Act of Abjuration

declaration of independence by many of the provinces of the Netherlands from the allegiance to Philip II of Spain, during the Dutch Revolt
Event declaration_of_independence Q634839
Act of Abjuration
the northern Low Countries: Brabant, Gelre and Zutphen, Flanders, Holland, Zeeland, Friesland, Mechelen, and Utrecht · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Act of Abjuration

Summary

Act of Abjuration is a declaration of independence[1]. It draws 130 Wikipedia views per month (declaration_of_independence category, ranking #13 of 52).[2]

Key Facts

  • Act of Abjuration authored Jan van Asseliers[3].
  • Act of Abjuration authored Andries Hessels[4].
  • Act of Abjuration is located in The Hague[5].
  • Act of Abjuration is in the country of Seventeen Provinces[6].
  • Act of Abjuration's image is recorded as Plakkaat van Verlatinghe.jpg[7].
  • Act of Abjuration's instance of is recorded as declaration of independence[8].
  • Act of Abjuration's place of publication is recorded as The Hague[9].
  • Act of Abjuration's part of is recorded as history of Belgium[10].
  • Act of Abjuration's part of is recorded as history of the Netherlands[11].
  • Act of Abjuration's part of is recorded as history of Spain[12].
  • Act of Abjuration's Commons category is recorded as Plakkaat van Verlatinge[13].
  • Act of Abjuration's point in time is recorded as +1581-07-26T00:00:00Z[14].
  • Act of Abjuration's participated in conflict is recorded as Eighty Years' War[15].
  • Act of Abjuration's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02ybr8[16].
  • Act of Abjuration's authority is recorded as States General[17].
  • Act of Abjuration's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Act-of-Abjuration[18].
  • Act of Abjuration's signatory is recorded as States General[19].
  • Act of Abjuration's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Allen dengenen die dese tegenwoordighe sullen sien ofte hooren lesen, saluyt.'}[20].
  • Act of Abjuration's last line is recorded as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Des t’oorconde hebben wy onsen zegel hieraen doen hanghen.'}[21].
  • Act of Abjuration's WikiKids ID is recorded as Plakkaat_van_Verlatinghe[22].

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Works and Contributions

Authored works include Jan van Asseliers[3], a jurist[23], 1520–1587[24] and Andries Hessels[4].

Why It Matters

Act of Abjuration draws 130 Wikipedia views per month (declaration_of_independence category, ranking #13 of 52).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

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  14. [16] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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