Aelbert Cuyp was born in Dordrecht on October 20, 1620, and also died there on November 15, 1691.

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.

By the late 1940s the ' Type 10 ' was ready to be handed over to Philips ' subsidiary Johan de Witt in Dordrecht to be productionised and incorporated into a generator set as originally planned.

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

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

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.

In 1253 a Latin school was founded in Dordrecht.

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 ").

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.

The Japanese battleship Kaiyō Maru was launched at Dordrecht in 1865.

Dordrecht was finally liberated by the Canadian Army

Much of the finer work was produced in Delft, but simple everyday tin-glazed pottery was made in places such as Gouda, Rotterdam, Amsterdam and Dordrecht.

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.

Dort was a contemporary English term for the town of Dordrecht ( and it remains the local colloquial pronunciation ).

Oudewater took place in the First Free Statescouncil in Dordrecht on July 19, 1572, Oudewater was one of the twelve cities taking part in the first free convention of the States-General in 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.

In 1600 he was made rector of the latin school in Dordrecht, and devoted himself to philology and historical theology.

Some state that it was first made by Gerrit de Vries of Dordrecht in 1954, after he wasn't allowed any more to sell his product as a meatball because of a food law, and changed the product instead of the recipe.

While he continued to reside in Dordrecht until 1673, when he settled in Amsterdam, he visited or even lived in Antwerp between 1665 and 1667.

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.

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 ).

* 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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

The year 1725 is often considered the date of organization in the United States, when a ministers ' conference met in Pennsylvania and adopted the Dordrecht Confession of Faith as their official statement of faith.

Peter Hurkos ( born Pieter van der Hurk on 21 May 1911 in Dordrecht, the Netherlands ; died 1 June 1988 in Los Angeles, California ) was a Dutchman who allegedly manifested extra-sensory perception ( ESP ) after recovering from a head injury and coma caused by a fall from a ladder when aged 30.

The club just missed promotion to the Eredivisie in 1991, but was finally admitted when Dordrecht ' 90 surprisingly merged with neighbouring Schiedamse Voetbal Vereniging ( SVV ) of Schiedam.

Isaac Beeckman ( 10 December 1588, Middelburg – 19 May 1637, Dordrecht ) was a Dutch philosopher and scientist, who, through his studies and contact with leading natural philosophers, may have " virtually given birth to modern atomism ".

Three Drecht cities: Zwijndrecht ( left ), Papendrecht ( top ), and Dordrecht ( right ).

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

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

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The Maas at Dordrecht, c. 1660, ( National Gallery of Art, Washington DC )

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

Other cities with extensive canal networks include: Alkmaar, Amersfoort, Bolsward, Brielle, Delft, Den Bosch, Dokkum, Dordrecht, Enkhuizen, Franeker, Gouda, Haarlem, Harlingen, Leeuwarden, Leiden, Sneek and Utrecht in the Netherlands ; Brugge and Gent in Flanders, Belgium ; Birmingham in England ; Saint Petersburg in Russia ; Hamburg and Berlin in Germany ; Fort Lauderdale and Cape Coral in Florida, United States.

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