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Breda was a center of the food- and drink industry. Companies like Hero (lemonade), Van Melle , De Faam (liquorice) and Kwatta (chocolate) are famous throughout Western Europe. [citation needed] Breda also had a sugar factory, supplying its best-known products. Breda formerly housed the largest brewery in the Netherlands .
Protests at the Binnenhof in 1972 against the possible release of The Breda Three.. The Breda Four (Dutch: Vier van Breda), later known as The Breda Three (Dutch: Drie van Breda) and subsequently The Breda Two (Dutch: Twee van Breda), were the last four imprisoned German war criminals in the Netherlands following the Second World War.
Count John IV of Nassau-Siegen [note 1] (1 August 1410 – 3 February 1475), German: Johann IV. Graf von Nassau-Siegen, official titles: Graf zu Nassau, Vianden und Diez, Herr zu Breda, was since 1442 Count of Nassau-Siegen [note 2] (a part of the County of Nassau), of Vianden and of half Diez, and Lord of Breda [] and of the Lek [].
The city of Breda is located in the confluence of the rivers Aa and Mark, in the province of Brabant and the main city of the zone. It was well fortified, and was surrounded by a defensive moat fed by waters of the Mark river. Breda had been under Spanish control from 1581 and had a garrison of 500 men of infantry and a hundred of cavalry.
In the 12th century, a fortress was located at Breda. The city of Breda came into existence near the fortress. In 1353, the Duke of Brabant sold Breda to Jan II of Polanen (Baron of Breda). He reinforced the castle with four towers and a channel. His daughter Johanna of Polanen married in 1403 the German count Engelbert I of Nassau.
He was a Dutch army commander known for unsuccessfully defending Breda against the Spanish, and the depiction of his surrender on the famous picture by Diego Velázquez, The Surrender of Breda. Louis of Nassau, Lord of De Lek and Beverweerd was a younger illegitimate son of Prince Maurice and Margaretha van Mechelen. His descendants were later ...
1648 - Breda becomes part of Holland per Treaty of Westphalia. [2] 1650 - 1 May: English-Scottish treaty signed in Breda. 1660 - April: Charles II of England proclaims the Declaration of Breda while passing through town. [6] [2] 1667 - 31 July: Anglo-Dutch treaty signed in Breda. [5] 1696 - Breda Castle built by William, prince of Orange. [2]
The other main Axis automatic weapon of similar caliber, the Italian Breda 12.7 mm was around 13 kg heavier and bigger, while slower by at least 150 rpm. The MG 131’s relatively small size allowed them to be mounted in the restricted space available in the nose of Luftwaffe fighters, originally designed to house the lighter caliber 7.92 mm ...
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