| has gloss | eng: This is a chronological list of floods that have occurred in the Netherlands, until 1500 most parts of the Netherlands were in Frisia. *838 December 26: A large part of the northwest of the Netherlands (in that time the land belonged to Frisia - now called Friesland) was flooded by a storm. Lack of good dikes was an important cause of this flood disaster. Bishop Prudentius of Troyes describes this flood; he said there were 2437 victims. This flood is also described in the Annales Xantenses. *1014 September 28: for the first time the partially closed coast line of the Netherlands was breached. Walcheren suffered a particularly large amount of damage. It took years before people managed to get their lives back on track. The chronicle of the Quedlinburg abbey in Saxony reports that thousands of people died. |
| lexicalization | eng: Floods in the Netherlands |
| subclass of | (noun) the act of flooding; filling to overflowing
flood, flowage |
| has instance | e/Flood control in the Netherlands |
| has instance | e/Grote Hollandse Waard |
