Utrecht (province) Pope Clement VII gave his consent, under political pressure after the Sack of Rome. However, the Habsburg rule did not last long, as Utrecht joined in the Dutch Revolt against Charles' successor Philip II in 1579, becoming a part of the Dutch Republic. In World War II, Utrecht was held by German forces until the general capitulation of the Germans in the Netherlands on May 5, 1945. It was occupied by Canadian Allied forces on May 7, 1945. The towns of Oudewater, Woerden and Vianen were transferred from the province of South Holland to Utrecht in 1970, 1989 and 2002
Talagante Province Talagante Province Talagante Province (, ) is one of six provinces of the Santiago Metropolitan Region in central Chile. The capital is the city of Talagante, located approximately southwest of the national capital of Santiago. The most northeastern part of the province is included in the Santiago conurbation. As a province, Talagante is a second-level administrative division of Chile, governed by a provincial governor who is appointed by the president. The province comprises five communes (Spanish: "comunas"), each governed by a municipality consisting of an alcalde and municipal council: The province spans an area of , the smallest in the