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SCHEVENINGEN , a fishing See also:port and watering-See also:place of 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 See also:North See also:Sea, in the See also:province of See also:South Holland, about 2 M. N. of the See also:Hague, with which it is connected by tramways. It is situated in the See also:dunes at the extremity of the See also:woods which See also:separate it from the Hague. The development of Scheveningen as a fashionable seaside resort See also:dates from See also:modern times, but the fishing See also:village is of See also:ancient origin and once stood farther seaward. To prevent See also:coast erosion a See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone See also:wall was built along the sea front in 1896-1900, and below this lies the See also:fine sandy See also:beach stretching for See also:miles on either See also:side. The first bathing See also:establishment here dates from 1818, and was also the first in Holland. Overlooking the sea from the See also:top of the dunes on either side are villas, hotels, and the See also:pavilion (1826) belonging to the See also:family of See also:Prince von Wied. The costumes of the fishing community are picturesque, the men having See also:silver buttons and wide See also:trousers, the See also:women wide skirts and See also:brass helmets. There is a large See also:harbour for the fishing See also:fleet at the mouth of the Hague-Scheveningen See also:canal. Among the See also:historical memories associated with Scheveningen are the defeat of the combined See also:French and See also:English fleets by See also:Admiral de Ruyter in 1673, and the See also:flight and subsequent return of 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 I., 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 of the See also:Netherlands, in 1813, at the beginning and end of the French occupation. This is commemorated by an See also:obelisk (1865). The See also:town has a rapidly growing See also:population of about 23,000.
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