Statistics for Dutch History

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
In 1378 the Dutch start using this currency. It would be replaced by the Euro in 2002	Dutch guilder	87%
Corporation founded in 1602. It would become one of the most powerful corporations the world has ever seen. At its height it was the most valuable corporation ever.	Dutch East India Company	83%
In 1947 a famous book is published. It is the diary of this jewish girl.	Anne Frank	80%
On 17th of August 1945 this country declared its independence from the Dutch kingdom.	Indonesia	80%
Country against which the above mentioned war was fought	Spain	80%
This famous Dutch painter completes "De nachtwacht" - Also known as "The Night Watch" in English- in 1642	Rembrandt van Rijn	79%
This disease enters The Netherlands in 1348	Black Death	77%
A type of single-chamber megalithic tomb frequently found in Drenthe. They stem from around 3500 BC	Hunebed	77%
In 1914 the Netherlands declares neutrality in this major European conflict	First world war	76%
In 1815 the Dutch fight alongside the English and multiple German states in this battle where they defeat Napoleon.	Battle of Waterloo	75%
In 1986 the Netherlands creates its 12th province by reclaiming land from the sea. What is the name they give to this provence	Flevoland	75%
In 1747 the republic becomes a de facto monachy when Willem III comes to power. Everybody who didnt wear this colour during his admission could be thrown into the canal	Orange	75%
Seen as the leader of the Dutch during the war	Willem van Oranje	74%
In 1619 the Dutch conquered this city and made it their tradehub in East Asia	Jayakarta	73%
In 1839 the Netherlands officially recognizes this kingdom as an independent nation.	Kingdom of Belgium	73%
In 1928 the Netherlands host this major event	Olympic games	73%
In 2001 the Netherlands became the first country to allow this. Australia was the last country to allow this (december 2017) and Austria is said to be the next country to officially allow this (january 2019).	Same-sex marriage	71%
The Netherlands creates this pact with two closeby countries. This Union would become an international example of cooperation between countries.	The Benelux Union	68%
In 1623 the Dutch called this unethical and forbid anybody to partake in it. In 1635 the Dutch fully adopted this due to their new plantations in Brazil	Slavery	67%
Outbreaks of destruction of religious images in a wave of disorderly attacks in the summer of 1566 that spread rapidly through the Low Countries from south to north.	Beeldenstorm	65%
This company is founded in 1890. It is currently the biggest Dutch company	Royal Dutch Shell	63%
Since 1919 everybody gets this right	Universal suffrage	63%
After this happened on 14 may 1940 the Dutch surrendered to Germany to prevent the same happening to the city of Utrecht.	Rotterdam Blitz	61%
In 1782 the Dutch become the first to officially recognise this country.	United States of America	54%
Dutch prehistory is ended when this guy enters the country in 55 BC	Julius Caesar	51%
This war starts in april of 1568. It is also known as the Dutch war of independence.	Eighty years war	50%
The Dutch trading post Dejima was the only place for direct trade between the western world and this country	Japan	49%
In 1944 this military operation failed and caused the Dutch Famine	Operation Market Garden	48%
The North Sea Flood of 1953 caused major damage to the Netherlands. As a result these projects were authorized, to prevent any flooding disaster in the future.	Delta works	46%
In 1860 this novel written by Multatuli is published. It played a key role in shaping and modifying Dutch colonial policy	Max Havelaar, of de koffi-veilingen der Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappy	43%
This treaty was signed on 23 January 1579 unifying the northern provinces of the Netherlands. It is regarded as the foundation of the Republic of the Seven United Provinces	Union of Utrecht	39%
A period in the Dutch Golden Age during which contract prices for some bulbs of the recently introduced and fashionable tulip reached extraordinarily high levels and then dramatically collapsed in February 1637. It is generally considered the first recorded speculative bubble	Tulip Mania	25%
Treaty that marked the end of the Dutch war of independence.	Peace of Münster	24%
The Netherlands is a cofounder of this European organisation	European Coal and Steel Community	20%
In 1978 the Netherlands makes the use of this system mandatory in jobs, trade and education	Système international d'unités	10%
Antonie Philips van Leeuwenhoek was the first to discover microbes with his selfmade microscope. Initially he gave these microbes a different name.	animalcules / tiny animals	4%
This culture spread from northern France to southern Scandinavia in the north and to Poland in the east. It was found around 12.000 BC in the northern Netherlands in what is now Friesland and Drenthe.	Hamburg culture	4%
The biggest disaster in Dutch history and one of the biggest floods ever recorded. Killing approximately 50.000 to 80.000 people.	St. Lucia flood	1%