County of Holland
state of the Holy Roman Empire and part of the Habsburg Netherlands: in 1579 became partly the Dutch Republic
38 dated entries naming County of Holland, drawn from 35 separate years between 955 CE and 1488 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.
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10th century
11th century
- 1017Floris I, count of Friesland west of the Vlie (approximate date)source
- 1030Gertrude of Saxony, countess of Holland (approximate date)source
- 1039May 27 – Dirk III (or Theodoric), count of Hollandsource
- 1049January 13 – Dirk IV, count of Friesland west of the Vliesource
- 1052Dirk V, count of Friesland (west of the Vlie) (d. 1091)source
- 1061June 28 – Count Floris I is ambushed on a retreat from Zaltbommel and killed by German troops at Nederhemert. Most of West Frisia (later part of the County of Holland) is conquered and annexed by the Holy Roman Empire.source
- 1061June 28 – Floris I, count of Friesland (west of the Vlie)source
- 1076Summer – Dirk V, count of Holland, re-conquers West Frisia (modern Netherlands) from the Archdiocese of Utrecht. He besieges Bishop Conrad at the castle of IJsselmonde, taking him prisoner.source
- 1082Petronilla of Lorraine, countess and regent of Holland (d. 1144)source
- 1091June 17 – Dirk V, count of Friesland (west of the Vlie) (b. 1052)source
12th century
- 1113August 4 – Gertrude of Saxony, countess of Hollandsource
- 1114Dirk VI (or Theodoric), count of Holland (d. 1157)source
- 1121March 2 – Floris II ("the Fat"), count of Holland (b. 1085)source
- 1121March 2 – Petronilla of Lorraine becomes regent of Holland (Low Countries) after her husband, Floris II ("the Fat") dies. He is succeeded by his 6-year-old son Dirk VI (Theodoric).source
- 1132October 26 – Floris the Black, Dutch count of Hollandsource
- 1133Rijnsburg Abbey is founded by Petronilla of Lorraine, countess and regent of Holland.source
- 1144May 23 – Petronilla of Lorraine, countess of Holland (b. 1082)source
- 1167William I, count of Holland (Low Countries) (d. 1222)source
13th century
- 1247John II Avesnes, count of Hainaut and Holland (d. 1304)source
- 1253July 4 – William II, count of Holland, defeats the Flemish forces under Guy of Dampierre at Westkapelle. He forced him and his mother, Margaret II, to respect the division of Flanders and Hainaut.source
- 1254June 24 – Floris V, count of Holland and Zeeland (d. 1296)source
- 1272August 20 – Battle of Heiloo: Floris V, count of Holland, makes an unsuccessful attack on Frisia in an attempt to recover the body of his father, William II, who was killed (16 years ago) by the Frisians near Hoogwoud (modern Netherlands).source
- 1275October 27 – Floris V, count of Holland, grants the city of Amsterdam freedom from taxes (called a road toll).source
- 1282Dutch forces led by Floris V, count of Holland, attack and defeat the West Frisians at the battle of Vronen. He succeeds in retrieving the body of his father, William II, some 26 years dead.source
- 1284John I, Dutch nobleman (House of Holland) (d. 1299)source
- 1291Four towns of the County of Holland (Dordrecht, Haarlem, Leiden and Alkmaar) and two of the County of Zeeland (Middelburg and Zierikzee) agree collectively to secure a loan by their sovereign, Count Floris V. This gives important securities to the lenders, and allows Floris to access the same low interest rates as the cities’ governments.source
- 1299November 10 – John I, count of Holland, dies and is succeeded by his uncle John II. He establishes a personal union with the County of Hainaut.source
14th century
- 1323March 6 – Treaty of Paris: Count Louis I relinquishes Flemish claims over the County of Zeeland. He acknowledges William II the Good as count of Avesnes, Holland, and Zeeland as a state within the Holy Roman Empire. William occupies most of the Bishopric of Utrecht and tries to conquer Friesland (or Frisia) but is repelled by Governor Hessel Martena.source
- 1350May 23 (possible date) – Hook and Cod wars in the County of Holland: A number of nobles and progressive cities supporting William V, Count of Holland, in his power struggle with his mother Margaret I, Countess of Holland, found the Cod League and perhaps sign the Cod Alliance Treaty.source
- 1350September 5 – Hook and Cod wars in the County of Holland: Conservative noblemen found the Hook League and sign the Hook Alliance Treaty.source
- 1396August 29 – The Battle of Schoterzijl is fought in the third of the Friso-Hollandic Wars between Holland, led by Albert I, Duke of Bavaria, and Friesland, a semi-independent kingdom, led by Juw Juwinga. Although Juwinga is killed in battle, the Frisians are able to hold onto independence.source
15th century
- 1438April 14 – The County of Holland declares war on several cities of the Hanseatic League, triggering the Dutch–Hanseatic War.source
- 1464January 6 – The first assembly ever of the States General of the Netherlands is held as representatives from at least 17 provinces of the Burgundian Netherlands gather at Bruges. At least 81 delegates come from the clergy, nobility and general public from the Duchy of Brabant, the County of Flanders, Lille, Douai and Orchies, the County of Artois, the County of Hainaut, the County of Holland, the County of Zeeland, the County of Namur, the Lordship of Mechelen, and the Boulonnais, all with the reluctant assent of Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy.source
- 1488November 18 – In the "Squire Francis War" (Jonker Fransenoorlog), a new phase of the Dutch civil war in the Burgundian Netherlands county of Holland, the rebel army of the Hook faction, led by Frans van Brederode, captures the city of Rotterdam, capital of Holland.source