Grand Pensionary Johan van Oldenbarnevelt offered to only suspend trade with the West in exchange for the Twelve Years ' Truce.

When the Twelve Years ' Truce in 1621 was over, the Republic had a free hand to re-wage war with Spain.

He took a considerable part in the negotiations of the Twelve Years ' Truce in 1609.

He published an account of his experiences in Twelve Years a Slave ( 1853 ) in his first year of freedom.

Solomon Northup published an account of his experiences, Twelve Years a Slave ( 1853 ).

Worley discounted concerns that Wright was pursuing his own interests and wrote of it: "' Twelve Years ' is convincingly Northup's tale and no one else's because of its amazing attention to empirical detail and unwillingness to reduce the complexity of Northup's experience to a stark moral allegory.

* In 1984, Twelve Years a Slave was adapted as a PBS television movie entitled Solomon Northup's Odyssey, directed by Gordon Parks.

* In June 2012 started the filming of Twelve Years a Slave ( film ), directed by British director Steve McQueen who also co-wrote the script with John Ridley to adapt Northup's memoir book.

* with David Wilson, Twelve Years a Slave ( 1853 )

* Solomon Northup, David Wilson, Twelve Years a Slave: Narrative of Solomon Northup, a Citizen of New-York, Kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and Rescued in 1853, Auburn, N. Y .: Derby and Miller, 1853, at Documenting the American South, University of North Carolina.

It was widely known that the Twelve Years ' Truce was set to expire in 1621, and throughout Europe it was recognized that at that time, Spain would attempt to reconquer the Dutch Republic.

The immediate aftermath of the war in Hollywood avoided the action film and delved into problems experienced by the returning veterans, turning out a number of high quality films that included The Best Years of Our Lives ( 1946 ), Battleground ( 1949 ), Home of the Brave ( 1949 ), Command Decision ( 1948 ), and Twelve O ' Clock High ( 1949 ).

* War between the Netherlands and Spain recommences after the Twelve Years ' Truce ( 1609 – 1621 ).

* March – Twelve Years ' Truce: The Netherlands and Spain agree to a 12-year ceasefire ( 1609 – 1621 ) in the Eighty Years ' War.

* April – The Twelve Years ' Truce between the Dutch Republic and the Spanish Empire expires, and both sides prepare to resume the Eighty Years ' War.

Kidnapped in 1841 and sold into slavery in Louisiana, he was freed in 1853, and that year published his memoir Twelve Years a Slave ( 1853 ).

The Union of Utrecht is regarded as the foundation of the Republic of the Seven United Provinces, which was not recognized by the Spanish Empire until the Twelve Years ' Truce in 1609.

The Union of Utrecht is regarded as the foundation of the Republic of the Seven United Provinces, which was not recognized by the Spanish Empire until the Twelve Years ' Truce in 1609.

In 1620, towards the end of the Twelve Years ' Truce, he travelled as a secretary of ambassador François van Aerssen to Venice, to gain support against the threat of renewed war.

The acts of the Synod were tied to political intrigues that arose during the Twelve Years ' Truce, a pause in the Dutch war with Spain.

The subsequent Twelve Years ' Truce ( 1609 – 1621 ) between Spain and the Dutch Republic would have ended Standish's service, although scholars are uncertain if Standish was still in active service.

Against Maurice's advice, and despite his protests, Van Oldenbarnevelt decided to sign the Twelve Years ' Truce with Spain, which lasted from 1609 – 1621.

It was adapted from Northrup's memoir, Twelve Years a Slave, published in 1853.

Northup published his memoir, Twelve Years a Slave ( 1853 ), a slave narrative of plantation life on the Red River in Louisiana, and a description of the slave trade in Washington, DC.

* Solomon Northrup, Twelve Years a Slave, Auburn, New York: Derby and Miller, 1853, at Documenting the American South, University of North Carolina

Twelve projects proposed by private groups are at the contract-negotiation stage, Gordon Boyce, director of relations with the voluntary agencies, said in a Washington interview.

Ares was one of the Twelve Olympians in the archaic tradition represented by the Iliad and Odyssey, but Zeus expresses a recurring Greek revulsion toward the god when Ares returns wounded and complaining from the battlefield at Troy:

Twelve voting delegates were seated at the 1st National Congress in 1921, as well as at the 2nd ( in 1922 ), when they represented 195 party members.

A tradition exists among some families to serve twelve different dishes at Wigilia symbolizing the Twelve Apostles, or perhaps, an odd number of dishes for good luck ( usually five, seven, or nine ).

In the contest of wills between Hera and Zeus over whose candidate would be hero, fated to defeat the remaining creatures representing an old order and bring about the reign of the Twelve Olympians, Eurystheus was Hera's candidate and Heracles — though his name implies that at one archaic stage of myth-making he had carried " Hera's fame " — was the candidate of Zeus.

* John never lists all of the Twelve Disciples and names at least one disciple ( Nathanael ) whose name is not found in the synoptics ; Nathanael appears to parallel the apostle Bartholomew found in the synoptics, as both are paired with Philip in the respective gospels.

The following day at the Wilkeses ' barbecue at " Twelve Oaks ," Scarlett informs Ashley she loves him and Ashley admits he cares for her.

His Mansab was raised to Twelve Thousand, in 1585, at the time of his betrothal to his cousin Manbhawati Bai, daughter of Bhagwant Das of Amber.

It is notable for its beautiful and unique sculptures, especially the " Twelve Virgins " at the Northern Gate, the depictions of Otto I the Great and his wife Editha as well as the statues of St Maurice and St Catherine.

* September 20 – Twelve blue cars full of gangsters open fire at the Hawthorne Inn, Al Capone's Chicago headquarters.

* 24 December: The Twelve days of Christmas started at sundown and lasted until Epiphany on 6 January.

Jesus Christ stands at the head of the church and leads the church through revelation given to a living prophet and Twelve Apostles.

Twelve years later, in 1842, at the request of President José Antonio Páez, they were moved from Santa Marta to Caracas, where a monument was set up for his interment in the National Pantheon of Venezuela.

Twelve cities are in the North Island: Auckland, New Plymouth, Tauranga, Gisborne, Napier, Hamilton, Hastings, Palmerston North, Rotorua, Wanganui, Whangarei and Wellington, the capital, located at the southern extremity of the island.

Twelve to fourteen films are presented at each festival, opening with a single film on a Wednesday night and concluding with a single movie the following Sunday.

Twelve subways, up to in length, were excavated at a depth of and used to connect reserve lines to front lines, permitting soldiers to advance to the front quickly, securely and unseen.

Finnian of Clonard is said to have trained the Twelve Apostles of Ireland at Clonard Abbey.

In television, the most notable mockumentaries in the 2000s have been: ABC Australia's The Games ( 1998 – 2000 ), Trailer Park Boys ( 2001-2008 ), the British shows Marion and Geoff ( 2000 ), Twenty Twelve ( 2011-2012 ) ( which follows the fictional Olympic Deliverance Commission in the run up to the London 2012 Olympic Games, The Office ( 2001 ) and its many international offshoots, Come Fly with Me ( 2010 ), which follows the activity at a fictional airport and its variety of staff and passengers.

Twelve thousand people applied for tickets to his funeral at the Metropolitan Opera House at 39th Street and Broadway and the streets were jammed for blocks with a " surging mass " of his admirers.