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18 unusual facts about Netherlands


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Action of 12 May 1796

He therefore maintained pursuit and watched the Batavian ships, Gier and Echo drive ashore at the Batavian village of Bosch.

Aletta Hannemans

Aletta Hanemans (1606 – 1653), was a grain merchant's daughter from Zwolle, the Netherlands, who became the brewer of the Hoeffijser in Haarlem.

CE Linux Forum

The European conference has always been co-hosted: in 2007 it was hosted with the Real-time Linux Workshop in Linz, Austria; in 2008 with the NLUUG in Ede, Netherlands; and in 2009 with Embedded Systems Week in Grenoble.

Charles W. King

Cannon were fired from the hilltops of the Miura Peninsula as soon as the ship approached Uraga, in compliance with the 1825–42 Shogunal order that any approaching Western ships, apart from Dutch ones, should be fired upon.

David Anthony Chimhini

Hon Chimhini also has a Master of Arts Degree in Development Studies specialising in Labour and Development from the Institute of Social Studies – The Hague, Netherlands.

Dordrecht railway station

For Ede, Arnhem travel to Rotterdam Centraal and change onto a train towards Utrecht Centraal.

Gabrielle Bellocq

She has exhibited profusely around the world, including in Paris, Windsor, Henley-on-Thames and Salisbury, Osaka (Japan), Chicago (Illinois), Sedona (Arizona) and Ede (Netherlands).

Gijsbert Claesz van Campen

Gijsbert Claesz van Campen (c.1580 – 1648), was a Dutch cloth merchant of Haarlem who is most famous today for his family portrait painted by Frans Hals.

Grietje Jansen-Anker

She was the oldest person in the Netherlands between 19 May 2006 and her death on 13 October 2009, at age 112 years 31 days.

Johannes Linthorst Homan

He joined the Liberal Freedom League and in 1937 was a candidate for parliament.

Mariekerke

Mariekerke, Netherlands, a former municipality in the province of Zeeland

Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010

Netherlands selected their Junior Eurovision entry for 2010 through Junior Songfestival, a national selection consisting of 8 songs.

Robert G. Cole

On September 18, 1944, during Operation Market Garden, Colonel Cole, commanding the 3rd Battalion of the 502d PIR in Best, Netherlands, got on the radio.

Sad Singalong Songs

Sad Singalong Songs is the eighth studio album by Dutch singer Anouk.

Skin of the Earth

Skin of the Earth is the second full-length album release by the Dutch symphonic metal band Kingfisher Sky.

Water polo at the 1996 Summer Olympics

The women had to wait for Olympic recognition by the IOC, and played their own "Olympic Tournament" with twelve competing teams, from May 29 to June 7, 1996, in Emmen, Netherlands.

Westkapelle

Westkapelle, Netherlands, a small city in the municipality of Veere in the Netherlands


103 ISTAR battalion

103 ISTAR-battalion has a complement of little over 800 heads and is stationed at Legerplaats bij Oldebroek and the Luitenant Kolonel Tonnet Kazerne in 't Harde in the Veluwe area of the Netherlands.

2009 Zuiderduin Masters

The 2009 Zuiderduin Masters was a British Darts Organisation darts tournament that took place on December 11–13, in Egmond aan Zee, Netherlands.

A-Film

A-Film distributed films produced both in the Netherlands, such as Phileine Says Sorry and Black Book, and outside of the Netherlands, such as Hello Kitty videos, A Fistful of Dollars, The Pianist, Dances with Wolves and Bowling for Columbine for the Benelux.

Agustí Montal Costa

Netherlands striker joined Johann Cruyff and other famous international players such as Johan Neeskens or Hugo Sotil, which reached to win the league in 1973-1974, after fourteen years of not winning anything.

Antoine Meyer

In 1826, he taught at the Collège royal at Echternach in Luxembourg before moving to Breda in the Netherlands in 1828 where he worked at the newly opened Royal Military Academy.

Axel Scheffler

He has drawn his distinctive illustrations for authors of children's books from Britain, Germany and the Netherlands, including, in addition to Julia Donaldson, Jon Blake, Paul Shipton, David Henry Wilson, Uwe Timm, Paul van Loon and Toon Tellegen.

Ban Mo District

After the Buddha footprint near Saraburi was found and a temple was built, King Songtham hired Dutch engineers to build a road from Tha Ruea to Wat Phra Phutthabat to make the pilgrimage there easier.

Besh o droM

Some of their notable performances include the Montreal International Jazz Festival in 2004 and 2012, and several MagyArt (Hungarian Cultural Season) venues such as 2001 in France, 2002 in Italy, 2004 in Netherlands.

British Rail Class 76

While in the Netherlands it gained the name Tommy after the nickname given to British soldiers and ran for the rest of its working life with a name plate which included an explanation of the origin - "So named by drivers of the Netherlands State Railway to whom this locomotive was loaned 1947-1952".

Brunstad Christian Church

From the 1950s, the church began to spread throughout Western Europe, most notably in Germany, Switzerland, and the Netherlands, after several church leaders were invited to participate in the Pentecostal conferences held at Leonberg during the 1950s.

Buddleja 'Pink Delight'

Buddleja 'Pink Delight' is a cultivar raised by the Horticultural Research Institute in Boskoop, Netherlands, in 1986 from the hybrid B. davidii 'Fascination' × B. davidii var. nanhoensis 'Alba' × B. 'West Hill'.

Candida Thompson

As a chamber musician, she has collaborated with musicians such as Isaac Stern, Bruno Giuranna, Frans Helmerson, Janine Jansen, Julian Rachlin, David Kuyken and performed at many festivals such as Kuhmo (Finland), Gubbio (Italy), International Chamber Music Festival Utrecht (the Netherlands) and La Musica (the USA).

ChampionChip

ChampionChip was a Nijmegen, Netherlands based company, started in 1993 by a group of students to improve the time tracking in the Zevenheuvelenloop.

Crailo

Crailo (Huizen), a village in the Netherlands in the municipality of Huizen

Danny Rombley

Rombley was selected by coach Robert Eenhoorn in the team that represents the Netherlands at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Domino Kirke

"The Guard" was produced by Domino, Timo Ellis (Cibo Matto and The Netherlands) Jorge Elbrecht (Lansing-Dreiden and Violens) and was recorded in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

Fantasy Gardens

The castle is a replica of Coevorden Castle, the ancestral home of Captain George Vancouver in the Netherlands.

Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg

Living in the Netherlands, they became acquainted with Elizabeth's envoy, Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, and entered into lengthy negotiations with Elizabeth's Court to obtain support for his cause; these efforts failed to garner assistance for renewing the war either from the English queen or in any other quarter.

George Frederik Willem Borel

George Frederik Willem Borel (Maastricht, Netherlands 22 August 1837 to Bad Nauheim, Germany, 4 August 1907) was a major general in the Netherlands, notable for his involvement in the Banjarmasin and Aceh Wars.

Green politics

In June 1970 in the Netherlands a group called Kabouters won 5 of the 45 seats on the Amsterdam Gemeenteraad (City Council), as well as two seats each on councils in The Hague and Leeuwarden and one seat apiece in Arnhem, Alkmaar and Leiden.

Grenzlandring

The Grenzlandring (German for "border-region ring"), sometimes Grenzland-Ring written, is a former high-speed race track oval in the Lower Rhine area of Germany, around the town of Wegberg, located close to Mönchengladbach and the Dutch town of Roermond.

Hans Janmaat

In the 1970s, he became more interested in the emerging issue of immigration as large numbers of foreign workers came to the Netherlands.

Hitoshi Imamura

Imamura adopted an unusually lenient policy towards the local population of the former Netherlands East Indies, often in conflict with senior staff of the Southern Army and Imperial General Headquarters.

Human rights in Finland

Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans said the Netherlands had applied to the UN's Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, which resolves maritime disputes between states.

Jan Andrew

In the 100 m event that night, Andrew claimed bronze behind Carolyn Schuler of the United States and Marianne Heemskerk of the Netherlands.

Jean Palairet

While working as London agent for Jacob Boreel, Palairet apparently played a part in introducing the game of cricket to the Netherlands: in 1765 he sent four balls and 12 bats to the Netherlands, and attempted to find a copy of a rule-book for the game.

Joseph Wijnkoop

Joseph David Wijnkoop (Amsterdam, 14 August 1842 - Amsterdam, 1 October 1910) was a Dutch rabbi and scholar in Jewish studies.

Julia Hargreaves

She finished 24th at the 2011 La Coruna CSI5 Grand Prix held in La Coruna, Spain; finished 13th at the 2011 Wien Stadthalle CSI4 Table A held in Wien Stadthalle, Austria; finished first at the 2011 Sydney Royal CSI1 held in Sydney, Australia; and finished eighth at the 2011 Zuidwolde CSI2 held in Zuidwolde, The Netherlands.

Krazy Kat

The Netherlands' Real Free Press published five issues of "Krazy Kat Komix" in 1974-1976, containing a few hundred strips apiece; each of the issues' covers was designed by Joost Swarte.

La Belle Alliance

Blücher, the Prussian commander, suggested that the battle should be remembered as la Belle Alliance, to commemorate the European Seventh Coalition of Britain, Russia, Prussia, the Netherlands, Sweden, Austria, Spain, Portugal, Sardinia, and a number of German States which had all joined the coalition to defeat the French Emperor.

Laurensberg

Beyond the German border, the district borders the Belgian town of Kelmis, in the Province of Liège, as well as the Dutch communities of Vaals, Wittem and Simpelveld, all contained with the Dutch Province of Limburg.

Leonard Retel Helmrich

After Indonesian independence the Helmrich family repatriated to the Netherlands during the Indo diaspora.

Lotte Spira

During the Second World War she signed a statement swearing that Fritz Spira was not the real father of her actress daughter Camilla Spira, who was being held at Westerbork transit camp in the Netherlands.

Melle van Gemerden

Van Gemerden was a member of the Netherlands team which took on Slovakia in the 2005 World Group quarter-finals and appeared both in the doubles, with Paul Haarhuis, and in the singles against Michal Mertiňák.

Melody Klaver

She played the part of Heleen in Diep, a movie from Simone van Dusseldorp, for which she got a Golden Calf nomination, one of the most important film awards in the Netherlands.

Million Dollar Bill

It's her longest run in the Netherlands since 2003's "One of Those Days" and her highest position since 2002's "Whatchulookinat".

Nicolette van Dam

After finishing high school at the havo level at the age of 18, Van Dam went to study at HBO.

No. 213 Squadron RAF

It was the only squadron to fly the Canberra B(I).6 variant, still with the "Crabro" insignia adorning the tail fin, first from RAF Ahlhorn and later form RAF Bruggen, while a detachment was for a short time in 1956 stationed at Valkenburg Naval Air Base in the Netherlands.

Octagonal churches in Norway

In the Netherlands the reformed church in Willemstad, North Brabant, Koepelkerk (Domed Church) (1607), the first Protestant church building in the Netherlands, was given an octagonal shape according to Calvinism's focus on the sermon.

Perserikatan

Some of Dutch East Indies prominent football club, like VIJ Jakarta, BIVB Bandung, IVBM Magelang, MVB Makassar, SIVB Surabaya and VVB Solo, met and discuss about the future championship on the Netherlands territory.

Pier Pander

He frequently traveled to The Netherlands where he became famous after his design for the portrait of Queen Wilhelmina for a Ducth coin in 1898.

Rajiman Wediodiningrat

Maneuver at the time led the Budi Utomo which proposed the establishment of a people's militia in every region in Indonesia (awareness of having an army of people) answered the Netherlands with compensation form People's Council and dr .

Reactions to the Northwest Airlines Flight 253 attack

The international flight originated in Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in Amsterdam, Netherlands and made an emergency landing at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport in Detroit, Michigan, United States.

Rück's Blue Flycatcher

Two specimens, an immature and adult male were last recorded and collected around 1917-1918 in secondary lowland forests in Medan area of North Sumatra province by the Dutch collector, August van Heijst.

Stan Storimans

Stanislaus N.I.M. (Stan) Storimans (January 8, 1969 Tilburg – August 12, 2008 Gori, Georgia) was a Dutch RTL TV veteran cameraman.

The Walls Fell Down

"The Walls Fell Down" is a third single by the English rock duo The Marbles, Lead vocals by Graham Bonnet it was released in March 1969, and it was written and produced by Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb, of the Bee Gees, and was also produced by Robert Stigwood, It reached #28 in the United Kingdom, but in the Netherlands it reached #3.

Tofaş Şahin

In 2006 the Tofaş Şahin was put into production in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, by the Holland Car Company, a joint venture between a firm from the Netherlands called Trento Engineering and the local firm of Ethio-Holland.

United Kingdom of the Netherlands

This state, a large part of which still exists today as the Kingdom of the Netherlands, was made up of the former Dutch Republic (Republic of the Seven United Netherlands) to the north, the former Austrian Netherlands to the south, and the former Prince-Bishopric of Liège.