Timeline For The Dutch Empire

50 BC-400 AD –  The romans ruled the southern part of the Netherlands.

 

1-100 AD – The Frisians a German ethnic group settled in the Northern part of the Netherlands.

 

1301- The Netherlands defeated Lichtenberg in the Battle of Breukelen

 

1345-  The Frisians defeated the Dutch at Warns

1421- The second St. Elizabeth’s flood destroyed many villages and many thousands of people died.

 

1477- Mary of Burgundy, heiress of all of the Netherlands marries Maximilian I of Habsburg family of Austria

 

(1492) German mercenaries killed 232 at Bread and Cheese rebellion

 

(1602) Dutch East India Company formed in Jakarta, Indonesia

 

(1630 - 1654)  The Dutch conquered Brazil

 

(1701) England, Austria, Netherlands formed Alliance against France

 

(1780 - 1783) Netherlands become at war with England

 

(1830) Belgium rebel against Netherlands

 

(1903) Harry Houdini escaped from police station in Amsterdam

 

(1922) Dutch women received right to vote

 

 

1942) Japan declared war against Netherlands; Japanese forces invaded Dutch East Indies; Nazis executed 72 in Sachsenhausen; Jews transported from Holland to extermination camp

 

 

(1949) Netherlands joined NATO