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Biggest Cities in the Netherlands after the Eighty Years' War (1648)
With the help of a map, can you name the most populous cities with an estimated population of over 5,000 in the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands after its formal independence from Spain on January 30th 1648?
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Population figures are based off this dataset by Dr. E. Buringh.
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Last updated: February 6, 2024
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While a de facto independent confederation since as early as July 26th 1581, the Netherlands only had its independence formally recognized by this treaty on January 30th 1648.
That scramble of land in the south really makes me think. I know it's probably some complicated monarchical thing, but geez... makes you wonder if they were even tangible, enforced boundaries, or just something that existed on paper.
Complex borders like that had existed centuries at this point in time as a consequence of feudalism. The states of the bordering Holy Roman Empire is a greater example of the complexity of medieval boundaries.