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29th November 1781: Over 132 slaves thrown from the ‘Zong’ ship

  • 29th November 2019
  • Tagged as: Abolition, Britain, Civil Rights, Jamaica, Massacre, Middle Passage, Murder, Netherlands, Slavery

On the 29th November 1781, the crew of the slave ship Zong threw the first of at least 132 African slaves overboard in a massacre intended to allow them to cash in their insurance policy.

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19th April 1839: The Treaty of London establishes an independent Belgium

  • 19th April 2019
  • Tagged as: Austria, Belgium, Britain, First World War, Germany, Independence, Netherlands, Neutral, Schlieffen Plan

The Treaty of London was signed, which recognised and guaranteed the independence and neutrality of Belgium.

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22nd March 1621: Hugo Grotius escapes prison by hiding in a book chest

  • 22nd March 2019
  • Tagged as: Calvinism, Coup, Escape, Law, Netherlands, Prison, Protestantism, Religion, Treason

On the 22nd March 1621, Dutch legal scholar Hugo Grotius – also known as Hugo de Groot – escaped imprisonment in Loevestein Castle concealed inside a book chest.

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12th June 1942: Anne Frank receives a diary for her 13th birthday

  • 12th June 2018
  • Tagged as: Anti-Semitism, Children, Civilians, Diary, Holocaust, Judaism, Nazi, Netherlands, Second World War

On the 12th June 1942, Anne Frank received a diary as a thirteenth birthday present from her father.

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25th March 1957: Treaty of Rome establishes the EEC

  • 25th March 2018
  • Tagged as: Belgium, Economy, Europe, France, International Relations, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Politics, West Germany

On the 25th March 1957 the Treaty of Rome, which laid the foundations for the European Economic Community, was signed by Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and West Germany.

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20th March 1602: The Dutch East India Company established

  • 20th March 2018
  • 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.

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14th December 1287: St Lucia’s Flood kills over 50,000 people around the North Sea

  • 14th December 2017
  • Tagged as: Amsterdam, Flood, Medieval, Natural Disaster, Netherlands, North Sea, Storm

In the medieval period the Netherlands, whose name literally means ‘lower countries’, consisted of large areas of boggy land around the winding estuaries of three of the largest rivers in Europe.

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