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Jacob Dircksz de Graeff (1570–1638), Amsterdam burgomaster and regent, statesman; Lenaert Jansz de Graeff (around 1525/30-before 1578), one of the leaders of the Protestant Reformation in Amsterdam, captain of the Sea Beggars; Pieter de Graeff (1638–1707), Amsterdam patrician, politician; brother-in-law of Johan de Witt; Glennis Grace (born ...
There are also articles about the Eighty Years' War (the Dutch revolt against Spain) and the Anglo-Dutch Wars. A concise broader picture is painted in History of the Netherlands. People are listed here per category in order of year of birth. Note: Many Dutchmen from this period had a middle name ending in szoon, which means son of.
Franco-Swedish War (1805–1810) France Spanish Empire Holland: Sweden United Kingdom Prussia: Victory: Ashanti–Fante War (1806–1807) Ashanti Empire Batavian Republic: Fante Confederacy United Kingdom: Victory: War of the Fourth Coalition (1806–1807) French Empire French satellites: Confederation of the Rhine: Bavaria Württemberg; Saxony [1]
Anne Frank (1929–1945), diarist in World War II Amsterdam; Harry Gideonse (1901–1985), American President of Brooklyn College, and Chancellor of the New School for Social Research; Alfred Henry (Freddy) Heineken (1923–2002), commercial mastermind of the Heineken Imperium; grandson of the founder of Heineken; Mata Hari (1876–1917), spy
People from Amsterdam, North Holland, capital of the Netherlands. Subcategories. This category has the following 15 subcategories, out of 15 total. Burials ...
This is a list of wars involving the Dutch Republic, which emerged from the Habsburg Netherlands during the Eighty Years' War (c. 1566–1648). The set of "United Provinces" that would later become the Dutch Republic proclaimed its independence in 1581.
The years 1579–1588 constituted a phase of the Eighty Years' War (c. 1568–1648) between the Spanish Empire and the United Provinces in revolt after most of them concluded the Union of Utrecht on 23 January 1579, and proceeded to carve the independent Dutch Republic out of the Habsburg Netherlands.
At that time, Amsterdam was the third largest city in Europe and the financial center of the world (including with the Bank of Amsterdam and the family's private bank Deutz of Deutz van Assendelft). The Tulip mania from 1630 to 1637 was the first large speculative bubble, a house in Amsterdam was sold for only three tulip bulbs .