https://www.cyclingeu.com/963317/how-the-netherlands-became-the-worlds-cycling-capital/ How the Netherlands Became the World’s Cycling Capital #Bicycling #Biking #Cycling #CyclingNetherlands #DutchHistory #history #interesting #Netherlands
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Kinderdijk’s windmills weren’t built as scenery. They helped keep reclaimed Dutch land drained—and centuries later, these giants are still maintained in working order.
#Kinderdijk #Netherlands #DutchHistory #AncientEngineering #Windmills
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Tulip mania: when a single flower was worth more than a house
https://dutchreview.com/culture/tulip-mania-netherlands/
#HackerNews #TulipMania #DutchHistory #EconomicBubble #FlowerPower #WealthAndValue
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Amsterdam, 20-10-2024 – With the bronze bust of Multatuli on the Torensluis.
#Amsterdam #Multatuli #Torensluis #BronzeBust
#DutchHistory #LiteratureLovers #HistoricalFigures #Netherlands
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#OnThisDay, 21 Mar 1945, Hannie Schaft, an active member of the Dutch resistance known as "the girl with the red hair", was arrested at a German checkpoint in Haarlem.
She was later executed, allegedly saying "I shoot better" after the first attempt to shoot her missed.
#WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WW2 #DutchHistory #Histodons
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The Swedish settlers established a trading relationship with the Susquehannock, and supported them in their successful war against Maryland colonists.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_overseas_colonies(2/2)
#britishhistory #russianhistory #japanesehistory #frenchhistory #spanishhistory #poruguesehistory #dutchhistory #belgianhistory #swedishhistory
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#OnThisDay, 2 Feb 1953, Dr Anna de Waal becomes State Secretary for Education, Arts and Sciences in the Netherlands. She is the first woman to hold a ministerial cabinet post in the country.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #DutchHistory #Histodons
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https://globalnews.ca/news/11594042/us-panels-black-wwii-soldiers-netherlands/ “what they found was people who accepted them, who welcomed them, who treated them as the heroes that they were” #USHistory #DutchHistory #censorship #USPolitics #segregation #DEI #hate
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Fascinating deep dive into New Amsterdam's 140-year history from City Beautiful Blog. Did you know the first Jewish settlers arrived in 1654 after being rescued from Spanish pirates? Or that Harlem was named after the Dutch city Haarlem?
From Verrazano's 1524 sighting through Peter Stuyvesant's stern rule to the peaceful 1664 English takeover, this timeline reveals the Dutch colonial foundations of modern NYC.
#History #NewAmsterdam #NYC #DutchHistory #ColonialAmerica
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Madness, murder and rape on the Batavia: new theory on Australia’s most horrific shipwreck
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/may/06/batavia-shipwreck-new-theory-what-happened
#News #Australia #Nederland #History #Batavia #Archeology #MaritimeArcheology #DutchHistory #AustralianHistory
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#OnThisDay, 21 Mar 1945, Hannie Schaft, an active member of the Dutch resistance known as "the girl with the red hair", is arrested at a German checkpoint in Haarlem.
She is later executed, allegedly saying "I shoot better" after the first attempt to shoot her missed.
#WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WW2 #DutchHistory #Histodons
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#OnThisDay, 2 Feb 1953, Dr Anna de Waal becomes State Secretary for Education, Arts and Sciences in the Netherlands. She is the first woman to hold a ministerial cabinet post in the country.
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
How an English navigator became one of the shogun’s most trusted advisers.
https://www.historytoday.com/archive/history-matters/william-adams-english-advisor-shogun
#history #japanesehistory #englishhistory #dutchhistory #japan #shogun #Sengokuperiod
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#OnThisDay, 21 Mar 1945, Hannie Schaft, an active member of the Dutch resistance known as "the girl with the red hair", is arrested at a German checkpoint in Haarlem.
She is later executed, allegedly saying "I shoot better" after the first attempt to shoot her missed.
#WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInHistory #History #WW2 #DutchHistory #Histodons
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As I leafed through an exhibition catalogue today, I came across two pictures from this series. I had never seen them before. They are fascinating documents from the period when European ideas of "race" were beginning to take shape.
Albert Eckhout, Series of eight figures (article) | Khan Academy
#ArtHistory #Brazil #AlbertEckhout #DutchHistory #Race #NationalMuseumOfDenmark
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Silent day after Sunday. Maassluis, the Netherlands
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A bit of history - turns out the cute statue opposite the Parliament buildings was a real person, and at the age of 12 he ran the place. #DutchHistory
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Similar to a Dutch internment camp in Surinam I wrote this #Wikipedia article for a couple years ago. Likewise there Germans were interned because of their citizenship (basically, those who happened to be nearby when the war broke out; sailors, missionaries, random people). It included some known Nazi sympathizers but also non-Nazis or anti-Nazis. I don't believe it had any German-Jewish internees in that case.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copieweg_internment_camp
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#OnThisDay, 5 July 1922, women vote in a Dutch general election for the first time.
#WomenInHistory #Histodons #VotesForWomen #DutchHistory
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CW: slavery, who do you think you are
Catching up with this week’s Who Do You Think You Are and there’s a powerful section about an ancestor heavily involved in the slave trade in the Dutch West Indies. Also a nuanced discussion about the multitude of emotions this leads to and the importance of acknowledging it. It’s the same number of generations back that I have a slave owning ancestor, a #Melrose man in #Jamaica, my 6xg-uncle. #BlackHistory #Slavery #DutchHistory #WDYTYA #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
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Dutch King Willem-Alexander has formally apologised for the Netherlands’ involvement in slavery, saying he felt “personally and intensely” affected.The king ...
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10 mei 1932. Het Wilhelmus werd officieel het volkslied van Nederland. Meestal wordt alleen het 1e couplet gezongen, gevolgd door het 6e couplet. Het Wilhelmus is niet ons eerste officiële volkslied. Daarvoor had Nederland ‘Wien Neêrlands bloed’ als nationale hymne. #geschiedenis #nederland #volkslied #wilhelmus #dutchhistory
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VERMEER’S ART AND THE LEGACY OF COLONIALISM
https://libranet.de/display/0b6b25a8-1264-3e32-b57e-be7490479423
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The “Morspoort” is a gate that played a significant role in the history of Leiden, particularly during “Leidens Ontzet” or Leiden's Relief. On October 3rd, 1574, during the 80 Years War, Dutch rebels led by William of Orange liberated Leiden from the Spanish siege. Every year, the Morspoort serves as one of the starting points of the traditional 3 Oktober festival.
#photography #city #AYearForArt
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Historian Mark Ponte is sharing a lot of his research over on LinkedIn. I wish he was here on Mastodon - I'd be boosting EVERY SINGLE POST!
Here is this morning's story of Francisca, a free black woman in Amsterdam in 1632.
Worth your time to click through and read, I promise.
#BlackHistory #17thCentury #EarlyModern #Amsterdam #DutchHistory #WomensHistory #histodons @histodons
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Zeespiegeldreiging is niet het breken van de dijken, maar de hele kust
#Netherlands #dutch #dutchhistory #flooding #floodingprotection
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Discovered this amazing virtual exhibition about thousands of 17th century letters in the Dutch postal system that were never delivered!
New technology enables them to be read without being opened. Learn more here:
http://brienne.org/unlockedbriennearchive
#history #Dutch #DutchHistory #17thcentury #EarlyModern #Europe #EuropeanHistory #letters #Brienne #BrienneCollection #SignedSealedUndelivered @materialculture