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In Dutch history, the year 1672 is referred to as the Rampjaar (pronounced [ˈrɑmpjaːr] ⓘ; Disaster Year). In May 1672, following the outbreak of the Franco-Dutch War and its peripheral conflict the Third Anglo-Dutch War , France , supported by Münster and Cologne , invaded and nearly overran the Dutch Republic .
Category: Disasters in the Netherlands by year. ... 2024 disasters in the Netherlands (1 P) This page was last edited on 30 October 2022, at 21:40 (UTC). ...
Date Place Deaths Details 838 Northwest of the Netherlands (part of Friesland) 2,437 A large part of the northwest of the Netherlands (in that time the land belonged to Frisia – now called Friesland) was flooded by a storm. Lack of good dikes was an important cause of this flood disaster. This flood is also described in the Annales Xantenses ...
By Feb. 1, about 770 square miles of southern Holland were inundated, forcing 72,500 Dutch residents to flee their homes. Whole towns were flooded, sending residents scurrying to rooftops to survive.
Prime Minister Dick Schoof issued a statement expressing shock at the disaster and extending sympathies to victims and emergency responders. [ 2 ] Mayor of The Hague Jan van Zanen stated that the likelihood of finding additional survivors was minimal following initial rescue efforts, telling the community to be ready for the "worst case scenario".
Disasters in the Netherlands by year (32 C) * Disasters in the Dutch Caribbean (6 C) E. Emergency management in the Netherlands (1 C, 5 P) F. Fires in the Netherlands ...
2010s disasters in the Netherlands (4 C) 2020s disasters in the Netherlands (5 C, 1 P) This page was last edited on 30 October 2022, at 21:51 (UTC). Text is ...
The highest death tolls were recorded on the islands of Schouwen-Duiveland and Goeree-Overflakkee. 305 people drowned in the village of Oude-Tonge. 20-year-old Jos de Boet from Oude-Tonge lost 42 family members in the disaster. [1] 200,000 animals died, 3,500 houses and farms were lost in the flood, and another 43,000 were severely damaged. [20 ...