Former state · 1533 – 1800
Dutch Republic
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The Republic of the Seven United Netherlands, also known as the United Provinces, and referred to in historiography as the Dutch Republic, was a confederation and great power that existed from 1588 until the Batavian Revolution in 1795. It was a predecessor state of the present-day Netherlands and the first independent Dutch nation state.
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Key people
Rembrandt1606 – 1669Dutch painter and printmaker (1606–1669)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Benedictus de Spinoza1632 – 1677Dutch philosopher (1632–1677)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Christiaan Huygens1629 – 1695Dutch mathematician, physicist and astronomer (1629–1695)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Johannes Vermeer1632 – 1675Dutch painter (1632–1675)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek1632 – 1723Dutch scientist known as "the Father of Microbiology", and one of the first microscopists (1632–1723)Source: Wikidata (citizenship).jpg/330px-Abel_Tasman_Navigateur_en_Australie_(cropped).jpg)
Abel Tasman1603 – 1659Dutch seafarer, explorer and merchant (1603–1659)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Isabelle de Charrière1740 – 1805Dutch French-language writer and composer (1740-1805)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)_Rijksmuseum_SK-A-581.jpeg/330px-Portret_van_Hugo_de_Groot_(1583-1645)_Rijksmuseum_SK-A-581.jpeg)
Hugo Grotius1583 – 1645Dutch jurist and scholar (1583-1645)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)%2C_prins_van_Oranje%2C_koning_van_Engeland_-_C252_-_Cultural_Heritage_Agency_of_the_Netherlands_Art_Collection.jpg/330px-G._Kneller_-_Willem_III_(1650-1702)%2C_prins_van_Oranje%2C_koning_van_Engeland_-_C252_-_Cultural_Heritage_Agency_of_the_Netherlands_Art_Collection.jpg)
William III of England1650 – 1702King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1689 to 1702 (1650-1702)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
William the Silent1533 – 1584Dutch statesman and revolt leader (1533-1584)Source: Wikidata (citizenship).png/330px-Willem_Barents_(1883).png)
Willem Barents1550 – 1597Dutch navigator, cartographer, and Arctic explorer (1550–1597)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Maria Sibylla Merian1647 – 1717German-Dutch entomologist, botanist, naturalist, scientific illustrator, graphic artist, painter, and lepidopterologist (1647-1717)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)_MET_DP251935.jpg/330px-Frans_Hals_(1582-83%E2%80%931666)_MET_DP251935.jpg)
Frans Halsc. 1582 – 1666Dutch painter (1580–1666)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Jan Steen1626 – 1679Painter from the Northern Netherlands (1626–1679)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Everything that happened
- 1624 – 1625Siege of BredaBredaThe siege of Breda of 1624–1625 occurred during the Eighty Years' War and was carried out by the Army of Flanders. The siege resulted in the fortified city of Breda passing from the control of the Dutch Republic to that of the Habsburg Netherlands.Source: Wikidata (country)
- 1667 – 1668War of DevolutionDutch RepublicThe War of Devolution took place from May 1667 to May 1668. In the course of the war, France occupied large parts of the Spanish Netherlands and Franche-Comté, both then provinces of the Holy Roman Empire ruled by Spain. Its name derives from an obscure law known as the Jus Devolutionis, used by Louis XIV to claim that these territories had "devolved" to him by right of marriage to Maria Theresa of Spain.Source: Wikidata (country of the location)
- 1717Triple AllianceDutch RepublicThe Triple Alliance was a defence pact signed on 4 January 1717 in The Hague between the Dutch Republic, France and Great Britain, against Bourbon Spain in an attempt to maintain the agreements of the 1713–15 Peace of Utrecht. The three states were concerned about Spain becoming a superpower in Europe. As a result, militarisation took place and caused great havoc to civilians.Source: Wikidata (country)
- c. 1800Batavian RevolutionDutch RepublicThe Batavian Revolution (Dutch: De Bataafse Revolutie) was a time of political, social and cultural turmoil at the end of the 18th century that marked the end of the Dutch Republic and saw the proclamation of the Batavian Republic.Source: Wikidata (country)