The Dutch Empire is a term comprising different territories that were controlled by the Netherlands from the 17th to 20th centuries. They settled outside...

The Dutch colonial empire (Dutch: Nederlandse koloniale rijk) comprised the overseas territories and trading posts controlled and administered by Dutch...

Noord-Holland, Fort Victoria) Tamsui (Fort Antonio) Hirado (1609-1641) Deshima (1641-1853) Dutch Empire Evolution of the Dutch Empire List of Dutch West...

This article is a comprehensive list of all the actual possessions of the Portuguese Empire. Portuguese founded factories in various places in Europe,...

The territorial evolution of the British Empire is considered to have begun with the foundation of the English colonial empire in the late 16th century...

Tianjin (1902–1931) British Empire (1707–1997/present) Evolution of the British Empire; Angevin Empire; English colonial empire (1585–1707) Possessions in...

The Holy Roman Empire, also known as the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation after 1512, was a polity in Central and Western Europe, usually headed...

of the British Empire Economy of the British Empire Territorial evolution of the British Empire History of the foreign relations of the United Kingdom...

The Mughal Empire was an early modern empire in South Asia. At its peak, the empire stretched from the outer fringes of the Indus River Basin in the west...

the rights and privileges of the Dutch nobility and cities. After the initial stages, Philip II of Spain, the sovereign of the Netherlands, deployed his...

the 19th century and it comprised the colonies, protectorates, concessions and dependencies of the Kingdom of Italy. In Africa, the colonial empire included...

The Kingdom of Holland (Dutch: Koningrijk Holland (contemporary), Koninkrijk Holland (modern); French: Royaume de Hollande) was the successor state of...

The evolution of languages or history of language includes the evolution, divergence and development of languages throughout time, as reconstructed based...

The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centered in Constantinople during Late Antiquity...

of Expulsion Evolution of the Portuguese Empire Goan Inquisition List of topics on the Portuguese Empire in the East Lusotropicalism Persecution of Jews...

The First French Empire, officially the French Republic, then the French Empire (French: Empire Français; Latin: Imperium Francicum) after 1809 and also...

from the Netherlands. List of Dutch inventions and innovations List of Dutch discoveries List of Dutch explorations List of place names of Dutch origin...

Emperor Napoleon incorporated the Dutch Republic, Catalonia, Dalmatia, and parts of Germany and Italy into the First French Empire. However following Napoleon's...

peripheries". The center of the empire (sometimes referred to as the metropole) exercises political control over the peripheries. Within an empire, different...

The Roman Empire was the post-Republican state of ancient Rome. It is generally understood to mean the period and territory ruled by the Romans following...

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of cartography as a science in France.: 42  The evolution of cartography during the transition between the 17th and 18th centuries involved advancements...

The Chinese Empire, also known as Imperial China, Empire of China, Celestial Empire, or simply China, was an imperial realm that spanned much of East,...

The Dutch Golden Age (Dutch: Gouden Eeuw [ˈɣʌudə(n) ˈeːu]) was a period in the history of the Netherlands which roughly lasted from 1588, when the Dutch...

The Anglo–Dutch Wars (Dutch: Engels–Nederlandse Oorlogen) were a series of conflicts mainly fought between the Dutch Republic and England (later Great...

The Mongol Empire of the 13th and 14th centuries was the largest contiguous empire in history. Originating in present-day Mongolia in East Asia, the Mongol...

(1971), pp. 1-16 UNESCO.org The Industrial Heritage of Barbados: The Story of Sugar History and Evolution of Cape Dutch Architecture (with more pictures)...

war. The Portuguese Empire thus became an appropriate target for Dutch military incursions. These factors motivated Dutch merchants to enter the intercontinental...

The Dutch East Indies, also known as the Netherlands East Indies (Dutch: Nederlands(ch)-Indië; Indonesian: Hindia Belanda), was a Dutch colony with territory...

the third most spoken Germanic language. In Europe, Dutch is the native language of most of the population of the Netherlands and Flanders (or 60% of...