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هرگز غروب نمی‌کند" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Perzisch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%90%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%94_%D7%A9%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%9E%D7%A9_%D7%90%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%94_%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%A7%D7%A2%D7%AA_%D7%91%D7%94_%D7%9C%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%9D" title="האימפריה שהשמש אינה שוקעת בה לעולם – Hebreeuws" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="האימפריה שהשמש אינה שוקעת בה לעולם" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebreeuws" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%AA%E9%99%BD%E3%81%AE%E6%B2%88%E3%81%BE%E3%81%AA%E3%81%84%E5%9B%BD" title="太陽の沈まない国 – Japans" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="太陽の沈まない国" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japans" 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lang="nl" dir="ltr"><p>Een <b>rijk waar de zon nooit ondergaat</b> verwijst naar een rijk dat zo uitgestrekt is, dat er altijd wel een deel is dat daglicht ontvangt. Een voorbeeld van zo'n rijk is het <a href="/wiki/Spaanse_Rijk" title="Spaanse Rijk">Spaanse Rijk</a> onder <a href="/wiki/Keizer_Karel_V" title="Keizer Karel V">keizer Karel V</a> in de zestiende eeuw.<sup id="cite_ref-DBNL_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DBNL-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Als het bijvoorbeeld in Madrid nacht was, was het in andere delen van het Spaanse Rijk (op de Filipijnen bijvoorbeeld) dag en vice versa. Ook het <a href="/wiki/Britse_Rijk" title="Britse Rijk">Britse Rijk</a> in de achttiende en negentiende eeuw was een rijk waar de zon nooit onderging. </p><p>De uitspraak werd al aan het begin van de jaartelling gedaan door de Romeinse dichter <a href="/wiki/Vergilius" title="Vergilius">Vergilius</a> (70 v.Chr. – 19 v.Chr.),<sup id="cite_ref-DBNL_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DBNL-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> maar ook al eerder werden de <a href="/wiki/Perzische_Rijk" title="Perzische Rijk">Perzische</a> koning <a href="/wiki/Xerxes_I" title="Xerxes I">Xerxes I</a> (regering van 485 - 465 v.Chr.) dergelijke woorden in de mond gelegd door de Griekse historicus <a href="/wiki/Herodotus" title="Herodotus">Herodotus</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Spaanse_Rijk">Spaanse Rijk</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rijk_waar_de_zon_nooit_ondergaat&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Bewerk dit kopje: Spaanse Rijk" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>bewerken</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rijk_waar_de_zon_nooit_ondergaat&action=edit&section=1" title="De broncode bewerken van de sectie: Spaanse Rijk"><span>brontekst bewerken</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/Bestand:Iberian_Union_Empires.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Iberian_Union_Empires.png/350px-Iberian_Union_Empires.png" decoding="async" width="350" height="162" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Iberian_Union_Empires.png/525px-Iberian_Union_Empires.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Iberian_Union_Empires.png/700px-Iberian_Union_Empires.png 2x" data-file-width="1357" data-file-height="628" /></a><figcaption>Het Spaans-Portugese rijk in de periode van de <a href="/wiki/Iberische_Unie" title="Iberische Unie">Iberische Unie</a> onder de Habsburgers (1580-1640).<br />rood – Spaanse Rijk<br />lichtblauw – Portugese rijk</figcaption></figure> <p>Toen Karel V – als Karel I – koning van Spanje was, bezat Spanje een enorm rijk, waartoe het <a href="/wiki/Koninkrijk_Castili%C3%AB" title="Koninkrijk Castilië">koninkrijk Castilië</a> en <a href="/wiki/Koninkrijk_Le%C3%B3n" title="Koninkrijk León">León</a> (met al zijn Amerikaanse bezittingen) en het <a href="/wiki/Koninkrijk_Aragon" title="Koninkrijk Aragon">koninkrijk Aragon</a> (met alle bezittingen in de Middellandse Zee en de Nederlanden) behoorden. </p><p>Het rijk zou zelfs nog groter worden onder <a href="/wiki/Filips_II_van_Spanje" title="Filips II van Spanje">Filips II</a>, de zoon van Karel V en <a href="/wiki/Isabella_van_Portugal_(1503-1539)" title="Isabella van Portugal (1503-1539)">Isabella van Portugal</a>. Na de dood van de Portugese koning <a href="/wiki/Hendrik_van_Portugal" title="Hendrik van Portugal">Hendrik</a> werd Filips in 1581 koning van beide landen, die vervolgens door een <a href="/wiki/Personele_unie" title="Personele unie">personele unie</a> met elkaar verbonden bleven. Hij regeerde nu over alle bezittingen van zijn vader (behalve het <a href="/wiki/Heilige_Roomse_Rijk" title="Heilige Roomse Rijk">Heilige Roomse Rijk</a>) en ook over het <a href="/wiki/Portugese_koloni%C3%ABn" class="mw-redirect" title="Portugese koloniën">Portugese rijk</a>: <a href="/wiki/Brazili%C3%AB" title="Brazilië">Brazilië</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Ceylon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Portugees-Indi%C3%AB" class="mw-redirect" title="Portugees-Indië">Portugees-Indië</a>, Portugees Afrika, <a href="/wiki/Timor" title="Timor">Timor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Macau" title="Macau">Macau</a>, <a href="/wiki/Madeira_(eiland)" title="Madeira (eiland)">Madeira</a> en de <a href="/wiki/Azoren" title="Azoren">Azoren</a>. De <a href="/wiki/Filipijnen" title="Filipijnen">Filipijnen</a> werden in 1565 ook bij Spanje gevoegd, evenals <a href="/wiki/Guam" title="Guam">Guam</a>, de <a href="/wiki/Marianen" title="Marianen">Marianen</a> en de <a href="/wiki/Carolinen" title="Carolinen">Carolinen</a>. Dit Spaans-Portugese rijk bestond tot <a href="/wiki/1640" title="1640">1640</a>, toen <a href="/wiki/Filips_IV_van_Spanje" title="Filips IV van Spanje">Filips IV</a> wel koning bleef van Spanje maar Portugal na een opstand opnieuw een eigen koning kreeg uit het <a href="/wiki/Huis_Bragan%C3%A7a" title="Huis Bragança">Huis Bragança</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Britse_Rijk">Britse Rijk</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rijk_waar_de_zon_nooit_ondergaat&veaction=edit&section=2" title="Bewerk dit kopje: Britse Rijk" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>bewerken</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rijk_waar_de_zon_nooit_ondergaat&action=edit&section=2" title="De broncode bewerken van de sectie: Britse Rijk"><span>brontekst bewerken</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/Bestand:British_Empire_1921.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/British_Empire_1921.png/350px-British_Empire_1921.png" decoding="async" width="350" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/British_Empire_1921.png/525px-British_Empire_1921.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/British_Empire_1921.png/700px-British_Empire_1921.png 2x" data-file-width="1425" data-file-height="625" /></a><figcaption>Kaart van het Britse Rijk</figcaption></figure> <p>In de 19de eeuw werd de zin vaak gebruikt om het <a href="/wiki/Britse_Rijk" title="Britse Rijk">Britse Rijk</a> aan te duiden, vooral tijdens het <a href="/wiki/Victoriaanse_tijdperk" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoriaanse tijdperk">victoriaanse tijdperk</a>. </p><p>Alhoewel de zin tegenwoordig niet meer gebruikt wordt in politieke zin, is het feitelijk wel zo dat de zon niet ondergaat in de landen die behoren tot het <a href="/wiki/Gemenebest_van_Naties" title="Gemenebest van Naties">Gemenebest van Naties</a>, waarvan <a href="/wiki/Charles_III_van_het_Verenigd_Koninkrijk" title="Charles III van het Verenigd Koninkrijk">Charles III</a> symbolisch het hoofd is. </p> <div class="toccolours appendix" role="presentation" style="font-size:90%; margin:1em 0 -0.5em; clear:both;"> <div><span style="font-weight:bold">Bronnen, noten en/of referenties</span></div> <div class="reflist" style="list-style-type: decimal;"><div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-DBNL-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <a href="#cite_ref-DBNL_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-DBNL_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">DBNL, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_nee003200001_01/_nee003200001_01_0097.php">Geschiedenis - Indrukwekkende Mercatorfonds-uitgave - Karel V, een menselijke 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