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69
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8.1.69
Batavian rebellion: The Batavians in Germania Inferior (Netherlands) revolt under the leadership of Gaius Julius Civilis.
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1248
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8.25.1248
The Dutch city of Ommen receives city rights and fortification rights from Otto III, the Archbishop of Utrecht. |
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1287
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12.14.1287
St. Lucia's flood: The Zuider Zee sea wall in the Netherlands collapses, killing over 50,000 people.
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1421
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11.18.1421
A seawall at the Zuiderzee dike in the Netherlands breaks, flooding 72 villages and killing about 10,000 people.
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1487
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7.24.1487
Citizens of Leeuwarden, Netherlands strike against ban on foreign beer.
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1530
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11.5.1530
The St. Felix's Flood destroys the city of Reimerswaal in the Netherlands.
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1554
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1.5.1554
A great fire occurs in Eindhoven, Netherlands.
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1555
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8.23.1555
Calvinists are granted rights in the Netherlands.
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1566
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4.5.1566
Two-hundred Dutch noblemen, led by Hendrik van Brederode, force themselves into the presence of Margaret of Parma and present the Petition of Compromise, denouncing the Spanish Inquisition in the Netherlands. The Inquisition is suspended and a delegation is sent to Spain to petition Philip II. |
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1568
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1570
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1579
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1.23.1579
The Union of Utrecht forms a Protestant republic in the Netherlands. |
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1607
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1616
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10.25.1616
Dutch sea-captain Dirk Hartog makes second recorded landfall by a European on Australian soil, at the later-named Dirk Hartog Island off the Western Australian coast.
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1619
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5.13.1619
Dutch statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt is executed in The Hague after being convicted of treason.
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1624
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6.10.1624
Signing of the Treaty of Compiègne between France and the Netherlands. |
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1626
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5.4.1626
Dutch explorer Peter Minuit arrives in New Netherland (present day Manhattan Island) aboard the ''See Meeuw''.
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1636
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3.26.1636
Utrecht University is founded in the Netherlands.
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1637
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2.3.1637
Tulip mania collapses in the United Provinces (now the Netherlands) by government order. |
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1648
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1.30.1648
Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster and Osnabrück is signed, ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain. |
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1652
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1654
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10.12.1654
The Delft Explosion devastates the city in the Netherlands, killing more than 100 people.
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1665
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6.3.1665
James Stuart, Duke of York (later to become King James II of England) defeats the Dutch fleet off the coast of Lowestoft.
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1667
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1672
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1674
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2.19.1674
England and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Westminster, ending the Third Anglo-Dutch War. A provision of the agreement transfers the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam to England, and it is renamed New York.
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11.10.1674
Anglo-Dutch War: As provided in the Treaty of Westminster, Netherlands cedes New Netherlands to England. |
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1704
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1709
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1717
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1.4.1717
The Netherlands, Great Britain, and France sign the Triple Alliance. |
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1719
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2.12.1719
The Onderlinge van 1719 u.a., the oldest existing life insurance company in the Netherlands is founded.
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1771
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10.9.1771
The Dutch merchant ship ''Vrouw Maria'' sinks near the coast of Finland. |
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1782
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1793
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3.4.1793
French troops conquer Geertruidenberg, Netherlands.
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1795
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1.19.1795
The Batavian Republic is proclaimed in the Netherlands bringing to an end the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands.
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1799
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1815
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3.16.1815
Prince Willem of the House of Orange-Nassau proclaims himself King of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, the first constitutional monarch in the Netherlands. |
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