Canon of the Netherlands
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Trijntje
The hunter-gatherers
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Megalithic tombs
The first farmers
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The Roman Limes
On the frontiers of the Roman world
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Willibrord
The spread of Christianity
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Charlemagne
Emperor of the West
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Hebban olla vogala
The Dutch language under development
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The Hanseatic League
Collaboration pays off
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Hieronymus Bosch
Painter in a medieval town
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Mary of Burgundy
Sovereign between Burgundy and Habsburg
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Erasmus
A critical mind in Europe
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The Revolt
From the Iconoclastic Fury to the Act of Abjuration
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William of Orange
From rebel to “Father of the Fatherland”
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Johan van Oldenbarnevelt
Chasms within the Republic
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The trading Companies VOC & WIC
Sailing and fighting for trade
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The Beemster Polder
Dry feet in the polder
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Hugo Grotius
Pioneer of modern international law
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The States Bible
The power of the Word
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Rembrandt
A country full of painters
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Blaeu’s Atlas Maior
Mapping the world
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Michiel de Ruyter
The Republic in choppy seas
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Christiaan Huygens
The beginnings of modern science
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Spinoza
In search of truth
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Slavery
Human trafficking and forced labour
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Eise Eisinga
The solar system in a living room
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Sara Burgerhart
Rebellious women in the Age of Reason
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The patriots
Democratising the Republic
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Napoleon Bonaparte
The French period in the Netherlands
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King William I
The Kingdom of the Netherlands and Belgium
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The first railway
Acceleration
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The Constitution
The most important law of the Netherlands
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Max Havelaar
Injustice in the Dutch East Indies
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The Child Protection Act of Van Houten
Out of the factory and into the school
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Vincent van Gogh
Painter in a new age
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Aletta Jacobs
Standing up for equal rights
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World War I
Wartime neutrality
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Anton de Kom
Fighting racism and colonialism
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World War II
The Netherlands occupied and liberated
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Anne Frank
The persecution of the Jews
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Indonesia
The struggle for independence
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The great flood
The danger of water
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Television
The world on your screen
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The port of Rotterdam
Gateway to the world
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Marga Klompé
The welfare state
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The immigrant workers
New Dutch residents
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Annie M.G. Schmidt
Going against the grain of a bourgeois country
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Coal and gas
The energy issue
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The Caribbean
Far away yet connected
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Srebrenica
Responsible for peace
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Europe
Joining forces for a peaceful Europe
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That Orange Feeling
Sport connects
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