Dutch Republic

Overview

The Republic of the Seven United Netherlands, also known as the United Provinces (of the Netherlands), and referred to in historiography as the Dutch Republic, was a confederation and great power that existed from 1588 until the Batavian Revolution in 1795. It was a predecessor state of the present-day Netherlands and the first independent Dutch nation state. The republic was established after seven Dutch provinces in the Spanish Netherlands revolted against Spanish rule, forming a mutual alliance against Spain in 1579 (the Union of Utrecht) and declaring their independence in 1581 (the Act of Abjuration), after which they confederated in 1588 (the Instruction of 12 April 1588) after the States General could not agree on a new monarch. The seven provinces it comprised were Groningen (present-day Groningen), Frisia (present-day Friesland), Overijssel (present-day Overijssel), Guelders (present-day Gelderland), Utrecht (present-day Utrecht), Holland (present-day North Holland and South Holland), and Zeeland (present-day Zeeland).

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Borders & accuracy

Solid borders are reconstructed from canonical historical-basemap data or hand-crafted from scholarly atlases.

• SOURCEaourednik / historical-basemaps
• DETAILhistorical-basemaps (Ourednik)
• SNAPSHOT1700
• POLITY TYPEstate

Wars of this empire168

Conflicts whose belligerents name this polity, best-documented first.

• Portuguese Conquest of Brazil1500–1750
  World-changing · 5.0M dead
• American Revolutionary War1775–83
  World-changing · 50K dead
• Dutch conquest of the Banda Islands1609–21
  World-changing
• Trunajaya rebellion1674–81
  World-changing
• Nine Years' War1688–97
  Major conflict · 600K dead
• Eighty Years' War1568–1648
  Major conflict · 500K dead
• War of the Spanish Succession1701–14
  Major conflict · 400K dead
• Anglo-Spanish War - Spanish Armada1585–1604
  Major conflict · 300K dead
• Dutch Expansion in Asia1595–1750
  Major conflict · 300K dead
• Mataram attack on Batavia1628–29
  Major conflict
• Capture of Malacca (1641)1640–41
  Major conflict
• Banten War (1682–1683)1682–83
  Major conflict
• 1740 Batavia massacre1740
  Major conflict
• Third Javanese War of Succession1749–57
  Major conflict
• Dutch-Portuguese Colonial Wars1603–61
  Significant · 500K dead
• Portuguese Spice Wars in Moluccas1512–1600
  Significant · 300K dead
• Dutch-Spanish Wars1585–1648
  Significant · 200K dead
• Anglo-Dutch Wars1652–1784
  Significant · 200K dead
• Portuguese Conquest of the Spice Islands1512–1605
  Significant · 100K dead
• Dutch-Portuguese Wars1602–63
  Significant
• Amboyna massacre1623
  Significant
• Hongi expedition1625–1772
  Significant
• Great Ambon War1651–56
  Significant
• First Anglo-Dutch War1652–54
  Significant

+ 144 more in the atlas.