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At the start of the Belgian Revolution of 1830, General Daine, the commander of the provincial armed forces of Limburg, situated in Maastricht, chose the side of the Belgian rebels. [2] He left the city on 7 November 1830. He arrived at Roermond on 9 November and at Venlo on 11 November. Both cities welcomed him with open arms and sided with ...
Queen Wilhelmina and her daughter Juliana, circa 1914. The Dutch Queen, Wilhelmina, was known for her fierce patriotism and strong-willed nature.She leaned towards sympathy for France and Belgium but only in private and evinced a neutral stance in public.
Maastricht Natural History Museum, a small museum of natural history in a former monastery; Grote Looiersstraat ("Great Tanners' Street"), a former canal that was filled in during the 19th century, lined with elegant houses, the city's poorhouse (now part of the university library) and Sint-Maartenshofje, a typically Dutch hofje .
Frederick Henry's feat in capturing Maastricht dismayed the Spanish, who made negotiations for peace, but their resolve was stiffened a few months later by the death of the Swedish Protestant hero Gustavus Adolphus at the Battle of Lützen on 16 November. Nevertheless, the capture of Maastricht was an important victory for the Dutch Republic.
The Batavi (Batavians) were a Germanic tribe, originally part of the Chatti, reported by Tacitus to have lived around the Rhine delta, in the area which is currently the Netherlands, "an uninhabited district on the extremity of the coast of Gaul, and also of a neighbouring island, surrounded by the ocean in front, and by the river Rhine in the rear and on either side" (Tacitus, Histories iv).
The Blockade of Maastricht of 1814 was a military blockade of the then French fortified city Maastricht by the allied troops led by General Bernadotte.The blockade took place from late January to early May 1814 during the War of the Sixth Coalition between France and the other European powers, ending on May 5 of that year with the capitulation of Maastricht and the departure of the French.
The outcome of the meeting was that all further opposition to the Germans in and around Maastricht, the last standing defences in Limburg, would cease. The TC himself went to the Wilhelminabrug under a truce flag. Soon, contact was established. A few hours later, all Dutch troops in Maastricht and its surroundings capitulated.
Fort Eben-Emael (French: Fort d'Ében-Émael, pronounced [fɔʁ debɛn emal]) is an inactive Belgian fortress located between Liège and Maastricht, on the Belgian-Dutch border, near the Albert Canal, outside the village of Ében-Émael. It was designed to defend Belgium from a German attack across the narrow belt of Dutch territory in the region.