Taiwan was once a province of China, but for only a brief period: 1887 to 1895, and the era laid the foundation for a separate identity in Taiwan. Two hundred years earlier, in 1644, the Qing Dynasty ...

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 ...

Aside from the titular flower, the biggest draw of Tulip Time is arguably the dancing — Dutch dancing, of course. And the colorful costumes, which were designed to look like authentic clothing ...

All seven provinces get new heads Kathmandu, November 4 President Bidya Devi Bhandari today appointed governors of all the seven provinces on the recommendation of the government.

In the case of the seventeenth century Dutch Republic, there was no single, dominant religion. There was also no absolute majority religion. Instead, each province and each town had its own ...

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 ...

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 Netherlands.

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 ...