Rampjaar
May we welcome you to this weblog about the French-Dutch and English-Dutch wars of the 17th and 18th century, initially set up around the year 1672, known in Dutch history as 'disaster year'. The blog deals with local, national and international history, military history, art, culture and wargaming.
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1672 vaandels uniformen vaandel Groningen staatsche leger Grave wargames Ierland Willem III
19 June 2019
German historian Klaus Roider was kind enough to share a find he made in the Neurenberg Archives (!) on the dutch Blue Guards. Their uniforms are reported as being in "full blue",...
De Garde van Willem III ~ William III's Guard
29 March 2019
De redactie kreeg de ingeving eens te kijken in het Marineblad van 1917, waar een referentie stond naar onder andere Colonel Decker, maar ook naar het uniform van de Garde van Stadhouder...
9 February 2019
Link to a video fileAbove a link to the video file by local TV, in the Helperline, an extra defense line that was build to protect the town of Groningen from the south. The white building...
D' ontroerde Leeuw ~ The distressed Lion
10 January 2019
"In January 1671 a certain High German Prince, wrote to one of the Dutch Princesses that he was amazed about the silence in Holland about France's preparations for war" These...