Tag: Dutch Republic

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13th February 1689: William and Mary become the new co-regents of the Kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland after agreeing to the Declaration of Right

13th February 2022
Tagged as: Britain, Catholicism, Dutch Republic, England, Glorious Revolution, Ireland, Jacobite Wars, James II, Mary II, Netherlands, Protestantism, United Kingdom, William and Mary, William III, Williamite Wars

The couple were declared King and Queen after agreeing to the Declaration of Right. Their coronation took place on 11 April.

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20th March 1602: The Dutch East India Company established

20th March 2020
Tagged as: Dutch East India Company, Dutch Republic, East India Company, Economics, Economy, Finance, India, Netherlands, Ship, Spices, Trade

By the start of the 17th century merchants from the Dutch Republic had begun to undertake voyages to the ‘Spice Islands’ of the Indian Ocean.