History contains concise information on the history of the Netherlands and her national symbols, and the relationship between Amsterdam the capital, and The Hague, the seat of government.

Please visit our richly illustrated website, ‘History of the Netherlands’ (top link right), for a more in-depth account. Users can search for information under fifty different dates and eight separate themes. The dates have been carefully chosen to cover key periods in Dutch history. Brief details are given of each period with links to more detailed articles.