6), 27

Vecht river, 195

Veere, 58, 118, 274, 311, 359

Velde, Adrian van der, 200

Velde, William van der, 200

Vendome, 291 f.

Venetia, 368

Venice, 121, 195

Venloo, 146, 288, 341, 346

Verdugo, Spanish commander, 93 f.

Verdun, treaty of (843), 1

Vere, Sir Francis, 93, 101 f.

Vere, Sir Horace, 139

_Vereenigte Provintien_, ship, 173 f.

Verhoef, goldsmith, 256 f.

Verhuell, Admiral, 355 f., 358, 361, 367

Versailles, 282, 290, 308

Vervins, peace of (1598), 96

_Vetkoopers_, 14

Victoria, 164

Vienna, 69, 266, 287 f., 302, 306 f.;
congress of, 370 f., 373, 375, 400;
treaties of, 274, 277, 303, 396, 429

Viglius van Zwychem van Aytta, councillor, 22, 29, 31, 33, 35 f., 65

Vigo, 289

Villars, Marshal, 291-294, 296

Villeroy, Marshal, 279, 288, 290

Vilvoorde, 392, 394

Vin et Pain, Colonel, 259

Vincent, General Baron, 369

Virginia, 177

Visscher, Anna, 197

Visscher, Maria Tesselschade, 197

Visscher, Roemer, 191, 197

Vitringa, leader of the federalists, 349

Vivien, pensionary, 226, 247

Vlieter, 352

Voetius, 188

Vollenhove, 114

Voltaire, 323

Von Thulemeyer, Prussian ambassador, 335

Vondel, Joost van den, 192 ff., 197, 432

Voorne, 254

Voorne canal, the, 379

Vossius, Gerardus Johannes, 188

Vossius, Isaac, 188

Vreede, revolutionary leader, 349 f.

Vries, Gerrit de, 419

Waal, the, 59, 89, 104, 149, 345, 360

_Waardgelders_, 130-133

Waas, 92

Waerdenburgh, Jonckheer Diederik
van, 171 f., 174

Waerwyck, Wybrand van, 99, 105

Wageningen, 431

Wagram, 359

Waigat, the, 99

Walcheren, 51, 64, 101, 248, 254, 311, 345, 359

_Walcheren_, ship, 174

Waldeck, George Frederick von, Count, 239, 258, 267, 269, 272, 278

Waldeck, Prince of, 310, 312

Walpole, Robert, 303, 307

Walram, branch of house of Nassau, 374

Walraven, lord of Brederode, 107

Warneton, 297

Warnsfeld, combat of, 87

Wassenaer, Jacob van, lord of Obdam, 220, 229 f., 237 f.

Wassenaer-Twickel, Count of, 309 ff., 317

Waterloo, 371 f., 377, 406

Wauthier, Major-General, 390

Wavre, 371, 393

Webb, General, 292

Weingarten, abbey of, 354

Wellington, 366, 371, 396

Werf, Pieter Adriaanzoon van der, 60

Wesel, 100, 144

Wesenbeke, Jacob van, 50

West Coast of Africa, the, company for trading on, 179

West Flanders, 82, 101, 309

West Friesland, 13, 52, 54, 87

West India Company, 147, 155, 159-185, 276, 305, 339 f., 345