The Animated History of The Netherlands

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The Netherlands dominated world trade for half a century, dug half their nation out of the ocean, and founded the world's first publicly traded company. But how did they get there in the first place?
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[@Suibhne]

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[@jasonspreyer6009]

Suibhne what about the history of medieval Dutch?

[@redstone59]

Yes.

[@hh8638]

*cough* The Dutch took Malacca with an agreement with Johore *cough*

[@MrFosite]

Kinda feels like you glossed over our golden century a bit fast, like how 1672 in the Netherlands for ever will be known as Rampjaar where we where attacked simultaneously by 2 large German states, France and England and we survived. I would also argue that the Revolution of 1688 was really the moment it went down hill, with the loss of William III and a lot of great men military leaders and merchants with him, 1795 was just the final nail for the United Netherlands before its end.

[@kj_heichou]

@@generalsquirrel9548 ok leuk om te weten

[@thomasturner6980]

Country: *has spices* The Dutch: *you're now my property*

[@InspectHistory]

Oh .. the day when oil is not yet cool?

[@jorisv.l2120]

The funny thing is i am Dutch so......Ik vind dit heel aso en dat accepteren jullie maar want jullie snappen niet wat ik zeg....voor de Nederlanders: were awesome

[@SamAronow]

Except the Tamil Kings. No one conquers the Tamil Kings.

[@IkBenDigio]

@@generalsquirrel9548 The British took at after we conqeured a neighboring colony and british ships suddenly appeared. Also The Netherland didn't help the colony out much so the best option was to trade Suriname.

[@joetoner2486]

ThomasTurner69 im poor

[@brc9739]

G E K O L O N I S E E R D

[@jurnelissen7261]

𝗭 𝗘 𝗚 𝗠 𝗔 𝗞 𝗞 𝗘 𝗥

[@jorisv.l2120]

@@jurnelissen7261 V E R T E L ?

[@jurnelissen7261]

@@jorisv.l2120 𝗦 𝗣 𝗘 𝗖 𝗘 𝗥 𝗜 𝗝 𝗘 𝗡

[@pluhiann]

*K O K O S N O T E N Z I J N N I E T S P E C E R I J E N

[@jorisv.l2120]

@@pluhiann SUPRISED PIKACHU FACE

[@gamingandstuffnl7920]

To be honest I really missed the part about Michiel de Ruyter and how we have beaten the british and french navy like the raid on the medway

[@koenhartholt7033]

And also Erasmus.

[@LordshipArsenal]

And the Zilvervloot

[@larryhats4320]

nothing about isaac de pinto who sold out the VOC to the British East India Company, nothing about the batavia tribe, the flag, the division of charlamagne's empire, the rebellion against william and the stadtholders, but of course: two minutes about a useless operation in "muh liberation war" because we need to value our freedumbs to have a state the size of a shoebox in a suprastate that dictates our future against our interests. But of course.

[@misterkami2]

I was missing the entire history before 900. I mean, there's enough to tell about the Roman times, batavieren, Dokkum, Vikings, Dorestad, the changing coastlines, etc. I also did miss the things you guys mentioned and a little more info on the colonial times with New Amsterdam, Brazil, Japan and also the less pleasant pages in our history would have been more appropriate than some details about the battle around Arnhem

[@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014]

What battle?

[@markmeyer-delvendahl9766]

And what about the last 70 years with them creating Flevoland, losing Indonesia, and joining the EU?

[@gerben2401]

More like creating the EU

[@chickenman6305]

@@gerben2401 thats right

[@gerben2401]

@@EneSacarification eeg, egks, benelux

[@huubm9128]

@@EneSacarification The Netherlands were 1 of the 6 creating the EU

[@huubm9128]

@@EneSacarification yes

[@sjoerdalgra9236]

As a dutch i can say this is semi correct. Also i had a stroke listing to your dutch pernounciation

[@svenwassink9448]

ultra tango hahah kon het amper verstaan

[@RitCore]

😂

[@MegaOllietv]

Ik had geen idee wat diegene zei aan het begin dus ik leesde de Engelse beschrijving

[@Azivegu]

@@MegaOllietv ik moest hetzelfde doen xD

[@DEKIKK]

ik verstond het gewoon.

[@jivanjovan]

**The Dutch have entered the chat* Indonesia: Fakfak

[@MrAaaaazzzzz00009999]

Ngentot bro

[@TheCarlagas]

Was that an EU4 dad joke lmao

[@mohammadrickypratama6720]

Lik3 FakFak in papua right ?

[@prettythang3038]

Free west papua

[@wephoy]

Gw kira komentar para orang belanda eh ternyata orang indo--

[@InspectHistory]

As an Indonesian Creator, I really waiting for this content :) wait .. what just I said?

[@jornoosting6041]

ZEG MAKER GIJ BENT GEKOLONIZEERD

[@InspectHistory]

@@jornoosting6041 dude, Should I bring you my "Bamboo Runcing"? or should I summon "Queen from the South Sea"?

[@sakonbutthead9829]

@@InspectHistory subs in english

[@jorisv.l2120]

@@jornoosting6041 ewa broeder🇳🇱

[@schmeeglesdorp]

@@InspectHistory Bring Bambu Runcing and watch out for Japanese bois

[@gre3nishsinx0Rgold4]

That was quick.. I wasn't satisfied.. i need more Dutch and suibhne goodness.

[@goyonman9655]

Huh?

[@TheDutchMitchell]

Yeah there is such much that he missed. It also should not have ended right after the war.

[@Madmuli]

@@TheDutchMitchell Indeed, he missed about 70 years of recent history

[@Blackadder75]

this was just an advert for amazon audiblw

[@vinnie_2000]

Well I'm Dutch so what do you want to know about our little countrey

[@pauly_orangeman]

You have forgot to mention that the Canadian Army has liberated the Netherlands in World War II. The Dutch would never forget their sacrifices...

[@primuspilusfellatus6501]

Precies

[@mrbrainbob5320]

That was actually the US and Britain Canada was just sent by the US to occupy it.

[@SalixScape]

@@mrbrainbob5320 There's actually a fourth liberator which is almost always forgotten: Poland (e.g. they liberated Breda). Who subsequently got stabbed in the back by the West and were effectively occupied/controlled by the Soviet Union until the end of communism.

[@najnaj733]

@@SalixScape commumism never ended

[@SalixScape]

@@najnaj733 It ended in Poland in 1989. I know it's still in some countries.

[@_iemand_wiejyniekennie_7346]

What is your Home Language??? You speak Dutch like a native Afrikaans speaker.

[@jinjunliu2401]

@Finn Spooner Scandinavian

[@MrFosite]

I belief that is Old Dutch, which Afrikaans and Modern Dutch both derive from.

[@forzaa867]

African*

[@obaiahmed3784]

@@forzaa867 *Afrikaans

[@MrFosite]

@@forzaa867 As Xpert Sand said, Afrikaans, we are talking about language not people.

[@digitalsurreal98]

The Netherlands deserves a longer video IMO. A lot of information, especially events after ww2 are missing

[@Suibhne]

Agreed

[@digitalsurreal98]

@@Suibhne Thanks for replying! I recently discovered the channel and I have really enjoyed these videos, especially the most recent ones. Keep up the good work!

[@TheCarloza]

Kinda sad you didn't mention the rampjaar of 1672 and the raid on the medway of 1667, 2 really important events of the dutch republic, the 1784 war was quite minor compared to these

[@ryanwaasdorp]

Ik vond het ook jammer dat het Rampjaar er niet in zat, zeker omdat dat een belangrijke gebeurtenis is.

[@halorecon95]

Or the Dutch role in the Glorious Revolution, which was the true climax of the Anglo-Dutch wars. The 4th war doesn't really count as it's more then a hundred years after the other three.

[@huubm9128]

En de watersnoodramp

[@ohhi5237]

skipping stones on a frozen river

[@michiel9787]

(not so fun) fact: a lot more Jewish people were deported in the Netherlands than in Belgium, because the Dutch had a better organization and every passport had the holder's religion on it. So the Germans just had to go through the papers of the cities and pick out the ones with a "J" on it and they had the address and everything.

[@lekholokoelekotsoanamoloi9593]

Sad

[@simontenkate9601]

Like todays Palestinians

[@sharkronical]

Friend : Hey do you know what VOC is? Me, an Indonesian : *Vietnam Flashback in Indonesian*

[@thomastakesatollforthedark2231]

Oh we weren't that bad

[@Slobber88]

@@thomastakesatollforthedark2231 We... we were way worse. Like: succesfully genocided a complete culture on the Banda islands. Over nutmeg. I don't even like nutmeg. And that was just the start of 350 years of subjegation.

[@sharkronical]

Thomas takes a toll for the dark Well, as bad as it was, we were nothing without your supports and all, you at least built stuffs in our lands, and a great step-dad PolandBall-wise Ironic how the tallest people-wise country was a coloniser of the shortest lol

[@thomastakesatollforthedark2231]

@@sharkronical well... We were pretty cruel and should have let you go easier. But I'm glad we don't have major problems these days and maybe in the future our relations can grow stronger

[@RealClutchMcGee]

50% sea 50% weed

[@luxembourgishempire2826]

Lol

[@mcgill2391]

Clutch McKaiser 100% seaweed

[@miguelmateus5258]

That’s Amsterdam

[@jorisv.l2120]

@@miguelmateus5258 ja dat klopt Yes thats right... You learnt Dutch today!

[@Altrantis]

And canals.

[@Nielsly]

I like how you included the older borders with lakes and stuff, but the north of Friesland was poldered in way earlier than you showed and the little bit sticking out in the northeast Zuiderzee was a polder constructed before and during ww2

[@moon_song]

nobody: not a single soul: dutchies: G E K O L O N I S E E R D

[@branndly]

Leander why do they even keep saying that, i dont get it

[@MrFosite]

@@branndly It means colonized, it means we toke over now ;)

[@jojboy]

@@branndly it's a Dutch meme. That's why we use it again and again. Besides that is stille Willem a meme. Our first leader. There are a couple of funny songs about him. It's worth to look it up. It's all dutch so you wouldn't understand a word but it sounds fun.

[@prinsmauritsz319]

its a meme from this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/infKl6WsbKaZjdk

[@mokerdikkewasbever]

@@inputsh The Netherlands is a country that people usually forget almost ruled the world

[@boukesiebesma1058]

1:15 A common mistake is that Amsterdam was always a improtant city. Till 1450 it was however a tiny village. around 1200 it were Utrecht and Dordrecht that were of major importance for the Low Countries.

[@bigcountry5520]

the Hague was always important

[@TimDutch]

Dordrecht you mean Dorestad right?

[@henlofrens]

If we're talking about 'the Low Countries' then around 1200 the now Belgian cities of Antwerp/Brugge etc. were way more influental in that age than anytyhing in what is now NL how the turn tables

[@jorregritter3669]

@@TimDutch Dorestad is wijk bij Duurstede right?

[@TimDutch]

@@jorregritter3669 Wijk bij Duurstede was most likely built on/near the ruins of Dorestad.

[@StepwaveMusic]

If anyone is interested, there is a movie about a famous Dutch tactician in the third Anglo-Dutch war. In Dutch it's called Michiel de Ruyter, but I believe the English name is Admiral.

[@StepwaveMusic]

@@McCommentor what? No lol not at all

[@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014]

On Netflix?

[@ohhi5237]

the admiral, there is another (korean) movie by that same name

[@etoiledageo]

Six minutes of bits of wikipedia history and a commercial in no way do justice to Dutch history. Pretty shoddy job. The inacurracies and ommisions are glaring. To name a few: - Naming Amsterdam as a large medieval city - it was just a fishing village at the time - Skipping 100 years of history and then saying the decline was because of a war with England when NL was already a french puppet-state. - Not mentioning Land reclaimation - Not mentioning the Northern renaissance - Lookup Rampjaar.. every Dutch person knows it. - Not mentioning William of Orange during the Dutch revolt, the fact that his descendent came back after Napoleon and got a different title for the same job is much less important. - The Dutch made way more money of the trade within Europe then outside of it.. it was not all colonies.. - Operation Rees really? This was clearly put in to sell a book. Do you know who also wrote a book about WW2? Anne Frank, and it actually takes place in the NL.. - Also when mention WW2 in NL please mention Canadians.. We still love them

[@aminebenarsa1020]

Als je dit allemaal al weet waarom kijk je deze video dan

[@huubm9128]

@@aminebenarsa1020 om te kijken wat anderen denken van Nederland

[@aminebenarsa1020]

@@huubm9128 ja maar de meeste gasten die deze video kijken zijn nederlands

[@huubm9128]

@@aminebenarsa1020 ja maar wat de gene die deze video maakt van NL denkt

[@aminebenarsa1020]

@@huubm9128 oké. Doe wat je niet laten kan

[@bokoe7469]

This was too short tbh, there's way more than just the Hanseatic league, 80 years war and the golden age, everything that happened before and after that was just glossed over, it's a such a shame that you left out so much, so many notable people were left out, even Willem van Oranje wasn't mentioned, he's seen as the father of our country (Vader des Vaderlands).

[@kieranfitz]

Suddenly, a wild Hilbert appears.

[@Altrantis]

*roll Netherlands clip*

[@frisianmouve]

You're right, except i'm not the Hilbert you're thinking of

[@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014]

And a Het Wilhelmus music

[@Ned-nw6ge]

The Dutch Revolt and the 80 Year's War are not the same thing.... The Dutch Revolt was basically a war against the Spanish Habsburg kingdom for independence (cause the Dutch wanted freedom of religion) and the 80 Years War was the result of the Dutch Declaration of independence in 1581. The Spanish King didn't recognize the Dutch Republic as independent, so he basically wanted it back lmao. The two wars intertwined in time, meaning the 80 Year's War started before the Dutch Revolt ended, but they're not the same.

[@ehulsebosch1999]

The Voc didn't engage in slave trade that was the Wic (west Indische compagnie)

[@TimvanderWeyden]

Ik vroeg me al af of iemand hierop zou reageren, maar gelukkig, hier ben je dan. ;)

[@madaraUchiha-gv5dx]

De ooste tog ook dat heb ik op school geleerd

[@NitraatPiraat]

@@madaraUchiha-gv5dx Nee de VOC richtte zich meer op handel (en exploitatie) van Oost-Indie (huidig Indonesie) en de WIC richtte zich meer op de slavenhandel en exploitatie van Zuid-Amerika)

[@madaraUchiha-gv5dx]

@@NitraatPiraat ja ik leer de voc niet de wic

[@NitraatPiraat]

@@madaraUchiha-gv5dx in principe verschillen ze niet heel veel qua hoe ze opereerden

[@Quanahtorri7]

We need to know more about The Netherlands in the early medieval ages! We have an interesting mix of saxon, jute, germanic and franconian influences that could be explored!

[@HYDROCARBON_XD]

Saxons,jutes and Franconians were all Germanic lol

[@davidmccarroll2280]

Germanic is just a larger grouping for people like the Saxons, Jutes and Franconians that you mentioned.

[@corbgeschiedenis9940]

Steal the spice trade, that isn’t a question but the Dutch did it anyways.

[@gilalmeida4253]

Wait why were we dorks?

[@gilalmeida4253]

Anyway that's why we didn't sell you spices anymore, hope i didn't offend you in any way, and i hope i didn't sound like i Hate the netherlands or anything like that...quite the opposite. Not here to start a KZbin fight, i'm just trying to point that out. After all we are all here because we love history, just wanted to make that clear. Hope all is well.

[@ansjepansje123]

Ah a man of culture.... Bill wurtz))

[@ohhi5237]

if you like to hate to visit germany you nazi@@gilalmeida4253

[@ohhi5237]

its not theft if you own it.

[@sams9117]

Too short. Skipped over the interesting bits too fast. Like its early history. :)

[@wouterschoen2598]

I love how you used the background of my hometown Enkhuizen in the opening scene! Thank you for that, it surely surprised me!

[@schkiddows6835]

as a dutchmen, i love it when people try to speak dutch, they always go for a very rural accent like they're speaking dutch but try to sound german while doing it. funny as hell but it does make some words very hard to hear.

[@SirBarKer]

Some important things you are missing: - 1930 Building of the Afsluitdijk - 1953 Zeeland Flooding - Flevoland as new province built from 99% of reclaimed land (1942-1968) - Deltaworks (1950/)1954 - 1997 - Indonesian (1950) and Surinam (1975) independence Sorry for being that typical person who thinks he knows more

[@liphardusmagus5970]

Its okay Bart Boy i forgive you

[@ryanwaasdorp]

Hey man, pretty fun video to watch, nicely done! I'm only a little bit disappointed that you didn't include 'het rampjaar' or the disaster year, especially since it played a pivotal role in the Dutch history. Other than that, great video!

[@Random_Dude17]

Thank you for making this this was so helpful for my research on this topic I’ll definitely put this video in the credits

[@c.florian.c3027]

Please make now a video about Portugal🇵🇹

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

[@joehoe222]

At least your brother would have appreciated it more than you...

[@lottevandervecht520]

Whahaha

[@banaan123ful]

Thank you for the video. Was waiting for this one

[@federicoandrademarambio2913]

Just what I needed, just what I wanted. This is brilliant, thanks!

[@Altrantis]

I saw the thumbnail and my head played the little clip of the Netherlands History with Hilbert always queues in his videos.

[@PatrickAllenNL]

Great effort with speaking Dutch! 🇳🇱 I did not understand the first sentence as I was surprised *shocked* you did that From now on you should do that for all vids. Speak the language of the subject

[@sampolle6989]

Great video! But I have to point out some mistakes. The VOC in itself didnt make the United provinces wealthy, most of the income came from trade in the Baltic sea, the Dutch called it the 'Mothernode' as 80% of Dutch trade income came from there. In the video is also mentionned that the VOC did trade all around the world. This is false as it was only active in the East-Indies. The Dutch company that was active in the America's and Africa was the WIC, West-Indische Compagnie and it was more of a military company than a trade one.

[@tiaxanderson9725]

3:28 I notice you put little WIC flags where the VOC didn't operate, which is a nice attention to detail, but utterly lost on anyone who doesn't already know this if you don't tell them. Also it's my understanding that while certainly wealthy and powerful, the VOC didn't do that much for the Netherlands and it's people; Moedernegotie brought significantly more wealth to the nation and populace.

[@aheroyaheroyalproductions7631]

True !

[@IkBenDigio]

My friend is 50% dutch and 50% indonesian aka Indisch. He told me a story about the Japan invasion and how his grandparents (civilians) got shot at while trying to escape Indonesia. They remember the Japanner more as the Dutch since the citizens became Indisch.

[@dewildlifts]

My 3rd great grandfather immigrated from the Netherlands to the US, always found the Netherlands as a very interesting country.

[@d.c.8828]

Thanks for the history lesson! Just subscribed!

[@saotome6502]

Your videos are always a treat.

[@TheSPQRHistorian]

Great video! Short, sweet and to the point

[@hiddesytsema9155]

You cant win a 3 front war as a minor country. The Dutch: hold my beer.

[@ducovanderwoude6971]

We lost half the country and only saved the west by calling on our ancient adversary: the sea.

[@blacksquidward7124]

Yo keep up he good work ur videos really help me smarter amazing video

[@PillowWillow007]

Holy cow, its another great Suibhne video!

[@MrFosite]

Sorry but you made one flaw about ww2 The Netherlands was not invaded to go around the Maginot line, after all going trough Belgium would be enough, it was to secure the ports in North and South Holland to prevent the British and French from taking them. Yes Netherlands was neutral, so was Norway and they also landed there so the Germans despite earlier promises to keep neutrality which would have helped them with Trade issues, decided to invade before their enemies could.

[@when160]

That not true, Netherlands was a in German hands from 1940-45.

[@MrFosite]

@@when160 Try reading more carefully, cause no where did i say that the Netherlands wasn't occupied. I pointed out that the stated reason "to avoid the Maginot line" was not the reason behind the invasion on the Netherlands.

[@HyperzonMusicalies]

@@MrFosite that was one mistake made by the Dutch in WW2

[@MrFosite]

@@HyperzonMusicalies What was a mistake?

[@HyperzonMusicalies]

@@MrFosite Germany did not invade Netherlands to go in the Maginot line.

[@nicosnow17._.64]

Can you do the animated history of Portugal please, they have an incredible history... !

[@joel3088]

Omg I waited so long for this

[@ananteshesha5788]

Bedankt voor deze video :) Thanks for this Video :)

[@kingbarneyoflondon]

I would have liked to see more on how the Spanish came to control the area

[@pickledbabushka5144]

Long story short: inheritance. The Netherlands were part of the HRE under the Habsburg rule. Kaiser Maximilaan von Habsburg's son, Charles the Fair married Queen Johanna of Spain (her parents had united Castille and Aragorn). But Charles died quite young. So Johanna reigned as queen over Spain. But Johanna was not sane. Johanna la Loca. So Maximiliaan locked his daugter in law up and acted as regent untill his grandson Philips II came of age. Philips inherited some parts of the HRE when Maximilaan passed, including the Netherlands. And so the Netherlands were Spailnish territory.

[@joostgoedhart2005]

@@pickledbabushka5144 no, please learn your history. Most of the Low Country's (who were part of the HRE except Flanders which was part of France) were by some way inherited or bought by the French dukes of Burgundy during the late thirteenth and fourteenth century's. Maximilian, archduke of Austria and later Holy Roman Emperor, married Mary of Burgundy. Their son, Philip the Fair, married Joanna (the Mad) of Aragon and Castille (daughter of Isabella of Castille and Ferdinand of Aragon, you'll probably heard of them) but he died before his father so his son Charles V became not only the Holy Roman Emperor and king of Spain, but also ruler of Austria, the Low Country's and what was left of Burgundy (and don't forget the Spanish colonies). When he abdicated, he gave the HRE to his brother Ferdinand and the rest to his son Philip II. That's why the Dutch were ruled by the Spanish. We only didn't really like them so we rebelled against them and gained independence

[@ducovanderwoude6971]

@@joostgoedhart2005 we didn't dislike the Spanish, we disliked Philip II, we seemed to be fine with Charles.

[@sampolle6989]

kingbarneyoflondon although the reactions under your comment tell how the Spanish inherited it from the Spanish it is important to know that the Spanish inherited the Netherlands from the Bourgondians. These Bourgondians fought many wars and it took almost a hundred year to get everything under their control. To say the Spanish just inherited it is a big simplification. If you are interested how it all went down I would suggest reading about the Kabeljauw wars and the Burgundian inheritence

[@yungfaas6688]

We out here, represent. Impressive Dutch at the beginning btw good job!

[@mrbrainbob5320]

Cringe

[@megaponful]

No mention of Curaçao, Aruba and Bonaire or the other Caribbean islands who formed pat of the WIC? (West Indisch Companie) I find it agravating how in every video those are forgotten as of today they are still part of the netherlands.

[@ddiirrkkiiee]

I don't know if you planned it, but it's really cool seeing this video being uploaded exactly 438 years after the Act of Abjuration (aka Plakkaat van Verlatinghe, 26th of July 1581) which is shortly spoken about at 2:06. Probs to that!

[@LeyenaZoey]

Oh lol, the drawing of the windmills, thats where i live! Zaanse Schans in the Zaanstad area,

[@tompenningdevries6756]

Nice Video, its cool to see the history of my home country. I liked how you tried to prenouce first dutch sentences. Of course you mentioned the VOC, but a that time there were 2 trade company s in The Netherlands, namely the VOC and the WIC( verenigde West Indische Compangie) and they trade in the America s where the VOC trade in Asia. So the setlements in New York, Curacao and Suriname are proporty at that time of the WIC. They had the same rights and duty s as the VOC.

[@tompenningdevries6756]

Also i forgot to mention that during the great depresion The Netherlands started building de Afsluitdijk(it is pretty cool, you should look it up).

[@Stormfox93]

I have to correct you on how much wealth the VOC brought to the Netherlands. The VOC waged a lot of wars and had a huge fleet, which drove costs of operations nearly to a bankruptcy of the company. Yes, it brought spices to the Netherlands, but most of the wealth of the Netherlands came from The Hanseatic League by trading produce. Trading in the Hanseatic League was much more profitable than the VOC and brought coinage to the country, standardizing coins and contributing largely to the economic boom of the Hanseatic cities, such as Zwolle, Deventer and Groningen. The Netherlands had a lot of fertile land from claiming land from the sea. This made most of the country very wealthy. The VOC only made the VOC wealthier, but because it was largely funded by the Dutch Republic, it drained a lot of wealth from the economy which was invested in the VOC colonies.

[@historyhayden]

I love how u tallk in the native langueges for some of the videos and I wish u whould do it more often.

[@dxWizardx]

The Dutch in the intro was like hearing one of my Dutchie Classmates trying to speak English, it’s horrible lol. Well, at least the accent. Also: *_G E K O L O N I S E E R D_*

[@skullgames6043]

G E K O L O N I S E E R D

[@Ezelide]

G e k o l o n i s e e r d Moest ik even doen

[@dikkertjefap9709]

Dukagjin Sylejmani begrijpelijk

[@marjondeleeuw-houbolt4247]

Is geen probleem

[@Timspt8]

Erg begrijpbaar

[@Ezelide]

Bedankt voor jullie begrip

[@joepcommandeur8563]

Logisch

[@Thrym71]

I was waiting for this video but it's waaay too short!

[@french_bread4961]

An excellent treat to wake up to this morning!

[@Van.Je.Af.Is.Harder]

As a Dutchman, it is my duty to declare that in the name of his majesty, King Willem-Alexander, this video has hereby officially been colonized by the Kingdom of the Netherlands!

[@snoepjes]

It’s our property now

[@luukie_nl9960]

I'm Dutch but I do not understand it yet it is all very strange at the beginning

[@saltclaws]

@Emotioness Expression I can assure you that definitely wasn't Afrikaans in the beginning

[@Joyce-he8mt]

Nice that you talked Dutch in the first part!

[@EurasiaOnYT]

Great video! One day I'll make videos like you all! Great video once again! 😊😊😊

[@Rensje1989_]

Spices: *exist* The dutch: its free real estate

[@Willem654]

At least it is not the country that dropped 2 nuclear bombs on another country and murdered their president after still living on colonised land.

[@jamestaylor3623]

The Netherlands 50% Sea 50% Weed

[@jacobwolters2079]

No,

[@inspirationlife4490]

lol

[@jacobwolters2079]

No it's not true mainly in Amsterdam

[@sjakierulez]

@@jacobwolters2079 Or any other (big) city in the Netherlands. Just go watch a coffeeshop for a while and see how many people go in, and also how many differerent kind of people go in. It will suprise you

[@jacobwolters2079]

@@sjakierulez kinda true

[@wietomeiborg1934]

That intro sounds like some sort of regional dialect or old-Dutch, but still, not bad :D Greetings from a proud half-Dutchman :3 Bedankt voor de nuttige video! :D

[@InvisibleTower]

2:32 It's a small difference but really changes the meaning - Stadtholders were "stead holders" rather than "state holders". The word means the same as lieutenant.

[@syro33]

Isn't it "city holders"? Stadt is city, right? So stadtholder is like the leader of the cities.

[@ewowa5014]

You spoke those words so beautiful in the begin of the video! Love it! Understood everything. Even though it sounded like a Frisian accent.

[@jeiku5314]

Canada: Am I a joke to you?

[@topsplay1462]

Indonesie : Am i a joke to you?

[@mariasanchezm.364]

@@HyperzonMusicalies no . Canada is not a joke .

[@Grub370]

Great video cheers

[@Maya_Ruinz]

Great video, short but sweet, I like it.

[@AngryJohnArbuckle]

English persons: Netherlands Me, an Spanish intelectual: Nether Lands

[@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014]

Never… lands

[@sirarthurofwinterfell282]

You should do one about the Baltic States

[@ZacharyRiggs619]

Interesting video with great animation :)

[@tiphaineluccy3795]

Very good work. :D

[@loewiehaans4305]

Can you do please the history of Belgium

[@luxembourgishempire2826]

No do Luxembourg then our friends in Belgium.

[@ldblokland463]

@@luxembourgishempire2826 flag stealers

[@christiaantjahhh]

Bedoel je niet Zuid-Nederland?

[@luxembourgishempire2826]

@@ldblokland463 No

[@RedRocketthefirst]

@@luxembourgishempire2826 Uhhh yeah?Like litteraly.

[@Maxi100ful]

You made a mistake in your maps. You included the Noordoostpolder in the maps. The Noordoostpolder wasn't polderd in untill the 1920's. There were two small islands there (Urk and Schokland). Yet these were very small.

[@goodbanter4427]

Slight correction. "Stad" in "Stadhouder" isn't the Dutch "Stad (city)", but rather the German "Statt (place)". A Stadhouder was a "placeholder" for the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, or rather the one who governed/ruled in his stead.

[@goodbanter4427]

Rotterdam wasn't completely destroyed in WWII either, but rather it's city centre was heavily damaged

[@SpaceDanceOfficial]

My boy flexing some dutch

[@BidenGD]

This man just called Belgium the southern Netherlands For all ya English folks that's a Dutch meme

[@RedRocketthefirst]

*reality

[@Hipstorian]

Despite being one of many animated history channels (takes one to know one), these are definitely among my favorites. And clearly very underrated too, given the views! They're so well animated, well told and above all, snappy. Very good as always!

[@damirimamagic5064]

Could you also do the Animated History Of Belgium please? Or maybe Bosnia, Austria or Switzerland?

[@tatianachernyavskaya5758]

3:33 Meanwhile the Russian Empire,Prussia And Austria are destroying The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

[@niksniks6590]

I Am Dutch end even i need these subtitels XDXDXDXDXD

[@theon9575]

"... created a Republic in 1588 because they couldn't really find a good king." (2:25mins) I don't think so. What is the evidence that they looked unsuccessfully for a king? In "het Plakkaat van Verlatinghe" (1581) the participating States preferred participatory decison making ('polder-model') for commercial strength in a republic-style model. But the military strength, defence of The Lowlands, and leadership provided by the super-rich Orange Stadhouders (Willem of Orange, Maurits, etc. and later in the 17th Century (Orange King William III of England)) made them indispensible. Like Clayton's kings - the king for when you're not having a king. The first time The Netherlands ever looked for a king was after Napoleon got kicked out. And then the House of Orange was invited.

[@trouserslandman]

this desperately needs a longer video

[@urki4224]

History of the part of the world now known as the netherlands starts way earlier with the Frysians and stuff like that but if you are talking about the time it officially became the netherlands then ye you coverd it all

[@paytowin8468]

0:17 that’s just terrible dutch 😂 atleast it’s understandable

[@ramirinot6560]

I actually like the audible book recommendation commercial; perfect tie-in.

[@Strothy2]

That moment when you only live (in Germany) 60 min away from your favorite Dutch Coffeeshop :D

[@florin.simonescu]

Make the history of Romania next pls

[@cathedralboi4970]

Nexst vid belguim pls

[@dutchman1569]

Great video :)

[@jakeparker9261]

My family is originated from the "Hugenoten". They came to the Netherlands due to the fact that France became more catholic and the hugenoten (protestants) were pushed out of the country and fled to the Netherlands. Fun fact, most of them eventually went to Germany so only a few of them like the "Nawijnen" (or the surname translated to english "afterwines") stayed in the Netherlands where I live to this day.