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    The Dom Tower (Dutch: Domtoren 'Cathedral Tower') of Utrecht is the tallest church tower in the Netherlands, at 112.32 metres (368,5 feet) in height. It...
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    Utrecht, or Dom Church (Dutch: Domkerk), is a Gothic church dedicated to Saint Martin of Tours, which was the cathedral of the Diocese of Utrecht during...
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    there were four collegiate churches in Utrecht: St. Salvator's Church (demolished in the 16th century), on the Dom square, dating back to the early 8th...
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  • Zuiderhuis. (130 ft) (A) Jaarsveld (or Huis te Jaarsveld). (130 ft) (A) Dom van Utrecht. (130 ft) (A) Huis te Kruiningen (140 ft) – originally ordered for...
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    mayor of Utrecht unveiled an inlaid memorial tablet in the Dom Square, at an angle to Dom Tower. The Utrecht Bellringers Guild awards the Jacob van Eyck Prize...
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  • Zoudenbalch (category History of Utrecht (province))
    in Het Utrechts Archief. P. Borst, etc., "Graven en begraven in de Dom van Utrecht", Bunnik 1997. Renger de Bruin, etc., "The city of Utrecht through...
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    commanded by James Stuart, Duke of York, faced 107 Dutch ships led by Jacob van Wassenaer, Baron Obdam. The battle ended in a victory for the English, capturing...
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    hit the country: the flooding of Stavoren in 1657, the collapse of the Utrecht Dom Church's nave in 1674 due to an intense storm now thought to have been...
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    Utrecht (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈytrɛxt] ), officially the Province of Utrecht (Dutch: Provincie Utrecht), is a province of the Netherlands. It is located...
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    Trijn van Leemput (c. 1530–1607) was a Dutch heroine of the Eighty Years' War against Spain. According to local legend in Utrecht, she led a large group...
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    Peace of Utrecht was a series of peace treaties signed by the belligerents in the War of the Spanish Succession, in the Dutch city of Utrecht between April...
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    so damaged Tromp's Wapen van Utrecht that Tromp was forced to retire and was unable to return to action; the Dom van Utrecht was forced to surrender to...
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    demand of Henry of the Palatinate, Prince-Bishop of Utrecht, Habsburg forces under Georg Schenck van Toutenburg, liberated the Bishopric, which was occupied...
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  • Threedecks. Retrieved 17 November 2019. "Dutch Third Rate ship of the line 'Dom van Utrecht' (1694)". Threedecks. Retrieved 17 November 2019. "British Sixth Rate...
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  • of the history of the municipality of Utrecht, Netherlands. ~50 AD - Roman fortress built on what is now the Dom square as part of the Limes Germanicus...
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    collegiate churches in Utrecht, Netherlands, before the Protestant Reformation. The others were St. Martin's Cathedral (the present-day Dom Church), St. Peter's...
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  • Frederick van Sierck (died 20 July 1322) served as Bishop of Utrecht from 1317 until his death in 1322. Frederick van Sierck was the protégé of William...
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    Cologne Cathedral (German: Kölner Dom, pronounced [ˌkœlnɐ ˈdoːm] , officially Hohe Domkirche Sankt Petrus, English: Cathedral Church of Saint Peter) is...
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    appointed as bishop of Utrecht by the pope. The Utrecht chapters, however, had elected the Hook-favoured provost Gijsbrecht van Brederode as bishop. But...
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  • John or Jan van Diest (died 1 June 1340) served as Bishop of Utrecht from 1322 until his death in 1340. Jan descended from a noble family from Brabant...
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    Winkel van Sinkel was the first department store in The Netherlands, built between 1837 and 1839 and located at Oudegracht 158 in Utrecht. The Winkel van Sinkel...
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    Rudolf van Diepholt (c. 1390 – Vollenhove, 24 March 1455) or Rudolf of Diepholz was a bishop of Utrecht from 1423 to 1455 and bishop of Osnabrück from...
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    of Orange-Nassau, and Jonkheer van Amsberg. Prince Friso was baptized on 28 December 1968 in the Dom Church in Utrecht. His godparents were Prince Harald...
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    Chriet Titulaer (category Utrecht University alumni)
    Dutch) De Dom-raket aan de Domtoren te Utrecht Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, Utrechts Archief (Photo of the "rocket" on the Dom Tower)...
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  • Henry (or Hendrik) van Vianden (died 4 June 1267) was a bishop of Utrecht from 1249 to 1267. He was the son of Henry I, Count of Vianden and Margaret,...
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    The Utrecht ship is a tenth-century cargo ship found during excavation works at the Van Hoornekade in Northern Utrecht, Netherlands, in 1930. It is displayed...
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    Le Guess Who? (category Events in Utrecht (city))
    of Utrecht (TivoliVredenburg, De Helling, EKKO, dB's, etc.), but also theaters, clubs and the main churches of the city (like for example the Dom Church...
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    of Utrecht. Dom Thierry de Viaixnvs seems to have inquired into the thoughts of French bishops on the matter. In a letter to the Chapter of Utrecht dated...
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  • Laurens Johannes van Rooyen was born in Utrecht, Netherlands, as the oldest son of a grocer. After grammar school he studied at the Utrecht Conservatory of...
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  • Strasbourg from 1375 to 1393 and then as Bishop of Utrecht from 1393 until his death in 1423. Frederik van Blankenheim studied law in Paris and was named...
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