The 50 windows of the Canon of the Netherlands (2006)
The top 3 according to 17 votes from people: 2. The Roman Limes · 3. Willibrord · 6. Floris V. (Updated Jul 2, 2022.)
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.
Automatically translated (original in Nederlands). See the original
Top 50
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2. The Roman Limes
47–c. 40. On the edge of the Roman world.
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3. Willibrord
658–73. The spread of Christianity.
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6. Floris V
1254–129. A Dutch count and discontented nobles.
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7. The Hanseatic League
1356–c. 145. Trading towns in the Low Countries.
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14. The Beemster
161. The Netherlands and water.
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15. The Amsterdam canal ring
1613–166. Seventeenth-century urban expansion.
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19. Blaeu's Atlas Maior
166. Mapping the world.
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20. Michiel de Ruyter
1607–167. Naval heroes and the Republic's long reach.
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25. Eise Eisinga
1744–182. The Enlightenment in the Netherlands.
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27. Napoleon Bonaparte
1769–182. The French period.
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30. The Constitution
184. The most important law of a state.
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32. The fight against child labour
19th centur. Out of the workshop, into school.
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47. Srebrenica
199. The dilemmas of peacekeeping.
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1. Hunebeds (dolmens)
c. 3000 B. Early farmers.
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4. Charlemagne
742–81. Emperor of the West.
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5. Hebban olla vogala
c. 110. Dutch in writing.
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8. Erasmus
1466 (?)–153. An international humanist.
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9. Emperor Charles V
1500–155. The Netherlands as one administrative unit.
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10. The Iconoclastic Fury
156. Religious strife.
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11. William of Orange
1533–158. From rebel nobleman to "father of the nation".
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12. The Dutch Republic
1588–179. A unique state.
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13. The Dutch East India Company (VOC)
1602–179. Overseas expansion.
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16. Hugo Grotius
1583–164. Pioneer of modern international law.
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17. The States Bible
163. The book of books.
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18. Rembrandt
1606–166. The great painters.
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22. Spinoza
1632–167. In search of the truth.
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23. Slavery
c. 1637–186. Human trafficking and forced labour in the New World.
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24. Country houses
17th and 18th centurie. Wealthy living outside the city.
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26. The Patriots
1780–179. Crisis in the Republic.
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29. The first railway
183. Acceleration.
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31. Max Havelaar
186. An indictment of abuses in the East Indies.
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33. Vincent van Gogh
1853–189. The modern artist.
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34. Aletta Jacobs
1854–192. Women's emancipation.
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37. The crisis years
1929–194. Society in depression.
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38. The Second World War
1940–194. Occupation and liberation.
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39. Anne Frank
1929–194. The persecution of the Jews.
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40. Indonesia
1945–194. A colony fights for its freedom.
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41. Willem Drees
1886–198. The welfare state.
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42. The 1953 flood
1 February 195. The threat of water.
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43. Television
from 194. The breakthrough of a mass medium.
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44. The Port of Rotterdam
from c. 188. Gateway to the world.
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45. Annie M. G. Schmidt
1911–199. A contrarian in a bourgeois country.
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46. Suriname and the Netherlands Antilles
from 194. Decolonisation of the West.
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48. A multicoloured Netherlands
from 194. Multicultural society.
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49. The gas field
1959–2030 (?. A finite treasure.
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50. Europe
from 194. Dutch and European.
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21. Christiaan Huygens
1629–169. Science in the Golden Age.
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28. King William I
1772–184. The United Kingdom of the Netherlands.
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35. The First World War
1914–191. War and neutrality.
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36. De Stijl
1917–193. A revolution in design.
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