Leiden, Dutch Republic

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:city
gptkbp:cityRights 1266
gptkbp:coatOfArms two crossed keys
gptkbp:country gptkb:Dutch_Republic
gptkbp:distanceFromLondon about 40 km
gptkbp:distanceFromTheHague about 20 km
gptkbp:founded 1575
before 860
gptkbp:governedBy gptkb:Leiden_city_council
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Leiden, Dutch Republic
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Leiden_University
gptkb:textile_industry
gptkbp:language Dutch
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Dutch_Republic
gptkb:South_Holland
gptkbp:notableBuilding gptkb:Hooglandse_Kerk
gptkb:Leiden_City_Hall
gptkb:Leiden_Observatory
gptkb:Pieterskerk
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Leiden_Relief_(October_3,_1574)
gptkb:Leiden_gunpowder_disaster_(1807)
gptkb:Siege_of_Leiden_(1573–1574)
Pilgrims' departure to America
gptkbp:notableFlora gptkb:Hortus_Botanicus_Leiden
gptkbp:notableIndustry brewing
printing
cloth production
gptkbp:notableInstitution gptkb:Rijksmuseum_van_Oudheden
gptkb:Museum_De_Lakenhal
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Willem_van_de_Velde_the_Elder
gptkb:Franciscus_Sylvius
gptkb:Jacob_van_Swanenburg
gptkb:Maria_van_Oosterwijck
gptkb:Pieter_Pauw
gptkb:Pieter_van_der_Werff
gptkb:Antonie_van_Leeuwenhoek
gptkb:Herman_Boerhaave
gptkb:Hugo_Grotius
gptkb:Rembrandt_van_Rijn
gptkb:Jan_van_Goyen
gptkb:Pieter_van_Musschenbroek
gptkb:Jan_Steen
gptkb:Jacobus_Arminius
gptkbp:population about 45,000 (17th century)
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Catholicism
gptkb:Protestantism
gptkbp:river gptkb:Nieuwe_Rijn
gptkb:Oude_Rijn
gptkb:Rijn
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Herman_Boerhaave
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5