ÿþ<html> <head> <title> WHKMLA : Timelines : History of Zeeland</title> <META name="keywords" keyword=""> <!-- copyright Alexander Ganse, 2006-2007 --> </head> <body bgcolor="grey" text="black" link="blue" vlink="red" alink="brown"> <style> <!-- A{ font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-face: arial; } --> </style> <DIV align ="center"> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "../../index.html"> <img src = "../../whkmla2.jpg" border = "0"></a></TD></TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width = "200" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> Zeeland <BR> Index Page </b></font></TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xzeeland.html"> <img src = "../../region/arrowleft.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xzeeland.html"> <img src = "../banners/banzeeland.jpg" border = "0"> </TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <img src = "../../region/arrowright.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD width = "200" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> </b></font></TD></TR></TABLE> <font size = "3" face = "arial"><B><i>First posted on May 14th 2006 </i></b></font><BR><BR><BR><BR> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- function SymError() { return true; } window.onerror = SymError; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-5834279270464755"; google_alternate_color = "FFFFE1"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_channel ="4814426207"; google_ad_type = "text"; //2007-02-17: MIT_ Ganse google_ad_channel = "0420158018"; google_color_border = "FF3300"; google_color_bg = "FFFFE1"; google_color_link = "0000CC"; google_color_url = "008000"; google_color_text = "6F6F6F"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <BR><BR><BR> </div> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center" width = "900"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "5"><B> Timeline : Zeeland </B></font> </TD></TR></TABLE> <BR><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "110"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> <BR><BR> 1125 <BR> 1217 <BR> 1248 <BR> 1299 <BR> 1315 <BR> 1346-1428/1433 <BR> 1428 /1433 <BR> 1530 <BR> 1572-1576 <BR><BR><BR><BR> 1574 <BR> 1579 <BR> 1585 <BR> 1602 <BR> 1747 <BR><BR><BR><BR> 1795-1806 <BR> 1795 <BR> 1795 <BR> 1795 <BR> 1798 <BR><BR> 1806-1810 <BR> 1809 <BR> 1810-1813 <BR><BR><BR><BR> 1815 <BR> 1820 <BR> 1830/1839 <BR> 1860 1868 <BR> 1880 <BR> 1899 <BR> 1919-1920 <BR> 1920 <BR> 1940-1945 <BR> 1940 <BR> 1944 <BR> 1947 <BR> 1953 <BR> 1960-1987 <BR> 1960 <BR> 1971 <BR> 1990 <BR> </font></TD> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "600"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> <B>County, within Holy Roman Empire</B> <BR><BR> Middelburg Abbey founded <BR> Middelburg granted status of a city <BR> Zierikzee granted status of a city <BR> Personal Union of the Counties of Holland, Zeeland and Hainaut <BR> Vlissingen granted status of a city <BR> Bavarian Dynasty <BR> Begin of Burgundian rule <BR> Major inundation <BR> Holland and Zeeland in rebellion against Spain <BR> William of Orange (the Silent) raided Middelburg (still loyal to Spain) <BR><BR> <B>Province, within <A HREF = "../../histdic/lowcountries/hdnlper.html#dutchrepublic">Dutch Republic</A></B> <BR><BR> Zeeland joined the <A HREF = "../../histdic/lowcountries/hdnlper.html#unionofutrecht">Union of Utrecht</A> <BR> Arrival of refugees from Antwerp (sacked by the Spanish) <BR> <A HREF = "../../histdic/lowcountries/hdnlper.html#voc">V.O.C.</A> created; one of her six chambers seated at Middelburg <BR> <A HREF = "../../histdic/lowcountries/hdnlper.html#orangists">Orangist</A> rallies in Zeeland contribute to termination of Second <A HREF = "../../histdic/lowcountries/hdnlper.html#eraofliberty">Era of Liberty</A> <BR><BR> <B>Period of Transition</B> <BR><BR> <A HREF = "../../histdic/lowcountries/hdnlper.html#batavianrepublic">Batavian Republic</A> <BR> The <A HREF = "../../histdic/lowcountries/hdnlper.html#batavianrepublic">Batavian Republic</A> ceded States Flanders to France <BR> Population of Zeeland 114,000 (in her modern borders) <BR> Dutch Blockade of Antwerp (since c. 1590) lifted <BR> Administrative reform in the <A HREF = "../../histdic/lowcountries/hdnlper.html#batavianrepublic">Batavian Republic</A>; Zeeland became part of Department of Schelde & Maas. <BR> <A HREF = "../../histdic/lowcountries/hdnlper.html#kgdholland">Kingdom of Holland</A> <BR> British invasion of Walcheren (attempt to strike at Antwerp) <BR> Zeeland part of French Empire <BR><BR> <B>Provinces, within Kingdom of the Netherlands</B> <BR><BR> Province of Zeeland restored; Zeeuws Flanders annexed <BR> Census : Population 132,000 <BR> Independence of Belgium; Zeeuws Flanders stayed with Zeeland <BR> Census : Population 165,000 <BR> First <A HREF = "../../histdic/lowcountries/hdnlper.html#railroad">railroad</A> in Zeeland connected Goes with Bergen op Zoom <BR> Census : Population 188,000 <BR> Census : Population 216,000 <BR> Belgium claimed Zeeuws Vlaanderen <BR> Census : Population 245,000 <BR> German occupation (World War II) <BR> Middelburg bombed by German airforce <BR> See dyke on Walcheren bombed by the Allies <BR> Census : Population 258,000 <BR> Inundation affecting Zeeland <BR> Construction of the <A HREF = "../../histdic/lowcountries/hdnlper.html#deltaplan">Delta Works</A> <BR> Census : Population 284,000 <BR> Census : Population 316,000 <BR> Omroep Zeeland (Radio Zeeland) launched <BR> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE><BR><BR><BR><BR> </div><div align = "center"> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- function SymError() { return true; } window.onerror = SymError; 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