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1 day ago · William III (William Henry; Dutch: Willem Hendrik; 4 November 1650 – 8 March 1702), [b] also widely known as William of Orange, was the sovereign Prince of Orange from birth, Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel in the Dutch Republic from the 1670s, and King of England, Ireland, and Scotland from 1689 until his ...
- Anne
Anne (6 February 1665 – 1 August 1714) was Queen of Great...
- James II of England
James VII and II (14 October 1633 O.S. – 16 September 1701)...
- Mary II
Mary II (30 April 1662 – 28 December 1694) was Queen of...
- Second Stadtholderless Period
William III's accident. The Second Stadtholderless Period or...
- John William Friso
John William Friso (Dutch: Johan Willem Friso; 14 August...
- Mary, Princess Royal
Mary, Princess Royal (Mary Henrietta Stuart; 4 November 1631...
- Act of Settlement 1701
Kingdom of England (1701–1707) Kingdom of Ireland...
- House of Orange-Nassau
The House of Orange-Nassau (Dutch: Huis van Oranje-Nassau,...
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1 day ago · The history of the Netherlands extends back long before the founding of the modern Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1815 after the defeat of Napoleon. For thousands of years, people have been living together around the river deltas of this section of the North Sea coast. Records begin with the four centuries during which the region formed a ...
4 days ago · Requested by DNB (De Nederlandse Bank) he designed in 1964 the 5 guilder banknote, in 1966 followed by a series of five banknotes: 10, 25, 100, 1000 guilders, plus a new 5 guilder banknote. Between 1977 and 1987, he designed a second series of banknotes: ‘the snipe’ (100 guilders), ‘the sunflower’ (50 guilders) and ‘the lighthouse ...
May 10, 2024 · Mata Hari (born August 7, 1876, Leeuwarden, Netherlands—died October 15, 1917, Vincennes, near Paris, France) was a Dutch dancer and courtesan whose name has become a synonym for the seductive female spy. She was shot by the French on charges of spying for Germany during World War I.
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2 days ago · Ayaan Hirsi Ali ( / ɑːˈjɑːnˈhɪərsiˈɑːli /; Dutch: [aːˈjaːn ˈɦiːrsi ˈaːli] ⓘ; Somali: Ayaan Xirsi Cali: Ayān Ḥirsi 'Alī [a]; born 13 November 1969) [1] is a Somali -born, Dutch-American writer, activist and former politician. [2] [3] [4] She is a critic of Islam and advocate for the rights and self-determination of ...
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May 14, 2024 · 31. Hawaii, U.S. Aikau, a Hawaiian lifeguard and surfer, disappeared on 17 March 1978 when he was lost at sea while attempting to reach the island of Lanai on a surfboard. The long-distance Hawaiian outrigger, the Hōkūleʻa, on which he was a crew member, began taking on water 20 miles off Molokai.
1 day ago · Annelies Marie Frank ( German: [ˈanə (liːs maˈʁiː) ˈfʁaŋk] ⓘ, Dutch: [ˌɑnəˈlis maːˈri ˈfrɑŋk, ˈɑnə ˈfrɑŋk] ⓘ; 12 June 1929 – c. February or March 1945) [1] was a German -born Jewish girl who kept a diary in which she documented life in hiding under Nazi persecution during the German occupation of the Netherlands.
