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See also: ARNHEM, or ARNHEIM , the See also:capital of the See also:province of Gelder-See also:land, 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, on the right See also:bank of the See also:Rhine (here crossed by a See also:pontoon See also:bridge), and a junction station 35 M. by See also:rail E.S.E. of See also:Utrecht. Pop. (1900) 57,240. It is connected by See also:tramway with See also:Zutphen and Utrecht, and there is a See also:regular service of steamers to See also:Cologne, See also:Amsterdam, See also:Nijmwegen, See also:Tiel, 's Hertogenbosch and See also:Rotterdam. Arnhem is a See also:gay and fashionable See also:town prettily situated at the See also:foot of the Veluwe hills, and enjoys a See also:special reputation for beauty on See also:account of its wooded andhilly surroundings, which have attracted many wealthy See also:people to its neighbourhood. The Groote Kerk of St See also:Eusebius, built in the third See also:quarter of the 15th See also:century, contains the See also:marble See also:monument to See also:Charles (d. 1538), the last See also:duke of See also:Gelderland of the See also:Egmont See also:dynasty. High up against the See also:wall is an effigy of the same duke in his See also:armour. The See also:fine lofty See also:tower contains a See also:chime of See also:forty-five bells. The See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of St Walburgis is of earlier date, and a new Roman Catholic church See also:dates from 1894. 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 was built as a See also:palace by Maarten See also:van Rossum, Duke Charles's See also:general, at the end of the 15th century, and was only converted to its See also:present use in 183o. Its See also:grotesque See also:external ornamentation earned for it the name of Duiveishuis, or See also:devil's See also:house. The provincial See also: government house occupies the site of the former palace of the See also:dukes of Gelderland. Other buildings are the See also:court-house, a public library containing many old See also:works, a See also:theatre, a large See also:concert-hall, a museum of antiquities (as well as a See also:separate collection of See also:Spanish antiquities), a gymnasium, a teachers' and See also:art school, a See also:building (188o) to contain the provincial archives, a See also:hospital (1889) and See also:barracks. On account of its proximity to the fertile Betuwe See also:district and its situation near the confluence of the Rhine and Ysel, the markets and See also:shipping of Arnhem are in a flourishing See also:condition. A See also:wharf for building and repairing See also:iron steamers was constructed in 1889. The manufactures include woollen and See also:cotton goods, See also:paper, earthenware, See also:soap, carriages, See also:furniture and See also:tobacco, which is cultivated in the neighbourhood. See also:Wool-combing and See also:dyeing are also carried on, and there are oil and See also:timber See also:mills.
The environs of Arnhem are much admired. Following either the Zutphen or the Utrecht road, numerous pleasing views of the Rhine valley present themselves, and See also:country houses and villas appear among the See also:woods on every See also:side. At Bronbeek, a See also:short distance See also:east of the town, is a hospital endowed by See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King 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 III. for soldiers of the colonial See also:army. Beyond is the popular summer resort of Velp, with the See also:castle of Biljoen built by Charles, duke of Gelderland, in 1530, and the beautiful See also:park of the See also:ancient castle of Rozendaal in the vicinity. The origin of the castle of Rozendaal is unknown. The first account of it is in connexion with a See also:tournament given there by Reinald I., See also:count of Gelderland, in the beginning of the 14th century, and it ever after remained the favourite See also:residence of the See also:counts and dukes of Gelderland. About the beginning of the 18th century fountains and lanes in the See also: style of those at See also:Versailles were laid out in the park, and soon after the castle itself, of which only the See also:round tower remained (and is still See also:standing), was rebuilt. The park is open to the public, and is famous for the beauty of the See also:beech avenues and See also:fir woods. Beyond this is De Steeg, another popular resort, whence stretches the famous Middachten Allee of beech trees to Dieren. On the See also:Apeldoorn road is Sonsbeek, with a wooded park and small lakes, formerly a private seat and now belonging to the See also:municipality. On the See also:west of Arnhem is another See also:pleasure ground, called the Reeberg, with a See also:casino, and the woods of Heienoord. See also:Close by is the ancient and well-preserved castle of Doornwerth with its own See also:chapel. It was the seat of an See also:independent lordship until 1402, after which See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time it was held in See also:fief from the dukes of Gelderland. Beyond Doornwerth, at Renkum, is the royal country seat called Oranje-See also:Nassau's Oord, which was bought by the See also:crown in 1881.
See also:History.—Arnhem, called Arnoldi See also:Villa in the See also:middle ages, is, according to some, the Arenacum of the See also:Romans, and is first mentioned in a document in 893. In 1233 See also:Otto II., count of Gelderland, See also:chose this spot as his residence, conferred municipal rights on the town, and fortified it. At a later See also:period it entered the Hanseatic See also:League. In 1473 it was captured by Charles the Bold of See also:Burgundy. In 1505 it received the right of coining from 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, son of the See also:emperor See also:Maximilian I. In 1514 Charles of Egmont, duke of Gelderland, took it from the Spaniards; but in 1543 it See also:fell to the emperor Charles V.,. who made it the seat of the See also:council of Gelderland. It joined the See also:union of Utrecht in 1579, and _came finally under the effective government of the states-general in 1585, all the later attacks of the Spaniards being repulsed. In 1586 See also:Sir Philip See also:Sidney died in the town from
the effects of his See also:wound received before Zutphen. The See also:French took the town in 1672, but See also:left it dismantled in 1674, It was refortified by the celebrated Dutch general of See also:engineers,See also:Coehoorn, in the beginning of the 18th century. In 1795 it was again stormed by the French, and in 1813 it was taken from them by the Prussians under Billow. Gardens and promenades have now taken the See also:place of the old ramparts, the last of which was levelled in 1853.
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