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Hint
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Answer
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ca. 3350-3050 B.C.
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Type of gravesite of which many have been found in Drenthe
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Dolmen
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ca. 600 - 400 B.C.
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Germanic ethnic group that settled the Dutch coast all the way to modern Denmark
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Frisians
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ca. 350 B.C.
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Greek geographer who wrote about the Low Countries that more people died in the struggle against water than against men
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Pytheas
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ca. 100 B.C.
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Roman camp that would later become Nijmegen
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Noviomagus
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69-70 A.D.
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Leader of the revolt of the Batavians
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Claudius Julius Civilis
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384 A.D.
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First bishop of Maastricht and last of Tongeren
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Servatius
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754
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This Benedictine monk gets killed in Dokkum
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Boniface
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843
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This son of Louis the Pious gets control over Middle Francia, which includes most of the Low Countries
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Lothair I
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9th Century
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Later provincial capital is founded on an Island
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Middelburg
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1287
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Large flood that led to the creation of the South Sea, one of the deadliest in recorded history
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St. Lucia Flood
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1296
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This count who earlier released the inhabitants of Amsterdam of tollduties is murdered
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Floris V
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1356
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Trade league that encompassed many cities on the Baltic and North Sea coasts
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Hanseatic League
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1401-1436
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This countess played a large part in the Hook and Cod Wars and was the last Wittelsbach ruler over Holland and Zeeland
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Jacqueline
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1506
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First territorial Lord of all of the Low Countries
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Charles V
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1555-1581
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Successor of the person above until he gets deposed
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Philip II
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1584
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The Father of the Fatherland gets murdered by Balthasar Gerards
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William of Orange
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1609-1621
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Truce between Spain and the Dutch Republic
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Twelve Years Truce
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1619
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Maurice of Orange executes this grand pensionary on the charge of treason
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Johan van Oldenbarnevelt
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1619-1799
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Headquarters of the VOC and capital city of the Dutch East Indies
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Batavia
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1648
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This treaty officially establishes the Netherlands as a sovereign state
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Treaty of Munster
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1667
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With the "battle" the Netherlands steals the English flagship right out of an English fleet anchorage
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Raid on the Medway
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1672
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During 'het rampjaar' this French king invaded the Netherlands together with England and the bishops of Münster and Cologne
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Louis XIV
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1795
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With the overthrowing of Stadtholder William V the Dutch republic was rebranded under this name
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Batavian republic
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1806-1810
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This fairly popular king was the first king of Holland
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Louis Bonaparte
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1830/1839
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After a popular revolt with the support of France this new nation starts existing
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Belgium
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1863
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Though the Netherlands officially abandon slavery as one of the last in Western Europe slaves are still required to work for at least...
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10 years
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1899/1907
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This city is the site of two international conferences on the Laws of War
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The Hague
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1940
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Though the Netherlands had surrendered Nazi Germany still bombs this city due to the first wave being already under radio silence
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Rotterdam
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1944
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The Netherlands and two other countries form this union that still exists and was an early model for the EU
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BeNeLux
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1949
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After a bloody war with many war crimes the Netherlands officially recognises this country
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Indonesia
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1978
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Disappointed with the protection of South Molluccan people against the country above, the provincial house in this city is taken hostage
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Assen
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1992
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This treaty officially forms the EU and paves the way for a single currency Europe
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Treaty of Maastricht
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