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In 1795, the Netherlands was conquered by France. During the occupation and the upheaval the old Republic of the Seven United Netherlands was transformed into a modern unitary state, the Batavian Republic (1795–1806). This was a satellite state of Napoleonic France. Subsequently, was the transition to the Kingdom of Holland in 1806.
The spire of Old St Paul's Cathedral in the City of London ... August 22 – The Duke of Alba is sent to the Netherlands with a strong ... 1560. Maximilien de ...
The Habsburg Netherlands was a geo-political entity covering the whole of the Low Countries (i.e. the present-day Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and most of the modern French départements of Nord and Pas-de-Calais) from 1482 to 1581. The northern Low Countries began growing from 1200 AD, with the drainage and flood control of land, which ...
The Netherlands was one of the richest places in the world. The population reached 3 million in 1560, with 25 cities of 10,000 people or more, by far the largest urban presence in Europe; with the trading and financial center of Antwerp being especially important (population 100,000).
The original city map, 1660 Redraft of the Castello Plan of New Amsterdam in 1660, redrawn in 1916 by John Wolcott Adams and Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes. The Castello Plan – officially entitled Afbeeldinge van de Stadt Amsterdam in Nieuw Neederlandt (Dutch, "Picture of the City of Amsterdam in New Netherland") – is an early city map of what is now the Financial District of Lower Manhattan ...
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