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O) Roman era tombs 2 km south of town center (modern Esch) P) Trajectum ad Mosam, also known as Mosae Trajectum, (modern Maastricht) Not marked on the map: a possible fort in modern Venlo and a settlement called Catualium [14] near modern Roermond
This era brought about substantial social change within the Netherlands, including the establishment of a welfare state in the subsequent decades. Economic prosperity in the 1960s and 1970s led to social liberalization, culminating in progressive policies on immigration, drugs, and euthanasia.
Ancient Roman control of the lower Rhine as located within the present day state of the Netherlands. From the conquest of the Celtic tribes in the Gallic Wars of 58-51 BC by Julius Caesar to the end of Roman control in 486 CE. The area formed part of the Roman provinces of Gallia Belgica, Germania Inferior and Germania Secunda
It was created by Napoleon Bonaparte in March 1806 in order to strengthen control over the Netherlands by replacing the republican government with a monarchy. Since becoming emperor in 1804, Napoleon sought to extirpate republican tendencies in territories France controlled, and placed his third brother, Louis Bonaparte , on the throne of the ...
The Southern Netherlands, [note 1] also called the Catholic Netherlands, were the parts of the Low Countries belonging to the Holy Roman Empire which were at first largely controlled by Habsburg Spain (Spanish Netherlands, 1556–1714) and later by the Austrian Habsburgs (Austrian Netherlands, 1714–1794) until occupied and annexed by Revolutionary France (1794–1815).
Pages in category "Maps of the history of the Netherlands" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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 ...
Tabula Peutingeriana (section of a modern facsimile), top to bottom: Dalmatian coast, Adriatic Sea, southern Italy, Sicily, African Mediterranean coast. Tabula Peutingeriana (Latin for 'The Peutinger Map'), also referred to as Peutinger's Tabula, [1] Peutinger tables [2] or Peutinger Table, is an illustrated itinerarium (ancient Roman road map) showing the layout of the cursus publicus, the ...