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At the end of the 19th century with the Second Industrial Revolution being at a high, a lot of people from the countryside were moving to Amsterdam in the hopes of finding a job and better life. Because of the large number of people moving into the city, it soon became too populated and a shortage of living space became a fact.
Walls of Amsterdam; Expansion of Amsterdam since the 19th century; List of streets in Amsterdam; Timelines of other municipalities in the Netherlands: Breda, Delft, Eindhoven, Groningen, Haarlem, The Hague, 's-Hertogenbosch, Leiden, Maastricht, Nijmegen, Rotterdam, Utrecht; History of urban centers in the Low Countries
After his release, he was welcomed as a hero during a parade with a laurel wreath on his head, while people were crying in the crowded streets filled with workers from Amsterdam. The end of the 19th century is sometimes called Amsterdam's second Golden Age. New museums, the Centraal Station (1889), and the Concertgebouw (1886) were built.
Trade in the region developed rapidly, especially in the areas of shipping and transport. The new rulers defended Dutch trading interests. 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.
By the 17th century, there was a beginning of revolutionary thought in Europe. [6] [7] This had an impact on the European politics, culture, and science, eventually leading to the Age of Enlightenment in the 18th century. [8] Due to Enlightenment thinking and science, European economies developed faster than the rest of the world.
The explosive growth of the textiles industries in several specialized Dutch cities, like Enschede (woollen cloth), Haarlem , and Amsterdam was mainly caused by the influx of skilled workers and capital from the Southern Netherlands in the final decades of the 16th century, when Calvinist entrepreneurs and workers were forced to leave the ...
Pages in category "History of Amsterdam" ... Timeline of Amsterdam; A. Admiralty of Amsterdam; ... Expansion of Amsterdam since the 19th century; F.
From 1900 to 1940, the Netherlands experienced significant population growth. This era included significant colonial expansion, particularly in the Dutch East Indies, coupled with the challenges posed by World War I and the Great Depression. Although the Netherlands maintained neutrality during World War I, its strategic geographic location and ...