This delay in recognition was not due to any aversion to white settler-colonies, of which the Dutch had been pioneers in the ...

Its strategic location where the Ciliwung river flows into the Java Sea was one of the reasons why Dutch colonists chose to ...

While Sweden was distracted with a war in Europe, the Netherlands took over the colony. Of the three countries we’re covering, the Netherlands was the most successful as a colonial power in global ...

New Amsterdam, a town on the tip of Manhattan Island within the Dutch colony of New Netherland, saw a sudden influx of African slave labor in 1655. The Dutch had been involved with the African ...

When Bruno began researching the Dutch colonists from whom she’s descended, she had no knowledge that her ancestors enslaved other humans — no knowledge, indeed, that slavery was a major force ...

A 19th-century coin has sold at auction for more than €450,000, becoming the second most valuable Dutch coin ever.

Some of the world’s borders are just . . . weird. You know this very well if you’re a traveler, a student of history, or ...

A Dutch appeals court on Tuesday overturned a landmark ruling that ordered energy company Shell to cut its carbon emissions ...

What became the modern-day donut, though, is based on the Dutch olykoek, which means "oily cake." It is likely to have come from either Holland or the Netherlands by way of early colonists from ...

Excavations at the site of a Native American town on Hatteras Island have yielded a mix of Indian and European artifacts, suggesting that some of the stranded colonists were adopted by the ...

Dutch food isn't as well-known globally as it should be. The Netherlands are great at producing types of pancakes, from the ...

Holland's support for Israeli hooligans and condemnation of their own citizens as 'antisemitic' is the latest manifestation ...