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Jacob Dircksz de Graeff (1570–1638), Amsterdam burgomaster and regent, statesman; Lenaert Jansz de Graeff (around 1525/30-before 1578), one of the leaders of the Protestant Reformation in Amsterdam, captain of the Sea Beggars; Pieter de Graeff (1638–1707), Amsterdam patrician, politician; brother-in-law of Johan de Witt; Glennis Grace (born ...
Amsterdam drawn from the IJ in 1538, by Cornelis Anthoniszoon. This is the oldest city map of Amsterdam. It shows the completed medieval city with defensive wall and gates. Amsterdam has a long and eventful history. The origins of the city lie around 1000 CE, [1] [2] when inhabitants settled at the mouth of the Amstel and began peatland ...
1600 - Population: 50,000. [3]1601 - Goldsmith's guild established. [11]1602 - Amsterdam Stock Exchange and Dutch East India Company founded. [5]1603 - Hendrick de Keyser becomes city architect.
Jakob Roggeveen (1659–1729), First European to reach Easter Island Easter 1722 Willem Schouten (1567–1625), Cape Horn, 1616 circumnavigation Simon van der Stel (1639–1702), explored South Africa North and East of Cape Town
Amsterdam grew and in the 15th century became the primary trading port in Europe for grain from the Baltic region. Amsterdam distributed grain to the major cities of Belgium, Northern France and England. This trade was vital to the people of the region as they could no longer produce enough grain to feed themselves.
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There are also articles about the Eighty Years' War (the Dutch revolt against Spain) and the Anglo-Dutch Wars. A concise broader picture is painted in History of the Netherlands. People are listed here per category in order of year of birth. Note: Many Dutchmen from this period had a middle name ending in szoon, which means son of.
During this expansion to the south, many Frankish people remained in the north (i.e. southern Netherlands, Flanders and a small part of northern France). A widening cultural divide grew between the Franks remaining in the north and the rulers far to the south in what is now France. [8]