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See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Netherlands So, in this pre-1900 what if (WI) history thread, the Dutch East India Company (Dutch: Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie or VOC) was looking for areas within the so-called Indo-Pacific to conquer just to resist its low-lying...

The recent Dutch general election got me thinking - WI the Netherlands decided to chose a different electoral system? Following the so-called Pacification of 1917, the Netherlands changed its electoral system from FPTP to its current system, which uses a single, nationwide constituency under...

Triumph of the House of Orange An alternate Dutch War of Independence Table of Contents Teaser - ¡Retirada! Part 0 - Setting the Stage (1363-1574) Chapter 1 - Legacy of the Bold Dukes (1363-1506) Chapter II - The Netherlands under Charles V (1506-1559) Chapter III - Warning Signs, The...

Originally, the Habsburg Netherlands were seventeen provinces. During the Dutch Revolt, seven of these provinces would secede, forming the Union of Utrecht, and later the Dutch Republic. However, the Largely Catholic Southern Netherlands formed the Union of Arras, against the North. It would...

A common thing to ask around here is asking how France and the French Revolution would be impacted by a lack of American Revolution. Interestingly, another thing related to/impacting it was Patriottentijd, another revolt or revolutionary period, partially inspired by the American Revolution...

I know this is a pretty popular thread about having the Netherlands being inherited by someone other than Phillip II. However, as is often pointed out one of the more likely candidates for this is Charles's daughter Maria of Austria and by extension her husband Maximillian II, the son of...

"Rule the Netherlands! The Netherlands rule the waves!" What is the easiest way to make the Netherlands one of the strongest nations on the planet, within the top five economies and militaries? Sandwiched between the French and German cores of Europe, I don't think they can expand far into...

otl, queen Elizabeth never married, leading to the country going to the protestant James VI becoming James I of England. But a union of England and the Netherlands has always fascinated me, given that they're the two richest parts of northern Europe since the decline of the Hansa. Perhaps one of...

OTL, France ultimately lost the struggle for India to Britain. in the 7 years war. But sometimes the best way to win a game is not to play. So, what if instead of trying to grab India against the British, Paris focused on getting Indonesia/monopolizing the spice trade against Portugal or the...

France has a long history of wanting what we now call 'Belgium,' dating all the way back to when West Francia had the Belgian west coast. Despite this, the only time it ever came close to holding the territory was under napoleon's hegemonic reign. However, during the reign of Louis XIV, France...

I know there were various attempts to colonise Australia by the Dutch along Western Australia, but they basically all ended in failure. But what would happen if one or of them stuck? What would be the results of them actually founding a long-lasting colony on Australian soil?

If Britain had given control of the Cape Colony back to the Netherlands after the Napoleonic Wars, and assuming that eventually the Netherlands gave it a dominion-like status, what do you think it would be called? I was thinking perhaps something like Kaapstaat (Cape State) or Kaapland (Cape...

What would happen to their colonies and to the countries themselves? I know the Soviet Union doesn't have the capacity to influence Africa or Asia yet after World War II, I'm trying to think of a scenario where the colonies of this countries get an earlier Independence than our timeline. As I...

I was wondering, what could be done differently by the Dutch in Interwar period and before Japanese attack, to make Japanese conquest of DEI longer and costlier? I tried searching online, but I have not had much success. They did have some decent submarines, some good ideas how to use them...

Just to give some context I will post a translation from Italian Wikipedia: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storia_di_Alitalia#Le_prime_riorganizzaizoni_e_la_tentata_alleanza_con_KLM Let's just suppose that the marriage between Alitalia and KLM is successful unlike in OTL. The new joint venture...

OTL Queen Mary II of England and her Prince Consort William III had no surviving children, meaning the house of Orange-Nassau remained solely a Dutch house. But what if they had produced a living heir? We'll say they name him James after her father and have him 1679, about two years into their...

I'm excited to start my first timeline here. With that being said, I cannot make any promises as to how this turns out. I don't consider myself a good writer, I only have slightly more than a month until I start grad school, and I have the attention span of a lobotomized goldfish. But hey...

In 1630, Dutch maritime troops invaded the colonial territory dominated by the Portuguese and founded the city of Recife, the current capital of the state of Pernambuco. Governed by Mauricio de Nassau, the city developed itself quickly and efficiently, and the Dutch forces spread across the...

The Dutch explored the western part of Australia in OTL and found it pretty uninmpressive and didn't do anything with it. What if Abel Tasman instead of ending up in New Zeeland maps the southeastern part of Australia, the coast of modern day Victoria. The pleasant climate and huge natural...

I have been thinking a bit about the potential of the so-called United Kingdom of the Netherlands, that incarnation of the Dutch state created after the Congress of Vienna in 1815 that included what are now the sovereign states of Belgium and Luxembourg within itself, the course of 19th century...