Nederland
Specific status: Akrotiri and Dhekelia · Gibraltar · Guernsey · Isle of Man · Jersey – Limited recognition: Abkhazia · Republic of Artsakh · Kosovo · Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus · South Ossetia · Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic
The Netherlands is a country in Europe.
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Symbols of the Netherlands[edit]
map[edit]
Government[edit]
See Cabinet Rutte II
Images[edit]
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The lighthouse at Marken
Language / Taal[edit]
Notable Dutch people / Beroemde Nederlanders[edit]
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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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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 - 2017)
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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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Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands (1967-)
(Monarch of the Netherlands)
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