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Simon Van Slingelandt
Simon van Slingelandt, lord of the manor of Patijnenburg (14 January 1664, in Dordrecht – 1 December 1736, in The Hague) was Grand Pensionary of Holland from 17 July 1727 to 1 December 1736. Simon van Slingelandt was the son of Govert van Slingelandt, lord of Dubbeldam (1623–1690), pensionary of Rotterdam and ambassador to Prussia, Sweden, Poland (1656) and Denmark (1659). He was also the secretary of the Council of State in 1664 Before becoming grand pensionary Van Slingelandt wrote several reports as preparation for the second Great Assembly (Dutch ''Tweede Grote Vergadering'', a kind of Constitutional Convention to reform the constitution of the Dutch Republic, 28 November 1716 – 14 September 1717), in which he proposed to give the Council of State ("Raad van State") more power. He was convinced of the necessity to restrict the power of the cities and the provinces in order to strengthen the central power of the republic. The Great Assembly however ended in failure when ...
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Van Slingelandt
A van is a type of road vehicle used for transporting goods or people. Depending on the type of van, it can be bigger or smaller than a pickup truck and SUV, and bigger than a common car. There is some varying in the scope of the word across the different English-speaking countries. The smallest vans, microvans, are used for transporting either goods or people in tiny quantities. Mini MPVs, compact MPVs, and MPVs are all small vans usually used for transporting people in small quantities. Larger vans with passenger seats are used for institutional purposes, such as transporting students. Larger vans with only front seats are often used for business purposes, to carry goods and equipment. Specially-equipped vans are used by television stations as mobile studios. Postal services and courier companies use large step vans to deliver packages. Word origin and usage Van meaning a type of vehicle arose as a contraction of the word caravan. The earliest records of a van as a vehicle i ...
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Dutch Language
Dutch ( ) is a West Germanic language spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language. It is the third most widely spoken Germanic language, after its close relatives German and English. ''Afrikaans'' is a separate but somewhat mutually intelligible daughter languageAfrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch; see , , , , , . Afrikaans was historically called Cape Dutch; see , , , , , . Afrikaans is rooted in 17th-century dialects of Dutch; see , , , . Afrikaans is variously described as a creole, a partially creolised language, or a deviant variety of Dutch; see . spoken, to some degree, by at least 16 million people, mainly in South Africa and Namibia, evolving from the Cape Dutch dialects of Southern Africa. The dialects used in Belgium (including Flemish) and in Suriname, meanwhile, are all guided by the Dutch Language Union. In Europe, most of the population of the Netherlands (where it is the only official language spoken country ...
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1664 Births
It is one of eight years (CE) to contain each Roman numeral exactly once (1000(M)+500(D)+100(C)+50(L)+10(X)+(-1(I)+5(V)) = 1664). Events January–March * January 5 – In the Battle of Surat in India, the Maratha leader, Chhatrapati Shivaji, defeats the Mughal Army Captain Inayat Khan, and sacks Surat. * January 7 – Indian entrepreneur Virji Vora, described in the 17th century by the English East India Company as the richest merchant in the world, suffers the loss of a large portion of his wealth when the Maratha troops of Shivaji plunder his residence at Surat and his business warehouses. * February 2 – Jesuit missionary Johann Grueber arrives in Rome after a 214-day journey that had started in Beijing, proving that commerce can be had between Europe and Asia by land rather than ship. * February 12 – The Treaty of Pisa is signed between France and the Papal States to bring an end to the Corsican Guard Affair that began on August 20, 1662, w ...
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Isaac Van Hoornbeek
Isaäc van Hoornbeek (9 December 1655 – 17 June 1727) was Grand Pensionary of Holland, the political official of the entire Dutch Republic, from 12 September 1720 until his death in 1727. Hoornbeek was born in Leiden. He served as pensionary of Rotterdam before 1720. He died, aged 71, in The Hague The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital o .... References Extensive biographyfrom the Dutch National Archives . 1655 births 1727 deaths category:Dutch States Party politicians Grand Pensionaries People from Leiden {{Netherlands-politician-stub ...
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County Of Holland
The County of Holland was a State of the Holy Roman Empire and from 1433 part of the Burgundian Netherlands, from 1482 part of the Habsburg Netherlands and from 1581 onward the leading province of the Dutch Republic, of which it remained a part until the Batavian Revolution in 1795. The territory of the County of Holland corresponds roughly with the current provinces of North Holland and South Holland in the Netherlands. Etymology The oldest sources refer to the not clearly defined county as ''Frisia'', west of the Vlie (also known as West Frisia). Before 1101, sources talk about Frisian counts, but in this year Floris II, Count of Holland is mentioned as ''Florentius comes de Hollant'' (Floris, Count of Holland). Holland is probably from the Old Dutch , literally "wood land". The counts of Holland generally kept to this single title until 1291, when Floris V, Count of Holland decided to call himself ''Count of Holland and Zeeland, lord of Friesland''. This title was also used ...
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Anthonie Van Der Heim
Anthonie van der Heim (28 November 1693, in The Hague – 17 July 1746, in 's-Hertogenbosch) was Grand Pensionary of Holland from 4 April 1737 to 17 July 1746. SourcesExtensive biography
from the Dutch National Archives (in Dutch). 1693 births 1746 deaths Grand Pensionaries Politicians from The Hague Treasurers-General {{Netherlands-politician-stub ...
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Jacob Hop
Jacob (; ; ar, يَعْقُوب, Yaʿqūb; gr, Ἰακώβ, Iakṓb), later given the name Israel, is regarded as a patriarch of the Israelites and is an important figure in Abrahamic religions, such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Jacob first appears in the Book of Genesis, where he is described as the son of Isaac and Rebecca, and the grandson of Abraham, Sarah, and Bethuel. According to the biblical account, he was the second-born of Isaac's children, the elder being Jacob's fraternal twin brother, Esau. Jacob is said to have bought Esau's birthright and, with his mother's help, deceived his aging father to bless him instead of Esau. Later in the narrative, following a severe drought in his homeland of Canaan, Jacob and his descendants, with the help of his son Joseph (who had become a confidant of the pharaoh), moved to Egypt where Jacob died at the age of 147. He is supposed to have been buried in the Cave of Machpelah. Jacob had twelve sons through four women, ...
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Treasurer-General
In the Netherlands the Treasurer-General (Dutch: ''thesaurier-generaal'') is the head of the General Treasury, part of the Ministry of Finance. The holder of the office has a deputy and is a member of the board of directors A board of directors (commonly referred simply as the board) is an executive committee that jointly supervises the activities of an organization, which can be either a for-profit or a nonprofit organization such as a business, nonprofit organiz ... of the finance ministry. List of recent Treasurers-General References External link * {{Netherlands-gov-stub ...
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Piotr Napierała
Piotr Marek Napierała (born May 18, 1982) is a Polish historian, born in Poznań. Napierała deals with early modern history, especially with political culture of the British, French and German Age of Enlightenment, Enlightenment, and its opponents. He studied history at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, and wrote his doctoral thesis about the British and French concepts of political freedom in 17th and 18th Century. Piotr Napierała is a son of the psychologist Barbara Harwas-Napierała. Napierała has his own YouTube channel in which he mentions political problems and makes short movies concerning his attitudes towards historical characters and political thought from historical perspective. In this channel, he also leads the "Theatrum Illuminatum" series in which he roleplays, commonly with his fellow students, and presents historical scenes - sometimes in hilarious ways. Views He describes himself as a classical liberal and a eurosceptic. He also wrote this article ...
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Adriaan Goslinga
Adriaan is the Dutch and Afrikaans spelling of the given name Adrian. Before the 19th century the spelling Adriaen was also common, and people used the spelling interchangeably. Adriaan may refer to: People Artists *Adriaen Backer (1635–1684), Dutch portrait painter *Adriaen Cornelisz Beeldemaker (1618–1709), Dutch Golden Age painter *Adriaen de Bie (1593–1668), Flemish painter *Adriaan Bloemaert (c. 1609 – 1666), Dutch painter *Adriaen van Bloemen (1639 – c. 1679), Flemish Baroque painter, printmaker, draughtsman and engraver *Adriaan Bonsel (1918–2011), Dutch composer *Adriaen Brouwer (1605–1638), Flemish genre painter *Adriaen Frans Boudewijns (1644–1719), Flemish landscape painter *Adriaan van der Burg (1693–1733), Dutch painter * Adriaen van der Cabel (1631–1705), Dutch painter of the Dutch school *Adriaen Frans Boudewijns (1644–1719), Flemish landscape painter, draughtsman and etcher *Adriaen Collaert (c. 1560 – 1618), Flemish designer and engraver *A ...
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Master Of Laws
A Master of Laws (M.L. or LL.M.; Latin: ' or ') is an advanced postgraduate academic degree, pursued by those either holding an undergraduate academic law degree, a professional law degree, or an undergraduate degree in a related subject. In most jurisdictions, the "Master of Laws" is the advanced professional degree for those usually already admitted into legal practice. Background on legal education in common law countries To become a lawyer and practice law in most states and countries, a person must first obtain a law degree. While in most common law countries a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) is required, the U.S. generally require a professional doctorate, or Juris Doctor, to practice law. The Juris Doctor (J.D.) is a professional doctorate Under "Data notes" this article mentions that the J.D. is a professional doctorate.. Under "other references" differences between academic and professional doctorates, and contains a statement that the J.D. is a professional doctorate Report ...
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War Of The Polish Succession
The War of the Polish Succession ( pl, Wojna o sukcesję polską; 1733–35) was a major European conflict sparked by a Polish civil war over the succession to Augustus II of Poland, which the other regional power, European powers widened in pursuit of their own national interests. Kingdom of France, France and Enlightenment Spain, Spain, the two Pacte de Famille, Bourbon powers, attempted to test the power of the Austrian Habsburg monarchy, Habsburgs in Western Europe, as did the Kingdom of Prussia, whilst Electorate of Saxony, Saxony and Russian Empire, Russia mobilized to support the eventual Polish victor. The fighting in Poland resulted in the accession of Augustus III of Poland, Augustus III, who in addition to Russia and Saxony, was politically supported by the Habsburgs. The war's major military campaigns and battles occurred outside of Poland. The Bourbons, supported by Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia, moved against isolated Habsburg territories. In the Rhineland, Fra ...
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