How the Dutch used Water as a Weapon of War (Siege of Leiden) 

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That is a pretty accurate story, nice vid! We in Leiden still celebrate "Leids Ontzet" every year indeed, and although "Leideraren" are pretty aware about the greatness of this story, most of us just get drunk on the 3rd of October lol.

Spot on. I live in Leiden and we indeed still extensively celebrate the liberation on October 3rd. The annual festivities are a major event and definitely include eating white bread and herring and also 'hutspot'. And there's obviously a lot of beer to wash it down. Small myth about the mayor: citizens were really starving but he had nothing to give. He allegedly told them they could cut him up and eat him if it would help them.

I live in Leiden! I was cool to see the old map of leiden much of the city street are still there and I bike through them often!

Drove my bicycle through Leiden (Leyden) today. Leiden is a beautiful -and maybe somewhat underrated- city. Not as massive as for instance Amsterdam. Perfectly accessible on feet or on a bicycle. Thanks for the history lesson.

John Quincy Adams -- for those not familiar, the 6th President of the United States -- was enrolled at Leiden University at age 13.

The relief of Leiden is celebrated every year on 3 October. A common meal is part of the celebration. The pilgrims lived quit some time in Leiden, 12 to 20 years. Some historians think that thanksgiving in the USA is inspired by this 3 October celebrating. The song "We Gather Together”, linked to thanksgiving, is a Dutch song

As a Spaniard living in NL, it never ceases to amuse me that a national dish here is just random mash potato and sausage tercio leftovers

If you’d like to learn more and live in or are they panning on visiting the Netherlands a great place to visit is the Museum De Lakenhal in Leiden. A lot of the images and information came from it when I visited over the summer.

Interestingly, historians found out that the hunger was deliberately exaggerated (the city still had horses and cheese when the watergeuzen came in) as that psychologically bound both the katholics and protestants under a collective suffering after Leiden was freed. The thousands of deaths were caused by the plague and that surely felt like a punishment and was hard to accept if you felt you were on the "right side" enduring the seige. Leiden still had plenty Katholics empathizing with the Spanish, so the collective starving caused by the seige stuck better for solidarity among catholics and protestants than the plague

we got a dish from this war. its called Hutspot. the spanish left it behind. and since there was no food the people of leiden discovered it and ate it. was good apparently and now it is our national dish. its pretty tasty if you make it correctly. just a random fact for you all

Interesting fact about the sea beggars: their name in Dutch is ‘Geuzen’, which is derived from the French term ‘Les Gueux’, meaning ‘Beggars’. The term was coined as an insult by the French (similar to how drinking alcohol for courage is called Dutch courage, thanks to the English) but they liked it so they took the name for themselves and sported it proudly.

Hey Geography Geek, if your interested in another topic that involves the Netherlands and protection by water I recommend looking into the ''IJssel linie''. Its the same principal as the waterlinies of the Netherlands during the 17th and 18th century, but during the cold war. It was a secret project of using the river IJssel to create a large body of water to stop the Sovjet Union of occupying the harbers of Holland (many Rotterdam) in case of a outbreak of WW3. Was classified for a long period of time.

As an proud Leidenaar I enjoyed this! So interesting to learn about my own city

Amazing video, super well made and accurate! Thanks for creating this!

I live in Leiden in quite a notable historical house. The first owners (brother van Duivenbode) of my house held the carrier pigeons used by the prince of Orange. Safe to say I have a nice story to tell to guests!

Thanks for another great creation! 👌🏼✌🏼

if you want to make an other video on the ''rampjaar 1672'' (year of disaster) the ''groningen ontzet'' or ''bommenberend'' is a cool topic to talk about its about the siege of groningen by the bishop of munster

Recipe of Hutspot: pealed potatoes with little water in a pot, a layer of carrots, cut in little pieces, and a layer of cut unions on top. Let it simmer for half an hour, add salt, pepper and nutmeg according to taste, and mash it up. Served with gravy (and usually stewed beef).

my ancestors survived this siege :) We've lived in Leiden since the early 1500's, thanks for making this video.

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I really like the map at the start of the video of the Dutch country. The name of some cities are spelled the same even nowadays, and some are shorter then than they are now. I was wondering where you found the map? Thanks for your reply!

Yoo, I’m living in the Netherlands and idk is kinda a running joke that in Leiden is nothing going on really, but damn I love history and now I wanna go there and swim in history hababab. Awesome video

a detail: the 80 years war started in 1568, not 1566. It was triggered by an event though that took place in 1566: an iconoclasm.

Hello, Dutch guy here first of all well done! Even your pronunciation of Dutch words wasn't terrible (it's a hard language to learn) and as off today if we as a nation would that same area the area would first need to evacuate about 2 million people with half of that number being the population of Rotterdam.

I also live in Leiden and study at the University. Nice video!

And yet still learning things from my own country.

Hi I’m from the Netherlands and I remember my history teacher telling what happend in Lijden. Your story is so much more interesting because of your great storytelling.

Hi, nice vid. I was born on de lammenschans were Cornelus Jopenszoon found the hutspot. 😋

Ngl. That sponser was a fucking masterclass in selling something to someone else.

watch defragged history its all about the 80 yrs war and the netherlands great channel

Very cool video.

Hutspot

I'm just wondering, do you have links for the maps used? I'm Dutch myself but I love to see old maps of the netherlands, but can't find these anywhere

"Hutsepot" isn't really a dish, it's just a word for stew. It could really contain anything, usually various vegetables and occasionally some meat.

Wow did not know that hutspot is in fact a Spanish dish 👍🏼

Hi, nice video! I was wondering if you would be willing to share where you found the tapestry that you show at 5:00? Apparently I live exactly on the place where the maps shows that the dikes were broken, and I would love to see the tapestry for myself!

My city! ❤

Who knew so many people from leiden watched your videos

Very minor detail but we call it "The Dutch revolt" nowadays. Saying it was a revolution is incorrect, as the revolt wasn't a one sided Dutch vs Spaniard thing, nor was it about Dutch liberty or anything like that.

i was thinking ... how the cuts of land fit together like puzzle pieces 🤔🤔

Leiden... My birthplace.

You should check out the liberation of Brielle April 1st holiday is wildly celebrated because of defeating the Spanish in 1952

I’m from leiden its a fantastic City and the History is solid

the Dutch pirates were called the 'Watergeuzen', which were protestants that fled from the Spanish.

Talks about hutspot shows stampot peen en ui..... Its two wholly different dishes. Although the proper hutspot that is more a stew with broken up pieces of potatoes is going into memories lost. But anyone interested. It's called huts not stamp. Huts being shaking stap being stamping

Ik Proud of my land for all the inventions it Made like the submarine and this 🇳🇱🇳🇱🇳🇱🇳🇱

Finally, Leiden!

The Netherlands: the lords of water

The Netherlands have border disputes with the ocean.

As per tradition GEKOLONISEERD

This is probably off topic but I wanted to ask; Does anyone know or suggest me any app for making maps like physical maps, the surface of the earth ect. I would really like some help.

It did backfire against the France due to winter if my history knowledge serves me correctly

It's strange how you mention a lot of problems in your advert and then use a company that has been one f the mayor players in creating and/or worsening these problems to push the product in your advert.

That story about the pigeons was inaccurate. It was Willem Cornelisz van Duivenbode and his brothers who defended the walls of Leiden and sended out his own pigeons from out of the city during the famine instead of eating them which reached Willem of Orange with pivotal information gathered by “spies” who had to do horrible things. That act won him the war. Van Duivenbode was the lute player in the church. Which earned honarary titles and heraldry. With papal symbols and all. Ironic is that he kicked down the esthablisment he was serving by sending out the pigeons. Cause when the sea beggars relieved the city the dutch papal Sint Pieterskerk church was overtaken by the germanic order who hated papalism and formed a new establisment. ‘Liever Turcks’ they said.

Imagine celebrating by eating Herring

Ha ima early bird today 😂

You forgot to mention the innumerable deaths by overeating after the city fell. It is a less known and less promoted part of Leiden's freedom.

I just watched a 9 minute video about a story that has been told to me since i was 5...

I was born and raised in Leiden.

00:25 I can see my house

Oh, please tell me Alkmaar is going to be next!

I bought cars and guns...working pretty well.

As someone with 450 years family history in Leiden i can assure you that students are a worse threat to our city and culture than what the spaniards could ever be

There were some other factors present that need to be understood. First of all, the Spanish had broken the resistance of the city of Haarlem, probably by treason as they simply walked in during the night through one of the gates. What happened next is beyond any description. They inflicted the worst possible tortures on the population, they killed and maimed like crazy, it was called "The Spanish Fury". Worse than the Spanish Inquisition, another Spanish invention that became notorious as a torturous murder squad. So, the people in Leiden had the hellish prospect of immense death after the most painful torture imaginable or starvation with the hope of liberation. It was a no-brainer but still, there were idiots that preferred the Spanish. It is exactly like today with the Trumpists and the Ukrainian nationalists who think suppression under fascism is better than happiness and freedom.

I never knew hutspot was Spanish. My whole life is a lie

Iam fom te Nederlands

Lalala Leiden

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The Puritans left the Netherlands because it was too progressive, with too much freedom of religion. They were extremely conservative and saw their children pick up liberal ideas, which they hated, to the point they left for the US. Another part of the myth is that they were very early to arrive to the New World, which wasn't the case. It had been colonised for centuries by then, but their campaigning and religious marketing worked wonders. Even the spot they supposedly landed, Plymouth Rock, is incorrect, as they landed way further north from there. The rock in question was made the official landing site because a man suddenly remembered a family member telling him about the stone and the pilgrims when he was a kid. No joke.

Uit gouden aren schiep god de Leidenaren en uit het restant de rest van het land!

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Saw the title and was instantly reminded of my German ex girlfriend 😪😪

The art they are promoting is not art.... Wake up...🧐

I'm pretty sure the pilgrims were not avoiding persecution. They were much more likely asked to leave cause they were vocally against everyone else in England

@7:04 that is a myth.

Not acurrate at all

How am I supposed to take someone seriously who's openly shilling for the nosey guys.

Why i never hear about Alkmaar... there the victory started!

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Prins van oranje. Not Prince of Orange. You don't translate names, certainly royal names. I'd say gratz, you f'd this up.

willem, prince of oranje... not orange... its a name not a fruit.

Heard "climate change" and stopped viewing immediately.

You can't talk about climate change and ignore weather manipulation, global dimming, contrails spraying.

The Dutch also have a long history of slavery. But nobody wants to talk about that

Ah yes, rising Sea levels..., the reason why for example Hussein Obama bought a 12 million dollar mansion at the waterfront. 🤡🤣

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Laten we wel ff duidelijk zijn hiero: als je in stevenshof woont ben je GEEN leijenaar

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