Rampjaar
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In 1672, the Dutch Republic faced simultaneous invasions from France, England, and the German bishoprics of Münster and Cologne in what became known as the Rampjaar. The French Royal Army, under Louis
Allegory on the French Invasion of 1672 by Jan van Wijckersloot (1673)
Prince's Day by Jan Steen (ca. 1665): Supporters of the Prince of Orange drink to the health of the Nassau line on the Prince's birthday.
Louis XIV crossing the Rhine by Adam Frans van der Meulen.
The bodies of the De Witt brothers, by Jan de Baen.
Dutch Republic
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The Republic of the Seven United Netherlands, also known as the United Provinces, and referred to in historiography as the Dutch Republic, was a confederation and great power that existed from 1588 un
William of Orange, by Adriaen Thomasz Key.
Anonymous portrait of the Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza. He was of Portuguese-Jewish origin.
The Amsterdam Stock Exchange, by Job Adriaenszoon Berckheyde
Dam Square in the late 17th century: painting by Gerrit Adriaenszoon Berckheyde