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Deventer

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Deventer is a city and municipality in the Salland region of the province of Overijssel, Netherlands. [1]

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A Bridge Too Far (film)

A Bridge Too Far is a 1977 epic war film based on the 1974 book of the same name by Cornelius Ryan, adapted by William Goldman.

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Alexander Hegius von Heek

Alexander Hegius von Heek (?1433/1439/1440?7 December 1498) was a German humanist, so called from his birthplace Heek (located near Ahaus, then in the Duchy of Westphalia).

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Alphen aan den Rijn

Alphen aan den Rijn (English: Alphen upon Rhine or Alphen on the Rhine) is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland, between Leiden and Utrecht.

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Apeldoorn

Apeldoorn is a municipality and city in the province of Gelderland in the centre of the Netherlands.

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Arnhem

Arnhem (or; Arnheim, Frisian: Arnhim, South Guelderish: Èrnem) is a city and municipality situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands.

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Arnsberg

Arnsberg is a town in the Hochsauerland district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

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Asylum seeker

An asylum seeker (also rarely called an asylee) is a person who flees his or her home country, 'spontaneously' enters another country and applies for asylum, i.e. the right to international protection, in this other country.

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Auschwitz concentration camp

Auschwitz concentration camp was a network of concentration and extermination camps built and operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland during World War II.

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Barry Hughes

Barry Hughes (born 31 December 1937) is a Welsh former professional football player and manager, active primarily in the Netherlands.

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Bas Dost

Bas Dost (born 31 May 1989) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a forward.

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Bathmen

Bathmen is a town and former municipality in the Eastern Netherlands.

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Bert van Marwijk

Lambertus "Bert" van Marwijk (born 19 May 1952) is a Dutch football manager who currently coaches the Australian national football team.

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Brethren of the Common Life

The Brethren of the Common Life (Latin: Fratres Vitae Communis, FVC) was a Roman Catholic pietist religious community founded in the Netherlands in the 14th century by Gerard Groote, formerly a successful and worldly educator who had had a religious experience and preached a life of simple devotion to Jesus Christ.

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Bronze Age

The Bronze Age is a historical period characterized by the use of bronze, and in some areas proto-writing, and other early features of urban civilization.

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Bureaucracy

Bureaucracy refers to both a body of non-elective government officials and an administrative policy-making group.

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Burgemeester

In the Netherlands and Belgium, the mayor (burgemeester or bourgmestre) is an appointed government position, whose main responsibility is chairing the executive and legislative councils of a municipality.

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Cavalry

Cavalry (from the French cavalerie, cf. cheval 'horse') or horsemen were soldiers or warriors who fought mounted on horseback.

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Central European Summer Time

Central European Summer Time (CEST), sometime referred also as Central European Daylight Time (CEDT), is the standard clock time observed during the period of summer daylight-saving in those European countries which observe Central European Time (UTC+1) during the other part of the year.

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Central European Time

Central European Time (CET), used in most parts of Europe and a few North African countries, is a standard time which is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

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Central heating

A central heating system provides warmth to the whole interior of a building (or portion of a building) from one point to multiple rooms.

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Charles Dickens

Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic.

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Christian Union (Netherlands)

The Christian Union (ChristenUnie, CU) is a Christian democratic political party in the Netherlands.

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City rights in the Low Countries

City rights are a feature of the medieval history of the Low Countries.

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Copyright

Copyright is a legal right, existing globally in many countries, that basically grants the creator of an original work exclusive rights to determine and decide whether, and under what conditions, this original work may be used by others.

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Country

A country is a region that is identified as a distinct national entity in political geography.

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De Adelaarshorst

De Adelaarshorst (the Eyrie') is a multi-use stadium in Deventer, Netherlands.

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Deventer Colmschate railway station

Deventer Colmschate is a railway station located in Deventer, The Netherlands.

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Deventer railway station

Deventer is a railway station in Deventer, Netherlands.

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Diepenveen

Diepenveen is a village in the eastern Netherlands.

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Dutch Revolt

The Dutch Revolt (1568–1648)This article adopts 1568 as the starting date of the war, as this was the year of the first battles between armies.

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Epe, Netherlands

Epe is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands.

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Erasmus

Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (28 October 1466Gleason, John B. "The Birth Dates of John Colet and Erasmus of Rotterdam: Fresh Documentary Evidence," Renaissance Quarterly, The University of Chicago Press on behalf of the Renaissance Society of America, Vol. 32, No. 1 (Spring, 1979), pp. 73–76; – 12 July 1536), known as Erasmus or Erasmus of Rotterdam,Erasmus was his baptismal name, given after St. Erasmus of Formiae.

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Erben Wennemars

Egbert Rolf "Erben" Wennemars (born 1 November 1975) is a Dutch former speed skater.

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Etty Hillesum

Esther "Etty" Hillesum (15 January 1914 – 30 November 1943) was the Dutch author of confessional letters and diaries which describe both her religious awakening and the persecutions of Jewish people in Amsterdam during the German occupation.

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Garrison

Garrison (various spellings) (from the French garnison, itself from the verb garnir, "to equip") is the collective term for a body of troops stationed in a particular location, originally to guard it, but now often simply using it as a home base.

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Geert Groote

Gerard Groote (October 1340 – 20 August 1384), otherwise Gerrit or Gerhard Groet, in Latin Gerardus Magnus, was a Dutch Roman Catholic deacon, who was a popular preacher and the founder of the Brethren of the Common Life.

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Gerard ter Borch

This article is for Gerard ter Borch the Younger, for the other artist of the same name see Gerard ter Borch the Elder Gerard ter Borch (December 1617 – 8 December 1681), also known as Gerard Terburg, was an influential and pioneering Dutch genre painter who lived in the Dutch Golden Age.

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Gertjan Verbeek

Gertjan Verbeek (born 1 August 1962) is a retired Dutch footballer, and manager.

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Go Ahead Eagles

The Go Ahead Eagles is a Dutch football club from Deventer, playing in the Eerste Divisie.

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Gothic architecture

Gothic architecture is an architectural style that flourished in Europe during the High and Late Middle Ages.

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Guusje ter Horst

Guus (Guusje) ter Horst (born 22 March 1952 in Deventer) is a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA).

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Han Hollander

Hartog "Han" Hollander (5 October 1886 – 9 July 1943) was the first Dutch radio sports journalist.

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Han van Meegeren

Henricus Antonius "Han" van Meegeren (10 October 1889 – 30 December 1947) was a Dutch painter and portraitist and is considered to be one of the most ingenious art forgers of the 20th century.

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Hanseatic League

The Hanseatic League (Middle Low German: Hanse, Düdesche Hanse, Hansa; Standard German: Deutsche Hanse; Latin: Hansa Teutonica) was a commercial and defensive confederation of merchant guilds and market towns in Northwestern and Central Europe.

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Henk ten Cate

Henk ten Cate (born 9 December 1954) is a Dutch football manager and former professional player.

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Holland

Holland is a region and former province on the western coast of the Netherlands.

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IJssel

The river IJssel (Iessel(t)), sometimes called Gelderse IJssel ("Gueldern IJssel") to avoid confusion with the Hollandse IJssel, is the branch of the Rhine in the Dutch provinces of Gelderland and Overijssel.

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Irminsul

An Irminsul (Old Saxon, probably "great/mighty pillar" or "arising pillar") was a sacral pillar-like object attested as playing an important role in the Germanic paganism of the Saxon people.

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Iron

Iron is a chemical element with symbol Fe (from ferrum) and atomic number 26.

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Jacobus Revius

Jacobus Revius (born Jakob Reefsen; November 1586 – 15 November 1658) was a Dutch poet, Calvinist theologian and church historian.

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Jan Bultman

Jan Arend Bultman (born May 26, 1942 in Deventer, Overijssel) is a former water polo player from The Netherlands.

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Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (April or May, 1562 – 16 October 1621) was a Dutch composer, organist, and pedagogue whose work straddled the end of the Renaissance and beginning of the Baroque eras.

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Jomanda

Johanna Wilhelmina Petronella Damman, known under her nickname Jomanda (born May 5, 1948), is a controversial Dutch healing medium who refers to herself as the Lady of the light.

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Kampen, Overijssel

Kampen is a city and municipality in the province of Overijssel, Netherlands.

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Kingdom of England

The Kingdom of England (French: Royaume d'Angleterre; Danish: Kongeriget England; German: Königreich England) was a sovereign state on the island of Great Britain from the 10th century—when it emerged from various Anglo-Saxon kingdoms—until 1707, when it united with Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain.

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Lebuïnuskerk, Deventer

The Great Church or St.

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Lebuinus

Lebuinus (also known as Lebuin, Lebwin or Liafwin), Apostle of the Frisians and patron of Deventer (born in England of Anglo-Saxon parents, date unknown; died at Deventer c. 775).

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Leo Beenhakker

Leo Beenhakker (born 2 August 1942) is a Dutch international football coach.

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List of cities in the Netherlands by province

Below are twelve alphabetical lists of cities in the Netherlands ordered by province.

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List of municipalities of the Netherlands

As of January 2018, there are 380 municipalities (Dutch: gemeenten) and 3 public bodies (openbare lichamen), also referred to as special municipalities (bijzondere gemeenten), in the Netherlands.

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Lochem

Lochem is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands.

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London, Ontario

London is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada along the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor.

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Marc Overmars

Marc Overmars (born 29 March 1973) is a Dutch former footballer and the current director of football at Ajax.

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Mark Tuitert

Mark Tuitert (born 4 April 1980) is a Dutch speed skater.

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Marloes Coenen

Marloes Coenen (born March 31, 1981) is a retired Dutch mixed martial artist.

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Martinus Theunis Steyn

Martinus (or Marthinus) Theunis Steyn (2 October 1857 – 28 November 1916) was a South African lawyer, politician, and statesman, sixth and last president of the independent Orange Free State from 1896 to 1902.

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Middle Ages

In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages (or Medieval Period) lasted from the 5th to the 15th century.

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Missionary

A missionary is a member of a religious group sent into an area to proselytize and/or perform ministries of service, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care, and economic development.

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Municipal council (Netherlands)

In the Netherlands the municipal council (Dutch: gemeenteraad) is the elected assembly of the municipality.

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Napoleon

Napoléon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a French statesman and military leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led several successful campaigns during the French Revolutionary Wars.

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Netherlands

The Netherlands (Nederland), often referred to as Holland, is a country located mostly in Western Europe with a population of seventeen million.

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Olst-Wijhe

Olst-Wijhe is a municipality in the province of Overijssel, eastern Netherlands.

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Overijssel

Overijssel (Dutch Low Saxon: Oaveriessel) is a province of the Netherlands in the central-eastern part of the country.

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Paderborn

Paderborn is a city in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, capital of the Paderborn district.

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Paul Bosvelt

Paul Bosvelt (born 26 March 1970) is a retired Dutch footballer who played as a midfielder.

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Pieter Jan Brugge

Pieter Jan Brugge (born November 6, 1955) is a Dutch film producer.

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Postal codes in the Netherlands

Postal codes in the Netherlands, known as postcodes, are alphanumeric, consisting of four digits followed by two uppercase letters.

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Provinces of the Netherlands

There are currently twelve provinces of the Netherlands, representing the administrative layer between the national government and the local municipalities, with responsibility for matters of subnational or regional importance.

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Public execution

A public execution is a form of capital punishment which "members of the general public may voluntarily attend." This definition excludes the presence of a small number of witnesses randomly selected to assure executive accountability.

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Raalte

Raalte is a municipality and a town in the heart of the region of Salland in the Dutch province of Overijssel.

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Radboud of Utrecht

Saint Radbod (or Radboud) (before 850 – 917) was bishop of Utrecht from 900 to 917.

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Rijssen-Holten

Rijssen-Holten is a municipality (Dutch: gemeente) in the eastern Netherlands, in the province of Overijssel.

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Ron Dekker

Ronald "Ron" Dekker (also spelled Decker, born 30 June 1966 in Deventer, Overijssel, Netherlands) is a former breaststroke swimmer from Netherlands.

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Royal Dutch Football Association

The Royal Dutch Football Association (Koninklijke Nederlandse Voetbalbond,, or KNVB) is the governing body of football in Netherlands.

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Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck

Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (31 October 1761 – 15 February 1825), Lord of Nyenhuis, Peckedam and Gellicum, was a Dutch jurist, ambassador and politician who served as Grand Pensionary of the Batavian Republic from 1805 to 1806.

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Salland

Salland is a historical dominion in the west and north of the present Dutch province of Overijssel.

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Samuel Holland

Samuel Johannes Holland (1728 – 28 December 1801) was a Royal Engineer and first Surveyor General of British North America.

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Sibiu

Sibiu (antiquated Sibiiu; Hermannstadt, Transylvanian Saxon: Härmeschtat, Nagyszeben) is a city in Transylvania, Romania, with a population of 147,245.

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Sister city

Twin towns or sister cities are a form of legal or social agreement between towns, cities, counties, oblasts, prefectures, provinces, regions, states, and even countries in geographically and politically distinct areas to promote cultural and commercial ties.

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St Nicholas Church, Deventer

The Mountain Church or Saint Nicholas Church (Sint-Nicolaas- of Bergkerk) is a former place of worship in Deventer, Overijssel.

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Stilts

Stilts are poles, posts or pillars used to allow a person or structure to stand at a height above the ground.

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Stockfish

Stockfish is unsalted fish, especially cod, dried by cold air and wind on wooden racks (which is called "hjell" in Norway) on the foreshore.

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Tartu

Tartu (South Estonian: Tarto) is the second largest city of Estonia, after Estonia's political and financial capital Tallinn.

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Telephone numbers in the Netherlands

Telephone numbers in the Netherlands are administered by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation of the Netherlands and may be grouped into three general categories: geographical numbers, non-geographical numbers, and numbers for public services.

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Thea Beckman

Thea Beckman (née Petie) (23 July 1923 – 5 May 2004) was a Dutch author of children's books.

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Thomas à Kempis

Thomas à Kempis, CRSA (c. 1380 – 25 July 1471) was a German-Dutch canon regular of the late medieval period and the author of The Imitation of Christ, one of the most popular and best known Christian books on devotion.

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Toy

A toy is an item that is used in play, especially one designed for such use.

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Victor Sikora

Victor Tadeusz Sikora (born 11 April 1978 in Deventer, Overijssel) is a Dutch football player who last played for Perth Glory in the Australian A-League.

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Victorian era

In the history of the United Kingdom, the Victorian era was the period of Queen Victoria's reign, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901.

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Vikings

Vikings (Old English: wicing—"pirate", Danish and vikinger; Swedish and vikingar; víkingar, from Old Norse) were Norse seafarers, mainly speaking the Old Norse language, who raided and traded from their Northern European homelands across wide areas of northern, central, eastern and western Europe, during the late 8th to late 11th centuries.

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Wolters Kluwer

Wolters Kluwer N.V. is a global information services company.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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Zutphen

Zutphen is a city and municipality located in the province of Gelderland, Netherlands.

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Zwolle

Zwolle is a city and municipality in the northeastern Netherlands serving as Overijssel's capital.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deventer

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