The Kingdom of Holland was a client state of Napoleonic France, created in place of the Batavian Republic by Napoleon in 1806 and given to his younger brother Louis Bonaparte. Louis, who chose Amsterdam as his capital, tried to rule in the interests of the Dutch, which brought him into conflict with his brother. He did not enforce the Continental System, the blockade against British trade, strictly enough, since it was ruinous for Dutch commerce. In July 1810 Louis abdicated, and Napoleon annexed the Netherlands to the French Empire. Dutch independence was restored in 1813 after Napoleon's defeat.
Before and after
- from 1806 to 1812Eighth Russo-Turkish War
- from 1806 to 1807War of the Fourth Coalition
- from 8 February 1806 to 18 July 1806Invasion of Naples
- 20 May 1806Birth of John Stuart Mill
- from 5 June 1806 to 9 July 1810Kingdom of Holland
- from 1 August 1806 to 11 December 1813Founding of Confederation of the Rhine
- from 21 November 1806 to 11 April 1814Rise of Continental System
- 26 December 1806Battle of Pułtusk
- from 1807 to 1815Duchy of Warsaw
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- from 18 May 1804 to 7 July 1815First French Empire
- from 1815 to 1871Unification of Italy
- 16 March 1815Founding of Kingdom of the Netherlands
- 27 September 1822Champollion deciphers the hieroglyphs
- from 1 March 1867 to 28 October 1918Austria–Hungary
- 24 July 1911Hiram Bingham reaches Machu Picchu
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