Evolution of the Dutch coastline

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Chronology

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• January 901: North Holland coastal evolution until ca. the X century.
• January 2749 BC: In classical times there was already a body of water in the area of the Zuiderzee, called Lacus Flevo by Roman authors. It was much smaller than its later forms and its connection to the main sea was much narrower. it may have been a complex of lakes and marshes and channels, rather than one lake.
• September 1942: By September 9, 1942, the Noordoostpolder of Flevoland dried up.
• January 499 BC: In classical times there was already a body of water in this location, called Lacus Flevo by Roman authors. It was much smaller than its later forms and its connection to the main sea was much narrower. it may have been a complex of lakes and marshes and channels, rather than one lake.
• January 888: Netherlands Coastline Change.
• December 1482: Coastline change.
• January 2749 BC: Evolution of the dutch coastline.
• January 801: In classical times there was already a body of water in this location, called Lacus Flevo by Roman authors. It was much smaller than its later forms and its connection to the main sea was much narrower. it may have been a complex of lakes and marshes and channels, rather than one lake.
• January 1379: Change of the Frisian shoreline.
• November 1334: In 1334, the Clemens flood caused the expansion of the Jade Bight, a bight on the North Sea coast of Germany.
• January 499 BC: In classical times there was already a body of water in this location, called Lacus Flevo by Roman authors. It was much smaller than its later forms and its connection to the main sea was much narrower. it may have been a complex of lakes and marshes and channels, rather than one lake.
• January 51: In classical times there was already a body of water in this location, called Lacus Flevo by Roman authors. It was much smaller than its later forms and its connection to the main sea was much narrower. it may have been a complex of lakes and marshes and channels, rather than one lake.
• January 801: In classical times there was already a body of water in this location, called Lacus Flevo by Roman authors. It was much smaller than its later forms and its connection to the main sea was much narrower. it may have been a complex of lakes and marshes and channels, rather than one lake.
• December 1287: The massive St. Lucia's flood occurred 14 December 1287, when the seawalls broke during a storm, killing approximately 50,000 to 80,000 people in the fifth largest flood in recorded history. The name "Zuiderzee" came into general usage around this period.
• December 1287: The massive St. Lucia's flood occurred 14 December 1287, when the seawalls broke during a storm, killing approximately 50,000 to 80,000 people in the fifth largest flood in recorded history. The name "Zuiderzee" came into general usage around this period.
• November 1334: In 1334, the Clemens flood caused the expansion of the Jade Bight, a bight on the North Sea coast of Germany.
• August 1930: The Wieringmeerpolder is a polder, newly created land, and part of the Zuiderzee Works, developed in the 20th century. The creation of this polder started in 1927. Draining of the polder was finished on 21 August 1930.
• January 1969: The Flevopolder was reclaimed; its southeast half in 1957 and other parts by 1968.