Republic o the Seven Unitit Netherlands / Provinces Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden / Zeven Provinciën | |||||||||||
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1581–1795 | |||||||||||
![]() Provinces an Dependencies | |||||||||||
Status | Confederal Republic | ||||||||||
Caipital | None
De facto The Hague (govrenment seat)/ Amsterdam (cultural/financial centre/lairgest ceety) | ||||||||||
Common leids | Dutch | ||||||||||
Govrenment | Confederal Republic | ||||||||||
Legislatur | Dutch States-General | ||||||||||
Historical era | Early Modren Age | ||||||||||
26 Julie 1581 | |||||||||||
19 Januar 1795 | |||||||||||
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The Dutch Republic—offeecially kent as the Republic o the Seven Unitit Netherlands (Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden), the Republic o the Unitit Netherlands, or the Republic o the Seven Unitit Provinces (Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Provinciën)—wis a republic in Europe existin frae 1581, when pairt o the Netherlands separatit frae Spainyie rule, tae 1795. It precedit the Batavian Republic, the Unitit Kinrick o the Netherlands an ultimately the modren Kinrick o the Netherlands. Alternative names include the Unitit Provinces (Verenigde Provinciën), Federatit Dutch Provinces (Foederatae Belgii Provinciae), an Dutch Federation (Belgica Foederata).