Countries Without a King History 104 / January 23, 2013 Amsterdam in 1640 (south = top) Amsterdams town hall Amsterdam home (1615) Amsterdam mansion on the Heerengracht (the citys grandest street) The old stock exchange in Amsterdam The Dutch East India fleet returns, 1599 A Dutch vessel of the 17th Century Dutch map of the East Indies Batavia, the capital of VOC operations in Asia Rembrandt van Rijn ( ) Self-Portrait (1640) Rembrandt, The Feast of Belshazzar (ca. 1635) Rembrandt, The Shipbuilder Jan Rijcksen and his Wife Griet Jans (1633) Rembrandt, The Syndics of the Clothmakers Guild (1662) Rembrandt, the night watch painting (1642) James I King of England, The gunpowder plot (Nov. 5, 1605 = Guy Fawkes Day) Charles I King of England, A cavalier Roundheads Horrible Histories perform The English Civil War Charles I on trial (1649) Charles I executed Oliver Cromwell Lord Protector,