Dutch Republic

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colonial empire former sovereign state maritime power republic trading state

The Dutch Republic was a powerful 17th-century maritime and commercial state in Western Europe, known for its global trade empire, cultural flourishing, and role as a major colonial power.

Aliases (18)

Republic of the Seven United Netherlands ×14
United Provinces of the Netherlands ×6
Republic of the Seven United Provinces ×2
United Provinces ×2
Act of Abjuration ×1
Calvinist states ×1
Dutch Golden Age ×1
Dutch Republic and France ×1
Dutch Republic under William of Orange ×1
Dutch state (colonial administration) ×1
England and Dutch Republic ×1
Republic of the United Netherlands ×1
Republican cities of the Low Countries ×1
Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden ×1
Seven United Netherlands ×1
United Dutch Provinces ×1
United Provinces (Dutch Republic) ×1
the Dutch Republic ×1

Statements (80)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial empire → former sovereign state → maritime power → republic → trading state →
alliance	Grand Alliance → Triple Alliance (1668) →
alsoKnownAs	Republic of the Seven United Netherlands → Republic of the Seven United Provinces → United Provinces → United Provinces of the Netherlands →
capital	The Hague →
centuryOfPeakPower	17th century →
charteredCompany	Geoctroyeerde Westindische Compagnie → Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie →
colonialPossession	Cape Colony → Ceylon (Dutch Ceylon) → Dutch Brazil → Dutch East Indies → New Netherland → various Caribbean islands →
conflict	Anglo-Dutch Wars → Eighty Years' War → Franco-Dutch War →
continent	Europe →
country	Netherlands →
currency	Dutch guilder →
declaredIndependenceFrom	Spanish Empire →
deFactoCapital	Amsterdam →
dissolved	1795 →
dominantDynasty	House of Orange-Nassau →
economicCenter	Amsterdam →
era	Early Modern period →
established	1581 →
financialInnovation	Amsterdam Stock Exchange → joint-stock company model →
foundedBy	Union of Utrecht →
goldenAge	Dutch Golden Age →
governmentType	federal republic → oligarchic republic →
headOfGovernmentTitle	Grand Pensionary →
headOfStateTitle	Stadtholder →
independenceEvent	Act of Abjuration →
independenceYear	1581 →
knownFor	artistic flourishing → banking and finance → cartography and navigation → commercial capitalism → maritime trade → religious tolerance → scientific advancement →
legalSystem	Roman-Dutch law →
legislativeBody	States General of the Netherlands →
locatedIn	Western Europe →
majorTradingCompany	Dutch East India Company → Dutch West India Company →
militaryEvent	Rampjaar (Disaster Year) 1672 →
nativeName	Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden →
navalPowerRank	one of the leading naval powers of the 17th century →
notableArtist	Johannes Vermeer → Rembrandt van Rijn →
notablePhilosopher	Baruch Spinoza →
notableScientist	Christiaan Huygens →
officialLanguage	Dutch →
politicalCharacteristic	dominance of merchant oligarchies → strong provincial autonomy →
politicalStructure	union of seven provinces →
predecessor	Habsburg Netherlands → Seventeen Provinces →
province	Friesland → Gelderland → Groningen → Holland → Overijssel → Utrecht → Zeeland →
recognizedBySpain	1648 →
religion	Dutch Reformed Church →
successor	Batavian Republic →
treaty	Peace of Westphalia →

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Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Abel Tasman → Abraham van Beijeren → Adam Pijnacker → Adriaen van der Donck → Agnes van den Bossche → Amalia of Solms-Braunfels → Andries de Witt → Anna de Witt → Anna van Erckel → Anna van den Corput → Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange → Anthonie Heinsius → Anthonie Heinsius → Anthony van Diemen → Antje van Uylenburgh → Arent Roggeveen → Arnold Vinnius → Carel Fabritius → Catharina Bolnes → Christiaan Huygens → Constantijn Huygens → Cornelia van Rijn → Cornelis Jacobsz Delff → Cornelis Janssens van Ceulen → Cornelis Tromp → Cornelis Tromp → Cornelis de Man → Cornelis de Witt → Cornelis de Witt → Cornelis de Witt → Daniël Stalpaert → Dirck van Baburen → Dirck van Bleyswijck → Dirck van Delen → Dirck van der Lisse → Egbert van der Poel → Emanuel de Witte → Esaias van de Velde → Ferdinand Bol → Ferdinand Bol → Ferdinand Bol → Frans van Mieris the Elder → Frans van Schooten → François Hemony → Frederick Henry → Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange → Frederick Philipse I → Gerard Houckgeest → Gerard Reynst → Gerard ter Borch → Gijsbert Voet → Godert van der Capellen → Govert Flinck → Govert Flinck → Govert Flinck → Hendrick Cornelisz. van Vliet → Hendrick de Keyser → Hendrick van der Burch → Hendrickje Stoffels → Hendrickje Stoffels → Hendrickje Stoffels → Hendrik Brouwer → Herman Boerhaave → Herman Saftleven → Herman Willem Daendels → Hugo Grotius → Hugo de Groot → Isaac van Hoornbeek → Jacob Cats → Jacob Roggeveen → Jacob Vosmaer → Jacob Willemsz Delff the Elder → Jacob Willemsz Delff the Younger → Jacob de Witt → Jacob van Campen → Jacob van Ruisdael → Jacob van Swanenburgh → Jacob van Swanenburgh → Jacobus Arminius → Jan Lievens → Jan Pieterszoon Coen → Jan Porcellis → Jan Verkolje → Jan de Baen → Jan van Goyen → Jan van de Cappelle → Jan van der Heyden → Jan van der Meer I → Jan van der Vliet → Joan Maetsuycker → Johan de Witt → Johan de Witt → Johan de Witt → Johan de Witt Jr. → Johan van Oldenbarnevelt → Johannes Vermeer → Johannes Vermeer → Johannes Voet → Johannes Voet → Johannes van den Bosch → Joost van den Vondel → Karel Dujardin → Lodewijk Huygens → Maarten Tromp → Marc-Michel Rey → Maria de la Quellerie → Maria van Reigersberch → Maurice of Nassau → Michiel de Ruyter → Michiel van Mierevelt → Nicolaes Tulp → Peter Stuyvesant → Peter Stuyvesant → Philips Huygens → Philips Wouwerman → Piet Hein → Pieter Both → Pieter Lastman → Pieter Saenredam → Pieter de Hooch → Pieter van Veen → Reinier de Klerk → Rembrandt → Rembrandt van Rijn → Samuel van Hoogstraten → Saskia van Uylenburgh → Simon van Leeuwen → Simon van Slingelandt → Sjoukje Ozinga → Susanna Hoefnagel → Suzanna van Baerle → Wendela Bicker → Willem Barentsz → Willem Blaeu → Willem Delff → Willem Kalf → Willem Kieft → Willem Thibaut → Willem van Aelst → Willem van Nassau → Willem van der Vliet → William I of Orange → William I of the Netherlands → William II of Scotland → William II, Prince of Orange → William IV, Prince of Orange → William V, Prince of Orange → Wouter van Twiller →	countryOfCitizenship
A Lady Writing a Letter → A View of Delft → Abraham Rycken → Afrikaansche Galey → Arend → Artemisia (painting by Ferdinand Bol) → Atlas Maior → Bathsheba at Her Bath → Belshazzar’s Feast → Bronck family → Censura Forensis → Church Order of Dort → Cityscape with Figures → Claes Maartenszen van Rosenvelt → Commentarius ad Institutiones Justiniani → De Staalmeesters → De Witt family → De jure praedae → De veritate religionis Christianae → De waardije van lyf-renten naer proportie van los-renten → Dutch Golden Age cartography → Dutch settlers → Elementa curvarum linearum → Ethica, ordine geometrico demonstrata → Ethics (Spinoza) → Five Articles of the Remonstrance → Frederick Philipse I → Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window → Girl with a Pearl Earring → Het melkmeisje → Houwelick → Infernal Scene → Isaac Blessing Jacob → Landscape with Obelisk → Mare Liberum → Mercator–Hondius atlas → Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banning Cocq → Odysseus and Nausicaa → Officer and Laughing Girl → Opera Posthuma → Ordinum Hollandiae ac Westfrisiae pietas → Painter in His Studio → Pathodia sacra et profana → Portrait of Elisabeth Bas → Portrait of Saskia van Uylenburgh (c. 1633) → Portrait of a Lady in a Rich Gown → Portrait of a Man → Portrait of a Man (Self-portrait) c. 1653 → Portrait of the Trip Family → Princess Amelia → Principles of Cartesian Philosophy → Rembrandt and Saskia in the Parable of the Prodigal Son → Rembrandt’s “Danaë” → Rooms-Hollands-Regt → Saskia as Flora → Saskia with a Red Flower → Selectarum iuris quaestionum libri II → Self-Portrait (1645) → Self-Portrait (1654) → Self-Portrait with Two Circles → Self-portrait (Govert Flinck) → Self-stryt → Semper Augustus → Spiegel van den ouden ende nieuwen tijdt → The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp → The Art of Painting → The Astronomer → The Baptism of the Eunuch → The Batavian Conspiracy under Claudius Civilis (commissioned project) → The Company of Captain Albert Bas and Lieutenant Lucas Conijn → The Concert → The Four Regents of the Leprozenhuis in Amsterdam → The Geographer → The Goldfinch → The Goldfinch (1654) → The Jewish Bride → The Lacemaker → The Little Street → The Merry Family → The Milkmaid → The Music Lesson → The Night Watch → The Return of the Prodigal Son → The Sentry → The Storm on the Sea of Galilee → The Syndics of the Drapers’ Guild → The Threatened Swan → Titus van Rijn → Tractatus Politicus → Tractatus Theologico-Politicus → Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect → Treaty of Utrecht → Trou-ringh → Venus and Adonis (Ferdinand Bol) → Viceroy →	countryOfOrigin
Admiral-General of the Dutch Republic → Allied army under Marlborough and Eugene → Amsterdam Chamber → Amsterdam Guild of Surgeons → Amsterdam civic guard → Athenaeum Illustre → Bank of Amsterdam → Beverwijck → Chambers (Kamers) of the Dutch West India Company → Counter-Remonstrants → Delft School → Delft gunpowder explosion → Dutch Angola → Dutch Bengal → Dutch Brazil → Dutch Coromandel → Dutch East India Company → Dutch Golden Age → Dutch Republicanism → Dutch West India Company → Dutch West India Company → Dutch colonial empire → Dutch navy of the Republic → Exile of the Stuart royal family in the Dutch Republic → Fort Amsterdam → Fort Nassau (New Jersey) → Fort Orange → Fort Willem Hendrick → Grand Pensionary → Guild of Saint Luke (Delft) → Heeren XIX → Heeren XVII → Heren (Gentlemen) of Amsterdam city government → House of Nassau-Dietz → League of Augsburg → Leiden painters’ guild → Lords Seventeen → Mauritsstad → New Holland → New Netherland → Northern Netherlands → Orangist faction → Pavonia → Quadruple Alliance (1718) → Rampjaar → Ruwaard of Putten → Siege of Groningen (1672) → Simon van Slingelandt → Sorghvliet → Staatse leger → Stad en Lande (Groningen) chamber directors of the Dutch West India Company → Stadtholder of Drenthe → Stadtholder of Friesland → Stadtholder of Gelderland → Stadtholder of Gelderland ("Republic of the Seven United Netherlands") → Stadtholder of Holland → Stadtholder of Lingen → Stadtholder of Minden → Stadtholder of Overijssel → Stadtholder of Utrecht → Stadtholder of Zeeland → Stadtholder of Zeeland ("Republic of the Seven United Netherlands") → States Army of the Dutch Republic → States General of the Netherlands → States of Holland and West Friesland → Synod of Dort → Tulip mania → Twelve Years' Truce → United Provinces → University of Franeker → VOC → Zeeland chamber directors of the Dutch West India Company → siege of Grave (1794) → siege of Maastricht (1632) →	country
American Revolutionary War → Anglo-Dutch Wars → Battle of Beachy Head (1690) → Battle of Blenheim → Battle of Fleurus (1690) → Battle of Fleurus (1794) → Battle of Fontenoy → Battle of La Hogue (1692) → Battle of Lagos (1693) → Battle of Landen (Neerwinden) (1693) → Battle of Lauffeld → Battle of Lowestoft → Battle of Malplaquet → Battle of Nieuwpoort → Battle of Nieuwpoort ("Republic of the Seven United Netherlands") → Battle of Oudenarde → Battle of Ramillies → Battle of Rocoux → Battle of Seneffe → Battle of Solebay → Battle of Steinkirk (1692) → Battle of Texel (1673) → Battle of the Downs → English Armada (1589) → Four Days' Battle → Raid on the Medway → Scanian War → Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch → Siege of Breda → Siege of Namur (1692) → Siege of Ostend → Slag bij de Downs → Treaty of Ryswick → War of the Spanish Succession → siege of Grave (1674) → siege of Grave (1794) → siege of Maastricht (1632) → siege of Maastricht (1673) →	belligerent
American Revolutionary era → Battle of Beachy Head (1690) → Battle of Fleurus (1690) → Battle of Lagos (1693) → Battle of Lowestoft → Battle of Solebay → Battle of Texel (1673) → Four Days' Battle → French Revolutionary Wars → Kieft's War → Peace of Westphalia → Raid on the Medway → Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch → War of the First Coalition → War of the Quadruple Alliance → siege of Grave (1674) →	countryInvolved
Anthony van Diemen → Baruch Spinoza → Carel Fabritius → Christiaan Huygens → Cornelis Tromp → Egbert van der Poel → Jacob van Campen → Jan van der Heyden → Johan de Witt → Peter Stuyvesant → Reinier de Klerk → Sophia of the Palatinate → Willem Kieft → William IV, Prince of Orange →	birthPlace
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek → Arnold Vinnius → Baruch Spinoza → Captain Frans Banning Cocq → Cornelis de Witt → Frans Hals → Frans van Schooten → Hugo de Groot → Jan Steen → Jan van Riebeeck → Johan Maurits van Nassau-Siegen → Reinier de Graaf → Rembrandt van Rijn → Titus van Rijn →	citizenship
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek → Cornelis de Witt → Dirck van Baburen → Emanuel de Witte → Jacob van Ruisdael → Jan Steen → Jan van Riebeeck → Johannes Voet → Maarten Tromp → Paulus Potter → Pieter de Hooch → Rembrandt van Rijn → Sjoukje Ozinga → Willem van Aelst →	countryOfBirth
Dutch Republic ("Republic of the Seven United Netherlands") → Dutch Republic ("Republic of the Seven United Provinces") → Dutch Republic ("United Provinces") → Dutch Republic ("United Provinces of the Netherlands") → Northern Netherlands ("Seven United Netherlands") → United Provinces ("Republic of the Seven United Netherlands") → United Provinces ("Republic of the Seven United Provinces") → United Provinces ("United Provinces of the Netherlands") → United Provinces ("Republic of the United Netherlands") → United Provinces ("United Dutch Provinces") → United Provinces →	alsoKnownAs
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek → Dirck van Baburen → Emanuel de Witte → Frans Hals → Johannes Voet → Michiel van Mierevelt → Paulus Potter → Rembrandt van Rijn → Sjoukje Ozinga → Willem van Aelst →	countryOfDeath
Batavia → Ceylon (Dutch Ceylon) → Dutch Angola → Dutch Gold Coast → Dutch settlers → Hudson Valley → Negombo → New Holland →	colonialPower
Balthasar van der Ast → Gabriel Metsu → Jan van Goyen → Leonaert Bramer → Pieter Lastman → Reinier de Graaf → Titus van Rijn →	birthCountry
Admiral-General of the Dutch Republic → Grand Pensionary → Rooms-Hollands-Regt → States General of the Netherlands → Treaty of Utrecht →	appliesToJurisdiction
Battle of the Downs → Siege of Groningen (1594) → Slag bij de Downs → War of the Quadruple Alliance →	combatant
Caribbean colonies of the Dutch West India Company → Elmina Castle → Fort Amsterdam → St. George’s Castle →	controlledBy
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough → Michiel de Ruyter → Piet Hein →	allegiance
Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange → Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange → Stadtholder of Cleves →	associatedWith
Captain Frans Banning Cocq → Gomarists → Hendrick van der Burch →	countryOfActivity
Treaty of Breda (1667) ("England and Dutch Republic") → Treaty of Breda (1667) ("Dutch Republic and France") →	adjustedColonialPossessionsBetween
Louis XIII of France → Prince of Waldeck →	alliance
The Immortal Seven ("Dutch Republic under William of Orange") → Victor Amadeus II of Savoy →	alliedWith
County of Bentheim ("United Provinces of the Netherlands") → Prince-Bishopric of Münster ("United Provinces of the Netherlands") →	borderedBy
Cape Colony → Cochin →	colonizedBy
Anglo-Dutch Wars → Dutch–Portuguese War →	conflictBetween
Counter-Remonstrants →	activeIn
Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor →	allyInWarOfTheSpanishSuccession
Treaty of Westminster (1674) →	appliesToTerritory
Treaty of Paris (1784) →	belligerentSide
English forces under Richard Nicolls →	capturedFrom
Treaty of Nijmegen →	cededBy
Dutch Surinamese →	colonialPowerOfOrigin
Battle of Nieuwpoort →	combatant1
Portuguese reconquest of Recife →	conflict
siege of Grave (1674) →	controlledAfter
siege of Maastricht (1673) →	countryAtTime
Sorghvliet →	countryAtTimeOfConstruction
Union of Utrecht ("Republic of the Seven United Netherlands") →	countryCreated
Stadtholder of Drenthe ("Republic of the Seven United Netherlands") →	countryDuringExistence
William I of Orange →	countryLed
Second Head of Doctrine →	countryOfAdoption
De ratiociniis in ludo aleae →	countryOfFirstPublication