Rottum, Friesland, a village in the province of Friesland, in the Netherlands
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Then the Frisian accountant, Ulbe Piers Draisma, founds the "Onderlinge Brand Assurantie Sociëteit (Achlum)" in Achlum, Frisia, the Netherlands
Atomfjella is a mountain range in Ny-Friesland at Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway.
Dykstra was born "Broer Dijkstra" in Pingjum, Friesland in 1871, son of Doekele Dijkstra and Beitske van der Schaaf.
Caspar de Robles or Gaspard di Robles (Madrid, 1527 – Antwerp, 1585) also known as Billy in Artois, was Stadholder of Friesland and Groningen at the beginning of the Eighty Years' War (reign: 1568 to 1576).
It won and kept seats in several districts with large reformed populations, Goes in Zeeland, Apeldoorn in Gelderland, Dokkum in Friesland and Katwijk and Schiedam in South Holland.
After the death of her husband in 1664, she became regent for her son in Friesland, Groningen and Drenthe.
By contrast, Ost-Friesland includes, as a rule, the other traditionally Frisian parts of the peninsula: the town of Wilhelmshaven and the Oldenburg district of Friesland (Jeverland and Friesische Wehde).
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In its broadest definition Ost-Friesland can be used to embrace all the Frisian parts of the German state of Lower Saxony, i.e. those areas which represent the "East Section" of the Inter-Frisian Council (which include the former Rüstringen (Butjadingen etc.), Land Wursten and sometimes other areas).
Its collections include the 17th century silver IJftinus van Popta Treasure, the purported sword of Grand Pier, the Mata Hari Hall, and the Resistance Friesland.
They are East Frisian (Seeltersk, which is different from East Frisian (Ostfriesisch) and is spoken in the Saterland, and a collection of Low German dialects of East Frisia) and North Frisian, spoken in North Friesland.
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The Roman occupation of Frisia began in 12 BC with the campaign of Nero Claudius Drusus in Germania.
On 2 April 2012 Friesland Bank announced that it would become a 100% daughter of Rabobank Nederland after a merger plan with NIBC was blocked by De Nederlandse Bank.
The Friesland Class destroyers were built for the Royal Netherlands Navy in the 1950s.
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They were replaced by the Kortenaer class frigates in the early 1980s and seven ships were sold to the Peruvian Navy where they served until 1991.
Friesland is an unincorporated community in Dell Grove Township, Pine County, Minnesota, United States.
Georg Schenck van Toutenburg (German - Georg Schenk von Tautenburg) (1480, Windischeschenbach – 2 February 1540, Vollenhove) was Stadhouder of Friesland (1521-1540), succeeding Wilhelm van Roggendorf.
At Copenhagen Svane devoted himself to the study of Oriental languages, and between 1628 and 1635 completed his education abroad, at Franeker in Friesland, Wittenberg, Oxford and Paris.
Harlingen, Friesland, a municipality and city in the province of Friesland in the Netherlands
In 1505 Heinrich ceded Friesland to Georg, in return for an annuity and the districts of Wolkenstein and Freiberg, where Heinrich made his residence.
Hermann Friedrich Wilhelm Hinrichs (22 April 1794, Karlseck, Hohenkirchen, now Wangerland, Friesland – 17 September 1861, Friedrichroda) was a German philosopher.
Consequently Albert's successor Heinrich of Saxony, who was of a rather inert disposition, relinquished his claims to the governorship, and in 1505 an agreement was made between Albert's two sons by which Friesland was transferred to Heinrich's brother, George of Saxony, while Heinrich received an annuity and the districts of Freiberg and Wolkenstein.
Jeverland refers to the northern part of the present-day district of Friesland in northern Germany with the town of Jever as the seat of its local government.
Crucius studied in Geneva and on 28 September, 1586 he matriculated at the Heidelberg University a year after Franciscus Gomarus, along with the students Abrahamus Vandermylen of Dordrecht, Meinardus ab Idzaerda of Friesland, and Andreas ab Hiddema of Friesland.
John III of Egmont (or Egmond) (Hattem, April 3, 1438 – Egmond, August 21, 1516) was first Count of Egmont, Lord of Baer, Lathum, Hoogwoude, Aarstwoude, Purmerend, Purmerland and Ilpendam, and Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland and West-Friesland.
He soon, however, left England and went to Emden in Friesland, where he became superintendent of the English congregation.
The region is nearly surrounded by three provincial borders: in the west that of Flevoland (Noordoostpolder region), in the north that of Friesland (Stellingwerven region) and in the east that of Drenthe (the municipalities of Westerveld and Meppel).
Makkum, Súdwest-Fryslân, a village in the municipality of Súdwest-Fryslân, Friesland province
Max Aardema (born 1963) is a Dutch police officer and runner up Party for Freedom (PVV) party leader in the province of Friesland in the 2011 provincial elections.
Morra, Dongeradeel, a hamlet in the province of Friesland, Netherlands
Noorderkwartier (a Dutch word meaning "North Quarter") is a historical term referring to the part of the former Dutch province of Holland north of the river IJ, covering the regions Kennemerland, Zaanstreek, Waterland and West-Friesland and now part of the modern province of North Holland.
Oosterwolde, Friesland, a village in the municipality of Ooststellingwerf in the Dutch province of Friesland
The results of his experiment in Friesland were encouraging, but they proved to be the exception: testing by others in the provinces of Utrecht, Leeuwarden and Friesland obtained disastrous results.
Rottum, Groningen, a village in province of Groningen, in the Netherlands
In 1999 the sculptor Greet Grottendieck was asked to make a bust of Jan Boer to celebrate the 100th anniversary of his day of birth.
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St. Juliana's Abbey was a Benedictine monastery, probably founded between 1195 and 1210 by monks from the Benedictine Werden Abbey in Germany.
Sikko, Sikke or Sicka Syarda came from Ylst or IJlst, (Elostoe in Latin), and was elected to Potestaat by the men of Friesland in 1237.
The municipality was created 1 January 1984 by merging the municipalities of Doniawerstal and Haskerland, the part of Utingeradeel consisting of the villages Akmarijp and Terkaple and the village Nieuwebrug that used to belong to Heerenveen.
The Netherlands is home of Elfstedentocht, a 200 km distance skating race of which the tracks leads through the 11 different cities in Friesland which is a northern province of the Netherlands.
Occasionally, the region where the West Frisian language is spoken, i.e. mostly the Province of Friesland in the Netherlands
West Frisian language, the language spoken in the Friesland province of the Netherlands
= "I, Gerwic of Friesland, transfer to St. Bonifacius of the monastery of Fulda the land that is under my jurisdiction near the river Marsdiep, and all I had in possession either fields or meadows, forests, houses or serfs.".
He championed the cause of William IV, Prince of Orange who was stadtholder of the province of Friesland in the Dutch Republic, but was denied that dignity in most of the other provinces.
Duke William I of Bavaria-Straubing had previously sent five expeditions to conquer Friesland.