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The history of the Netherlands extends back long before the founding of the modern Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1815 after the defeat ... By the early 11th century, ...
The area that is now the Netherlands was inhabited by early humans at least 37,000 years ago, as attested by flint tools discovered in Woerden in 2010. [1] In 2009 a fragment of a 40,000-year-old Neanderthal skull was found in sand dredged from the North Sea floor off the coast of Zeeland .
The Netherlands in the early Middle Ages was inhabited by various Germanic tribes, including the Frisians, who played a significant role in the development of the region and its Christianisation and eventual incorporation into the Frankish Empire.
The approximately 450 years of Roman rule that followed would profoundly change the Netherlands. Starting about 15 BC, the Rhine in the Netherlands came to be defended by the Lower Limes Germanicus. After a series of military actions, the Rhine became fixed around 12 AD as Rome's northern frontier on the European mainland.
This is a list of wars involving the Kingdom of the Netherlands and its predecessor states since 1795. These predecessors include: United Provinces, or Dutch Republic (1581–1795): see List of wars involving the Dutch Republic; Batavian Republic (1795–1806) Kingdom of Holland (1806–1810) Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands ...
The Dutch Golden Age (Dutch: Gouden Eeuw [ˈɣʌudən ˈeːu, ˈɣʌudə ˈʔeːu]) was a period in the history of the Netherlands which roughly lasted from 1588, when the Dutch Republic was established, to 1672, when the Rampjaar occurred.
Early. Prehistory of the Netherlands; Germanic tribes; Frisii, Batavi, ... A History of the Netherlands: From the Sixteenth Century to the Present Day. Bloomsbury.
Netherlands portal; History of the Netherlands by period. ... Early modern history of the Netherlands (4 C, 13 P) M. Medieval history of the Netherlands (8 C, 16 P) P.