine River during the Roman Era, and the Salians, who probably originated in the Salland in Overijssel, before pressure from the Saxons then forced them to move into the empire in the 4th century and became ...
2 Roman era (57 BC – 410 AD) 3 Early ... The history of the Netherlands extends back before the founding of the modern Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1815 after the ...
Ancient Roman control of the lower Rhine as located within the present day state of the Netherlands. From the conquest of the Celtic tribes in the Gallic Wars of 58-51 BC by Julius Caesar to the end of Roman control in 486 CE. The area formed part of the Roman provinces of Gallia Belgica, Germania Inferior and Germania Secunda
The Burgundian Netherlands [a] were those parts of the Low Countries ruled by the Dukes of Burgundy during the Burgundian Age between 1384 and 1482. Within their Burgundian State, which itself belonged partly to the Holy Roman Empire and partly to the Kingdom of France, the dukes united these lowlands into a political union that went beyond a personal union as it gained central institutions ...
It was created by Napoleon Bonaparte in March 1806 in order to strengthen control over the Netherlands by replacing the republican government with a monarchy. Since becoming emperor in 1804, Napoleon sought to extirpate republican tendencies in territories France controlled, and placed his third brother, Louis Bonaparte , on the throne of the ...
The Southern Netherlands, [note 1] also called the Catholic Netherlands, were the parts of the Low Countries belonging to the Holy Roman Empire which were at first largely controlled by Habsburg Spain (Spanish Netherlands, 1556–1714) and later by the Austrian Habsburgs (Austrian Netherlands, 1714–1794) until occupied and annexed by Revolutionary France (1794–1815).
circa 10 BC - Construction of Roman main road from Cologne to the coast (Via Belgica ). 1st half of 1st century AD - Maastricht Roman bridge built; gradual development of settlement on both sides of the river Meuse. ca. 150 - Construction of Roman baths and walled sanctuary (with a 9-meter sculpted Jupiter column).
The County of Holland was a state of the Holy Roman Empire from its inception until 1433. From 1433 onward it was part of the Burgundian Netherlands, from 1482 part of the Habsburg Netherlands and from 1581 onward the leading province of the Dutch Republic until the Batavian Revolution in 1795.