Canon of Friesland

The Canon of Friesland or Canon of Frisian History (West Frisian: Kanon fan de Fryske Skiednis) is a list of 41 topics (11 and 30, in reference to the Dutch ordinal elfendertig) offering a chronological summary of significant events and individuals in Frisian history.

Following the example of the Canon of Groningen, the Canon of Friesland is a provincial supplement to the Canon of Dutch History. The canon was composed by an independent commission led by Prof. Dr. Goffe Jensma and presented in print on 11 November 2008 to Jannewietske de Vries, deputy of the provincial-executive of Friesland. The website 11en30.nu was launched thereafter, produced by Tresoar and Omrop Fryslân.[1] In the years since, the Canon of Frisian history has become a common tool for educators.

Note that the life and work of Eise Eisinga is the only topic included in both Frisian and Dutch histories.

	Topic	Description	Period	Image
1	The Cow[2]	The arrival of farmers and cattle	c. 3400 BCE
2	The Hludana stone[3]	In contact with the Romans	12 BCE to 400
3	Hegebeintum[4]	Friesland in the time of terps	c. 600 BCE to 1000 CE
4	Sailors and merchants[5]	The heyday of trade	450–1200
5	Redbad and Boniface[6]	A heathen king and a Christian martyr	689–754
6	Friesland as land of monasteries[7]	The glory of the monasteries	1100–1580
7	The Frisian freedom[8]	Rather dead than slave!	1250–1498
8	The Old Frisian law[9]	From Lex Frisionum to Alde Druk	800–1504
9	Edzard Sirksena[10]	Builder of a Frisian state	1462–1528
10	Grutte Pier[11]	Freedom hero or barbarian?	c. 1480–1520
11	The Ayttas[12]	Frisians in royal service	1499–1577
12	Minne Simens[13]	The Radical Reformation in Friesland	1496–1561
13	Water[14]	Fresh and saline, friend and foe	600 BCE to now
14	The calculating farmer[15]	The ledger of Rienck Hemmema	1569–1573
15	The University in Franeker[16]	Little powerhouse of learning	1585–1843
16	Gysbert Japiks[17]	Ordinary and straightforward	1603–1666
17	Anna Maria fan Schurman[18]	Learned and faithful	1607–1678
18	Sikke fan Goslinga[19]	Nobleman, regent, diplomat	1661–1731
19	Maria Louise fan Hessen-Kassel[20]	The Nassaus in Friesland	1688–1765
20	Eise Eisinga[21]	Living in a planetarium	1744–1828
21	From republic to unitary state[22]	Erstwhile free Frisians	1780–1813
22	Justus Hiddes Halbertsma[23]	'Mister Fryslân'	1789–1869
23	The Oera Linda Book[24]	The mystified Friesland	1867
24	Domela and Piter Jelles[25]	Poverty and charisma	1880–1900
25	To the 'land of dream and wishing'[26]	Emigration to the United States	1845–1914
26	Margaretha Geertruida Zelle[27]	Mata Hari	1876–1917
27	The golden earizer[28]	Material culture and Frisian identity	1840–1900
28	Butter[29]	The Frisian AEX index	0-now
29	Douwe Kalma[30]	Friesland and the world	1896–1953
30	The Ofslútdyk[31]	Friesland connected to Holland	1932
31	Titus Brandsma[32]	A Roman Frisian	1881–1942
32	The milk strike[33]	Striking had never been this dangerous	1943
33	Abe Lenstra[34]	A Frisian sports hero	1920–1985
34	Kneppelfreed[35]	Language conflict with baton and water cannon	1951
35	The Alvestêdetocht[36]	Carnival on the ice	1909–1997
36	Hendrik Algra[37]	The emancipation of the kleine luyden	1920–1950
37	Tourism on the Waad[38]	Uitwaaien on an island	1800-now
38	The land consolidation[39]	The influence of a Frisian model village	Second half of the 20th century
39	Industrialization[40]	Center of gravity shifted to the Wâlden	1949
40	Gerrit Benner[41]	A Leeuwarder painter and his Frisian landscape	1897–1981
41	The Frisian language[42]	The story of a language	c. 600 BCE-now