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For questions about the history of the European country of the Netherlands, or historical Dutch people.
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Was there a coup in the Netherlands in 1672?
Let's see. The minister of defense Cornelis de Witt was suddenly indicted for treason, and interogated under torture. The raadspensionaris (prime minister) was his brother Johan de Witt. He was also c …
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Was there regular contact by the general population between the Spanish Netherlands and the ...
That's a difficult question to answer, as for part of the 17th century Zeeuws Vlaanderen was a war zone. In theory people could go to Antwerpen, Brugge or Gent. In reality, that was not possible, due …
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Were there public executions of Nazi collaborators in the Netherlands?
The last execution was carried out in 1952, and was the last execution in The Netherlands.
Mistreatment of quislings (in Dutch we call them NSBers) did happen, but rarely ended in death. … Waalsdorpervlakte (in English)
As a side note, the last civilian execution in The Netherlands was public and by hanging: Johannes Nathan (Dutch only) in 1860. He was executed in Maastricht. …
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Did the Dutch eat their Prime Minister?
Yes, we (possibly) ate him, but not because of hunger
It happend in 1672, known in Dutch history as the 'rampjaar' or Year of Disaster. The Dutch republic was attacked by an alliance of France, Engla …
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How did the Dutch Republic get sufficient timber to build its navies?
... it is remarkably free of forests
You probably were in the coastal provinces: North or South Holland, Frisia, Groningen or Zealand. Yes, you are right. Not a lot of trees there. The Dutch didn't …
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