Ukusukela kumaXesha aPhakathi aPhakathi, ingingqi ye Holland Akuzange kuzinzise nje njengenye yezona ndawo zinempumelelo eYurophu, kodwa kwakhona, ngokungathandabuzekiyo, njengenye yezopolitiko ezingazinzanga. Ngamaxesha aliqela, amabhongo ookumkani baseFrance kunye nabalawuli boBukhosi obuNgcwele baseRoma basongela ngokuwudibanisa nommandla.
Ngenkulungwane ye-16, impembelelo yasebukhosini yayiphumelele umdlalo; I-Netherlands yayisele iyinxalenye yobukumkani baseHabsburg. Kwakuchasene nomthetho waseHabsburg ukuba ubukhulu becala amaProtestanti asemantla eNetherlands, akhokelwa nguWilliam waseOrange noNassau, avukela ngo-1568.
Umzabalazo wenkululeko, owaqhubeka de kwangunyaka we-1648, nawo wabona ukukhula okumangalisayo kumandla olwandle olwandle lwesiDatshi (into engachazwanga ngokwanelisayo ngababhali-mbali), njengoko izinto ezininzi zaseSpain nezePortugal kwilizwe elitsha naseMpuma Asia zathinjwayo.
Inkulungwane ye-17, ebizwa ngokuba 'yi-Golden Age', ikwangqina ukukhula kwezobugcisa nenkcubeko, eyabeka ilizwe elincinci kodwa elinobutyebi kwindawo ephambili kwinkcubeko yaseYurophu. Ngo-1689, uWilliam III waseOrange naye waba nguKumkani waseNgilani, nangona lo mbutho wahlulwa kukusweleka kwakhe ngo-1702. Ngexesha lenkulungwane ye-18, amandla eNetherlands ayesele esihla, yaza ke yangeniswa kubukhosi bukaNapoleon ngo-1810. Ummandla wonke waseNetherlands wahlanganiswa ngokufutshane (1814-1830).
Ngo-1848, uMgaqo-siseko wenziwa izilungiso, ushiya inkosi ingagunyaziswanga. INetherlands ayizange ithathe nxaxheba kwiMfazwe yeHlabathi yokuQala, kodwa yahlupheka kakhulu ngenxa yohlaselo lwamaNazi lowe-1940. Unozakuzaku waseDatshi emva kwemfazwe ugxile ekwandiseni umanyano lwaseYurophu.
Ezi nzame zafikelela kwi-1957, xa iNetherlands yaba lelinye lamalungu amathandathu awasungula uMbutho waseYurophu. Kwisiqingatha sesibini sonyaka ka-1991, amaDatshi abamba isikhundla sikaMongameli we-EC kwaye babenoxanduva lokuququzelela ingqungquthela ebalulekileyo eMaastricht ngoDisemba 1991, neyathi yadalelwa ukuba ithathe isigqibo ngekamva lokudityaniswa kwe-EU kumgaqo-nkqubo wezoqoqosho nakwezemali, nakwezinye iindawo. .
Ngokubanzi, amaDatshi ngabantu baseYurophu abanomdla kwaye iimfuno zabo zinento yokwenza nezinto zekoloniyali kwiCaribbean (i-Antilles yase-Netherlands, iSuriname) kunye ne-East Indies.
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