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 oldest city in Holland and has a rich history and culture.

Dordrecht is informally called Dordt by its inhabitants.

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.

The NS covers most of the country, with almost all cities connected, mostly with a service frequency of two trains an hour or more ( and at least four trains per hour between all of the largest 5 cities: Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Utrecht and Eindhoven as well as some larger cities: Nijmegen, Amersfoort, Arnhem ,'s-Hertogenbosch, Dordrecht and Leiden ).

It was the second largest city in historical Holland after Dordrecht and before Delft, Leiden, Amsterdam, Gouda and Rotterdam.

Vondel became in a week the most famous writer in the Netherlands and for the next twelve years, until the accession of stadtholder Frederick Henry, had to maintain a hand-to-hand combat with the Calvinists of Dordrecht.

His father was Jacob de Witt, an influential regent and burgher from the patrician class in the city of Dordrecht, which in the seventeenth century, was one of the most important cities of the dominating province of Holland.

Godfried Schalcken was born in 1643 at Dordrecht, and he studied under Samuel van Hoogstraten in Dordrecht before he moved to Leiden, into the studio of Gerard Dou ( 1613 – 1675 ), one of Rembrandt's most famous pupils.

Although the Dordtse Biesbosch is most important for farmers, it also has several recreational area's which serves as the " playground " for the people of Dordrecht.

Undoubtedly the most famous player to wear a Dordrecht shirt was Johan Cruijff, who played 3 friendly matches for the club in January 1981.

* 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.

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

Dordrecht was made even more important when it was given staple right in 1299.

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

Another important aspect in the schism was a conference held at Ohnenheim, Alsace, by several Swiss Brethren ministers and elders in 1660, in which they formally adopted the Dordrecht Confession of Faith that had been drawn up by Dutch Mennonites.

The States General started to convene in the rebel city of Dordrecht, and by 18 July, only the important cities of Amsterdam and Schoonhoven openly supported the Crown.

The Confessio was also accepted in other European Protestant regions in Bohemia, Hungary, Poland, the Netherlands, and Scotland, and together with the Heidelberg Catechism of 1563, where Bullinger also played an important role, and the Canons of Dordrecht of 1619 it would become the theological foundation of Protestantism of the Calvinist strain.

Light-drenched washes of golden brown ink depict a distant view of the city of Dordrecht or Utrecht.

* Dordrecht receives city rights, making it the oldest city in the present-day Netherlands.

Satellite image of part of the Rhine-Meuse delta, showing the Island of Dordrecht and the eponymous city ( 7 )

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.

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.

In the 18th century, the importance of Dordrecht began to wane, and Rotterdam became the main city in the region.

Meanwhile the National Synod was convened in the city of Dordrecht in November, 1618.

He came into conflict with the city of Dordrecht and was killed there by a mob on 30 August 1299.

De Witt controlled the Netherlands political system from around 1650 until shortly before his spectacular death in 1672 working with various factions from nearly all the major cities, especially his hometown, Dordrecht, and the city of birth of his wife, Amsterdam.

He was secretary of the city of Dordrecht

Dordrecht was founded in 1856 by a minister Pastor Smithdorff of the Dutch Reformed Church and named after a city of South-West Netherlands.

* Dordrecht, ( English: Dort ) a city in the Netherlands

The part of the Biesbosch that borders the city of Dordrecht.

After the flood, three areas remained: the Island of Dordrecht to the west, the Land van Altena ( with the city of Woudrichem ) to the east, and the brackish swamps of the Biesbosch in between.

At the lower point where the flood water reached the city of Dordrecht is the point where flood water still remains today.

FC Dordrecht is a football club from the city of Dordrecht in the Netherlands, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie.