MY PECHAKUCHA

 

1506-1555

Charles V succeeded his father Philip the Handsome as ruler of the Low Countries in 1506. His predecessors had tried to unite the loosely connected territories. Charles V completed this task. In so doing, he laid the foundations for a prosperous, centrally governed state.

 

1572-1574

The Dutch Revolt, or Eighty Years War, is the term given to the armed struggle of the Northern Netherlands to shake off Spanish rule. In addition to fighting against foreign dominion, the revolt was also a desperate civil war between two key sections of the Dutch population.

 

1568-1584

William of Orange, stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland and Utrecht, played a key role in the Dutch Revolt and the advent of the Dutch Republic. As the prince of Orange he took military and political charge of the rebellion, yet it was his ability to serve as a focus for unity in the chaos of war that proved his decisive contribution.

 

1637

Tulips, which came from Turkey, were introduced into the Netherlands in the 16th century. In the 17th century, the tulip, one of the Netherland’s national symbols, was subject to a veritable mania that led directly to it being traded on the stock market, they were very expensive and exotic.

 

1648

The price of war gradually began to outweigh the potential gains. This was true for Spain and for the Republic. Moreover, the Dutch were eager to obtain official recognition of their national sovereignty. Negotiations took two years to complete. The Dutch Republic was recognised as a free country.

 

1672

Early in 1672, France, England and the German bishoprics of Munster and Cologne declared war on the Republic. The country was attacked from all sides. Panic broke out and many feared total defeat. During this war Utrecht was occupied and the border of Holland inundated.

 

1700-1830

In 1667, the Dutch gained control over English colonies in the northeast of South America. The largest of these was Surinam. Thousands of slaves worked on sugar and coffee plantations there. When France occupied Holland from 1795 to 1813, the British took control of Surinam, until it was reconquered by the new Dutch kingdom under Willem I.

 

1848

on May of 1848 King William II announced that he would work on a fundamental amendment of the constitution. The conservative government resigned. William II claimed he had changed from being extremely conservative to extremely liberal in 24 hours.

1781-1795

In 1781, a new political movement of discontented burghers became increasingly vociferous in the Republic. They called themselves Patriots. Their concerns were greater individual freedom and the rights of man. The Patriots armed themselves, joined civic guard corps and societies. This brought them into conflict with supporters of the prince of Orange, the Orangists.

 

1863-1922

In 1863, slavery was made illegal in Surinam and the Antilles, Denmark in 1803, Britain in 1834 and France in 1848. While in the Netherlands, the long struggle for universal suffrage ended in 1922 in elections in which men and women were able to vote.

 

1914

First world war

In the  first world war The Netherlands didn’t participated, was neutral.

 

Beginning on May 10, 1940, and lasting only five days, the German Nazi army invaded the Netherlands by air and land. The attack began in The Hague, and within a few hours, Germany had control of the northern provinces. However, the Dutch weren’t yet ready to give up.

 

In the Holocaust of Netherlands died the 80% of the Jews that lived in Netherlands in that time. This was the highest percentage of the Occidental Europe.

 

The liberation of the Netherlands was 5 May 1944 and every 5 May people celebrated this day to commemorate all people died in the second world war.

 

1945

The following years, specifically for 1945 to 1957 a miracle occurred in the Netherlands, people could rebuild physical and economic the country.

 

1945-1949

Independence of Indonesia

Indonesia got the independent after 4 years and 4 months of discussions with the Netherlands.

 

5 September 1944 was sing the Benelux treaty in London.

In this treaty Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg, this was a commercial and economic acord of the three countries.

 

In 1975 started the independence of the Antillas Islands, finished 10 October of 2010 and now are differents countries.

 

7 February 1992

The Maastricht Treaty is a treaty that was sing in the city of Maastricht, obviously is in the Netherlands, these treaty is very important for all Europe.

 

1985  Integration

Soon after the Second World War, new waves of immigrants began to arrive in the Netherlands, at first mainly from Indonesia. In the 1960s, the Dutch government and companies recruited workers in countries such as Italy, Spain, Turkey and Morocco. Later, the resultant multicultural society came under considerable fire.

After 1985 The Netherlands is characterized to accept new cultures and is a very modern country.