William the Silent

History

History of Holland

by George EDMUNDSON (1848 - 1930)

The title, "History of Holland," given to this volume is fully justified by the predominant part which the great maritime province of Holland took in the War of Independence and throughout the whole of the subsequent history of the Dutch state and people.(Summary from book prologue)

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The Stadholderate of William II. The Great Assembly , Epilogue , From the end of the Twelve Years' Truce to the Peace of Munster, 1621-1648. The Stadholderate of Frederick Henry of Orange , Letters, Science and Art , Maurice and Oldenbarneveldt , Reign of William III to the death of Thorbecke, 1849-1872 , Rise of John de Witt. The First English War , Stadholderate of William V (continued), 1780-1788. The English War. Patriot Movement. Civil War. Prussian Intervention. , The Administration of John de Witt, 1654-1665, from the Peace of Westminster to the Out-break of the Second English War , The Austrian Succession War and William IV, 1740-1751 , The Batavian Republic, 1795-1806 , The Beginnings of the Dutch Republic , The Belgian Revolution. The Separation of Holland and Belgium, 1830-1842 , The East and West India Companies. Commercial and Economic Expansion . , The Formation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, 1814-1815 , The King-Stadholder, 1688-1702 , The Kingdom of Holland and the French Annexation, 1806-1814 , The Kingdom of the Netherlands--Union of Holland and Belgium, 1815-1830 , The last years of De Witt's Administration, 1665-1672. The Second English War. The Triple Alliance. The French Invasion , The later reign of William III, and the Regency of Queen Emma, 1872-1898 , The Orange Restoration. Downfall of the Republic, 1788-1795 , The Regency of Anne and of Brunswick, 1751-1766 , The Reign of Queen Wilhelmina, 1898-1917 , The Stadholderate of William II. The Great Assembly , The Stadholderate of William III, 1672-1688 , The Stadholderless Republic, 1715-1740 , The System of Government , The Twelve Years' Truce , The War of the Spanish Succession and the Treaties of Utrecht, 1702-1715 , William I abdicates. Reign of William II. Revision of the Constitution, 1842-1849 , William V. First Period, 1766-1780