The Canon of Friesland or Canon of Frisian History (Western 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 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.[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 | 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 | 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? | 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 | 600 BCE-now |