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    Hoorn (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɦoːr(ə)n] ) is a city and municipality in the northwest of the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It is the...
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    Joan van Hoorn (1653–1711) was Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1704 until 1709. Joan (or Johan) van Hoorn was born on 16 November 1653...
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    Andries van Hoorn, or van der Horn (1600 – after 1660), was a Dutch mayor of Haarlem, known best today for his portraits by Frans Hals. He was born in...
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    of Art. It is considered a pendant to the portrait of Maria's husband Andries van Hoorn. Maria Pietersdr Olycan was born in Haarlem in 1607 as the daughter...
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  • 1694) Rotius, Jacob (Hoorn 1644 – Hoorn 1681/82) Rotius, Jan Albertsz (Medemblik 1624 – Hoorn 1666) Royen, Willem Frederiksz van (Haarlem c. 1645 – Berlin...
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    Maria Barnas (born 28 August 1973, Hoorn) is a Dutch writer, poet and artist. 2004 C. Buddingh'-prijs voor nieuwe Nederlandstalige poëzie' for 'Two Suns'...
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    Skene corresponded with the princess and her companion, Countess Anna Maria van Hoorn, and was invited to visit them at Herford Abbey in Westphalia, where...
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  • performer Bob Pistoor (as "Father Pastorius") - performer Niels van Hoorn (as "Niels van Hoornblower") - performer With: Hans Meyer - electronic devices...
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  • in Hoorn to Susanna Maria Gerlings and Hendrik Johan van Ebbenhorst Tengbergen, a government official. Her first music teacher was her aunt, Maria Elizabeth...
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    Hoorn. Other painters from Hoorn were Johannes Bronkhorst, Herman Henstenburgh, and a friend of Alida's father, Otto Marseus van Schrieck. Painters from...
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    Adriaan Teding van Berkhout (Hoorn, 1571 or 1572? — The Hague, 13 August 1620) was an eminent Dutch jurist, justice in the Hof van Holland, and politician...
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    Jan Janszoon van Hoorn's expedition of 1633 was a privateering voyage commissioned by the Dutch West India Company (WIC) against colonial Honduras and...
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    Laurens de Graaf and Nicholas van Hoorn retreated to the island after their attack on Veracruz. Once on the island, Van Hoorn became impatient at delays...
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     100. Dirk J. Barreveld (2002), Tegen de Heeren van de VOC - Isaac Le Maire en de Ontdekking van Kaap Hoorn. SDU. Edward Duyker (ed.) Mirror of the Australian...
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    his mother was Maria van Riebeeck. When his father moved to Batavia in the Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia) in 1662, he sent Van Riebeeck and his...
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    Gies at her home. On 11 January 2010, Gies died, aged 100, in the city of Hoorn after suffering injuries from a fall. Gies was interviewed about her memories...
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    married Maria van Aelst. A year later he returned to the Netherlands as Admiral on the ship Deventer. While on route to the Indies in 1633, Van Diemen...
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  • increasing weakness". It is not unlikely that the appointment of Joan van Hoorn as Director-General, by which he became Chastelein's chief, was the reason...
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    Benedictus van Heutsz was born on 3 February 1851, in Coevorden in the Netherlands. He was the second son of Joannes Franciscus van Heutsz and Maria Lucilla...
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  • villages. May 17–21 – Michel de Grammont, Laurens de Graff and Nicholas van Hoorn lead a group of privateers totalling over 1,000 men in an attack on Veracruz...
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    in the Council of State, together with Philip de Montmorency, Count of Hoorn, and Lamoral, Count of Egmont. They were mainly seeking more political power...
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    National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa Portrait of Philip de Montmorency, Count of Hoorn (c. 1560) - Oil on panel. Present location not known. Portrait of Sir Thomas...
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  • School Hilversum Roland Holst College St. Aloysius College Horizon College Hoorn* Vellesan College Bertrand Russell College Kennemer Lyceum International...
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    Hubertus Johannes "Huib" van Mook (30 May 1894 – 10 May 1965) was a Dutch administrator in the East Indies. During the Indonesian National Revolution...
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    Andries van Hoorn Maria Pietersdochter Olycan Portrait of a man Portrait of a woman Hendrik Swalmius Judith van Breda Albert van Nierop Cornelia van der Meer...
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    Retrieved 11 August 2016. Notes The royal detective Koningskind (2011) by Rob van Hoorn and the thriller IV (2013) by Arjen Lubach both revolve around a fictional...
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  • Governors general Willem van Outhoorn, Governors general (1691–1704) Joan van Hoorn, Governors general (1704–1709) Abraham van Riebeeck, Governors general...
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    Marguerite van Hardenbroek (1903) The Inmates of my House (1915) Portrait of a Girl (1918) Portrait of Johanna Eugenia Theadora Van Hoorn Schouwe (1918)...
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  • Pink Dots, released in 1990. The album is a cult fan favorite. Niels van Hoorn contributed on flute, saxophones, and clarinet. The Chicago Tribune wrote:...
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  • Alida (Alie) Wilhelmina Vlam, later known as Edelman-Vlam (Hoorn, 6 July 1909 – Wageningen, 17 February 1999), was a Dutch social geographer and one of...
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