Nederland
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[edit] Insignia
[edit] Maps
[edit] Government
See Cabinet Rutte
[edit] Images
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The lighthouse at Marken
[edit] Language / Taal
[edit] Notable Dutch people / Beroemde Nederlanders
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Desiderius Erasmus, humanist and theologian (1466/9-1536)
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Hadrianus VI, served as Pope 1522-1523
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William the Silent, stadholder and first leader of the Dutch revolt (1533-1584)
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Hugo Grotius, jurist, philosopher, playwright, and poet. (1583-1645)
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Rembrandt, Dutch painter and etcher (1606-1669)
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Johan de Witt, Grand Pensionary of the Dutch Republic (1625-1672)
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Michiel de Ruyter, admiral (1607-1676)
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Jan van Riebeeck, founder of the Cape Colony (1619-1677)
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Christiaan Huygens, mathematician, astronomer and physicist (1629-1695)
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Antonie Philips van Leeuwenhoek tradesman, scientist and father of microbiology (1632-1723)
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Johan Rudolf Thorbecke, politician (1798-1872)
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Multatuli (pseudonym of Eduard Douwes Dekker), novellist (1820-1887)
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Lawrence Alma-Tadema, painter (1836 - 1912)
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Abraham Kuyper, Theologian and politician (1837 - 1920)
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Thomas Alva Edison, inventor and businessman (1847-1931)
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Hendrik Antoon Lorentz, physicist and Nobel Prize winner (1853-1928)
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Piet Mondriaan, painter and publicist (1872-1944)
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Johan Huizinga, Historian and philosopher (1872 - 1945)
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Misha Mengelberg, Composer and pianist (1935-)
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Wim Duisenberg politician and banker (1935 - 2005)
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Herman van Veen, stage performer and singer/songwriter (1945-)
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