Netherlands

Provinces of the Netherlands: Drenthe · Flevoland · Friesland · Gelderland · Groningen · Limburg · North Brabant · North Holland · Overijssel · South Holland · Utrecht · Zeeland
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The Netherlands is a country with 12 provinces in Europe and three special communities in the Caribbean Sea.
Symbols of the Netherlands
Main category: Symbols of the Netherlands
- Roundel
map
- The Netherlands in Europe
- flood
- 12 provinces
Images
- The lighthouse at Marken
- tech companies
- Den Haag
- Hoek of Holland
- Rotterdam
- Utrecht
- Haastrecht
- football
Language / Taal
Notable Dutch people / Beroemde Nederlanders
Main category: People of the Netherlands
- Count Floris V of Holland and Zeeland (1254-1296)
- Desiderius Erasmus, humanist and theologian (1466/9-1536)
- Hadrianus VI, served as Pope 1522-1523
- William the Silent, stadholder and first leader of the Dutch revolt (1533-1584)
- St. Petrus Canisius, Catholic apologetic (1521-1597)
- Hugo Grotius, jurist, philosopher, playwright, and poet. (1583-1645)
- Rembrandt, Dutch painter and etcher (1606-1669)
- Johan de Witt, Grand Pensionary of the Dutch Republic (1625-1672)
- Michiel de Ruyter, admiral (1607-1676)
- Jan van Riebeeck, founder of the Cape Colony (1619-1677)
- Christiaan Huygens, mathematician, astronomer and physicist (1629-1695)
- Antonie Philips van Leeuwenhoek tradesman, scientist and father of microbiology (1632-1723)
- Isabelle de Charrière, Writer of letters, novels, pamphlets and plays (1714-1805)
- Johan Rudolf Thorbecke, politician (1798-1872)
- Multatuli (pseudonym of Eduard Douwes Dekker), novellist (1820-1887)
- Lawrence Alma-Tadema, painter (1836 - 1912)
- Abraham Kuyper, Theologian and politician (1837 - 1920)
- Hendrik Antoon Lorentz, physicist and Nobel Prize winner (1853-1928)
- Piet Mondriaan, painter and publicist (1872-1944)
- Johan Huizinga, Historian and philosopher (1872 - 1945)
- Misha Mengelberg, Composer and pianist (1935 - 2017)
- Wim Duisenberg politician and banker (1935 - 2005)
- Ard Schenk, World champion speed skating (1944-)
- Herman van Veen, stage performer and singer/songwriter (1945-)
William Alexander of the Netherlands (1967-)
(King of the Netherlands)- 1894 flooding
- Eise Jeltes Eisinga (1744-1828) Bouwer van het oudste werkende planetarium ter wereld.