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The Netherlands, also informally known as Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Netherlands consists of twelve provinces and three overseas special municipalities. European Netherlands has land borders with Germany to the east and with Belgium to the south, and a coastline to the north and west. It shares maritime borders with the United Kingdom, Germany, and Belgium in the North Sea.

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  1. 9 CELimes GermanicusGermanyThe Limes Germanicus (Latin for Germanic frontier), or 'Germanic Limes', is the name given in modern times to a line of frontier (limes) fortifications that bounded the ancient Roman provinces of Germania Inferior, Germania Superior and Raetia, separating the Roman Empire and the unsubdued Germanic tribes from about 83 AD to 260 AD.Source: Wikidata (country)
  2. 734 CEBattle of the BoarnBoorneThe Battle of the Boarn (West Frisian: Slach oan de Boarn; Dutch: Slag aan de Boorne) or Battle by Jirnsum was an 8th century battle between the Franks and the Frisians near the mouth of the river Boarn in what is now Jirnsum in the Dutch province of Friesland.Source: Wikidata (country)
  3. 870 CETreaty of MeerssenMeerssenThe Treaty of Mersen or Meerssen, concluded on 8 August 870, was a treaty to partition the realm of Lothair II, known as Lotharingia, by his uncles Louis the German of East Francia and Charles the Bald of West Francia, the two surviving sons of Emperor Louis I the Pious. The treaty followed an earlier Treaty of Prüm which had split Middle Francia between Lothair I's sons after his death in 855.Source: Wikidata (country of the location)
  4. 1018Battle of VlaardingenVlaardingenThe (First) Battle of Vlaardingen was fought on 29 July 1018 between troops of the Holy Roman Empire and West Frisia (which would later become known as the County of Holland). As a result of a trade dispute, Emperor Henry II sent an army towards West Frisia to subdue the rebellious Count Dirk III. However, the Imperial army was decisively defeated and fled in panic.Source: Wikidata (country)
  5. 1337Battle of CadzandCadzandThe Battle of Cadzand was an early skirmish of the Hundred Years' War fought in 1337. It consisted of a raid on the Flemish island of Cadzand, designed to provoke a reaction and battle from the local garrison and so improve morale in England and amongst King Edward III's continental allies by providing his army with an easy victory.Source: Wikidata (country of the location)
  6. 1338Battle of ArnemuidenArnemuidenThe Battle of Arnemuiden was a naval battle fought on 23 September 1338 at the start of the Hundred Years' War between England and France. It was the first naval battle of the Hundred Years' War and the first recorded European naval battle using artillery, as the English ship Christopher had three cannons and one handgun.Source: Wikidata (country of the location)
  7. 1340Battle of SluysSluisThe Battle of Sluys ( SLOYZ, Dutch: [slœys]), was a naval battle fought on 24 June 1340 between England and France. It took place in the roadstead of the port of Sluys, on a since silted-up inlet in the county of Flanders (between the current provinces of Zeeland in the Netherlands and West Flanders in Belgium).Source: Wikidata (country of the location)
  8. 1568Battle of HeiligerleeHeiligerleeThe Battle of Heiligerlee (Heiligerlee, Groningen, 23 May 1568) was fought between Dutch rebels and the Spanish army of Friesland. It was the first Dutch victory during the Eighty Years' War.Source: Wikidata (country of the location)
  9. 1573 – 1574Siege of LeidenLeidenThe siege of Leiden occurred during the Eighty Years' War in 1573 and 1574, when the Spanish under Francisco de Valdez attempted to capture the rebellious city of Leiden, South Holland, the Netherlands. The siege failed when the city was successfully relieved in October 1574.Source: Wikidata (country)
  10. 1586Battle of ZutphenZutphenThe Battle of Zutphen was fought on 22 September 1586, near the village of Warnsveld and the town of Zutphen, the Netherlands, during the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604). It was fought between the forces of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, aided by the English, against the Spanish.Source: Wikidata (country)
  11. 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 of the location)
  12. 1653Battle of ScheveningenTer HeijdeThe Battle of Scheveningen was the final naval battle of the First Anglo-Dutch War. It took place on 31 July 1653 between the fleets of the Commonwealth of England and the Dutch Republic. The Dutch fleet suffered heavy losses.Source: Wikidata (country)
  13. 1672Siege of GroningenGroningenThe siege of Groningen was a battle that took place in 1672 during the Franco-Dutch War. It was a Dutch victory that ended all hope of the Bishop of Münster to push deeper into the Netherlands. The Münster army was so weakened by the defeat that the Dutch army successfully reconquered much of the land that Münster had conquered just weeks earlier.Source: Wikidata (country)
  14. 1673Battle of TexelTexelThe naval Battle of Texel or Battle of Kijkduin took place off the western coast of the island of Texel on 21 August 1673 (11 August O.S.) between the Dutch and the combined English and French fleets.Source: Wikidata (country of the location)
  15. 1673Siege of MaastrichtMaastrichtThe Siege of Maastricht, 13 to 30 June 1673, took place during the Franco-Dutch War, when a French army captured the strategic Dutch fortress of Maastricht on the Meuse river.Source: Wikidata (country)
  16. 1698Treaty of The HagueThe HagueThe 1698 Treaty of The Hague, also known as the 1698 Treaty of Den Haag or First Partition Treaty was one of two attempts by France, Great Britain, and the Dutch Republic to achieve a diplomatic solution to the issues that led to the 1701–1714 War of the Spanish Succession.Source: Wikidata (country)
  17. 1701Treaty of The HagueThe HagueThe Treaty of Den Haag, or Treaty of The Hague, was signed on 7 September 1701 between England, the Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I, and the United Provinces. It reconstituted the 1689 anti-French Grand Alliance in response to the issues that resulted in the War of the Spanish Succession.Source: Wikidata (country)
  18. 1717Christmas Flood of 1717Coastline of the North SeaThe Christmas Flood of 1717 was the result of a northwesterly storm, which hit the coast area of the Netherlands, Germany, and Scandinavia on Christmas night of 1717. In total, about 14,000 people drowned.Source: Wikidata (country)
  19. 1795Capture of the Dutch fleet at Den HelderNetherlandsThe capture of the Dutch fleet at Den Helder on the night of 23 January 1795 presents a rare occurrence of an interaction between warships and cavalry, in which a French Revolutionary Hussar regiment came close to a Dutch fleet frozen at anchor in the Nieuwediep, just east of the town of Den Helder.Source: Wikidata (country)
  20. 1799Battle of CastricumCastricumThe Battle of Castricum (October 6, 1799) saw a Franco-Batavian force defeat an Anglo-Russian force near Castricum, Netherlands, within the Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland.Source: Wikidata (country)
  21. 1809Walcheren CampaignWalcherenThe Walcheren Campaign (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋɑlxərə(n)]) was an unsuccessful British expedition to the Kingdom of Holland in 1809 intended to open another front in the Austrian Empire's struggle with France during the War of the Fifth Coalition.Source: Wikidata (country)
  22. 1872Hague CongressThe HagueThe Hague Congress, held from 2 to 7 September 1872, in the eponymous city, was a congress of the International Workingmen's Association (IWA), more commonly known as the First International. It is one of the fundamental events in the history of the workers' movement, marking the split between the Marxists and the anti-authoritarians/anarchists, two political movements that separated during this congress.Source: Wikidata (country)
  23. 1912First International Opium ConventionThe HagueThe First International Opium Convention (also called 1912 Opium Convention or Hague Opium Convention) is a former international treaty signed at The Hague in 1912. The conference were an international effort by states to regulate the trade of opium and suppress illicit opium consumption. It was followed in 1925 by the Second International Opium Convention signed in Geneva.Source: Wikidata (country)
  24. 1914Action of 22 September 1914Broad FourteensThe Action of 22 September 1914 was an attack by the German U-boat U-9 that took place during the First World War. Three obsolete Royal Navy cruisers of the 7th Cruiser Squadron manned mainly by Royal Naval Reserve part-timers and sometimes referred to as the Live Bait Squadron, were sunk by U-9 while patrolling the southern North Sea.Source: Wikidata (country)
  25. 1940Battle of MaastrichtMaastrichtThe Battle of Maastricht was one of the first battles that took place during the German Campaign on the Western Front during World War II. Maastricht was a key city in order to capture the Belgian Fort Eben-Emael and split the allied armies in half.Source: Wikidata (country)
  26. 1940Battle of RotterdamRotterdamThe Battle of Rotterdam was a Second World War battle fought during the Battle of the Netherlands. Fought between 10 and 14 May 1940, it was a German attempt to seize the Dutch city. It ended in a German victory, following the Rotterdam Blitz.Source: Wikidata (country)
  27. 1940Battle of the AfsluitdijkAfsluitdijkThe Battle of the Afsluitdijk of 12–14 May 1940 was an unsuccessful attempt by German Wehrmacht forces to seize the Afsluitdijk during the invasion of the Netherlands. German invasion plans called for a simultaneous attack on Vesting Holland from multiple directions, expecting to capture the country's capital and most important region in a day's time.Source: Wikidata (country)
  28. 1940Battle of the HagueThe HagueThe Battle for The Hague (Dutch: Slag om Den Haag) took place on 10 May 1940 during the Battle of the Netherlands. German Fallschirmjäger units were dropped in and around The Hague to capture Dutch airfields and the city itself.Source: Wikidata (country)
  29. 1940German invasion of the NetherlandsNetherlandsThe German invasion of the Netherlands, otherwise known as the Battle of the Netherlands, was a military campaign, part of Case Yellow (German: Fall Gelb), the Nazi German invasion of the Low Countries (Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands) and France during World War II. The battle lasted from 10 May 1940 until the surrender of the main Dutch forces on 14 May.Source: Wikidata (country)
  30. 1944Operation Market GardenNetherlandsOperation Market Garden was an Allied military operation during the Second World War, fought in the German-occupied Netherlands from 17 to 25 September 1944. Its objective was to create a salient spanning 62 miles (100 km) into German territory with a bridgehead over the Nederrijn (Lower Rhine River), creating an Allied invasion route into northern Germany.Source: Wikidata (country)
  31. 1944Battle of ArnhemArnhemThe Battle of Arnhem was fought during the Second World War, as part of the Allied Operation Market Garden. It took place around the Dutch city of Arnhem from 17 to 26 September 1944. The Allies had swept through France and Belgium in August 1944, after the Battle of Normandy. Market Garden was based upon the smaller Operation Comet that had been overtaken by events.Source: Wikidata (country)
  32. 1944Battle of the ScheldtScheldtThe Battle of the Scheldt in World War II was a series of military operations to open up the Scheldt river between Antwerp and the North Sea for shipping, so that Antwerp's port could be used to supply the Allies in north-west Europe. The operations were carried out by the First Canadian Army, with assistance from Polish and British units which had been attached.Source: Wikidata (country)
  33. 1944Operation QueenRurOperation Queen was an American operation during World War II on the Western Front at the German Siegfried Line.Source: Wikidata (country of the location)
  34. 1945Operation BlackcockLimburgOperation Blackcock was an operation to clear German troops from the Roer Triangle, formed by the towns of Roermond and Sittard in the Netherlands and Heinsberg in Germany, during the fighting on the Western Front in the Second World War. It was conducted by the British Second Army between 13 and 26 January 1945.Source: Wikidata (country)
  35. 1948Congress of EuropeThe HagueThe Hague Congress or the Congress of Europe was a conference that was held in The Hague from 7–11 May 1948 with 750 delegates participating from around Europe as well as observers from Canada and the United States.Source: Wikidata (country)
  36. 1969Bed-inAmsterdamA bed-in is a nonviolent protest against wars, initiated by Yoko Ono and her husband John Lennon during a two week period in Amsterdam and Montreal as an experimental test of new ways to promote peace. As the Vietnam War raged in 1969, artists Ono and Lennon held one bed-in protest at the Hilton Hotel in Amsterdam and one at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal.Source: Wikidata (country)
  37. 1995Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory WaterbirdsThe HagueThe Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds, or African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement (AEWA), is an independent international treaty developed under the auspices of the United Nations Environment Programme's Convention on Migratory Species.Source: Wikidata (country)
  38. 1998Rotterdam ConventionRotterdamThe Rotterdam Convention (formally, the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade) is a multilateral treaty to promote shared responsibilities in relation to importation of hazardous chemicals.Source: Wikidata (country)
  39. 2000Enschede fireworks disasterRoombeekThe Enschede fireworks disaster was a catastrophic fireworks explosion on 13 May 2000 in Enschede, Netherlands. The explosion killed 23 people, including four firefighters, and injured 950 others. A total of 400 homes were destroyed and 1,500 buildings damaged.Source: Wikidata (country)
  40. 2018Yellow vests protestsFranceThe yellow vest movement (French: Mouvement des gilets jaunes, pronounced [muvmɑ̃ de ʒilɛ ʒon]) refers to those involved in a series of populist, grassroots weekly protests in France that began on 17 November 2018 and ended on 28 June 2020.Source: Wikidata (country)
  41. 2020COVID-19 pandemicWorldwideA new coronavirus spreads worldwide. Lockdowns, remote work and fast-developed vaccines reshape daily life.Source: Wikidata (country)
  42. 20212021 European floodsEuropeIn July 2021, several European countries were affected by severe floods. Some were catastrophic, causing deaths and widespread damage. The floods started in the United Kingdom as flash floods causing some property damage and inconvenience. Later floods affected several river basins across Europe including Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Switzerland.Source: Wikidata (country)