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The only opposition the Duke of Alba faced in his march across the Netherlands were the nobles, Lamoral, Count of Egmont; Philippe de Montmorency, Count of Horn and others. With the approach of Alba and the Spanish army, William the Silent of Orange fled to Germany with his three brothers and his whole family on 11 April 1567. The Duke of Alba ...
Automatically generated playlists known as "YouTube Mix" were first rolled out in April 2013. [147] A year later, the feature was rolled out to the mobile app for Android OS. [148] A similar feature called "YouTube Radio" for continuous music playback in resemblance to radio stations was tested in February 2015. [149]
Most of the Imperial and French fiefs in what is now the Netherlands and Belgium were united in a personal union by Philip the Good in 1433. The House of Valois-Burgundy and their Habsburg heirs would rule the Low Countries from 1384 to 1581. The new rulers defended Dutch trading interests.
The Kingdom of the Netherlands (Dutch: Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, pronounced [ˈkoːnɪŋkrɛiɡ dɛr ˈneːdərlɑndə(n)] ⓘ; [h], West Frisian: Keninkryk fan de Nederlannen, Papiamento: Reino Hulandes), commonly known simply as the Netherlands, [i] is a sovereign state consisting of a collection of constituent territories united under the monarch of the Netherlands, who functions as head ...
Over 50% of the world's borders today were drawn as a result of British and French imperialism. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] An unambiguous measure is the date of national constitutions ; but as constitutions are an almost entirely modern concept, all formation dates by that criterion are modern or early modern (the oldest extant constitution being that ...
HT: England 0-2 Netherlands. Friday 1 December 2023 20:33, Sonia Twigg. HT: That’s half time, and it has been the Netherlands’ half.Two chances and two goals while England have struggled to ...
1958 - Netherlands Film and Television Academy founded. 1959 - Population: 872,000. [39] 1960 Anne Frank House museum established on the Prinsengracht. Academie voor Kleinkunst (school) founded. Uitzendbureau Amstelveen (now Randstad NV) was founded. 1961 - Amsterdam RAI Exhibition and Convention Centre opens. 1962 - Hilton Hotel in business.
The history of Dutch nationality is the emergence of a sense of national identity in the territory of the Netherlands.Consciousness of national identity was manifested through shared national obligations and rights such as taxation, military service, political and social rights, but most importantly through the concept of citizenship.