During World War 2,, doctors in The Netherlands and Scandinavia noted a curious fact: despite the stresses of Nazi occupation, the death rate from coronary artery disease was slowly dropping.

During the Napoleonic wars the Kingdom of the Netherlands adopted the French code civil in 1809, however the Dutch colonies in the Cape of Good Hope and Sri Lanka, at the time called Ceylon, were seized by the British to prevent them being used as bases by the French Navy.

During this period of the monopoly most Faroese goods ( wool products, fish, meat ) were taken to the Netherlands where they were sold at pre-determined prices.

* During the Protestant Reformation and the European wars of religion, known as the Beeldenstorm in the Netherlands, Protestants destroyed traditional ( by then considered Catholic ) imagery in churches, including paintings, sculptures and other representations.

During and after its golden age, the Dutch built up a commercial and colonial empire, which fell apart quickly after the Second World War ; the historical ties inherited from its colonial past still influence the foreign relations of the Netherlands.

During the 2006 European heat wave, Kalkar reached a high of 38. 6 ° C ( 101. 5 ° F ) on July 19, and a Weather Underground station in Nijmegen-Dukenburg reached a high of 38. 7 ° C ( 101. 7 ° F ), which, if accepted by the KNMI, would have been a record high for the Netherlands.

During this period, Charles V left for the Netherlands in 1520, making the future pope Regent of Spain, during which time he had to deal with the Revolt of the Comuneros.

During World War II, Allied powers were cut off from their supply of quinine when the Germans conquered the Netherlands and the Japanese controlled the Philippines and Indonesia.

During the Napoleonic Wars, fearing that French control of the Netherlands might deliver Sri Lanka to the French, Great Britain occupied the coastal areas of the island ( which they called Ceylon ) with little difficulty in 1796.

During the War of the Second Coalition ( 1799 – 1801 ), Britain occupied most of the French and Dutch colonies ( the Netherlands had been a satellite of France since 1796 ), but tropical diseases claimed the lives of over 40, 000 troops.

During this period, she ruled the Netherlands on her father's behalf and was so impressed with Boleyn that she offered his daughter Anne a place in her household.

During this period of systematic exploitation, about 800, 000 Belgians fled the Southern Netherlands.

During his diplomatic tour Bodeck visited the Netherlands, France, Switzerland, and England, where he attended the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge.

* 1938: During the first International Youth Congress ( IJK ) in Groet, Netherlands, according to a decision of more than 200 participants from 10 countries the World Youth Organization ( TJO ) was born.

During this period, Portugal shared the island of Timor with the Netherlands East Indies, and later with Indonesia.

During the early 1980s, the Nederpop term was revived to name the sudden growth of Dutch language pop music from the Netherlands.

During the German occupation of the Netherlands, play continued in Dutch football leagues, though the 1945 championship was cancelled as the war came to its conclusion.

During World War II, Utrecht was held by the Germans until the general German surrender of the Netherlands on 5 May 1945.

During the 1980s, independent parties began to spread to other parts of the Netherlands.

During the Congress of Vienna in 1815 France had to give up its rule of the Southern Netherlands.

During his reign Louis ' government returned the Austrian Netherlands ( which were gained following the Battle of Fontenoy ) at Aix-la-Chapelle, and ceded New France at the conclusion of the Seven Years ' War.

During this conflict, French forces successfully overran the entire Austrian Netherlands, a territory long coveted by France.

During the 2010 FIFA World Cup, 36 women clad in orange miniskirts went to the Netherlands vs Denmark match in Johannesburg, using tickets supplied at least in part by British ITV pundit and ex-footballer Robbie Earle.

During the invasion of the Netherlands, the Germans threw into battle almost their entire Luftlandekorps, an airborne assault army corps that consisted of one parachute division and one division of airlanding troops plus the necessary transport capacity.

During Napoleonic wars in Europe, the Netherlands fell under France Republic, and so did its colony in East Indies.

During Europa League games, due to UEFA specifications, the last blocks nearest to the Cottage are used to house away fans rather than the Putney stand.

During Paisley's nine seasons as manager Liverpool won 21 trophies, including three European Cups, a UEFA Cup, six League titles and three consecutive League Cups ; the only domestic trophy to elude him was the FA Cup.

* 1982 – During the UEFA Cup match between FC Spartak Moscow and HFC Haarlem, 66 people are crushed to death in the Luzhniki disaster.

** Luzhniki disaster: During the UEFA Cup match between FC Spartak Moscow and HFC Haarlem, 66 people are crushed to death.

During international sport events, such as the World Cup, UEFA European Football Championship, and the Summer Olympic Games the Wilhelmus is also played.

During the 1994 – 95 UEFA Cup Winners ' Cup, Feyenoord reached the quarter finals after beating Werder Bremen in the second round.

During the 1995 – 96 UEFA Cup Winners ' Cup, Everton and Borussia Mönchengladbach were beaten.

During the 1999 – 2000 UEFA Champions League, Feyenoord participated in the UEFA Champions League for the second time.

During the 2001 / 02 season when Feyenoord won the UEFA Cup a parody was launched of the song " Put your hands up " by Black and White Brothers called " Put your hands up for Pi-Air " as a tribute to Pierre ( Pi-Air ) van Hooijdonk.

During those glory days GKS Tychy also participated in the 1976 – 77 UEFA Cup.

During this period, Sporting competed in the UEFA Cup six times, losing in the Round of 32 four times, and the Round of 16 twice, most recently in 1991-92.

During the following decades, the club bounced back between the first ( 38 seasons ) and second levels ( 32 ), the high point being qualifying for the UEFA Cup after finishing a best-ever third in 1962 – 63 ( ranking joint-first with Real Madrid after the first 15 rounds ), while the lowest was the side's first relegation to Segunda División B, in 1978 ( for a single season ).

During the 1980s, the stadium played host to the 1983 UEFA Cup Winners Cup final which saw Scotland's Aberdeen beat Spanish giants Real Madrid 2 – 1 after extra time.

During 1998 – 99, UEFA rated Camp Nou a five-star stadium for its services and functionalities.

During Celtic's 1 – 0 defeat in a UEFA Cup tie against Lyon on 22 October 1999, Larsson suffered a career-threatening injury, breaking his leg in two places in a challenge with Serge Blanc.

During the UEFA Euro 1996, he was sent home by then manager Guus Hiddink for saying in a radio interview: " Hiddink should stop putting his head in some players ' asses.

During this time it has qualified for the UEFA Cup four times: once as League Cup winners, twice as the Premier League's sixth-placed team and once via the Intertoto Cup.

During the UEFA Euro 2012 group stage game against Spain, the Irish fans started singing the song roughly 83 minutes into the game and sang for the last six minutes of regulation, as well as past the full time whistle, knowing that they were going to be eliminated from the group as they were down by four goals and had failed to accrue the points necessary to remain in the tournament.

During the 2009 – 10 UEFA Europa League qualifying rounds Kewell scored Galatasaray's second goal in a 4 – 1 away win against Israeli club Maccabi Netanya on 30 July 2009.

During the 2000 – 01 season Heskey scored 22 goals for Liverpool as the club won the FA Cup, League Cup and UEFA Cup treble.

Dejan Stanković was the youngest captain ever in Red Star's history. During the 1994 / 1995 season, the UEFA and FIFA accepted Yugoslav football clubs back, but while the national team continued where they had stopped in the spring of 1992, the clubs had all their results erased and were treated as the beginners in the European competitions.

During the 2007 – 08 UEFA Champions League season, Red Star had its last attempt to reach the Champions League against Glasgow Rangers, memories of the glorious 1991 arrived Belgrade, but this time Red Star failed narrowly to the Scottish team ( 0-0, 0-1 away ) and landed in the UEFA Cup.