Dutch History Trivia

1. Amsterdam, originally called Aemstelland, was once a small fishing village that began to grow considerably in 1275 when Floris V did what?

From Quiz History of Amsterdam

Answer: Removed the tolls to cross bridges

Prior to Floris V, Count of Holland's removal of the bridge tolls, Amsterdam was a secluded fishing village. The tolls prevented most merchants and traders from visiting Amsterdam and other nearby places. By removing the tolls, he weakened the economies of nearby noblemen, many of whom he was at war with and had failed to conquer a few years prior.

From Quiz Let Slip the Clogs of War

Answer: The Batavi

The Batavi were famed for their horsemanship, and allied to Rome under the Roman Empire. Given their ability to cross rivers without breaking rank, the Roman army used the Batavi in their campaigns, and were used to this effect in The Battle of the River Medway, under Aulus Plautius against the Cantiaci in AD 43. The Batavi, though, rebelled against the Roman Empire, and were forced into a humiliating truce that led to a permanent Roman Legion being stationed in their lands.

From Quiz Dutch History: V - Modern Age

Answer: Royal Navy and the Russian Expeditionary Force

After the failed campaigns in Russia and Germany, Napoleon and the French had retreated to Belgium and France. The Netherlands were abandoned by the French and the advancing Russian Army easily entered the Netherlands from the east and proclaimed themselves liberators, while the Royal Navy reconquered the Dutch city of Scheveningen and established a beachhead for the returning Stadtholder. The other armies were all fightning in France and Spain.

From Quiz Dutch History: IV - Silver Age

Answer: France

During much of the first half of the 18th century tensions between the Dutch and French often reached boiling point. Louis XIV wanted total control of the western European mainland and he fought many wars to try to achieve this.

From Quiz Dutch History: III - Golden Age

Answer: Duchy of Burgundy

Philip the Bold was ruler of Burgundy and Flanders. Thanks to the Burgundian marriage politics the Dukes of Burgundy gained more and more parts of the Netherlands (and France). Philip the Bold (Flanders, Artois) 1384-1404. John the Fearless (Paris) 1404-1419. Philip the Good (Brabant, Limburg, Luxembourg, Namur, Holland-Hainault, Zeeland) 1419-1467. Charles the Bold (Guelders) 1467-1477.

From Quiz The Dutch Revolt : Part 1, 1555-1609

Answer: Calvin

Although most Netherlanders were deemed to be Roman Catholic at the time, there was a small but vocal group of Calvinists gathering in the country. With Philip II a devout Catholic, trying to impose strict religious conformity in the Netherlands, this was always going to create considerable difficulty. Other problems that may have caused the revolt include the perception of unfair taxation and xenophobia from the Netherlands regions against the Spanish.

From Quiz Nijmegen through the Centuries

Answer: Oppidum Batavorum

Oppidum Batavorum or "city of the Batavians" is the oldest name known for the city that is nowadays called Nijmegen. Another name used for the same Batavian settlement is Batavodurum, or "marketplace of the Batavians".

From Quiz The Dutch Are Everywhere

Answer: Suriname

All of the above have been Dutch colonies. But the Dutch received Suriname in exchange for New York.

From Quiz Dutch Colonial History

Answer: Portugal

Portugal lost most of its colonies in Asia to the Dutch and the English in the 17th century.

From Quiz The Netherlands, a Small Country

Answer: Charles V

Charles V (the Holy Roman Emperor) was popular in the Netherlands, but his Spanish son, not at all.

From Quiz Let Slip the Clogs of War

Answer: The Franks

The Franks were formed by a combination of the Salians, Sugambri, Chamavi, Tencteri, Chattuarii, Bructeri, Usipetes, Ampsivarii and Chatti tribes that spread from Northern Germany, and what is now The Netherlands to conquer Belgium, and Northern Gaul. Their reign lasted until 843 when The Netherlands became part of the Middle Frankish Kingdom - distant forerunner of Burgundy.

From Quiz Dutch History: V - Modern Age

Answer: William VI of Orange-Nassau

In 1815 Stadtholder William VI of Orange-Nassau was crowned King William I of the United Netherlands. William V was the father of the king and William IV his grandfather. Wilhelmina was queen of the Netherlands during the first half of the 20th century.

From Quiz Dutch History: IV - Silver Age

Answer: Glorious Revolution & The Glorious Revolution

Stadtholder William III became King of England, Scotland and Ireland as co-regent with Queen Mary II. After the Glorious Revolution England ( and from 1707 Great Britain) became one of the freest countries in the world. The power of the king was limited and people got more rights. This only further angered Louis XIV.

From Quiz Dutch History: I - Ancient

Answer: Rhine

The Rhine was also a very important trade route for the Romans. The Rhineland also has some of the most fertile land in the Netherlands. The Seine is in France. The Elbe is in Germany, but much further east. The Danube is the longest river in Europe (outside Russia). It was also a Roman border but it flows eastwards, from the Black Forest to the Black Sea.

From Quiz Dutch Stew: II

Answer: CDA (Christian Democratic Appeal)

He is the longest serving prime minister in the history of the Netherlands, and holds an honorary doctorate from Radboud University Nijmegen.

From Quiz Dutch Stew: I

Answer: An engineer

Cornelis Lely (1854-1929) was a civil engineer and statesman. He was responsible for the draining of parts of the Zuiderzee into polders.

From Quiz The Dutch Revolt : Part 1, 1555-1609

Answer: Margaret of Parma

Philip II's illegitimate half-sister, Margaret of Parma, was appointed as governor of this part of the Spanish Empire, and Granvelle was appointed head of the States General, which was the Parliament of the Netherlands. Granvelle was a very unpopular man in the United Provinces at the time, so Philip and Margaret's association with him would always cause problems. One of Margaret's main mistakes was her over-reaction to the problem faced by her government in a letter to Philip, causing him to send the Duke of Alba to bring the area under control again, which made things worse. Alba took over as governor in 1569. Egmont was a Catholic statesman from Flanders who was executed by Alva, even though he almost certainly didn't want a revolt against Spain.

From Quiz History of Dutch Socialism

Answer: Troelstra

Pieter Jelles Troelstra led the party from 1894 until 1925.

From Quiz The Dutch Are Everywhere

Answer: Nagasaki

The trading post was in Dejima, an island in Nagasaki harbour, from 1641 until 1859. The only other foreign nation allowed to trade in Japan was China.

From Quiz Dutch Colonial History

Answer: Batavia

Batavia became capital of the Dutch East Indies.

From Quiz The Netherlands, a Small Country

Answer: The King of Spain

It was a religious war as well as a national struggle. The majority of the Dutch were at that time Calvinists, while Spain was fervently, not to say fanatically, Roman Catholic.

From Quiz History of Amsterdam

Answer: Munster

During the Munster Rebellion in the Reformation, Anabaptists or Mennonites briefly seized control of Munster and established a sectarian government. In 1535, the Anabaptists lost control of the city. In Amsterdam, the Munster Rebellion had a profound effect and Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor began a kingdom-wide persecution of Anabaptists. In Amsterdam alone, over 70 Anabaptists were executed for fear they would overthrow the government in the city. Many more were exiled and these persecutions last well into the 1550s.

From Quiz Let Slip the Clogs of War

Answer: Spain

The Eighty Years' War - otherwise known as The Dutch Revolt - was fought by the Protestant Dutch Republic against the zealously intolerant Catholic Spain, ruled by Philip II when the war began in 1568. (There was a truce from 1609-21). As the war escalated, the English, French, Huguenots, as well as the German state of Nassau joined the side of the Dutch to defeat the Spanish and Holy Roman Empire. The result of the war was the start of the full independence of the Netherlands and its removal from the Holy Roman Empire. The Dutch victory also laid the foundations for the establishment of the Dutch Empire.

From Quiz Dutch Stew: II

Answer: DAF

The only DAF-victory in the history of the Dakar rally. Hans Stacey, the Dutchman who won in 2007, drove a MAN. Of the last ten rallies, six were won by Kamaz-drivers.

From Quiz The Dutch Revolt : Part 1, 1555-1609

Answer: Iconoclastic Fury

The Iconoclastic Fury occured as a result of the news in April 1566 that heresy laws against Calvinism wouldn't be monitored so harshly. This gave hope to the many French Huguenots, as they knew that local magistrates were prepared to overlook such practices. Buoyed by this news, Protestants started to hold open-air ceremonies in the United Provinces, and this eventually turned into the Iconoclastic Fury, which was the desecration of Catholic churches and images. This unexpected event changed the direction of the revolt, turning it into a full-scale rebellion. However, at this point William the Silent was still on the Spanish side. The sacking of Antwerp didn't occur until about ten years later.

From Quiz The Dutch Are Everywhere

Answer: Portugal

Ceylon did not become British until 1796. Before the Dutch took control is was a Portuguese colony.

From Quiz Dutch Colonial History

Answer: Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

Colombo was (and is) the principal harbor of Ceylon. Taken over by British in 1796. Also the inland city of Kandy was held briefly by the Dutch in 1763, but it was taken over by the British in 1802 when Ceylon became a British colony.

From Quiz The Netherlands, a Small Country

Answer: 1648

It lasted from 1568-1648 and is often referred to as the 'Eighty Years' War'. However, there was a truce from 1609-21 and so the actual duration of the war (as opposed to the overall time-span) was 68 years. The war was ended by the Peace of Westphalia (1648). Spain recognized the sovereignty of the Dutch Republic and it was removed completely from the Holy Roman Empire.

From Quiz Let Slip the Clogs of War

Answer: The Dutch East India Company

Form the early to mid 17th century, the Dutch East India Company (often rferred to by its Dutch name - Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie and abbreviated VOC), along with the Dutch West India Company in the Caribbean and the Americas - were involved in a long running war with the Portuguese for control of trade in the Pacific, as well as India, the Americas and Africa. Although the Portuguese remained in control of their African and South American territories, they ended up losing territories in the Far East. As a result, Britain's influence grew in the Far East as well. The Dutch, though, were unsuccessful in their efforts to take control of the Philippines from the Spanish, whilst they lost control of Taiwan to the Chinese in 1662 from an army commanded by Koxinga.

From Quiz Dutch History: V - Modern Age

Answer: Belgium

To counter the British industrial revolution, Napoleon started the industrial revolution on the European continent. Wallonia (Belgium) served as the industrial heartland for the French Empire and later for the United Kingdom of the Netherlands.

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