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Maximilian Emmanuel, Elector of Bavaria, 281 Maximilian Joseph, Emperor, 309 Maximilian of Austria, Emperor, King of the Romans, 8, 10-15, i? ff-> 45 May, Job, 365 Mazarin, Cardinal, 154 f., 203, 208, 232 Mechlin, i, 5,.io, 14, 17, 19, 21, 24, 32, 53 ff., 82, 310 Medemblik, 112 Medina- Coeli, Duke of, 54, 56 Medway, the, 243, 252 Meer, Jan van der, 200 Meerman, John, 244 Meeus, Ferdinand, 393 Meghem, Count of, 31, 37, 39 f., 42 Melliton, General, 365 Mendo^a Furdado, Diogo de, 167 Mendoza, Admiral of Aragon, 100, 102 Menin, 290, 297, 309 Mennonites, 22, 185 Mercantile Marine, Dutch, formation of, 24 Merchant Adventurers, Fellowship of, 125 Merode, Count Felix de, 392 f., 395 Mesdag, Hendrik, 432 Mesnager, 295 Metzu, Gabriel, 200 Meurs, 95, 102 Meuse, the, 59, 74, 102, 144, 146, 288, 361, 368 f., 399 f., 402 Mexico, 170, 275 Meyer, envoy, 345 f. Michigan, 408 Middelburg, 51, 58, 70, 82, 98, 125, 160, 247, 311 f-, 359 Midderigh, revolutionary leader, 349 f. Middle kingdom, restoration of, i f., 7f. Mijer, colonial minister, 416 Milan, 56 Milanese, the, 282, 297 Military service, 362, 423, 426 Million de Vindustrie, the, 383 Milton, John, 188, 193 Miranda, General, 341 Mississippi Company, 301 Moerdijk, the, 341 Mohacs, battle of, 20 Moluccas, 99, 105, 124 f., 160-163, 233, 275 f., 330, 346 Moncontour, battle of, 47 Mondragon, Spanish commander, 58 f., 62, 64, 94 Monk, commanding English fleet, 219 f., 239-242 Monmouth, commanding English force, 264 Monnikendam, 112, 207 Mons, 52, 70, 245, 264 f., 293, 310 Mont-Cassel, 263 Montesquieu, 323 Montigny, the lord of, 31, 34, 39, 44, 71 Montmorency, Philip de. Count of Hoom, Admiral of Flanders, 31, 33 ff., 37, 41 ff., 45 f., 68 Montpensier, Duke of, 6i Mook, 59, 66, 272 Morat, battle at, 9 Moreau, General, 342 Morgan, Colonel, 146 f. Moscow, 364 Moucheron, Balthazar de, 98, 121 Mouture, 382, 385 f. Mozambique, the, 106 Maiden, 195 ff., 251 Muidener Kring, 196 INDEX 457 Mulder, Staffel, 407 "Multatuli" (Douwes Dekker), 415, 432 Miinster, 22, 238 f., 248 f., 252 f., 258 f., 261 ; congress of, 156; treaty of (1648), 157 f., 165, 177, 186, 202, 205, 280, 330 f. Muscovy, 301 Music, modern development of, 201 Naarden, 55 f., 258 f. Namur, 2, 9, 21, 67 f., 71, 149, 228, 279, 297, 310, 378 Nancy, 8 f. Nantes, the Edict of. Revocation of, 269 Naples, 49, 297, 390 Napoleon III, 417 Napoleon Bonaparte, 353-364, 371 f., 376, 379, 384 Napoleon Louis, 361 Nassau, 335 Nassau river, 164 Nassauische Erbverein, the, 429 Nassau-Siegen, house of, 116, 138 National, the, 387, 389 f. National Assembly, formation of, 348 ff. Navigation Act, 214, 233, 242 f., 274 Nederlandsche Handelsmaatschappij , De, 379 Neer, Aart van der, 200 Neerwinden, 279, 341 Negapatam, 328, 330 Negro slave trade, 276 Negumbo, 165 Netherland confession, 128, 137 Netherlands, the revolt of, 47-68 ; for- mation of the kingdom of, 367-375, 376-388 Netscher, Caspar, 200 Neuss, battle at, 8 Nevers, i New Amsterdam, 166, 177 New England, 177 New Guinea, 164 "New Lighters," 407 New Netherland, 166, 177, 235; Com- pany of, 166 New South Wales, 164 New York, 261, 325, 243 New Zealand, 164 f. Newfoundland, 166, 325 Ney, commanding French force, 371 Neyen^ Father John, 106, 108 Nicholas II, Tsar, 426 Nicolas de Hames, 36 Nieuport, 82, loi f., 310, 318 Nieuwenaar, Count, stadholder, 83, 86, 91 Nieuwenhuis, Domela, 421 f., 425 Nieuwerbrug, 259 Nieuwpoort, 222 ff. Nijmwegen, 92, 113, 258, 263 ff., 287, 299, 333, 335, 341, 360; treaty of (1678), 265-268, 270, 280 Nobles, league of, 33-38, 41 Noel. French ambassador, 348 ff. Noircarmes, royalist noble, 44 Nordlingen, battle of, 148 Nore, the, 243 Norrkoping, 179 North American colonies, British, revolt of, 322 f. North Brabant, 144, 146, 185, 258, 409 North Holland, 56, 353 North Holland Canal, 379 North Quarter, the, 87 ff., 159 Northern or Greenland Company, 124, 166 Nova Zembla, 124 Nyborg, 231 Nymphenburg, 307 Obdam, see Wassenaer Oberstein, Count, 66 Observateur, the, 385 Ogle, Colonel, 133 Oldenbarneveldt, John van. Advocate, pensionary, 83, 85-91, 96, 100 ff., 104, 106 ff., 117, 119 ff., 123, 127- 138, 140 ff., 165, 188, 193, 225, 257 Oldenzaal, 96, 104 Olinda, 171 f., 174 Oliva, peace of, 231 Ommelanden, 73 Ondaatje, party leader, 333 Oostergoo, 114 Ootmarsum, 96 Oquendo, Antonio de. Admiral, 151 f., 173 ff. Orange, Princes of, see Fred. Henry, Maurice, Philip William, William Orange-Nassau, house of, 115 f., 396 f., 421,423,429 i Orchies, 21, 71 Orinoco, the, 170, 177 Orleans, Duke of, see Louis Philippe Orloff, Count Alexis, 401 Ormonde, Duke of, 289, 295 f. Ostade, Adrian van, 200 Ostade, Isaac van, 200 Ostend, 82, loi ff., 290, 292, 302, 308, 310, 318, 330 Ostend Company, 302 f. Otto, branch of house of Nassau, 374 Oudenarde, 291, 309 f. Oudinot, Marshal, 359 ff. Ouwerkerk, field-marshal, 288 Overyssel, passim 4S8 INDEX Oxenstiema, Axel, 148, 179-182, 188 Oxford, Earl of, Colonel, 147 Painting, art of, 199 f., 432 Palembang, 275 Palmerston, Lord, 396, 400-403 Pangeran, the, native ruler, 161 Pappenheim, commanding Imperialist army, 146 Para, 178 Vsivis, passim \ treaties of, 319, 369, 373, 376, 396 Parker, Hyde, Vice-Admiral, 329 Parma, 43 Partition treaties, 281 f. Pater, Adrian Jansz, 170, 173 f. Patrician oligarchy, 113, 300, 304, 315, 332, 344 Patriot party, 332-336, 344 Paul IV, Pope, 32 Paul of Russia, Emperor, 352 Paulus, Pieter, 344, 347 ff. Pauw, Adrian, pensionary, 145, 148, 157, 204, 209, 214 f., 218 Pauw, Reinier, 131, 137 "Pays de par de?^," 3 f. Peace Congress, the first (1899), 426 Pecquinius, Chancellor of Brabant, 140 Pefiaranda, Spanish envoy, 157 Penn, naval commander, 216 Pennington, Vice- Admiral, 151 f. Pemambuco, 171, 173 f. " Perpetual Edict," the, 67 Perre, Paulus van der, 214 Perrenot, Nicholas, 28 Peru, 170, 275 Peter the Great, Tsar, 302 Philibert, Prince of Orange- ChSlons, 30 Philip II of Spain, 6, 22, 25-36, 39-42, 45, 47 ff-, 49, 52, 57, 61-64, 67, 7°, 73-76, 80, 83 f., 86, 92 ff., 96 f., 99, 183, 187, 281 Philip III of Spain, 108, 140, 280 Philip IV of Spain, 148, 170, 232 f., 239, 244 Philip V of Spain, 282 f., 286, 290-293, 296 f., 302 Philip de Mamix, lord of Sainte Alde- gonde, 36, 44, 50, 52, 56 f., 77, 79 Philip of Anjou, Duke, 281 f,, 291 Philip of Baden, Bishop of Utrecht, 14 Philip of Cleef^ 13 Philip of Hesse, 33, 41 Philip of St Pol, 2 Philip the Fair, Archduke, 11-17, 21 Philip the Good, i ff., 5 ff., 48 Philip the Hardy, Duke of Burgundy, I f. Philip William, Count of Buren, Prince of Orange, 30, 44, 113, 137 Philippines, the, 106 Picardy, 9, 95 Piccolomini, commanding Imperialist troops, 149 Pichegru, commander, 342 Piedmont, 293 Pierson, N. G., 423 f., 426 Pijman, Minister of War, 352 Pitt, 341 Pius IV, Pope, 32 Pius IX, Pope, 412 f. Plancius, Petrus, 98 Plessis-les-Tours (1580), 74, 76 Plymouth, 217 Poeloe-Rum, 162, 233, 243 Poictiers, battle of, i Pondicherry, 275 Portland, 218 Portsmouth, 324 Potgieter, 408 Potter, Louis de, 385 ff-, 39i, 395; Lettre de Demophile au Rot of, 386 Potter, Paul, 200 Povo, or the Reciff, 171 Pozo, 171 f. "Pragmatic Army," the, 308 f. Pragmatic Sanction, the, 303, 306 Prague, 139, 307 "Precisians," 128 Press laws, 384 ff., 391, 409 Price, Richard, 323 Priestley, 323 Primary education, 355, 380, 409, 414, 420, 422, 425, 431 Prins Willem, ship, 173 f. Prinsenhof, Delft, 79 f. Provincial Estates, powers and func- tions of, 112 ff. Provintie van Utrecht^ ship, 174 Prussian invasion, 335 f. Pultova, 301 Purmerend, 113 Putte, Fransen van de, 416, 419 Putten, 226 Pyrenees, peace of the (1659), 228, 231 f., 274 Quadruple Alliance, 302 Quatre Bras, 371 f., 406 Quesnoy, 295 f. Quotisatie, 4 Raad-Pensionaris, powers and func- tions of, 117 Railways, 415 Ramel, member of National Conven- tion, 345 Ramillies, 290 INDEX 459 Rammekens, 84, 149 Rastatt, peace of (17 14), 297 Ratisbon, truce of (1684), 268 Reading-societies, 342 Reciff, the, 171-175, 177 "Reduction, Treat}' of," 93 Reformation movements, 2 S. "Reformed" congregations, 128 Regnier, lord of Groeneveldt, 140 Reingoud, Jacques, 86 Reinierz, 165 Rembrandt van Rhyn, 199 ff., 432 Remonstrants, 129, 132 f., 136 f., 142, 193 Remonstratie, 129 Rene of Lorraine, Duke, 8 f. Rene of Nassau, 30 Repartitie, iii Repelaer, envoy, 342 Requesens, 61 f., 64 "Request," the, 37 f. Reveil movement, 407 Rewbell, plenipotentiary, 345 f. Rheims, 32 Rheinberg, 95, 100, 102, 104, 288 Rhetoric, Chambers of, 190 f. Rhine, the, 59, 62, 82, 102, 119, 149, 288, 291, 293, 358, 361, 368, 371, 379 Rhineland, 40, 49, 58, 139 Ricardot, president of the Privy Coun- cil, 107 Richelieu, Cardinal, 142 f., 148 f., 154 Rights of Man, the, 332 Rijks Museum, Amsterdam, 199 Rio de Janeiro, 169 Rio Grande, the, 175 Rio Negro, the, 178 Ripperda, ambassador, 302 Ripperda, Calvinist leader, 55 Robert de la Marck, 13 Rochefoucault, 360 Rochussen, artist, 432 Rochussen, J. J., 415 Rocroi, 155 Roda, 65 Rodney, Admiral, 327, 346 Roell, Jonkheer Johan, 424 Roell, Minister of Foreign Affairs, 358, 380 Roemerswaal, 14, 58 Roeremonde, 53 f., 146, 288, 413 Roeskilde, 230 Rogier, Charles, 393 ff. Rome, 19, 361, 419 Ronkens, burgomaster, 299 Rooke, Sir George, Admiral, 289 Rotterdam, 12, 59, 83, 90, 98 f., 112, 118, 129, 131, 136 f., 159, 300, 334, 341, 364, 379 Roucoux, 310 Rouille, French agent, 290 Rouppe, burgomaster, 393 Rousseau, 323, 332 Royal Academies of the Arts, 380 Royal African Company, 234 Royal Charles, flag-ship, 243 Royal James, flag-ship, 252 Royal Netherland Institute for Science, Letters and the Fine Arts, 358 Rudolph II, Emperor, 119 Rump ParHament, the, 219 Rupert, Prince, 216, 239-242, 259 Russell, Admiral, 271 Russian trade, 98, 121, 275, 301 Ruysch, Nicholas, 226 Ruysdael, Jacob, 200 Ruyter, Michael Adriansz de, Admiral, 194, 216 flf., 219 f., 228 f., 231, 234 f., 237 f., 240 f., 243, 252, 259, 289 Ryswyck, 107, 140, 280; peace of, 280 Saba, 328 Sadowa, 416 Saftingen, 331 Sainte Aldegonde, see Philip de Mamix Salamanca, 15 Saldanha bay, 346 Sallant, 114 Salmasius, 188 San Francisco fort, 171 f. San Jorge fort, 171 f. San Salvador, 167 ff. San Thome de Guiana, 170 Sand'wdch, Earl of, 237 Sasbout, councillor of state, 65 Sas-van-Gent, 82, 156 Savoy, 286, 296 Saxe, Maurice de. Marshal, 309-312 Saxe- Weimar, Duke of, 368 Saxony, 272 Scaliger, Josephus Justus, 188 Schaep, Gerard, 204, 214 Schaepman, Dr, 422, 424 f. Scheffer, artist, 432 Scheldt, the, 23, 79, 82, 89 f., 150 f., 156, 158, 248, 259, 311, 330 f-, 359, 361, 379, 399,401 f., 428 Schenck, 149 Schepens, or sheriffs, 6 Scheveningen, 155, 220, 232, 343, 366 Schiedam, 112, 207 Schieringers, 14 Schimmelpenninck, Count, 408 f. Schimmelpenninck, Rutger Jan, coun- cil-pensionary, 344, 349, 353-356 Schleswig, 181 Scholte, preacher, 407 Schomberg, Marshal, 272 Schonbrunn, treaty of, 359 460 INDEX Schonen, 230 Schools, 414 f., 420, 422 f., 425 ff., 431 Schoonhoven, 112, 335 Schouburg (theatre), the, Amsterdam, 201 Schouty or chief judge, 6 Schouten, Willem, 168 Schouwen, 62, 359 Schutterij, 255 f. Schuurman, Anna Maria, 197 f. Scribe and Auber, La Muette de Por- tici of, 390 " Sea Terror of Delft," the, 169 Secondary and technical education, 416,431 Seeland, 230 Selden, Mare clausum of, 189 S^monville, French ambassador, 353 Seneff, 262 Senlis, treaty of (1493), 13 ** Separatists," the {de Afgescheidenen), 407 Seramg, 380, 383 Settinge, 4 Seven Bishops, acquittal of (1688), 271 Seven Years' War, 320, 323 Seventeen, College of the, 100 "Sharp Resolution," the, 131 Sheemess, 243, 273 Shetlands, the, 216 Ship-money, 215 Siam, 105, 163 Sicilies, the two, 306 Sidney, Sir Philip, 87 Siegen, 371, 374 Sieyes, 345 f. Sigismund of Austria, Duke, 8 Silesia, 306 ff., 406 Simonszoon, Menno, 22 Six, burgomaster, 200 Skagerak, the, 182 Slaak, the, 146 Slangenburg, General, 288 Slave trade, 276; abolition of, 415 f. Slingelandt, pensionary, 226 Sluis, 12 f., 82, 89, 103, 254, 311, 330, 342 Social Contract, the, 332 Social- Democratic Bond, the, 425 " Social-Democratic Workmen's Party," the, 425 " Socialist Bond," the, 425 Sommelsdijk, lord of, see Aerssens Sonoy, Diedrich, stadholder, 50, 87 ff. Sophie, Queen, 417, 421 Sound, the, 180 ff., 229 ff. South Beveland, 58, 345 South Brabant, 383 South Holland, 58, 60, 62, 64 South Sea Company, 301 Southampton, treaty of (1625), 163 Southwold bay, 237, 252 Spa, 93 " Spanish Fury,;' the, 66 Spanish Succession, War of the, 280 ff ., 285-297, 299 Spectateur Beige, the, 384 f. Spice trade, 105, 161 ff., 276 Spiegel, Hendrik Laurensz, 191 f. Spinola, Ambrosio de, 103 ff., 107, 120, 139 f., 145, 150 Spinoza, Baruch, 190 Spinozan system, the, 190 Spitsbergen, 99, 123 f., 143, 166 St Agatha, convent of, 79 St Anthony fort, 144 St Antonio de Padua, 174 St Bartholomew, massacre of, 53, 78 St Denis, 265 St Dizier, 30 St Eustatius, 323, 327 St Germain, 283 St Germain-en-Laye, 245 St Isabella fort, 144 St JagOy ship, 174 St John, Henry, Viscount Bolingbroke, 294 f. St John, Oliver, 212 ff. St Martin, 328 St Omer, 40 St Quentin, battle at (1557), 28 St Trond, 39 St Venant, 294 St Vincent, 171 Stad en Landen, 93, iii Stadholders, powers and functions of, 4f-, 115 f. Stair, Lord, 307 Standdard, De, 420 Stanley, Sir William, 87 f. Staten river, 164 States- Flanders, 103 States-General, constitution of, 3 f., Ill f-, 345 Steen, Jan, 200 Steenbergen, 82 Steenwijk, 93, 258 Steinkirk, 279 Stevin, Simon, 198 Steyn, council-pensionary, 316, 318 f. Stock-dealing, 322 Stockholm, 121, 201, 230 Stoke, Melis, 190 Story, Rear-Admiral, 352 Strafford, Earl of, 152 Strafford, Lord, 295 Strasburg, 267, 280 Strickland, Walter, 203 f., 212 f. Strickland, William, 154 Stuyvesant, Peter, 177 INDEX 461 Suffren, French admiral, 328 Sugar plantations, 276, 340 Sumatra, 163 Surat, 275 Surinam, 243, 248, 261, 276, 327, 347, 416, 418; Society of, 345 Survivance Acte c^e (1631), 145, 202 Swammerdam, Jan, 199 Sweden and Holland, relations of, 178— 182 Swedo-Dutch Company, 179 Swiss Cantons, the, 8 Tableau sommaire des pretensions , 330 Tagus, the, 289 Tallard, Marshal, 288 Talleyrand, 349, 352, 396, 400 f. Tasman, Abel, 164 Tasmania, 164 f. Tasman 's head, 165 Tasman 's peninsula, 165 Tasso's Gerusalemme Liberata, Dutch translation of, 197 T^ligny, Louise de, see Coligny Tehgny, Sieur de, 78 Temple, Sir William, 244 f ., 248 f ., 265 Ten Days' Campaign, 399 {., 406 Terburg, Gerard, 200 Termonde, 53 Temate, 124, 160 Temeuzen, canal of, 379 Terschelling, island, 241 Terscholen, 146 Texel, the, 220, 237, 243, 329, 347, 352 Textile industries, 183 Thames, the, 238, 241, 243, 252, 259 Thijssen, Marten, 173 f., 181 f. Thirty Years' War, 139, 143, 148, 155, 178, 188, 20I Tholen island, 146 Thomas of Savoy, Prince, 149 Thorbecke, Johan Rudolf, 408,411 ff., 415-419, 424, 430 Tichelaer, barber, 255, 257 Tidor, 105, 160 Tielemans, 387 Tilburg, 410 Tilly, Coimt, 255 f. Tilsit, peace of (1807), 359 Tonga islands, 164 Torbay, 273, 277 Torcy, French minister, 294 Torre, Count de, 175 f. Torrington, Admiral, 278 Torstensson, General, 141, 180 ff. Toulon, 278, 289 ff. Toulouse, Count of, 289 Toumay, 21, 32, 40, 245, 293, 297, 309 f., 380 Tourville, Admiral, 278 Towerson, Gabriel, 163 Trade and industries, prosperous state of, 6, 23 ff., I20ff. Transvaal, 420 Treaty of the XVIII Articles, 398 ff. Treaty of the XXIV Articles, 400 f., 403 Trent, Council of, 35 f. Treves, 32 Trevor, English ambassador, 245 Trier, 7 f. Trip, Elias, 178, 182 Triple Alliance, 245, 248 Troelstra, 425, 427 Tromp, Comelis, 237 f., 240 f. Tromp, Martin, Admiral, 151 f., 175, 194, 216-220, 289 Troubles, Council of, 43, 45 Tulip mania, 184 Turenne, General, 141, 249, 258, 286 Turkish advance, 19, 287 Tumhout, 95 Tuscany, Grand Duchy of, 306 Twelve years' truce, 109 f., 1 19-126, 139, 196 Twente, 114, 226 Uilenburg, Saskia, 201 Uitgeest, Dirk Simonsz, 170 Ulrum, 407 Union, Act of, Utrecht, 210 Union, the, association, 384 f. United East- India Company, creation of, ICO "United States of Belgium," 338 Universities, 60, 181, 187 ff., 380, 431 Upper Gelderland, 297 UsseHncx, Willem, 165 ff. Utrecht, town, bishopric, and district of, passim ; treaties of, 285-301 , 331; Union of, 72 f., 89, 115; University of, 188, 190, 380, 431 Uyttenbogaert, Johannes, 128, 13c, 188 Valckenier, Gillis, 246, 260, 264, 266 f. Valckenier, revolutionary leader, 349 Valdez, commander, 59 f. Valenciennes, 40, 52 f., 263 Vallecilla, Francisco de. Vice- Admiral, 174 Vahny, 340 Van Alp hen river, 164 Van Asperen, 256 Van Bankhem, banker, 256 f. Van Berckel, burgomaster, 323 Van Beuningen, diplomatist, 230, 245 f., 248, 264, 266 f. Van Beverningh, treasurer-general, 221-224, 245, 258, 260, 264 f., 267 462 INDEX Van Blauw, envoy, 342, 345 f. Van Bylandt, Admiral, 324 Van Dam, revolutionary leader, 342 Van de Spiegel of Goes, Laurens Pieter, council-pensionary, 332,335- 342 Van de Weyer, envoy, 393, 395, 400, 404 Van den Berg, Count, stadholder, 79 Van den Bosch, General, 380 Van der Capellen, 141 Van der Capellen tot de Pol, Jan Dirk, 323, 327 f., 332 Van der Capellen van den Marsch, 332 ff. Van der Duyn van Maasdam, Baron, 364 f. Van der Fosse, Baron, 390 Van der Goes, 425 Van der Myle, 121, 127, 142 Van der Straeten, advocate, 384 Van Diemen, Antony, 164 f. Van Diemen, Maria, 165 Van Diemen cape, 164 Van Diemen gulf, 164 Van Diemen river, 164 Van Diemen's Land, 164 Van Dussen, envoy, 294 Van Eyk, Spenger, 424 Van Galen, Jan, Admiral, 217 f. Van Ghent, Admiral, 243 Van Gogh, Vincent, 432 Van Haersolte, 352 Van Hagenbach, Peter, 8 Van Hall, F. A., 406, 408, 413 ff. Van Haren, Otto Zwier, 313, 316 Van Hasselt, 352 Van Heemskerk, J., 416 f., 419 ff., 422 Van Heemskerk, Jacob, 99, 106, 123 Van Heemstra, Baron S., 415 Van Heyliger, governor of St Eustatius, 323 Van Hoeft, 352 Van Hogelanden, Boreel, 408 Van Hogendorp, Gijsbert Karel, 364- 367, 372, 380 Van Hoogstraeten, Samuel, 200 Van Hoornbeck, Isaac, pensionary, 300 Van Hout, Jan, 60 Van Houten, Samuel, 423 f. Van Knuyt, plenipotentiary, 157 Van Kol, 425 Van Langen, member of Executive Council, 350 Van Lennep, J., 192, 432 Van Limburg-Stirum, Count, 364 f. Van Lynden van Sandenburg, Count, 420 f. Van Maanen, Minister of Justice, 358, 385-393 Van Marie, leader of the federalists, 349 Van Meteren, chronicler, 195 Van Mieris, Frans, 200 Van Naaldwijk, Jan, 12 Van Nagell, 369 Van Neck, Jacob, 99 Van Noort, Olivier, 99 Van Odijk, Seigneur, 247, 267, 274 Van Poortvliet, Tak, 423 f. Van Prinsterer, G. Groen, 411, 414 f., 419, 424 f. Van Raalte, preacher, 408 Van Rechteren, Count, 301 Van Reigersberg, Nicholas, 142 Van Rheede, Godard, lord of Ameron- gen, 267 Van Rhoon, Count Bentinck, 332 Van Rhyn, see Rembrandt Van Riebeck, Jan, 165 Van Schooten, Francis, 198 Van Slingelandt, Simon, 285, 301, 303 f. Van Speult, governor of Amboina, 163 Van Stoutenberg, William, 140 Van Stralen, Antony, 43 Van Swieten, General, 419 Van Tienhoven, Cornells, 423 Van Waesberg, 201 Van Weede, Everhard, lord of Dijk- veld, 267 Van Welderen, ambassador, 325 f. Van Zuylen van Nyevelt, Baron, 416 f. "Vaste Colleges," establishment of, 5 Vauban, 279 Vaucelles, peace of (1556), 27 Vecht river, 195 Veere, 58, 118, 274, 311, 359 Velde, Adrian van der, 200 Velde, William van der, 200 Vendome, 291 f. Venetia, 368 Venice, 121, 195 Venloo, 146, 288, 341, 346 Verdugo, Spanish commander, 93 f. Verdun, treaty of (843), i Vere, Sir Francis, 93, loi f. Vere, Sir Horace, 139 Vereenigte Provintien, ship, 173 f. Verhoef, goldsmith, 256 f. Verhuell, Admiral, 355 f., 358, 361, 367 Versailles, 282, 290, 308 Vervins, peace of (1598), 96 Vetkoopers, 14 Victoria, 164 Vienna, 69, 266, 287 f., 302, 306 f.; congress of, 37° f-> 373, 375, 4°°; treaties of, 274, 277, 303, 396, 429 Viglius van Zwychem van Aytta, coun- cillor, 22, 29, 31, 33, 35 f., 65 Vigo, 289 Villars, Marshal, 291-294, 296 INDEX 463 Villeroy, Marshal, 279, 288, 290 Vilvoorde, 392, 394 Vin et Pain, Colonel, 259 Vincent, General Baron, 369 Virginia, 177 Visscher, Anna^ 197 Visscher, Maria Tesselschade, 197 Visscher, Roemer, 191, 197 Vitringa, leader of the federalists, 349 Vivien, pensionary, 226, 247 Vlieter, 352 Voetius, 188 Vollenhove, 114 Voltaire, 323 Von Thulemeyer, Prussian ambassador, 335 Vondel, Joost van den, 192 ff., 197, 432 Voome, 254 Voome canal, the, 379 Vossius, Gerardus Johannes, 188 Vossius, Isaac, 188 Vreede, revolutionary leader, 349 f. Vries, Gerrit de, 419 Waal, the, 59, 89, 104, 149, 345, 360 Waardgelders, 130-133 Waas, 92 Waerdenburgh, Jonckheer Diederik van, 171 f., 174 Waerwyck, Wybrand van, 99, 105 Wageningen, 431 Wagram, 359 Waigat, the, 99 Walcheren, 51, 64, loi, 248, 254, 311, 345, 359 Walcheren, ship, 174 Waldeck, George Frederick von. Count, 239> 258, 267, 269, 272, 278 Waldeck, Prince of, 310, 312 Walpole, Robert, 303, 307 Walram, branch of house of NaSsau, 374 Walraven, lord of Brederode, 107 Wameton, 297 Wamsfeld, combat of, 87 Wassenaer, Jacob van, lord of Obdam, 220, 229 f., 237 f. Wassenaer-Twickel, Count of, 309 ff., 317 Waterloo, 371 f., 377, 406 Wauthier, Major-General, 390 Wavre, 371, 393 Webb, General, 292 Weingarten, abbey of, 354 Wellington, 366, 371, 396 Werf, Pieter Adriaanzoon van der, 60 Wesel, 100, 144 Wesenbeke, Jacob van, 50 West Coast of Africa, the, company for trading on, 179 West Flanders, 82, loi, 309 West Friesland, 13, 52, 54, 87 West India Company, 147, 155, 159- 185, 276, 305, 339 f., 345 West Indies, 158, 166, 169 f., 214, 216, 318 f., 346 f., 416 Westergoo, 114 Westminster, peace of (1674), 261 Westphalia, treaty of, 270, 274 West- Quarter, district of Groningen, 114 Whale fishery, 123, 166 White, Charles, 386 White Sea trade, 98, 121 Wild Coast of Guiana, the, traders on, Wildrik, member of Executive Council, 350 Wilhelmina, Queen, 421, 426-428, 429 Wilhelmina of Prussia, Frederika Louise, wife of William V, 321, 335- 338 Wilhelmus, the, 333 Willebroek, 42 Willekens, Jacob, admiral-in-chief, 167 William the Silent, Prince of Orange, stadholder, 29 ff., 33-37, 39-42, 44 f-* 47, 49-83, 87, 90, 103, 113, 115 ff-, 128, 187, 191, 268, 285; Apology of, 75 William II of Orange, stadholder, 116, 143, 152, 194, 202-211, 212, 226, 249, 261, 268, 298, 314, 321 William III of Orange, stadholder, 116, 152, 194, 227, 232, 234, 241 f., 246 ff,, 250 f., 253 f., 256 f., 258-273, 274-284, 285, 287, 289, 298 ff., 301, 303, 312, 314 f-, 317, 320 f., 324,431 William IV of Orange, stadholder, 304 f., 306-315, 316 f., 321 WilUam V of Orange, stadholder, 316, 319, 321-326, 327-336, 343, 346, 354 William I, King of the Netherlands, VI Prince of Orange, 341 ff., 354, 364- 367, 369-374- 376 f., 379 ff-, 385, 387, 392 f., 395-398, 400-406 William II (William Frederick), King of the Netherlands, 392 f., 395, 398 f., 401, 405-410 William III, King of the Netherlands, 410, 411-418, 419-425, 429; Prince of Orange, son of, 417, 421 William, Count of Holland, husband of Margaret of Burgundy, i William, Count-Palatine of Neuburg, 119 f. William de Blois, lord of Treslong, 50 f. William de la Marck, lord of Lumey , 50 464 INDEX William de la Marck, ruler of Li^ge, 12 William Frederick, stadholder, 153, 203, 205 ff., 209 f., 223, 225, 227, 238, 285 William Lewis of Nassau, stadholder, 83, 90-93, loi, 103 f., 107, 115, 130 f., 13s, 138 William of Jiilich and Cleves, 21 William of Nassau, Count, 150 William of Nassau, lord of Zuilestein, 271 William of Nassau-Dillenburg, Count, 29 Willoughby, Hugh, 123 Willoughby, Lord, 89 Winter, Jan de, Vice-Admiral, 347 Winwood, Sir Ralph, 123 Witsen, Nicolaes, 267, 274 Witt, Jacob de, see De Witt Witt, John de, see De Witt Witte de With, see De With Woerden, 258, 335 Wool and cloth trade, 7, 16, 125 Worcester, battle of, 208, 212 Worms, diet of (1521), 19, 23 Wouvermans, Philip, 200 Wouw, 88 Wrangel, Swedish admiral, 182, 230 Wynendael, 292 Wyvants, Jan, 200 Xanten, treaty of (i 614), 120 Y, the, 24, 55, 181, 416 Ymuiden, 416 York, Duke of, second son of George III, 341 f., 353 York, royal camp at, 155 Yorke, British ambassador, 318, 323 ff. 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