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In the period 1550-1560 the Dutch Provinces were trying to gain their independence from the Spanish empire of King Philip II. The Geuzen (Sea Beggars) were adventurers, pirates and patriots who fought against the Spanish rule in the Dutch provinces. For several years their bases of operation included the ports of Emden (on the coast of the ...
Around 1560 Dutch Mennonites settled in the village, founding the first such community in the area. [2] In 1604, starost of Grudziądz Maciej Konopacki leased 39 włókas of land to the Mennonites for 40 years, with the stipulation that after that time the Mennonites would have priority to buy the land outright. [2] The village suffered in a ...
1,560 • Density: ... UTC+2 : Postal code: 6941 [1] Dialing code: 0316: Braamt is a village in the municipality of Montferland in the province of Gelderland, the ...
[citation needed] In response to Dutch generosity, the Armenians integrated into their society very smoothly, and they became part of its society. [40] A Dutch writer said in the magazine De Amsterdammer (14 August 1887): "The story of the Armenian community is a golden page in the history of the city of Amsterdam." [citation needed]
Tulips arrive in the Netherlands. Year 1560 was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. Events ... Dutch critic and scholar (d. 1627) [43]
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 ...
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The village Assemansbroek existed apparently in the 13th century. It was opposite Bergen op Zoom on the western bank of the Schelde. It drowned in 1530. Broecke Village in the east part of the Drowned Land of Verdronken Land van Reimerswaal. It drowned in 1530-1532. Couveringe Village. Duvenee West of Reimerswaal town. The name is first known ...