History of Holland

by George Edmundson

37 chapters19h 43mEnglish1922

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The title, "History of Holland," given to this volume is fully justified by the predominant part which the great maritime province of Holland took in the War of Independence and throughout the whole of the subsequent history of the Dutch state and people.(Summary from book prologue)

Chapters (36)

1The Burgundian Netherlands

1686

2Habsburg Rule in the Netherlands

2314

3The Prelude to the Revolt

2909

4The Revolt of the Netherlands

4029

5William the Silent

2218

6The Beginnings of the Dutch Republic

4093

7The System of Government

1491

8The Twelve Years' Truce

1295

9Maurice and Oldenbarneveldt

1934

10From the end of the Twelve Years' Truce to the Peace of Munster, 1621-1648. The Stadholderate of Frederick Henry of Orange

3250

11The East and West India Companies. Commercial and Economic Expansion .

4961

12Letters, Science and Art

2974

13The Stadholderate of William II. The Great Assembly

1506

14Rise of John de Witt. The First English War

1838

15The Administration of John de Witt, 1654-1665, from the Peace of Westminster to the Out-break of the Second English War

1765

16The last years of De Witt's Administration, 1665-1672. The Second English War. The Triple Alliance. The French Invasion

2502

17The Stadholderate of William II. The Great Assembly

1073

18The Stadholderate of William III, 1672-1688

2309

19The King-Stadholder, 1688-1702

1846

20The War of the Spanish Succession and the Treaties of Utrecht, 1702-1715

2190

21The Stadholderless Republic, 1715-1740

1367

22The Austrian Succession War and William IV, 1740-1751

1636

23The Regency of Anne and of Brunswick, 1751-1766

725

24William V. First Period, 1766-1780

794

25Stadholderate of William V (continued), 1780-1788. The English War. Patriot Movement. Civil War. Prussian Intervention.

1604

26The Orange Restoration. Downfall of the Republic, 1788-1795

1130

27The Batavian Republic, 1795-1806

2040

28The Kingdom of Holland and the French Annexation, 1806-1814

1654

29The Formation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, 1814-1815

1468

30The Kingdom of the Netherlands--Union of Holland and Belgium, 1815-1830

2241

31The Belgian Revolution. The Separation of Holland and Belgium, 1830-1842

2827

32William I abdicates. Reign of William II. Revision of the Constitution, 1842-1849

951

33Reign of William III to the death of Thorbecke, 1849-1872

1354

34The later reign of William III, and the Regency of Queen Emma, 1872-1898

1428

35The Reign of Queen Wilhelmina, 1898-1917

545

36Epilogue

680

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