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First German Unification | History Forum To simplify what is a very complicated timeline 1)Low Countries were part of the HRE 2)Burgundian conquest 3)Became a holding of the German House of Hapsburgs after Mary's death 4)Was LEFT to the Spanish House of Hapsburgs after they split when Charles V split up the Hapsburg House 5)Dutch independence Modern day Belgium remains in Spanish hands
The UK not returning colonies after the Napoleonic Wars The Dutch probably didn't see themselves as losing out too much, though Aside from the simple fact of the restoration of independence from France, the Austrian Netherlands and the Bishopric of Liege (ie modern Belgium); and Luxembourg were all ceded to the new kingdom of the Netherlands in an attempt to create a strong buffer state against
Dutch tolerance - Colonial atrocities explode myth True, the Dutch behaved like terrible oppresors in the war of Indonesian Independence 100,000 Indonesians died in that war in comparison to less then 5,000 Dutchman Since Indonesian irregulars applied guerillia warfare on the Dutch, the Dutch Royal army had no other option then apply the same tactic on them
The British Invasion of Java | History Forum - historum. com In August 1811 Britain invaded Dutch-held Java, conquered the colonial capital at Batavia, and then a few weeks later had the whole territory ceded to them by the defeated Dutch governor-general (It was all a far-flung sideshow of the Napoleonic Wars: France had annexed Holland, making Dutch overseas possessions de facto enemy territory for
Archaeologists find Akhenaten-era tomb - History Forum The Dutch team has been working in Sakkara since the 1990s to find tombs dating from the New Kingdom They had previously found the tomb of an Akhenaten-era priest Login or Register Reply
Dutch and Taiwan | History Forum - historum. com To my knowledge, under the Koxinga-Dutch Treaty (1662) signed on 1 February, 1662 between Koxinga and Frederick Coyett, the last Dutch governor in Taiwan, the Dutch surrendered the Anping Fortress, all his officials, soldiers and civilians were free to leave with their personal belongings and supplies
Why did the Dutch empire decline | Page 2 | History Forum From that moment on the Dutch played a continues dominant rol in the almost perpetual wars with France under Louis XIV The Dutch usually provided the bulk of the allied force in these wars and suffered trough it, while Britain was finally leaving its troublesome internal past behind and was able to profit over the heads of the Dutch misfortune
Is Belgium Frankish or Belgic?. . . Or dutch? | History Forum It's why Flemish aren't Dutch (although they speak the same language (well, almost: the Dutch speak some sort of a so-called Dutch ), why Wallons aren't French It's also why the "rattachement" movements are insignificant in all three communities (cause there are Germans too)
Franco-Dutch War | History Forum Despite French feeling that the Dutch were protestant heretics, seditious rebels and trading rivals the two countries had been allies for the best part of a hundred years The war of Devoloution changed all that Louis was fuming over Dutch betrayal and wanted revenge Found this on the internet, it sums up the situation pretty well