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Allegory of the Disaster Year by Jan van Wijckersloot (1673): In this allegorical painting, a young Orangist shows a regent, wearing a nightcap, an allegorical drawing.In this drawing, the Dutch lion is pictured inside a Dutch garden [] or "Hollandic Yard", a traditional symbol for the safety and integrity of the province of Holland adorning many of its public buildings.
June 1 – Münster and Cologne begin their invasion of the Dutch Republic; hence 1672 becomes known as het rampjaar ("the disaster year") in the Netherlands. June 7 – Third Anglo-Dutch War – Battle of Solebay: An indecisive sea battle results, between the Dutch Republic, and the joined forces of England and France. [6]
This is an incomplete list of Dutch Republic villages, country houses and castles, that were destroyed or seriously damaged by French troops in 1672/1673 during the Rampjaar (Disaster Year) [1] [2] in the Franco-Dutch War. In this Guerre de Hollande the strategy of the troops of the French king Louis XIV was "to burn as much as possible.
The year 1672 is known in the Netherlands as the "Disaster Year" . England declared war on the Republic, (the Third Anglo-Dutch War), followed by France, Münster and Cologne, which had all signed alliances against the Republic. France, Cologne and Münster invaded the Republic.
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 ...
Lack of good dikes was an important cause of this flood disaster. This flood is also described in the Annales Xantenses. 1014 Thousands For the first time the partially closed coast line of the Netherlands was breached. Walcheren suffered a particularly large amount of damage. It took years before people managed to get their lives back on track.
He had promised the major Dutch cities to the British and tried to extort huge sums from the Dutch in exchange for a separate peace. The bishop of Münster laid siege to Groningen but failed. 1672 is known as the rampjaar ("disaster year") in Dutch history, in which the country only nearly survived the combined English-French-German assault.
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