Franeker (Frisian: Frjentsjer) is one of the eleven cities of Friesland. It is located about 10 km west of Leeuwarden on the Van Harinxma Canal, in the municipality of Franekeradeel. Frisian is a Germanic group of closely related languages, spoken by around half a million members of an ethnic group living on the southern fringes of the North Sea in the Netherlands and Germany. ... Capital Leeuwarden Queens Commissioner drs. ... Leeuwarden (Frisian: Ljouwert) is a municipality and the capital city of the Dutch province of Friesland. ... Franekeradeel is a municipality in the northern Netherlands. ...

Franeker received city rights in 1374. The city is most famous for the orrery, built by Eise Eisinga in his own living room. and Frisk Place City rights are a medieval phenomenon in the history of the Low Countries. ... Events June 24 - Dancing mania begins in Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen), possibly due to ergotism King Gongmin is assassinated and King U ascends to the Goryeo throne Births April 11 - Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March, heir to the throne of England (died 1398) Leonardo Bruni, Italian humanist (died 1444... An orrery is a mechanical device that illustrates the relative positions and motions of the planets and moons in the solar system in heliocentric model. ... Eise Eisinga (February 21, 1744 – August 27, 1828) was a Dutch woolcomber and amateur astronomer. ...

From 1585 to 1811, the city housed the University of Franeker which was the second oldest university of the Netherlands. The University of Franeker was a university in Frisia, presently part of the Netherlands from 1585 to 1811. ...