Portuguese Burghers. Originally an entirely Protestant community, many Burghers today remain Christian but belong to a variety of denominations. The Dutch Burghers... 7 KB (842 words) - 23:56, 30 November 2023 |
Burgher people, also known simply as Burghers, are a small Eurasian ethnic group in Sri Lanka descended from Portuguese, Dutch, British and other Europeans... 19 KB (2,157 words) - 16:43, 14 March 2024 |
Portuguese Burghers sometimes mixed with but are to be distinguished from other Burgher people, such as Dutch Burghers. The Portuguese Burghers are largely... 6 KB (591 words) - 21:08, 16 August 2023 |
known commonly as the Dutch Burgher Union (DBU), is an organisation of Dutch Burghers in Sri Lanka. It was established on 18 January 1908 by Richard Gerald... 10 KB (906 words) - 23:11, 4 February 2024 |
Lamprais (category Articles containing Dutch-language text) the coast of Sri Lanka was under Dutch rule. The Dutch Burghers (an ethnic group of mixed Dutch, Portuguese Burghers and Sri Lankan descent) came up with... 4 KB (378 words) - 00:41, 20 April 2024 |
The Dutch diaspora consists of the Dutch and their descendants living outside the Netherlands. Emigration from the Netherlands has been occurring for since... 45 KB (4,426 words) - 20:16, 11 May 2024 |
was also attended by the children of the indigenes and the Free Burghers. The Dutch language was taught at schools as the main medium for commercial... 22 KB (1,765 words) - 06:46, 19 April 2024 |
Bürgher was a rank or title of a privileged citizen of a medieval to early modern European town. Burghers formed the pool from which city officials could... 4 KB (409 words) - 15:24, 12 May 2024 |
its importance in the social lives of 17th-century Dutch burghers. The physical space of the Dutch home was constructed along gender lines. In the front... 53 KB (6,494 words) - 03:52, 9 May 2024 |
Sri Lankan Portuguese creole (redirect from Ceylon Portuguese–Dutch Creole) of the Burgher community, who are descendants of the Portuguese and Dutch who founded families in Sri Lanka. Europeans, Eurasians and Burghers account... 26 KB (2,918 words) - 21:12, 15 May 2024 |
Governor. Dutch Ceylon was administered by a Governor appointed by the Governor General of the Dutch East Indies. Many of the Dutch Burghers migrated to... 30 KB (3,363 words) - 06:40, 12 May 2024 |
of representatives of the Dutch East India Company and free burghers gathered to discuss the protest made by the free burgher farmers. The Company was... 20 KB (2,713 words) - 12:11, 26 February 2024 |
following decade, pressure on the Khoikhoi grew as more of the Dutch became free burghers, expanded their landholdings, and sought pastureland for their... 88 KB (10,596 words) - 00:44, 7 May 2024 |
1302 against the Francophiles, put into power by the French king. The Dutch burghers together defeated the French army at Kortrijk and, in so doing, developed... 28 KB (4,136 words) - 13:32, 18 September 2023 |
Breudher (category Dutch words and phrases) Lankan Dutch Burgher buttery yeast cake, baked in a fluted mould. A variation, Bleuda, Kueh Bleuda or Kue Bludder is also found in the Malacca Dutch Eurasian... 7 KB (719 words) - 06:42, 9 February 2023 |
in meaning to the Germanic term burgher, a formally defined class in medieval German cities (Middle Dutch burgher, Dutch burger and German Bürger). It is... 5 KB (660 words) - 10:54, 23 December 2023 |
Republic of Swellendam (category Articles containing Dutch-language text) President of the Republic of Swellendam. The burghers of Swellendam started to call themselves "national burghers" – after the style of the French Revolution... 6 KB (248 words) - 16:51, 4 April 2024 |
Boers (category Articles containing Dutch-language text) Afrikaans-speaking Free Burghers of the eastern Cape frontier in Southern Africa during the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. From 1652 to 1795, the Dutch East India... 54 KB (6,124 words) - 00:37, 14 May 2024 |
Pettifleur Berenger (category Burgher people) author and reality television personality of Sri Lankan / Ceylonese Dutch Burgher descent. She appeared on The Real Housewives of Melbourne in its second... 4 KB (243 words) - 02:39, 7 April 2024 |
J. L. K. van Dort (category Burgher artists) Burger Union of Ceylon" (PDF). The Portuguese Burghers and the Dutch Burghers of Sri Lanka. LXII. Dutch Burgher Union: 195. Warnapala, Kanchanakesi Channa... 19 KB (1,889 words) - 11:47, 18 December 2023 |
Sinhala Sri Lanka Dewa, British Sri Lankans, Burghers (including Portuguese Burghers and Dutch Burghers) Buddhism → Theravada Buddhism Siona Tucanoan... 395 KB (3,590 words) - 17:46, 15 May 2024 |
IJzerkoekje (category Pages with Dutch IPA) originated within the Burgher community, an ethically mixed population group, with partly European ancestors, including the Dutch Burghers. The cookies are... 3 KB (394 words) - 00:25, 17 April 2024 |
Michael Burghers (b. c.1647/8 – 1727) was a Dutch illustrator and artist of the 17th century, who spent most of his career in England. He was commissioned... 5 KB (609 words) - 21:52, 1 December 2023 |
the handful of Dutch burghers who rendered loyal service in the battle was Servaas Daniel de Kock. As a reward for his service, the Dutch East India Company... 7 KB (522 words) - 12:30, 12 May 2024 |
Boer republics (category Articles containing Dutch-language text) Union of South Africa. The Dutch East India Company (VOC) first issued land to the Free Burghers in 1657. The Free Burghers established two colonies at... 23 KB (2,506 words) - 16:38, 9 May 2024 |
Galle Fort (category 1663 establishments in the Dutch Empire) after the toddy tappers and Dutch Burghers who owned coconut gardens and small ark distilleries. The Groote Kerk (Dutch Reformed Church) was built in... 24 KB (2,875 words) - 00:33, 20 April 2024 |