The German kings and emperors ruled the Netherlands in the 10th and 11th ••••••••.
area Only Irian, the western half of New Guinea remained under Dutch control as Netherlands New Guinea until 1961, when the Netherlands transferred sovereignty of this area to Indonesia.
century Great work!
government According to Dutch government engineers, the odds of a major inundation anywhere in the Netherlands are now one in 10,000 years.
war Most of the war consisted of a series of largely successful British operations against Dutch colonial economic interests, although British and Dutch naval forces also met once off the Dutch coast.