This delay in recognition was not due to any aversion to white settler-colonies, of which the Dutch had been pioneers in the ...
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 ...
The world’s first multinational company was also the first to be listed on a stock exchange. Of course, there’s a bit of a ...
Ilham Aliyev also accused the European Parliament of sharing responsibility for deadly riots in New Caledonia.
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 ...
A 19th-century coin has sold at auction for more than €450,000, becoming the second most valuable Dutch coin ever.
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 ...
Often overshadowed by its Boston counterpart, The Yorktown Tea Party took place 250 years ago, one in a series of tea parties ...
Azerbaijan’s president blamed Emmanuel Macron’s government for deadly violence in New Caledonia earlier this year.
A Dutch appeals court on Tuesday overturned a landmark ruling that ordered energy company Shell to cut its carbon emissions ...
Dutch food isn't as well-known globally as it should be. The Netherlands are great at producing types of pancakes, from the ...