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HOORN , a seaport 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, Holland, on a See also:bay of the Zuider Zee called the Hoornerhop, and a junction station 231 M. by See also:rail N. by E. of See also:Amsterdam, on the railway to See also:Enkhuizen, with which it is also connected by See also:steam See also:tramway. Pop. (1900) 10,647. Hoorn is distinguished by its old-See also:world See also:air and the beauty and See also:interest of its numerous gabled houses of the 16th and 17th centuries. Many of these are decorated with See also:inscriptions and bas-reliefs, some of which commemorate the See also:battle on the Zuider Zee in 1573, in which the Beggars defeated the Spaniards under See also:Count See also:Bossu. Walks and gardens now surround the See also:town in the See also:place of the old See also:city walls, but a few towers and gateways adorned with various old coats of arms are still See also:standing. The See also:fine See also:Gothic See also:bastion See also:tower overlooking the See also:harbour was built in 1532; the See also:East See also:gate not later than 1578. Among the public buildings of See also:special interest are the< picturesque St See also:John's See also:hospital (1563), now used for military
' This indeed is denied by See also:Naumann, but by him alone; and the statement in the See also:text is confirmed by many See also:eye-witnesses.
' Under the name of Dukipath, in the authorized version of the See also:Bible translated " See also:lapwing " (Lev. xi. 19, Deut. xiv. 18), the See also:hoopoe was accounted unclean by the Jewish See also:law. See also:Arabs have a See also:great reverence for the See also:bird, imparting to it marvellous medicinal and other qualities, and making use of its See also:head in all their charms (cf. Tristram, Nat. Hist. of the Bible, pp. 208, 209).
4 The genera Rhinopomastus and Irrisor are generally placed in the See also:Family Upupidae, but Dr Murie, after an exhaustive examination of their See also:osteology, regards them as forming a See also:group of equal value.
purposes; the old See also:mint; the hospital for aged men and See also:women (beginning of 17th See also:century); the weigh-See also:house (1609); 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, in which the states of See also:West See also:Friesland formerly met; and the old See also:court-house, which See also:dates from the beginning of the 17th century, though parts of it are older, containing a See also:modern museum and some See also:early portraits. There are also various charitable and educational institutions, See also:Protestant and See also:Roman See also:Catholic churches and a See also:synagogue. The extensive See also:foreign See also:commerce which Hoorn carried on in the 16th and 17th centuries has almost entirely vanished, but there is still a considerable See also:trade with other parts of the See also:Netherlands, especially in See also:cheese and See also:cattle. The See also:chief See also:industries include See also:gold and See also:silver See also:work, and there are also See also:tobacco factories, saw-See also:mills and some small See also:boat-See also:building yards, a considerable number of vessels being engaged in the Zuider Zee See also:fisheries.
Hoorn, latinized as Horna or Hornum, has existed at least from the first See also:part of the 14th century, as it is mentioned in a document of the See also:year 1311, five years earlier than the date usually assigned for its See also:foundation. In 1356 it received municipal privileges from Count 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 V. of Holland, and in 1426 it was surrounded with walls. It was at Hoorn in 1416 that the first great See also:net was made for the See also:herring See also:fishery, an See also:industry which See also:long proved an abundant source of See also:wealth to the town. During the 15th century Hoorn shared in the troubles occasioned by the different contending factions; in 1569 the See also:Spanish forces entered the town; but in 1572 it See also:cast in its See also:lot with the states of the Netherlands. In the 16th century it was a commercial centre, important for its trade, fisheries and breweries. A See also:company of commerce and See also:navigation was formed at Hoorn in 1720, and the See also:admiralty offices and storehouses remained here until their removal to See also:Medemblik in 1795. The See also:English under See also:Sir See also:Ralph See also:Abercromby took See also:possession of the town in 1799, and in 1811 it suffered severely from the See also:French. Among the celebrities of Hoorn are William Schouten, who discovered in 1616 the passage See also:round Cape See also:Horn, or Hoorn, as he named it in See also:honour of his birthplace; See also:Abel Janszoon See also:Tasman, whose fame is associated with See also:Tasmania; and See also:Jan Pietersz See also:Coen, See also:governor-See also:general of the Dutch East Indies.
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