It is this reluctance which was felt by the Rijksmuseum to reattribute works to other painters ( Abraham van Calraet does not even appear in a Museum catalogue until 1926, and even then he is not given his own entry ) which shows how important it is to art historians that painters are accurately connected to their works — and this is continuously necessary for those of Aelbert Cuyp, as Dordrecht ’ s most famous painter may not in fact be Dordrecht ’ s most famous painter.

* November 17 – November 19 – St. Elizabeth flood: The coastal area near Dordrecht in the Netherlands is flooded due to the extremely high tide of the North Sea ; 72 villages are drowned, killing about 10, 000 people.

Dordrecht (), colloquially Dordt, historically in English named Dort, is a city and municipality in the western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland.

Dordrecht is the largest and most important city in the Drechtsteden and is also part of the Randstad, the main conurbation in the Netherlands.

Dordrecht is the oldest city in Holland and has a rich history and culture.

Dordrecht is divided into 27 districts, neighbourhoods and hamlets:

For road traffic to Dordrecht there is a ferry to cross the Nieuwe Merwede river.

The Arkel railway station, on the Elst – Dordrecht railway, is situated in the municipality Giessenlanden.

It is connected to Dordrecht by means of the Kil Tunnel.

The Hardinxveld-Giessendam railway station, on the Elst – Dordrecht railway, is situated in the municipality.

The Leerdam railway station is situated on the Elst – Dordrecht railway.

There is a road bridge and, more to the east, a railroad bridge between the train stations Dordrecht Stadspolders and Hardinxveld-Giessendam on the line Dordrecht-Gorinchem.

There is partly a common tariff system with four smaller passenger train operating companies — Syntus and Connexxion in the east, Veolia on the ' Maaslijn ' and ' Heuvellandlijn ' in the south east, Arriva in the north of the country and on the ' Merwede-Lingelijn ' ( from Dordrecht to Geldermalsen ).

There are no bridges or tunnels crossing the Nieuwe Merwede, but there is a car ferry from the Island of Dordrecht on the west at " Kop van't Land " to Brabantse Oever, Werkendam ( Biesbosch ).

It is speculated on slender evidence that he also worked in Dordrecht.

Nicolaas Bloembergen ( born Dordrecht, March 11, 1920 ) is a Dutch-American physicist and Nobel laureate.

Maurice systematically removed Arminian magistrates from office and called a national synod at Dordrecht.

The municipality covers the entire Dordrecht Island, also often called Het Eiland van Dordt ( the Island of Dordt ), bordered by the rivers Oude Maas, Beneden Merwede, Nieuwe Merwede, Hollands Diep, and Dordtsche Kil.

In earlier centuries, Dordrecht was a major trade port, well known to British merchants, and was called Dort in English.

This secret meeting, called by the city of Dordrecht, was a rebellious act since only King Philip II or his stadtholder, at that time the Duke of Alva, were allowed to call a meeting of the states.

The Union of Dordrecht was held in an Augustinian monastery, nowadays simply called het Hof (" the Court ").

In 1618 / 1619, an important religious meeting took place in Dordrecht, called the Synod of Dordrecht.

In 1619 Frederik de Houtman, in the VOC ship Dordrecht, and Jacob d ' Edel, in another VOC ship Amsterdam, sighted land on the Australian coast near present day Perth which they called d ' Edelsland.

In 1619 he, in the VOC ship Dordrecht, and Jacob d ' Edel, in another VOC ship Amsterdam, sighted land on the Australian coast near present-day Perth which they called d ' Edelsland.

In 1624 he moved from Middelburg to Dordrecht, where he soon after published his ethical work called Houwelick (" Marriage "); and this was followed by an entire series of moral pieces.

The Synod of Dort ( also known as the Synod of Dordt or the Synod of Dordrecht ) was a National Synod held in Dordrecht in 1618 – 1619, by the Dutch Reformed Church, to settle a divisive controversy initiated by the rise of Arminianism.

The college name is a reference to the Synod of Dordt ( Dordrecht ).

From 1618 to 1619 the international Reformed churches, with representatives from several countries, met at the Synod or Council of Dordrecht ( Dordt ) in the Netherlands and there collectively stated their faith, summarizing biblical teachings in the Canons of the Council of Dordrecht.

* Four towns of the county of Holland ( Dordrecht, Haarlem, Leiden and Alkmaar ) and two of the county of Zeeland ( Middelburg and Zierikzee ) accept for the first time to collectively secure a loan by their sovereign, Floris V. This system gives important securities to the lenders and allows the ruler to access the same low interest rates as the cities ’ governments.

* from the island of Dordrecht on the southeast by the Oude Maas

Godson, Atmospheric Thermodynamics, published by D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 1973, 222 pages

Around 1120 the first reference to Dordrecht was made by a remark that count Dirk IV was murdered 1049 near " Thuredrech ".

View of Dordrecht, by Aelbert Cuyp.

Dordrecht was granted city rights by William I, Count of Holland, in 1220, making it the oldest city in the present province of South Holland.

Dordrecht around 1565, by Jacob van DeventerIn 1572, four years into the Dutch Revolt, representatives of all the cities of Holland, with the exception of Amsterdam, as well as the Watergeuzen, represented by William II de la Marck, gathered in Dordrecht to hold the Eerste Vrije Statenvergadering (" First Assembly of the Free States "), also known as the Unie van Dordrecht (" Union of Dordrecht ").

From 1780 to 1787, Dordrecht was home to the Patriots faction which intended to remove the hereditary Stadtholder position held by the House of Orange-Nassau.

Dordrecht was finally liberated by the Canadian Army

* Józef Maria Bocheński 1960 Précis of Mathematical Logic, translated from the French and German editions by Otto Bird, D. Reidel, Dordrecht, South Holland.

Synod of Dordrecht ( 1729 ), by Bernard Picart.

In the 12th and 13th centuries, Dordrecht developed into an important market city because of its strategic location.

At the end of the Second World War, during the winter of 1944 – 45, Dordrecht and its surroundings were in the middle between the opposing armies.

* R. K. Young, Wavelet Theory and its Applications, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 1993

The amateur branch remained DFC Dordrecht, while its professional counterpart became simply FC Dordrecht.

In 1990, another investor gave the club its third name of Dordrecht ' 90.