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    Castricum (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkɑstrikʏm] ) is a municipality and a town in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands. Castricum is a seaside...
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    The Battle of Castricum (October 6, 1799) saw a Franco-Dutch force defeat an Anglo-Russian force near Castricum, Netherlands. The battle was fought during...
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    Rutger Castricum (born in The Hague on 29 May 1979) is a Dutch journalist and presenter, who was known as reporter for the PowNews television programme...
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    Simona Castricum (born 1975) is an Australian musician, DJ, broadcaster and architecture academic. Simona Castricum was born in Dandenong and grew up in...
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    expedition in 1639 under command of Matthijs Quast. The two ships, the Castricum under De Vries and the Breskens under Hendrick Cornelisz Schaep left Batavia...
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    battles went against the Anglo-Russian forces. Following a defeat at Castricum, the Duke of York, the British supreme commander, decided upon a strategic...
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    Frits Castricum (19 April 1947, Boxtel – 12 September 2011, Boxtel) was a Dutch journalist and Labour Party politician. He was a member of the House of...
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    Weesie (who also presents PowNews) and their star reporter is Rutger Castricum. Other reporters include(d) Jojanneke van den Berge, Jan Roos (also presenter...
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  • A-Apple was brought down by anti-aircraft fire, probably by gunners at Castricum-aan-Zee, who reported shooting down an aircraft at 2.58 am. The bodies...
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  • Dutch name for Düsseldorf Dusseldorp, Netherlands [nl], a village in Castricum, Netherlands Dick Dusseldorp (1918–2000), Dutch engineer and Australian...
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    part of their squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Koopmeiners grew up in Castricum, North Holland, and took his first steps in football as a youth player...
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    Chastise members at Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire Memorial at Castricum aan Zee Memorial at Castricum aan Zee In 1954 a radio dramatisation of Paul Brickhill's...
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    Helder in August 1799 and captured the Batavian navy there (see Battle of Castricum). French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, visiting Den Helder in 1811, was...
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    region, Wieringen, Wieringermeer, the coastal area from Den Helder to Castricum, and the island of Texel. It is a Hollandic Dutch dialect but is influenced...
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    nitrate film in bunkers near the coast of North Holland in Overveen, Castricum and Heemskerk. These nitrate films date between 1896 and the mid-1950s...
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    Perhaps it began as a stream, following a breakthrough in the dunes of Castricum. More likely, the IJ is a remnant of a northern arm of the Rhine delta...
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    Callantsoog Battle of Krabbendam Battle of Bergen Battle of Alkmaar Battle of Castricum War of the Fourth Coalition Capture of East Frisia War of the Fifth Coalition...
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    Castricum railway station is located in Castricum, the Netherlands. The station opened on 1 May 1867 as part of the Den Helder–Amsterdam railway. It was...
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    successful – the Anglo-Russian forces were defeated in the Battle of Castricum, and compelled, after a harsh retreat, to re-embark. He rendered further...
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  • abolished. From that date he was acting mayor of the municipality of Castricum, which had also just been reorganized. In mid-June, Aaltje Emmens-Knol [nl]...
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  • local party in Spijkenisse joined Forza! and also in 2016 a councillor in Castricum joined the party, making Forza! represented in four different municipalities...
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    The Battle of Castricum, in which a Franco-Batavian army defeated the Anglo-Russian forces and ended the invasion....
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    Battle of Puiflijk War of the Second Coalition Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland Battle of Bergen Battle of Alkmaar Battle of Castricum Napoleonic Wars...
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    Dragoons on 6 April 1797. He commanded a cavalry brigade at the Battle of Castricum in October 1799 during the Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland. Paget was...
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    the south, Kennemerland was not—despite the broad dune area south of Castricum—extensively cultivated for this purpose. In the 19th century the area...
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    - Anna Paulowna - Schagen - Heerhugowaard - Alkmaar Noord - Alkmaar - Castricum - Zaandam - Amsterdam Sloterdijk - Amsterdam Centraal - Amsterdam Amstel...
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  • Rein Smit (category People from Castricum)
    Division side Sligo Rovers. Smit played youth football for amateur clubs FC Castricum and ADO '20. In 2014, he was scouted to the youth academy of SC Heerenveen...
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    Bakkum (category Castricum)
    Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Castricum and lies about 12 km southwest of Alkmaar. It has three satellites: the...
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    are first recorded visiting this part of the Kurils in 1643 when the Castricum under Maarten Gerritsz Vries was exploring Hokkaido and the surrounding...
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    group Alkmaar Bergen Dijk en Waard Heiloo IJmond COROP group Beverwijk Castricum Heemskerk Uitgeest Velsen Haarlem agglomeration COROP group Bloemendaal...
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