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ALKMAAR , a See also:town in the See also:province of See also:North See also:- HOLLAND
- HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
- HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
- HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
- HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
- HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
- HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
- HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART
Holland, See also:kingdom of Holland, 241 M. by See also:rail N.N.W. of See also:Amsterdam, connected by See also:steam-See also:tramway with See also:Haarlem and Amsterdam, and on the North Holland See also:canal. Pop. (1900) 18,373. Alkmaar is a typical North Holland town, with See also:- TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
- TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )
tree-lined canals and brightly coloured 17th-See also:century houses. The old See also:city walls have been replaced by pleasant gardens and walks, and there is a See also:park in which stands a See also:fine See also:monument (1876) by J. T. Stracke (1817-1891), symbolizing Alc,naria victrix, to commemorate the See also:siege by the Spaniards in 1573. The Groote Kerk (1470--1498), dedicated to St See also:- LAWRENCE
- LAWRENCE (LAURENTIUS, LORENZO), ST
- LAWRENCE, AMOS (1786—1852)
- LAWRENCE, AMOS ADAMS (1814–1886)
- LAWRENCE, GEORGE ALFRED (1827–1876)
- LAWRENCE, JOHN LAIRD MAIR LAWRENCE, 1ST BARON (1811-1879)
- LAWRENCE, SIR HENRY MONTGOMERY (1806–1857)
- LAWRENCE, SIR THOMAS (1769–1830)
- LAWRENCE, STRINGER (1697–1775)
Lawrence, is a handsome See also:building and contains the See also:tomb of See also:Floris V., See also:count of Holland (d. 1296), a See also:brass of 1546, and some paintings (15o7). In the town See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall (1507) are the library and a small museum with two pictures by the 17th-century artist See also:Caesar See also:van See also:Everdingen, who with his more celebrated See also:brother Allart van Everdingen (q.v.) was a native of the town. The weigh-See also:house (1582) is a picturesque building with See also:quaint gable and See also:tower. Just outside the town lies the Alkmaar See also:wood, at the entrance to which stands the military See also:cadet school which serves as a preparatory school for the royal military See also:academy at See also:Breda. Alkmaar derives its See also:chief importance from being the centre of the flourishing See also:butter and See also:cheese See also:trade of this region of Holland. It is also a considerable See also:market for horses, See also:cattle and See also:grain, and there is a little See also:boat-building and See also:salt and See also:sail-See also:cloth manufacture. Tramways connect Alkmaar with Egmond and with the See also:pretty summer resort of See also:Bergen, which lies sheltered by See also:woods and See also:dunes.
The name of Alkmaar, which means " all See also:sea," first occurs in the loth century, and recalls its former situation in the midst of See also:marsh-lands and lakes. It was probably originally a fishing-See also:village, but with the reclamation of the surrounding morasses, e.g. that of the Schermer in 1685, and their See also:conversion into See also:rich meadow See also:land, Alkmaar gradually acquired an important trade. In 1254 it received a See also:charter from See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William II., count of Holland, similar to that of Haarlem, but in the 15th century See also:duke See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip the See also:Good of See also:Burgundy made the impoverishment of the town, due to See also:ill-See also:government, the excuse for establishing an oligarchical regime, by charters of 1436 and 1437. As the See also:capital of the See also:ancient See also:district of Kennemerland between den See also:Helder and Haarlem, Alkmaar frequently suffered in the See also:early See also:wars between the Hollanders and the See also:Frisians, and in 1517 was captured by the See also:united Gelderlanders and Frisians. In 1573 it successfully sustained a seven-See also:weeks' siege by 16,000 Spaniards under the duke of See also:Alva. In 1799 Alkmaar gave its name to a See also:convention signed by the duke of See also:York and the See also:French See also:general See also:Brune, in accordance with which the Russo-See also:British See also:army of 23,000 men, which was defeated at Bergen, evacuated Holland. A monument was erected in 1901 to commemorate the Russians who See also:fell.
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