Five Brothers and a War

History—Pre-history to 1400 AD Summary

DATE

EVENT

50 BC -400 AD Romans ruled the southern part of Holland

1 - 100 AD

Frisians settled in northern Holland

600 - 700

Frisians clashed with Franks

838

Large portion of northwest Holland flooded; over 2,400 died

1170

First All Saints' Flood inundated Holland and Zuider Zee region

Large flood in Noord Holland killed 60,000

1212

1219

St. Marcellus Flood killed 36,000

1287

Zuider Zee seawall collapsed; 50,000 died

holland

1299

Count of Holland gained control of Zeeland

1300s

French Dukes of Burgundy united all of the Low Countries

1301

Holland defeated Lichtenberg at Battle of Breukelen

1345

Frisians defeated Dutch at Warns

1362

Storm surge kills 25,000; sixty parishes destroyed in Slesvig

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