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Vlie

waterway between the Dutch islands of Vlieland and Terschelling

7 dated entries naming Vlie, drawn from 7 separate years between 719 CE and 1666 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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8th century

  • 719Frisian–Frankish War: Charles Martel defeats Redbad, King of the Frisians. He easily invades Frisia (modern Netherlands) and subjugates the territory. Charles also crosses the Rhine and annexes "farther" Frisia, to the banks of the River Vlie.source

11th century

  • 1052Dirk V, count of Friesland (west of the Vlie) (d. 1091)source
  • 1061June 28 – Floris I, count of Friesland (west of the Vlie)source
  • 1091June 17 – Dirk V, count of Friesland (west of the Vlie) (b. 1052)source

16th century

  • 1596May 18 – Willem Barents leaves Vlie, on his third and final Arctic voyage.source

17th century

  • 1658October 7 – The Netherlands enters the Dano-Swedish War to come to the rescue of Denmark, sending a 45-ship fleet from Vlie.source
  • 1666August 19 (August 9 Julian calendar) – Rear Admiral Robert Holmes leads an English Royal Navy raid on the Dutch island of Terschelling, destroying 150 merchant ships in the Vlie estuary over a period of two days, and pillaging the town of West-Terschelling. The action becomes known as "Holmes's Bonfire".source

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