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2013 Event - In France, an amended bill legalizing same-sex marriage is passed, opening the door for Francois Holland to promulgate it

2012 Event - President of France, Francois Holland finalizes a deal with Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara to forgive $4.7 billion dollars in debt incurred by the Ivory Coast when it was a French Colonial Power

1996 Death - Tristan Keuris, composer, taught composition in Utrecht, Amsterdam, works include 'Saxophone Quartet Concerto', dies in Amsterdam, Holland

1996 Event - Tara Dawn Holland (Kansas), 23, crowned 70th Miss America 1997

1996 Event - 1st competitive game played on turf in Holland (in third grade)

1996 Death - James Holland, artist/exhibition organiser, dies at 90

1995 Event - Holland's debut in English domestic comp (vs. Northants, NatWest)

1994 Death - Ferdinand J Kranenburg, director of queen (North Holland), dies at 83

1993 Event - Arab terror group planning bombing of Holland/Lincoln Tunnels caught

1993 Death - John Holland, actor (They Saved Hitler's Brain), dies at 65

1989 Event - Angela Visser, 22, of Holland, crowned 38th Miss Universe

1989 Event - German war criminals Aus der Funten/Fischer, freed in Holland

1988 Death - Anthony Holland, AIDS sufferer committed suicide at 60

1986 Event - Last day in Test cricket for Bob Holland

1985 Event - Australia beat WI by innings at SCG, Bob Holland 10 match wkts

1984 Event - Bob Holland takes 9-83 for NSW against South Australia, SCG

1984 Event - Test Cricket debut of David Boon age 23 and Bob Holland age 38 (v WI)

1980 Event - Jools Holland quits Squeeze

1979 Death - Richard Sykes, British ambassador, assassinated in Holland

1978 Event - Argentina beats Holland 3-1 in soccer's 11th World Cup at Buenos Aires

1977 Event - Dutch marines rescued hostages from a Moluccan held train in Holland

1977 Birthday - Bas Zuiderent, cricketer for Holland all-rounder 1996 World Cup

1974 Birthday - Petra Kamstra, born in Rotterdam, Holland, tennis star, 1995 Surabaya doubles

1973 Birthday - Darius Holland, NFL defensive tackle, Green Bay Packers Superbowl 31

1972 Birthday - Adrian Van Troost, fast cricket bowler, Somerset and Holland

1972 Birthday - Tara Dawn Holland, Overland Park Kansas, Miss America 1997

1971 Birthday - Jonathan "Adam" Holland, Philadelphia, rower 1996 Olympics

1970 Birthday - Karin van Breeschoten, Rotterdam Holland, playmate, Sept, 1989

1970 Birthday - Mirjam van Breeschoten, Rotterdam Holland, playmate, Sept, 1989

1970 Birthday - Klaas Van Noortwijk, cricketer, Holland batsman 1996 World Cup

1970 Birthday - Saskia Linssen, Venlo Holland, playmate, Jun, 1991

1969 Birthday - Candy Dulfer, Amsterdam Holland, saxophonist, Lily Was Here

1969 Event - Lauwerszee Dike in Holland closes

1969 Birthday - Marcel Schewe, cricketer, Holland wicket-keeper 1996 World Cup

1968 Birthday - Robert van Oosterom, cricket opening batsman, Holland 1996 World Cup

1968 Birthday - Tim De Leede, cricketer, Holland batsman 1996 World Cup

1967 Event - Radio Scotland and Radio Swinging Holland go off the air

1965 Birthday - Famke Janssen, born in Amstelveen, Holland, actress, fashion model, appeared in 'X-Men' movies, 'GoldenEye', and 'Nip/Tuck' television show

1965 Birthday - Ruud Hesp, born in Bussum North Holland, professional soccer goalkeeper, played for Roda JC, FC Barcelona

1965 Birthday - Robert Holland, CFL defensive back for the BC Lions

1963 Birthday - Mike Snoei, born in Rotterdam, Holland, professional soccer player, coach, played for Feyenoord Rotterdam, Excelsior Rotterdam and Sparta Rotterdam

1963 Birthday - Sonny Silooy, born in Rotterdam, Holland, born Jan Jacobus Silooy, professional Dutch soccer player from 1981 - 2002

1963 Birthday - Roland Lefebvre, cricket pace bowler, Glamorgan and Holland

1962 Birthday - Maruschka Detmers, Schoonebeek Holland, actress, Devil in the Flesh

1962 Event - Funeral for Queen Wilhelmina of Holland (New Kerk, Delft)

1961 Death - Sidney Holland, Prime Minister of New Zealand 1949 - 1957, dies at 67

1959 Birthday - Mary Holland, born in San Diego, California, WPVA volleyballer

1956 Event - Holland and Spain withdraw from Olympics, protest Soviets in Hungary

1955 Birthday - Jools Holland, born in Blackheath, England, born Julian Miles Holland, composer, singer, pianist, television presenter, founder of band, Squeeze, hosts show titled, 'Later... with Jools Holland'

1951 Birthday - Laurel Masse, Holland, Michigan, jazz singer, Manhattan Transfer-Operator

1951 Birthday - Jan Franssen, born in Hilversum, North Holland, politician, Dutch liberal political party, in 2006, named Queen's Commissioner in South Holland, previously served as city councilor, Nederhorst den Berg, President, House of Representatives 1982 - 1994, mayor of Zwolle, 1994 - 2000

1948 Birthday - Agnieszka Holland, Warsaw Poland, actress/director, Europa Europa

1948 Birthday - Nolan Clarke, cricketer, Barbados bat 1970-77, later Holland stalwart

1947 Birthday - Miroslav Vitous, born in Prague, Czech Republic, bassist, double bass, electric bass, jazz musician, compared to Dave Holland, Christian McBride

1947 Birthday - Richard Dreyfuss, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Jaws, Nuts, Mr. Holland's Opus

1947 Death - Theodore Samuel Holland, composer, dies at 69

1946 Birthday - Bob Holland, cricketer, Australian leg-spinner at age 38

1946 Death - Arthur van Schendel, writer (Holland Drama), dies at 72)

1945 Birthday - Arthur Docters van Leeuwen, jurist, Holland's secret service

1945 Event - 1st food drop by RAF above nazi-occupied Holland (operation Manna)

1945 Event - General Blaskowitz becomes nazi leader of "Fort Holland"

1944 Event - German occupiers forbid use of electricity in parts of Holland

1944 Birthday - Ard Schenk, Holland 1500m, 5K, 10K speed skater, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics

1944 Birthday - Dave Holland, heavy metal rocker, Judas Priest-Breakin' the Law

1944 Birthday - Kristina Holland, Fayetteville, North Carolina, Tina-Courtship of Eddie's Father

1944 Birthday - Hans Plomp, Dutch writer/poet, Venus in Holland

1943 Event - Vegetables and fruit rationed in Holland

1943 Death - Fritz Schmidt, Nazi commissioner in Holland, commits suicide at 39

1943 Event - Lou Jansen and Jan Dieters arrested, lead illegal CPN party in Holland

1943 Birthday - Holland Taylor, Philadelphia, actress, Bossom Buddies, Camilla-Naked Truth

1942 Event - Potatoes rationed in Holland

1942 Event - Jews transported from Holland to extermination camp

1942 Birthday - Sjoukje Dijkstra, born in Holland, figure skater 1964 Olympic gold

1942 Event - Cigarettes and candy rationed in Holland

1941 Event - Gas/electrical use restricted in Holland

1941 Event - Jam rationed in Holland

1941 Birthday - Edo de Waart, Amsterdam Holland, conductor, Houston Opera-1976

1941 Death - Lancelot Holland, British Vice-Admiral ((WW II/Hood), dies in battle

1941 Event - Germany occupiers in Holland forbid bicycle taxis

1941 Event - Potatoes rationed in Holland

1941 Event - Milk rationed in Holland

1941 Event - Nazi occupiers of Holland forbid Jewish owned companies

1941 Birthday - Brian Holland, U.S. pianist/producer, Holland/Dozier/Holland

1940 Birthday - Wilhelm Ruska, Holland, judo champ, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics

1940 Event - Germany occupiers ration bread in Holland

1940 Event - Bread and flour rationed in Holland

1940 Event - Coffee and tea rationed in Holland

1939 Birthday - Eddie Holland, U.S. singer and songwriter, Jamie, Leaving Here

1939 Birthday - Hans Pieter Verhagen, poet, Hoepla/Holland's Hole

1938 Birthday - Atje Keulen-Deelstra, Holland, speed skater, world champ

1938 Event - Kroller-Muller museum opens in Holland

1938 Birthday - Geoffrey Holland, civil servant

1936 Birthday - Robert Wolders, Rotterdam Holland, actor, Erik Hunter-Laredo

1934 Birthday - Jan Wijn, born in Amsterdam, Holland, Dutch pianist, piano teacher, played contemporary classical music to national and international audiences

1934 Birthday - Antonius Geesink, Holland, judo 1964 Olympic gold

1933 Birthday - Elly Ameling, Rotterdam Holland, soprano, Ilya-Idomeneo

1932 Event - Communist Party of Holland forms Unemployed Combat Committees

1931 Event - KRO-broadcast studio initiated in Hilversum Holland

1930 Death - Rudolf Hapke, historian (Entstehung Holland Wirtschaft), dies at 45

1929 Birthday - Johan N Block, aviation pioneer, Martinair/Transavia/Air Holland

1927 Event - NY-New Jersey Holland Tunnel, 1st twin-tube underwater auto tunnel, opens

1927 Event - 1st underwater tunnel, Holland Tunnel connecting New York to New Jersey opens

1926 Event - Kees Boeke opens 1st comprehensive school in Holland

1925 Event - Communist Party of Holland splits

1924 Event - Child labor laws strengthened in Holland

1920 Event - Construction begins on Holland Tunnel connecting New Jersey and New York City

1918 Event - Social Democratic Party becomes Communistc Party Holland: CPH

1918 Birthday - Fanny Blankers-Koen, Holland, 100m/200m dash, hurdler, Olym-gold-1948

1917 Event - 3 British warships come close to Holland

1917 Event - Utrecht soccer team Holland forms

1914 Death - John Philip Holland, submarine designer, dies

1914 Birthday - Jan de Hartog, Dutch/English writer, Holland's Glory

1913 Birthday - Carolina Gisolf, Holland, high jumper 1928 Olympics silver

1910 Birthday - Dick Elffers, Dutch graphic artist/painter, Holland Festival

1908 Event - Heemskerk's government begins in Holland

1907 Birthday - Willem Van Otterloo, Winterwijk Holland, conductor, Melbourne 1967-71

1907 Event - SS Berlin sinks off Hoek van Holland Netherlands (142 dead)

1906 Birthday - Franciscus Hin, Holland, yachtsman, Gold Medal 1920 Olympics

1905 Birthday - James Holland, artist/exhibition organiser

1905 Event - Kuyper government forms in Holland

1905 Event - Royal Academy in Delft Holland becomes Technical High School

1902 Birthday - Antonia Brico, born in Rotterdam, Holland, conductor/pianist, Antonia

1900 Birthday - Leo Smit, born in Amsterdam, Holland, composer, killed in Poland during the Holocaust

1898 Birthday - Johannes Hin, Holland, yachtsman, Gold Medal 1920 Olympics

1895 Birthday - Hans Fischbock, Austria, Finance minister, Nazi-occupied Holland

1894 Birthday - Bernard Wagenaar, Arnhem Holland, composer, 3 Songs for Chinese

1893 Birthday - Sidney Holland, New Zealand, Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1949 - 1957

1891 Event - Operations begin at Philips and Co in Holland

1891 Birthday - Jan Wils, Holland, architect/designer, Amsterdam's Olympic Stadium

1890 Birthday - Anthony Herman Gerard Fokker, born in Holland, aircraft pioneer, Spider

1884 Birthday - Peter Debye, Holland, physical chemist, Nobel 1936

1878 Birthday - Theodore Samuel Holland, composer

1872 Birthday - Piet Mondriaan, born in Holland, abstract painter, Broadway Boogie Woogie

1870 Birthday - Pieter Cornelis Boutens, Holland, mystic poet/scholar, Verzen

1869 Birthday - Johannes F "Frits" Bakker Sr, actor, Holland Tooneelgezelschap

1855 Death - Nikolaj A Bestoezjev, Russian writer/painter (Account of Holland), dies

1853 Birthday - Hendrik Antoon Lorentz, born in Holland, physicist, Nobel 1902

1848 Death - Adam FJA van Duyn, governor of South Holland, dies at 77

1840 Birthday - John Philip Holland, Liscannor Ireland, pioneer in submarine building

1838 Birthday - Tobias M Carel Asser, Holland, advocate of world law, Nobel 1911

1827 Death - Jan David Holland, composer, dies at 81

1824 Event - Great North Holland Canal opens

1824 Death - Jacobus J Cramer, priest of Holland/Zealand/Friesland, dies at 79

1823 Event - Great North Holland Canal (Amsterdam) opens

1819 Death - Dirk van den Boetzelaer, regent of Holland, dies at 55

1819 Birthday - Jean E "Adriaan" van Bevervoorde, journalist, History of Holland

1809 Event - Holland Brigade under Brigadier General Chasse reaches Madrid

1808 Event - Holland Brigade battle at Durango, Spain

1808 Event - Napoleon asks King Louis for Holland brigade towards Spain

1806 Event - Batavian Republic becomes Kingdom of Holland

1801 Death - Ralph Abercromby, English army commander (North Holland), dies at 66

1791 Birthday - Nikolaj A. Bestuzhev, Russia, writer/painter, Account about Holland

1780 Event - Britain declares war on Holland

1774 Death - Henry Fox Holland, English corrupt politician, dies at 68

1771 Birthday - Adam FJA van der Duyn, Dutch governor, South Holland

1764 Birthday - Dirk van den Boetzelaer, regent of Holland

1749 Event - Pieter Steyn becomes pension advisor of Holland

1747 Event - Willem IV appointed viceroy of Holland/Utrecht

1746 Birthday - Jan David Holland, composer

1744 Birthday - Jacobus J Cramer, priest of Holland/Zealand/West-Friesland

1735 Event - States of Holland forbid Free Masonry

1735 Death - Justus van Effen, writer/founder (Holland Spectator), dies at 51

1732 Event - Estates of Holland ratifies Treaty of Vienna

1730 Event - States of Holland put death penalty on "sodomy"

1722 Birthday - Peter Camper, Leyden Holland, anatomist/professor, Amsterdam

1705 Birthday - Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, England, corrupt politician, Chiswick

1693 Event - 1st sea battle of Lagos: England and Holland vs France

1689 Event - Anthonie Heinsius succeeds G Fagel as pension advisor of Holland

1684 Birthday - Justus van Effen, writer/founder, Holland Spectator

1683 Event - English Whig-leader duke of Monmouth flees to Holland

1682 Event - English Lord Shaftesbury flees to Holland

1674 Event - Court of Holland bans books of Hobbes/Spinoza/Meyer

1672 Event - Prince Willem III inaugurated as viceroy of Holland/Zealand

1672 Event - States of Holland declares "Eternal Edict" void

1667 Event - State of Holland obtain Eternal Edict

1661 Death - Jacobus de la Torra, RC apostole vicar of Holland, dies at about 53

1661 Event - Holland sells Brazil to Portugal for 8 million guilders

1660 Death - Jacob Cats, Father Cats, pension advisor of Holland, dies at 82

1653 Event - Johan de Witt sworn in as pension advisor of Holland

1647 Event - Willem II sworn in as viceroy of Holland

1646 Death - Matthew Vossius, historian (Annales Holland Zelandiaeque), dies at 35

1638 Event - Jonas Bronck of Holland becomes 1st European settler in Bronx

1634 Birthday - Gaspar Fagel, lawyer/pension advisor of Holland, 1672-88

1633 Death - Isabella of Austria, infante of Spain/governess in Holland, dies at 67

1632 Birthday - Jan Vermeer, Holland, painter, Procuress, Astronomer

1629 Birthday - Christian Huygens, Holland, astronomer, discovered Saturn's rings

1625 Birthday - Johan de Witt, statesman/advisor of Holland

1625 Event - Prince Frederik Henry sworn in as viceroy of Holland/Zealand

1625 Event - Prince Frederik Henry appointed viceroy of Holland

1594 Death - Paul Buys, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies at 62

1593 Event - State of Holland grants patent on windmill with crankshaft

1585 Birthday - Gerbrant A. Bredero, Holland, poet/playwright, Klucht van de Koe

1583 Birthday - Hugo Grotius, Holland, jurist, father of international law

1583 Event - Holland begins use of Gregorian calendar (yesterday was 1/1/1583)

1583 Event - 1st day of the Gregorian calendar in Holland and Flanders

1581 Event - States of Holland/Zealand recognized by Willem van Orange

1574 Death - Philip of Saint-Aldegonde, Flem viceroy Holland/Zealand/Utrecht, dies

1573 Event - Alva demands submission of Zealand/Holland

1572 Event - Willem van Orange recognized as viceroy of Holland/Friesland/Utrecht

1570 Death - Jacob van den Eynden, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies

1559 Event - Willem of Orange becomes viceroy of Holland/Zealand/Utrecht

1558 Death - Maximilian of Burgundy, leader of Holland/admiral, dies at 43

1549 Death - Barthout van Assendelft, 1st land advocate of Holland, dies

1544 Death - Rene van Chalon, viceroy of Holland, dies in battle at 25

1544 Event - Adrian van Goes becomes land advocate of Holland

1540 Event - Court of Holland names Amsterdam sheriff John Hubrechtsz a "heretic"

1539 Death - Reynier Brunt, procureur-general of Court of Holland, dies

1538 Death - Henry of Nassau-Dillenburg and Dietz, viceroy of Holland, dies

1532 Event - Zealand/South Holland flooded

1516 Death - John III van Egmont, Manke John, viceroy of Holland, dies at 78

1514 Birthday - Maximilian of Burgundy, viceroy of Holland

1483 Birthday - Hendrik van Nassau-Dillenburg en Dietz, gov/viceroy of Holland

1482 Death - Maria, duchess of Burgundy/countess of Holland, dies at 25

1466 Birthday - Desiderius Erasmus, Holland, scholar/author, In Praise of Folly

1456 Death - Hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies

1451 Event - Cardinal Nicholas of Cusa orders Jews of Holland to wear a badge

1441 Event - Holland and Hanzesteden sign cease fire treaty

1438 Birthday - John III van Egmont, Manke John, viceroy of Holland

1436 Death - Jacoba van Bavarian, countess of Holland/Zealand, dies at 35

1425 Event - Duke John VI van Brabant pledges Holland/Zealand to Philip the Good

1425 Death - Jan of Bavaria, liege of Holland/bishop/duke, dies

1425 Death - John of Bavaria/Bayern, liege of Holland/Zealand/Dordrecht, poisoned

1421 Event - Holland/Zealand dikes break in storm, 1000s killed

1421 Event - Dikes at Dort Holland breaks, 100,000 drown

1417 Death - Walraven I van Brederode, viceroy of Holland, dies

1417 Event - Jacoba van Bavarian becomes countess of Holland/Zealand/Henegouwen

1410 Birthday - John Van Lannoy, Flemish governor of Holland/Zealand/West Frisia

1381 Death - John of Chatillon, governor/viceroy of Holland, dies

1362 Death - Machteld, countess of Holland, dies

1349 Event - Margaretha of Bavaria names her son Willem V earl of Holland/Zealand

1346 Event - Emperor Louis IV of Bavaria gives his wife Margaretha, Holland/Zealand

1345 Death - Willem IV, earl of Henegouwen/Holland/Zealand, dies at about 27

1337 Death - Willem III the Good, earl of Holland/Zealand, dies at about 49

1304 Event - Willem III becomes earl of Holland

1301 Event - Battle at Breukelen: Holland vs Lichtenberg

1299 Death - Jan I, count of Holland/Zeeland (1295-99), dies at 15

1296 Death - Floris V, count of Holland and Zeeland, dies

1258 Death - Floris, the Guardian, count-regent of Holland, dies

1256 Death - Willem II, earl of Holland/German emperor (1238, 47-56), dies at 22

1248 Event - Earl Willem II of Holland crowned as RC German emperor

1247 Event - Willem II of Holland elected Roman Catholic German emperor

1234 Death - Floris IV, count of Holland, killed in tournament

1222 Death - Willem I, earl of Holland (1203-22), dies

1210 Birthday - Floris IV, Count of Holland

1203 Death - Dirk VII, Count of Holland (1190-1203), dies

1190 Death - Floris III, Count of Holland, dies

1163 Event - Hurricane hits villages in Holland/Friesland, causing floods

1157 Death - Dirk VI, Count of Holland, dies

1144 Death - Petronella, wife of earl Floris II the Vette of Holland/regent, dies

1132 Death - Floris the Black, brother of earl Dirk VI of Holland, murdered

1122 Death - Floris II, the fat one, count of Holland, dies

1121 Event - Dirk VI becomes count of Holland

1091 Event - Floris II de Vette becomes earl of Holland

1091 Death - Dirk V, count of Holland (1061-91), dies

1061 Death - Floris I, count of Holland, dies

1049 Death - Derrick IV, Count of Holland (1039-49), dies in battle

1039 Death - Dirk III Hierosolymita, Count of Holland, dies

988 Death - Dirk II, West Frisian count of Holland













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