# The 50 windows of the Canon of the Netherlands (2006)

In 2006 a committee led by Frits van Oostrom presented the Canon of the Netherlands: fifty "windows" on Dutch history, from the dolmens to Europe, intended for schools. This is the original canon; it was revised in 2020.

- 17 votes · 50 items
- Jul 2, 2022 · Jasmijn de Groot
- https://even.best/en/l/5280/the-50-windows-of-the-canon-of-the-netherlands-2006

## Top 50

1. **2. The Roman Limes** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 47–c. 40. On the edge of the Roman world.
2. **3. Willibrord** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 658–73. The spread of Christianity.
3. **6. Floris V** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1254–129. A Dutch count and discontented nobles.
4. **7. The Hanseatic League** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1356–c. 145. Trading towns in the Low Countries.
5. **14. The Beemster** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 161. The Netherlands and water.
6. **15. The Amsterdam canal ring** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1613–166. Seventeenth-century urban expansion.
7. **19. Blaeu's Atlas Maior** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 166. Mapping the world.
8. **20. Michiel de Ruyter** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1607–167. Naval heroes and the Republic's long reach.
9. **25. Eise Eisinga** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1744–182. The Enlightenment in the Netherlands.
10. **27. Napoleon Bonaparte** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1769–182. The French period.
11. **30. The Constitution** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 184. The most important law of a state.
12. **32. The fight against child labour** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 19th centur. Out of the workshop, into school.
13. **47. Srebrenica** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 199. The dilemmas of peacekeeping.
14. **1. Hunebeds (dolmens)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — c. 3000 B. Early farmers.
15. **4. Charlemagne** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 742–81. Emperor of the West.
16. **5. Hebban olla vogala** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — c. 110. Dutch in writing.
17. **8. Erasmus** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1466 (?)–153. An international humanist.
18. **9. Emperor Charles V** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1500–155. The Netherlands as one administrative unit.
19. **10. The Iconoclastic Fury** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 156. Religious strife.
20. **11. William of Orange** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1533–158. From rebel nobleman to "father of the nation".
21. **12. The Dutch Republic** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1588–179. A unique state.
22. **13. The Dutch East India Company (VOC)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1602–179. Overseas expansion.
23. **16. Hugo Grotius** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1583–164. Pioneer of modern international law.
24. **17. The States Bible** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 163. The book of books.
25. **18. Rembrandt** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1606–166. The great painters.
26. **22. Spinoza** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1632–167. In search of the truth.
27. **23. Slavery** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — c. 1637–186. Human trafficking and forced labour in the New World.
28. **24. Country houses** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 17th and 18th centurie. Wealthy living outside the city.
29. **26. The Patriots** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1780–179. Crisis in the Republic.
30. **29. The first railway** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 183. Acceleration.
31. **31. Max Havelaar** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 186. An indictment of abuses in the East Indies.
32. **33. Vincent van Gogh** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1853–189. The modern artist.
33. **34. Aletta Jacobs** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1854–192. Women's emancipation.
34. **37. The crisis years** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1929–194. Society in depression.
35. **38. The Second World War** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1940–194. Occupation and liberation.
36. **39. Anne Frank** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1929–194. The persecution of the Jews.
37. **40. Indonesia** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1945–194. A colony fights for its freedom.
38. **41. Willem Drees** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1886–198. The welfare state.
39. **42. The 1953 flood** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1 February 195. The threat of water.
40. **43. Television** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — from 194. The breakthrough of a mass medium.
41. **44. The Port of Rotterdam** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — from c. 188. Gateway to the world.
42. **45. Annie M. G. Schmidt** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1911–199. A contrarian in a bourgeois country.
43. **46. Suriname and the Netherlands Antilles** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — from 194. Decolonisation of the West.
44. **48. A multicoloured Netherlands** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — from 194. Multicultural society.
45. **49. The gas field** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1959–2030 (?. A finite treasure.
46. **50. Europe** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — from 194. Dutch and European.
47. **21. Christiaan Huygens** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — 1629–169. Science in the Golden Age.
48. **28. King William I** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — 1772–184. The United Kingdom of the Netherlands.
49. **35. The First World War** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — 1914–191. War and neutrality.
50. **36. De Stijl** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — 1917–193. A revolution in design.

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