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'''1606''' Birth of Rembrandt. | '''1606''' Birth of Rembrandt. | ||
'''1609''' Henry Hudson's voyage to the Americas. <br> | '''1609''' Henry Hudson's voyage to the Americas. <br>An interesting web-site is: [http://international.loc.gov/intldl/awkbhtml/awkbhome.html/ The Atlantic World: America and the Netherlands] | ||
An interesting web-site is: [http://international.loc.gov/intldl/awkbhtml/awkbhome.html/ The Atlantic World: America and the Netherlands] | |||
'''1620''' Pilgrims left Netherlands, landed in Massachusetts. | '''1620''' Pilgrims left Netherlands, landed in Massachusetts. | ||
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'''1805 '''The Batavian Republic was dissolved, and the Kingdom of Holland was established, with Louis Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon, as king. | '''1805 '''The Batavian Republic was dissolved, and the Kingdom of Holland was established, with Louis Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon, as king. | ||
'''1810''' The Kingdom of Holland was dissolved, and the territory was annexed to the French Empire. | '''1810''' The Kingdom of Holland was dissolved, and the territory was annexed to the French Empire. (Although the following article is about [https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/French_Influence_on_German_Research French influence on German research, many of the same principles apply to The Netherlands].) | ||
'''1814''' French troops left the country. Prince Willem VI of Orange–Nassau became Sovereign Prince of the Netherlands. | '''1814''' French troops left the country. Prince Willem VI of Orange–Nassau became Sovereign Prince of the Netherlands. | ||