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4 unusual facts about Zeeland


John Thomas Jones

Jones acted throughout the operations in Zeeland as chief of the engineers' staff, and in that capacity carried out all the arrangements for the attack of Rammekins and Flushing.

Nieuwland

Nieuwland, Zeeland in the province of Zeeland, now part of Nieuw- en Sint Joosland

Surinaamse Brouwerij

-- some sources have 'Arthus', but that is a typo --> ("Thuur") Dumoleyn, post-war immigrant brewers from the Dutch province of Zeeland, with support from the Amsterdam-based Amstel Brewery (acquired in 1968 by Heineken).

Zeeland

Captain James Cook of Britain subsequently called the archipelago New Zealand and soon after, British settlers arrived in New Zealand and English became the main language.


Aert H. Kuipers

Aert Hendrik Kuipers (born 1919 in the former village of Oostkapelle, Zeeland, Netherlands) is a linguistics professor who, from his pioneering field work among First Nations people of British Columbia during the 1950s, compiled the first detailed reference grammars of Squamish and Shuswap, two almost extinct Salishan languages now being revived.

Albert I, Duke of Bavaria

Margaret had been Countess of Holland, Zeeland and Hainault in succession to her brother William IV, who was killed in battle.

Battle of Dahlen

In 1568, William I of Orange, stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland and Utrecht, and other noblemen dissatisfied with the Spanish rule in the Netherlands, the Geuzen, were determined to expel Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba, and his Spanish troops from the country.

Christian Historical Party

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.

Christian II of Denmark

So overwhelming did Christian's difficulties appear that he took ship to seek help abroad, and on 1 May landed at Veere in Zeeland.

Cristóbal de Mondragón

In 1572 he raised the Geuzen siege of Goes, and was later appointed Stadhouder of Zeeland by the Duke of Alba.

Don Albinson

He also helped with the construction the Eames Case Study House in Pacific Palisades in 1949, as well as the Max DePree House in Zeeland, Michigan along with numerous other furniture and film projects.

Dorothea of Denmark, Electress Palatine

Three-year-old Dorothea and her sister and brother followed their exiled parents to Veere in Zeeland, the Netherlands, and were taken care of by the Dutch regents, their grandaunt and aunt, Margaret of Austria and Mary of Hungary.

Douwe Eisenga

In the same years Eisenga appeared in Vlissingen to make premiere performance of Kabaal (Kabbalah), his chamber music piece about Michiel de Ruyter, at the Zeeland Nazomer Festival (Zeeland Autumn Festival).

House of Nassau

Henry III of Nassau-Breda was appointed stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland and Utrecht by Emperor Charles V in the beginning of the 16th century.

Johannes van der Palm

He was scientific advisor to Middelburg (1788) before becoming a member of the Provisional Board of Zeeland (1795), planting a Liberty Tree.

John III of Egmont

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.

Mariekerke

Mariekerke, Netherlands, a former municipality in the province of Zeeland

PVZ

Party for Zeeland, a provincial political party in the province of Zeeland in the Netherlands

Sealink

Services to France, Belgium and the Netherlands were also run by Sealink UK as part of the Sealink consortium which also used ferries owned by French national railways, the SNCF, the Belgian Maritime Transport Authority, Regie voor Maritiem Transport / Regie des transports maritimes (RMT/RTM) and the Dutch Stoomvaart Maatschappij Zeeland (Zeeland Steamship Company).

St. Peter's Flood

The Julian calendar was still in use in Northern Germany and some parts of the Netherlands, while the Gregorian calendar had already been adopted in Holland, Zeeland and other parts of the Netherlands.

States of Zeeland

Decisions were taken by majority vote and the body and area were represented at the States-General of the Netherlands by the Grand Pensionary of Zeeland, with this regional states (like the others) also nominating Zeeland's members of the States-General.

Try to Remember

In 1971 Netherlandish singing duo Saskia & Serge had a national smash hit with their signature song 'Zomer in Zeeland', based on the music of 'Try to Remember'.

Van Loon's Lives

In the book the author imagines he is living in his summer home in the town of Veere on the island of Walcheren in the Dutch province of Zealand.

WBMX

WMFN, a radio station (640 AM) licensed to Zeeland, Michigan, United States, which used the call sign WBMX from 1988 to 1991

Zeelandic Flemish

Zeelandic Flanders, the southernmost region of the province of Zeeland in south-western Netherlands

Zoutelande

Zoutelande, together with the beach of Dishoek and Westkapelle, are often called "Zeeland's Rivièra", after the famous south-coast of France.


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