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Canon of the Netherlands

  1. Trijntje

    The hunter-gatherers

  2. Megalithic tombs

    The first farmers

  3. The Roman Limes

    On the frontiers of the Roman world

  4. Willibrord

    The spread of Christianity

  5. Charlemagne

    Emperor of the West

  6. Hebban olla vogala

    The Dutch language under development

  7. The Hanseatic League

    Collaboration pays off

  8. Hieronymus Bosch

    Painter in a medieval town

  9. Mary of Burgundy

    Sovereign between Burgundy and Habsburg

  10. Erasmus

    A critical mind in Europe

  11. The Revolt

    From the Iconoclastic Fury to the Act of Abjuration

  12. William of Orange

    From rebel to “Father of the Fatherland”

  13. Johan van Oldenbarnevelt

    Chasms within the Republic

  14. The trading Companies VOC & WIC

    Sailing and fighting for trade

  15. The Beemster Polder

    Dry feet in the polder

  16. Hugo Grotius

    Pioneer of modern international law

  17. The States Bible

    The power of the Word

  18. Rembrandt

    A country full of painters

  19. Blaeu’s Atlas Maior

    Mapping the world

  20. Michiel de Ruyter

    The Republic in choppy seas

  21. Christiaan Huygens

    The beginnings of modern science

  22. Spinoza

    In search of truth

  23. Slavery

    Human trafficking and forced labour

  24. Eise Eisinga

    The solar system in a living room

  25. Sara Burgerhart

    Rebellious women in the Age of Reason

  26. The patriots

    Democratising the Republic

  27. Napoleon Bonaparte

    The French period in the Netherlands

  28. King William I

    The Kingdom of the Netherlands and Belgium

  29. The first railway

    Acceleration

  30. The Constitution

    The most important law of the Netherlands

  31. Max Havelaar

    Injustice in the Dutch East Indies

  32. The Child Protection Act of Van Houten

    Out of the factory and into the school

  33. Vincent van Gogh

    Painter in a new age

  34. Aletta Jacobs

    Standing up for equal rights

  35. World War I

    Wartime neutrality

  36. Anton de Kom

    Fighting racism and colonialism

  37. World War II

    The Netherlands occupied and liberated

  38. Anne Frank

    The persecution of the Jews

  39. Indonesia

    The struggle for independence

  40. The great flood

    The danger of water

  41. Television

    The world on your screen

  42. The port of Rotterdam

    Gateway to the world

  43. Marga Klompé

    The welfare state

  44. The immigrant workers

    New Dutch residents

  45. Annie M.G. Schmidt

    Going against the grain of a bourgeois country

  46. Coal and gas

    The energy issue

  47. The Caribbean

    Far away yet connected

  48. Srebrenica

    Responsible for peace

  49. Europe

    Joining forces for a peaceful Europe

  50. That Orange Feeling

    Sport connects

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