Canon of Friesland

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

Canon of Friesland

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