Events from the year 1747 in the Dutch Republic 2 July – The Battle of Lauffeld, at which the Dutch and her allies were defeated by the French under Maurice...

related to 1747. 1747 (MDCCXLVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar...

list of monarchs of the Netherlands (Dutch: Koningen der Nederlanden). By practical extension, the list includes the stadtholders of the House of Orange Nassau...

Roman Empire in 1732. Bentinck played a leading role in the Orangist revolution of 1747 in the Netherlands. Bentinck was the first son in the marriage of...

and the first King of the Netherlands. The Netherlands remained, formally, a confederated republic, even when in 1747 the office of stadtholder was centralized...

The history of the Netherlands extends back long before the founding of the modern Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1815 after the defeat of Napoleon. For...

Orange from birth and the first hereditary stadtholder of all the United Provinces of the Netherlands from 1747 until his death in 1751. During his whole...

The United Provinces of the Netherlands, officially the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Dutch: Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden), and...

The history of the Jews in the Netherlands largely dates to the late 16th century and 17th century, when Sephardic Jews from Portugal and Spain began...

the year 1747 in Austria Monarch – Maria Theresa May 14 – War of the Austrian Succession – First battle of Cape Finisterre: British victory over the French...

branch of the European House of Nassau, the house has played a central role in the politics and government of the Netherlands and elsewhere in Europe, particularly...

The Battle of Lauffeld, variously known as Lafelt, Laffeld, Lawfeld, Lawfeldt, Maastricht, or Val, took place on 2 July 1747, between Tongeren in modern...

laid siege and captured the strategic Dutch border fortress of Bergen op Zoom on the border of Brabant and Zeeland in 1747. The fortress was defended by...

Montoyer (1747, Mariemont, Austrian Netherlands, now Belgium – 5 June 1811, Vienna) was an 18th-century Belgian-Austrian architect, principally active in Brussels...

The Orangist revolution of 1747 brought William IV, Prince of Orange to the Stadtholder office, finishing the Second Stadtholderless Period. After the...

26 January 1747) was an 18th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands. Willem van Mieris was a painter, sculptor and etcher active in Leiden. He...

Commanding the 7th Division during the Peninsular War. Sontag was born the son of Johan Wilhelm Philip Sontag and his wife, Anna Hoek, in The Hague. He...

Imperial Cities, Imperial abbeys, Imperial Knights, Imperial Villages This is a list of states in the Holy Roman Empire beginning with the letter O:...

gouverneurs) in the Low Countries, or historical Netherlands region. This includes all the territories in the Low Countries that were acquired by the House of...

his majority in 1731, but the other provinces kept the office vacant, until in 1747 a popular revolt by Orangists forced the States of the other four provinces...

(born 1973, Jamaica/England, p/nf/d) Jacobus Capitein (c. 1717–1747, Gold Coast/Netherlands, nf) Truman Capote (1924–1984, US, f/d) Ivan Čapovski (born 1936...

Regent (1746–1747) Giacomo Begni, Ottavio Fazzini, Captains Regent (1747) Biagio Antonio Martelli, Giovanni Martelli, Captains Regent (1747–1748) Giovanni...

present King of the Netherlands, Willem-Alexander. A great-grandson of a blacksmith and grandson of a baker, parish pastor August Amsberg (1747–1820) started...

This is a list of Dutch (the United Provinces of the Netherlands) ships of the line, or sailing warships which formed the Dutch battlefleet. It covers...

The second battle of Cape Finisterre was a naval encounter fought during the War of the Austrian Succession on 25 October 1747 (N.S.). A British fleet...

beheaded in April 1747, but public opinion was against further trials and the remaining prisoners were pardoned under the Act of Indemnity 1747. They included...

Events from the year 1747 in Great Britain. Monarch – George II Prime Minister – Henry Pelham (Whig) 31 January – the first venereal diseases clinic opens...

The Netherlands Indies guilder (Dutch: Nederlands-Indische gulden, Malay-Van Ophuijsen spelling: Roepiah Hindia-Belanda) was the unit of account of the...

The British Ambassador to the Netherlands is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Netherlands, and head of the UK's diplomatic...

[breːˈdaː] ) is a city and municipality in the southern part of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Brabant. The name derived from brede Aa ('wide...