ENGLISH: The History of Holland

Eileen Digweed

As a friend of Willem Beuker who was born in Holland and emigrated to Australia in his teens and moved to UK in his twenties and, sadly died aged 59 in 2009 I would be interested to hear from any of his Dutch relatives. I am in touch with his sister Elly but would love to hear from any other surviving relative...

Murat

The Scheldt boundary, which since 925 AD separated West and East Francia, was already by that time the boundary between the Celtic tribes and the Roman civitates. West Francia rapidly disintegrated, thanks to the increasing feudal powers. From the ninth century onwards it was no longer the Caroli...

Sclav

Celts, Romans and Germans The presence of Germanic tribes has been attested in the area covered by the Netherlands since the second century before Christ, when they were taking part in a migration towards the west. This was part of the so-called "Wandering of the Nations" which reached its peak be...

Pina

During the Golden Age culture and art were flourishing in whole western Europe. The most popular style was the Baroque that was popular in Rome and Italy and had been introduced to the Dutch by Rubens, a painter from Flanders. In most countries there were just a few masters and many students and others...

Fred van Os

The so-called "mayors", ruling in the name of the kings, gained more power now and knew exactly how to use it to their own advantage. One of the most powerful of such families were the Pippins. When, in 751 AD, the pope was threatened by the Langobards (Lombards), Pippin (Pépin) III came to his aid and wa...

Bill Beuker from Point Pleasant in West Virginia

Dutch Pride World Wide! Think the way the Dutch have their coffeeshops is the best in the world.

Trude Nöcker aus Rechlinghausen Germany

Just like to let you know there is a great site about those great Dutch Streetorgans of the Perlee Company om http://www.gperlee.com/

Theodor H.

Vincent van Gogh Vincent van Gogh was born on March 30, 1853 in Zundert, a village in Brabant. He was the oldest son of Theodorus van Gogh and Anna Cornelia née Carbentus. In 1864 Vincent went to school in Zevenbergen and studied French, English and German. He started to work for the French art dealers G...

Jan Beuker

The Tulip were originally a wild flower growing in the Central Asia and were first cultivated by the Turks as early as 1,000 AD. The flower were introduced in the westen Europe and the Netherlands in the 17th century by Carolus Clusius, a famous biologist from Vienna. In the 1590’s he became the direct...

Raoul Kahen

Sure and certain! Leo Fuld is the greatest of all the Yiddish Singers of the Old World! His very best album, The Legend, is called the Sgt. Pepper of Yiddish Music. More about Leo Fuld on the website http://www.mokumtv.nl/fuld1.htm

Marcel Duinmeijer

How the European kingdoms divided the continent America among each other // how the Dutch still control the USA It all started with Columbus.... He found the new continent but since he did not bring back gold to the Spanish kingdom, he fell in disrepute, see a verse of an old poem below: ...

Anonymous

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Marcel Duinmeijer

The real story of the Dutch kingdom…… The republic of The Netherlands was a sanctuary for jews and Dutch reformed christians. In The Netherlands they were safe from ROME's inquisition…. From 1500 The Pruisian kingdom (later called the Dutch kingdom) gave strongly military backup to the Republi...

Murat · Murat

Holland means "Woodland" in old Dutch, but is also the Viking name of a region in Sweden, called "Halland". The Vikings often visited this part of Europe until the 10th century. Those that stayed in Holland kept the lion in their weapon shields. Those of Holland in the Netherlands and Halland in Swede...

M. van Ingen

Language purification or "purism" are the terms used for the attempts to "purify" a language from all words which originally did not belong to that language. "Barbarisms" and loan words must, according to the purists, be banished from the language. [note: Dutch purists sometimes distinguish bet...

Wiebe el-Oukili

Frisian is a West Germanic language which is spoken by about 400,000 people in the province of Friesland in the Netherlands. It is closely related to Dutch but also shows a number of striking similarities to English, especially at the lexical level. Dutch is, however, the most important la...

Heidi van Delft

Jan Vermeer was the master of painting simple tasks, often performed by women, and make the viewer see new and intense things in their everyday life. This way of painting was unique at the time and was described as “daringly original”. With a few exceptions, including some landscapes, street scenes...

Maria Kross

In the year 406 AD the Germans invaded Gaul. The Franks followed the river Scheldt towards the south. As a result there was an extensive bilingual area occupied by Gallo-roman natives and Frankish invaders. After the collapse of the Roman Empire (476 AD) there rose a number of tribal empires, of whic...

Merel Schoten

The Dutch has their very own tradition in December, Sinterklaas. This man should not be mistaken for Santa Claus even if they do have kind of the same job. Sinterklaas does not come from the North Pole and he does not have reindeers, brownies or a red cap with a tuft. Sinterklaas lives in Spain and he has a...

Martin Voster

Frans Hals was one of the first to make profit from the Italian painter Caravaggios style when it became popular in northern Europe. He was born 1580 in Antwerp, Belgium, but his family moved to Haarlem in 1591. He was twice married, had at least ten children, and was constantly in financial trouble. F...

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	Willem Beuker - deceased 2008 (Preview) As a friend of Willem Beuker who was born in Holland and emigrated to Australia in his teens and moved to UK in his twenties and, sadly died aged 59 in 2009 I would be interested to hear from any of his Dutch relatives. I am in touch with his sister Elly but would love to hear from any other surviving relative...	Eileen Digweed	0	1627	Mar 3, 2013 by Eileen Digweed
	The tenth century (Preview) The Scheldt boundary, which since 925 AD separated West and East Francia, was already by that time the boundary between the Celtic tribes and the Roman civitates. West Francia rapidly disintegrated, thanks to the increasing feudal powers. From the ninth century onwards it was no longer the Caroli...	Murat	1	2715	Mar 3, 2013 by Godelieve
	The Netherlands between the Romans and the year 1000 (Preview) Celts, Romans and Germans The presence of Germanic tribes has been attested in the area covered by the Netherlands since the second century before Christ, when they were taking part in a migration towards the west. This was part of the so-called "Wandering of the Nations" which reached its peak be...	Sclav	1	2795	Mar 2, 2013 by Anke de Boer
	Dutch art (Preview) During the Golden Age culture and art were flourishing in whole western Europe. The most popular style was the Baroque that was popular in Rome and Italy and had been introduced to the Dutch by Rubens, a painter from Flanders. In most countries there were just a few masters and many students and others...	Pina	1	2389	Mar 2, 2013 by Silvana
	The Dutch during the Carolingian Period (8th and 9th century) (Preview) The so-called "mayors", ruling in the name of the kings, gained more power now and knew exactly how to use it to their own advantage. One of the most powerful of such families were the Pippins. When, in 751 AD, the pope was threatened by the Langobards (Lombards), Pippin (Pépin) III came to his aid and wa...	Fred van Os	1	3005	Mar 2, 2013 by Julien van Doeselaer
	Dutch Pride World Wide! Great coffeeshops as well! (Preview) Dutch Pride World Wide! Think the way the Dutch have their coffeeshops is the best in the world.	Bill Beuker from Point Pleasant in West Virginia	1	2458	Mar 2, 2013 by Ray Burger
	Dutsch Streetorgans by Perlee (Preview) Just like to let you know there is a great site about those great Dutch Streetorgans of the Perlee Company om http://www.gperlee.com/	Trude Nöcker aus Rechlinghausen Germany	3	4903	Mar 2, 2013 by Mustafa
	Vincent van Gogh (Preview) Vincent van Gogh Vincent van Gogh was born on March 30, 1853 in Zundert, a village in Brabant. He was the oldest son of Theodorus van Gogh and Anna Cornelia née Carbentus. In 1864 Vincent went to school in Zevenbergen and studied French, English and German. He started to work for the French art dealers G...	Theodor H.	1	2404	Mar 2, 2013 by Anonymous
	TULIPS (Preview) The Tulip were originally a wild flower growing in the Central Asia and were first cultivated by the Turks as early as 1,000 AD. The flower were introduced in the westen Europe and the Netherlands in the 17th century by Carolus Clusius, a famous biologist from Vienna. In the 1590’s he became the direct...	Jan Beuker	1	2435	Mar 2, 2013 by Jerrell
	Leo Fuld, the King of Yiddish Music (Preview) Sure and certain! Leo Fuld is the greatest of all the Yiddish Singers of the Old World! His very best album, The Legend, is called the Sgt. Pepper of Yiddish Music. More about Leo Fuld on the website http://www.mokumtv.nl/fuld1.htm	Raoul Kahen	5	3633	Mar 1, 2013 by Anna Gerschowitz
	How the Dutch still control the USA (Preview) How the European kingdoms divided the continent America among each other // how the Dutch still control the USA It all started with Columbus.... He found the new continent but since he did not bring back gold to the Spanish kingdom, he fell in disrepute, see a verse of an old poem below: ...	Marcel Duinmeijer	1	2520	Mar 1, 2013 by Uri Rosen
	Modern logo strenghthen your business strategy: (Preview) [url=www.logoian.com/logo-design-categories/Modern_Logos.asp]Modern	Anonymous	0	2346	Jan 28, 2012 by Anonymous
	Dutch government is piled up with Dutch reformed christians (Preview) The real story of the Dutch kingdom…… The republic of The Netherlands was a sanctuary for jews and Dutch reformed christians. In The Netherlands they were safe from ROME's inquisition…. From 1500 The Pruisian kingdom (later called the Dutch kingdom) gave strongly military backup to the Republi...	Marcel Duinmeijer	6	4614	Nov 23, 2010 by Anonymous
	The First Counts of Holland (Preview) Holland means "Woodland" in old Dutch, but is also the Viking name of a region in Sweden, called "Halland". The Vikings often visited this part of Europe until the 10th century. Those that stayed in Holland kept the lion in their weapon shields. Those of Holland in the Netherlands and Halland in Swede...	Murat	1	2835	Jul 6, 2005 by John Edward., of Fargo, N.D
	Purification of Dutch language by Coornhert (Preview) Language purification or "purism" are the terms used for the attempts to "purify" a language from all words which originally did not belong to that language. "Barbarisms" and loan words must, according to the purists, be banished from the language. [note: Dutch purists sometimes distinguish bet...	M. van Ingen	1	3101	Jul 5, 2005 by S. Kooiman
	Frisian language (Preview) Frisian is a West Germanic language which is spoken by about 400,000 people in the province of Friesland in the Netherlands. It is closely related to Dutch but also shows a number of striking similarities to English, especially at the lexical level. Dutch is, however, the most important la...	Wiebe el-Oukili	1	2250	Jul 4, 2005 by Norbert Noecker von Recklinhausen
	VERMEER (Preview) Jan Vermeer was the master of painting simple tasks, often performed by women, and make the viewer see new and intense things in their everyday life. This way of painting was unique at the time and was described as “daringly original”. With a few exceptions, including some landscapes, street scenes...	Heidi van Delft	1	2708	Jul 4, 2005 by Bill Brown from Pittsburg
	The Dutch Merovingian Period (5th - 8th century) (Preview) In the year 406 AD the Germans invaded Gaul. The Franks followed the river Scheldt towards the south. As a result there was an extensive bilingual area occupied by Gallo-roman natives and Frankish invaders. After the collapse of the Roman Empire (476 AD) there rose a number of tribal empires, of whic...	Maria Kross	0	2385	Jul 3, 2005 by Maria Kross
	SANTA CLAUS once was SINTER CLAAS (Preview) The Dutch has their very own tradition in December, Sinterklaas. This man should not be mistaken for Santa Claus even if they do have kind of the same job. Sinterklaas does not come from the North Pole and he does not have reindeers, brownies or a red cap with a tuft. Sinterklaas lives in Spain and he has a...	Merel Schoten	0	8018	Jul 3, 2005 by Merel Schoten
	FRANS HALS (Preview) Frans Hals was one of the first to make profit from the Italian painter Caravaggios style when it became popular in northern Europe. He was born 1580 in Antwerp, Belgium, but his family moved to Haarlem in 1591. He was twice married, had at least ten children, and was constantly in financial trouble. F...	Martin Voster	0	2691	Jul 3, 2005 by Martin Voster
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