{"slug": "stadtholder", "label": "Stadtholder", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadtholder", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q325380", "qid": "Q325380", "description": "governor of one or more provinces in the Netherlands from the late Middle Ages to the 18th century", "entries": 9, "years": 9, "span": [1584, 1795], "span_label": ["1584 CE", "1795 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "dutch-republic", "label": "Dutch Republic", "shared": 6}, {"slug": "william-iii-of-england", "label": "William III of England", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "zeeland", "label": "Zeeland", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "holland", "label": "Holland", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "james-ii-of-england", "label": "James II of England", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "william-the-silent", "label": "William the Silent", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mary-ii", "label": "Mary II", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "dorset", "label": "Dorset", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "protestant", "label": "Protestant", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1584, "year_label": "1584 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 10", "text": "July 10 – Willem van Oranje, the leader of the Dutch Republic as Stadtholder of Holland, is assassinated in Delft. Balthasar Gérard, who bought two wheel-lock pistols and then made an appointment with at the Prinsenhof, shoots William in the chest at close range and fatally wounds him, making William the first head of state to be assassinated with a handgun.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369561067#July–September", "title": "1584", "revid": 1369561067, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1667, "year_label": "1667 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 5", "text": "August 5 – The province of Holland in the Dutch Republic passes the \"Perpetual Edict\" declaring that it will no longer acknowledge the authority of the republic's Stadtholder, and other provinces soon follow suit.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365989201#July–September", "title": "1667", "revid": 1365989201, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1672, "year_label": "1672 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "July 4", "text": "July 4 – William III of Orange is appointed Stadtholder of Holland and Zeeland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365992116#July–September", "title": "1672", "revid": 1365992116, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1674, "year_label": "1674 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "April 26", "text": "April 26 – In the Netherlands, the jurisdiction of Willem, Prince of Orange, Stadtholder of Holland (on the west coast, including Amsterdam and Rotterdam) and Zeeland (southwest coast, including Middelburg, Zeeland), increases in the Dutch Republic as his followers in the inland States of Utrecht (Utrecht, Gelderland and Overijssel) designate him as the hereditary stadtholder. In 1689, he becomes the King of England in addition to his role as the Stadtholder of the Netherlands.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365128656#April–June", "title": "1674", "revid": 1365128656, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1686, "year_label": "1686 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "July 17", "text": "July 17 – King James II of England appoints four Roman Catholics to the Privy Council of England, in defiance of the Test Acts, which bar Catholics from public office. Suspicions about James's intentions lead to a group of conspirators meeting at Charborough House in Dorset, to plan his overthrow and replacement with the Protestant Dutch Stadtholder, William III of Orange-Nassau (James's son-in-law).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368502958#July–September", "title": "1686", "revid": 1368502958, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1695, "year_label": "1695 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "January 7", "text": "January 7 (December 28, 1694 O.S.) – The United Kingdom's last joint monarchy, the reign of husband-and-wife King William III and Queen Mary II comes to an end with the death of Queen Mary, at the age of 32. Princess Mary had been installed as the monarch along with her husband and cousin, Willem Hendrik von Oranje, Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic, in 1689 after King James II was deposed by Willem during the \"Glorious Revolution\".", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368691153#January–March", "title": "1695", "revid": 1368691153, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1696, "year_label": "1696 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "August 13", "text": "August 13 – The Dutch state of Drenthe makes William III of Orange its Stadtholder.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361123555#July–September", "title": "1696", "revid": 1361123555, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1751, "year_label": "1751 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 22", "text": "October 22 – William V, Prince of Orange, the three-year-old son of the late William IV, becomes the last Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic. During his minority, his mother, Princess Anne, acts as regent until her death in 1759. Upon becoming of age in 1766, he will have a corrupt reign as the Republic's head of state until the office is abolished on February 23, 1785.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351037611#October–December", "title": "1751", "revid": 1351037611, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1795, "year_label": "1795 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 18", "text": "January 18 – Batavian Revolution in Amsterdam: William V, Prince of Orange, Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic (Republic of the Seven United Netherlands), flees the country.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352627752#January–June", "title": "1795", "revid": 1352627752, "section": "Events › January–June"}}]}