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Floods

Floods have been a major influence on Holland over the centuries. Major floods began to be recorded in 838, killing 2,437 people. Thousands were killed by the flood of 1014. Additional floods were recorded in 1042, 1134, 1163, 1170, 1196. History records that 60,000 people were killed by the flood of 1212. Two years later, another flood affected the entire nation. 36,000 people were killed in 1219. 1248, 1277, 1280, 1282, 1287 saw severe floods, and at least 25,000 people were killed in 1362. Thousands of years ago, it is postulated that the shape of what would become Holland was fairly large.

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