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 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.

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

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.

Founded in 1328, it is the second oldest school in the Netherlands with recorded date of establishment ( after the Johan de Witt-gymnasium in Dordrecht, established 1253 ).

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

He was secretary of the city of Dordrecht

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

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.

Dordrecht, Holland: Reidel.

* South Holland: Dordrecht, Maassluis, Rotterdam

* 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.

On 17 April 1421, the Saint Elisabeth's flood flooded large parts of southern Holland, causing Dordrecht to become an island.

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 ").

Yet throughout the centuries, Dordrecht held a key position in the defense of Holland.

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

After Edward I moved his trade in wool from Dordrecht in Holland to Mechelen in Brabant, to gain Flanders's support against France, Floris switched sides to France in 1296.

The States of Holland, assembling at Dordrecht in 1572, openly declared against Alba's government, and marshaled under the banners of the prince of Orange.

In 1650 he was appointed leader of the deputation of Dordrecht to the States of Holland, the year that stadtholder William II of Orange died.

by D. Davidson and G. Harman, Dordrecht, Holland: Reidel, pp. 253 – 355.

In the event, he took Breda in Brabant and prepared to cross into Holland and capture Dordrecht.

Dordrecht / Holland: D.

) Dordrecht / Holland: D. Reidel, vii, 479 pp.

He was born on 15 June 1623 in Dordrecht, Holland, Dutch Republic.

In 1650 he became burgomaster of Dordrecht and member of the States of Holland and West Friesland.