The intelligentsia and literati who arrived during the late 1880s did so to escape the stifling climate in Beijing under the Manchu rulers. The combination proved to be a powerful mix, which laid the ...

In history, seven provinces that comprised the area that is now the Netherlands - Holland, Groningen, Frisia, Overijssel, Guelders, Utrecht, and Zeeland - formed an alliance against Spain in the ...

From the province of Utrecht, two costumes were added just for kids in honor of the 75th anniversary of Tulip Time. This was part of the launch of Kinder Dutch dance. They boys wear a plaid shirt ...

President Bidya Devi Bhandari today appointed governors of all the seven provinces on the recommendation of the government. According to a press release issued by the Office of the President ...

Avercamp was born in 1585—three years before the Dutch Republic (consisting of seven northern Netherlandish provinces) won independence from Spain in a long and brutal war—and he died in 1634.

King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands cut his visit to the Czech Republic short on June 4 after the Dutch government collapsed when representative Geert Wilders withdrew his party from the ruling ...

Instead, each province and each town had its own religious cultural groups. In the Republic everyone had individual freedom of conscience and no one could be prosecuted for his or her religious views.

Using a metaphor of birth to adulthood, Gijs Rommelse and David Onnekink outline the history of the Dutch Republic, a critically important part of the Dutch identity. It’s an academic work, written ...

The Dutch Government has decided to ditch all use of the term “Holland” to reference the name of their country. The Netherlands, the country’s official name, will now be used in all ...

Hanoi (AsiaNews) - Starting from October 12th, in seven northern border provinces, it will be possible to use the Yuan, the currency of the People's Republic of China according to a circular ...