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2013 Event - Beatrix of the Netherlands announces she will abdicate her throne to her son, Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange, on April 30, 2013 2013 Event - The Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Jean-Claude Juncker, loses his position as President of the Euro Group; he is unseated by Jeroen Dijsselbloem, Minister of Finance for the Netherlands 2012 Event - Soyuz, a spacecraft originally designed for the Soviet space program, lands safely in Kazakhstan, with Oleg Kononenko of Russia, Andre Kuipers of the Netherlands, and Don Pettit of the United States, onboard 2008 Death - Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, dies in Vlodrop, Netherlands, alert in yoga posture, at 90 1998 Event - Thick Fog causes highway carnage in Belgium and Netherlands, 6 die 1997 Event - 35th Tennis Fed Cup: France beats Netherlands in Den Bosch Netherlands (4-1) 1996 Event - Ireland beats Netherlands in 1st European Championship Final 1996 Event - 1st full ODI for the Netherlands, vs. New Zealand, cricket World Cup Nolan Clarke makes ODI debut for Netherlands at age 47 1994 Event - Anti Apartheid Group of Netherlands (AABN) disbands 1994 Death - Asta ER Elstak, Suriname/Netherlands welfare worker, dies at 74 1994 Death - Johannes J "Joop" Klant, Netherlands/South African economist/author, dies 1994 Death - AJ Bronkhorst, vicar/theologist (Reform The Netherlands), dies at 80 1994 Event - Circulation of Netherlands Telegraph/News of the Day reaches 800,000 1994 Event - Wim Cook government forms in Netherlands 1994 Event - Netherlands averages 21.4 degrees C; their warmest July since 1783 1994 Death - Pieter C Buitendijk, co-founder (Free Netherlands), dies at 92 1994 Death - Michel R Vassallucci, French/Netherlands publisher (Arena), dies at 32 1994 Event - 2500 kilograms of cocaine intercepted in Zeewolde Netherlands 1993 Death - Kamaran Abdalla, Iraq/English/Netherlands actor (Best Thing in Life), dies at 34 1993 Event - Arsenio Hall's 1,000th show retrospective seen in Netherlands 1993 Event - CBS' Knots Landing ends 14 year run with 334th show in Netherlands 1993 Event - Final episode of 6 year run of ABC's "Wonder Years" in Netherlands 1992 Death - LH Ruitenberg, vicar/editor in chief (Reform Netherlands), dies at 87 1992 Event - Floriade (Flower Show) closes at Hague, Netherlands 1992 Death - Itzhak Fuks, El Al captain, crashes in Bijlmer Netherlands 1992 Death - Ohad Arnon, El Al captain, crashes in Bijlmer Netherlands 1992 Death - Johannes van Capel, oldest man in Netherlands (Born 4/22/1884), dies 1992 Event - 5.5 earthquake hits Netherlands 1992 Event - Floriade (Flower Show) opens at Hague, Netherlands 1992 Event - Orthodox patriarch Shenouda III visits Netherlands 1992 Event - F-16 jet crashes at residential district of Hengelo Netherlands (No deaths) 1992 Death - Wim van Heumen, field hockey coach (Netherlands), dies at 63 1991 Death - Beb [Elizabeth] Vuyk, Netherlands/Indian writer (Camp Diary), dies at 86 1991 Death - Luis Aravena Munoz, Chilean singer/exiled to Netherlands, dies at 45 1991 Death - Frans Dohmen, union leader (Netherlands Catholic Mine Workers), dies at 81 1991 Event - Edwin Jongejans of Netherlands wins 1-meter springboard diving title 1990 Death - Mieke Verstraete, Belgian/Netherlands actress (Pleasant Settled), dies at 79 1990 Event - 95.5 degrees F (35.3 degrees C) in De Bilt Netherlands (highest Aug temp in Neth) 1990 Death - Norbert Elias, German/English/Netherlands philosopher/sociologist, dies 1990 Event - Zimbabwe beat the Netherlands by 6 wickets to win ICC Trophy 1990 Event - Egypt (500-1 longshot) ties favorite Netherlands 1-1 in World Cup game 1989 Death - Liesbeth Ribbius Peletier, Netherlands 1st female advisor of State, dies 1989 Death - Able J Herzberg, Russian/Netherlands lawyer (Eichmann in Jerusalem), dies 1989 Event - Lowest barometric pressure in Netherlands (95.5 hPa) 1989 Event - Lowest baramotric pressure in Netherlands (956.7 mbar at De Bilt) 1988 Death - Lotte Stam-Beese, German/Netherlands architect, dies at about 85 1988 Death - Friedrich Weinreb, Polish/Netherlands theologist/economist, dies at 77 1988 Event - Netherlands soccer team wins European Cup (2-0 against U.S.S.R.) 1988 Event - Train crash in Zeeland, Netherlands, kills 2 1988 Death - Marius W. Holtrop, economist/president (Netherlands Bank), dies at 85 1987 Death - Bernard Cardinal Alfrink, archbishop of Utrecht, Netherlands, dies at 87 1987 Event - Netherlands routes 2 minesweepers to Persian Gulf 1986 Event - Zimbabwe beats Netherlands by 25 runs to win ICC Trophy 1986 Event - Netherlands and Scilly Islands sign peace treaty (war of 1651) 1986 Event - Israeli premier Simon Peres visits Netherlands 1986 Event - Netherlands Bank issues 250 guilder notes 1985 Event - Noraly Beyer becomes Netherlands 1st black TV newscaster 1985 Event - Netherlands decides definative sites for cruise missiles 1985 Death - Pieter Jongeling, Dutch MP/editor (GPV, Netherlands Daily), dies at 76 1985 Event - Pope John Paul II arrives in Netherlands 1984 Event - Men's choir Maranatha Netherlands forms 1984 Event - Netherlands' Lubbers government gives 48 sites for cruise missiles 1984 Event - Farewell concert of "Doe Maar" in Den Bosch, Netherlands 1984 Event - China and Netherlands regain diplomatic relations 1983 Event - Hennie Kuiper (Netherlands) wins Paris-Roubaix cycle race 1983 Event - Netherlands adopts constitution 1982 Death - Tibor de Machula, Hungary/Netherlands cellist, dies at 70 1982 Event - Ingrid Berghmans (Netherlands) retains judo's world championship 1982 Event - Fokker's Fellowship crashes at Moerdijk, Netherlands, 17-22 die 1982 Event - Hanneke Jelgersma installed as Netherlands 1st Communist mayor 1982 Event - Suriname President Chin A Sen resigns and flees to Netherlands 1981 Event - Netherlands unemployment stands at record 475,000 1981 Birthday - Princess Juliana Edenia Antonia, of Netherlands 1981 Death - Hermann Schey, German/Netherlands singer, dies at 85 1981 Event - China throws out Netherlands ambassador due to submarine sale to Taiwan 1980 Event - Beatrix, Wilhelmina Armgard, crowned queen of Netherlands 1980 Event - Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands, abdicates 1979 Birthday - Nicolas Daniel Maricio, Prince of Netherlands 1979 Event - Music Center Vredenburg opens in Utrecht, Netherlands 1978 Death - Samuel Abraham Goldsmith, Netherlands/U.S. phycists, dies at 76 1978 Death - Alidius WL Tjarda van Stachouwer, Governor-General of Netherlands Indies, dies at 90 1978 Event - PSV beats Bastica, 3-0, to win UEFA Cup in Eindhoven, Netherlands 1977 Event - FC Volendam soccer team forms in Volendam, Netherlands 1977 Birthday - Bernardo Federico Tomas, Prince of Netherlands 1977 Birthday - Yvette Basting, born in Breda, Netherlands, tennis star, 1994 Futures-Flensberg-GER 1977 Event - Moluccan extremists hold 105 schoolchildren and 50 others hostage on a hijacked train in Netherlands, children released May 27, siege ends June 11 1977 Event - Netherlands State Delta Kappa Gamma Society forms 1977 Event - HCC, Hobby Computer Club, forms in Netherlands 1977 Event - Netherlands/Belgium/Luxembourg adopt summer time 1976 Event - Train collision at Goes, Netherlands, 7 die 1976 Birthday - Sjeng Schalken, Weert, Netherlands, tennis star 1976 Event - U.S.S.R. banishes dissident Andrei Amalrik to Netherlands 1976 Event - Train collision at Schiedam Netherlands, kills 24 1976 Event - Franklin Mint strikes 1st gold coins for Netherlands Antilles 1975 Event - Netherlands grants Suriname independence (National Day) 1975 Event - Cars in Netherlands must have seatbelts 1974 Event - OPEC ends oil boycott against Netherlands 1974 Death - Sonia Gaskell, Russian/Netherlands choreographer (Diaghilev), dies at 70 1974 Event - West Germany beats Netherlands 2-1 for soccer's 10th World Cup in Munich 1974 Birthday - Maria Carolina Christina, Princess of Netherlands 1974 Event - Benzine rationing ends in Netherlands 1974 Event - Gas rationing ends in Netherlands 1973 Birthday - Kristie Boogert, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands, tennis star, 1996 Paris 1973 Birthday - Eelco Wassenaar, Netherlands, U.S. field hockey midfielder 1996 Olympics 1973 Event - 5-mo oil embargo by Arab states against U.S. and Netherlands begins 1973 Event - Netherlands wins hockey world's championship 1973 Event - Netherlands recognizes North Vietnam 1973 Event - Netherlands recognizes East Germany 1972 Birthday - Jaime Bernardo, prince of Netherlands 1972 Birthday - Margarita Maria Beatriz, princess of Netherlands 1972 Birthday - Miriam Oremans, Berlicum, Netherlands, tennis star 1972 Birthday - Brenda Schultz, born in Netherlands, tennis star 1972 Event - Netherlands and China exchange ambassadors 1972 Birthday - Pieter Christiaan, Prince of Netherlands 1971 Birthday - Richard Krajicek, Netherlands, tennis star, Wimbledon-1996 1971 Event - Japans emperor Hirohito visits Netherlands 1971 Birthday - Ernest Faber, born in Geldrop, Netherlands, professional soccer player, played for the Netherlands national football team, PSV Eindhoven, FC Groningen and Sparta Rotterdam 1971 Birthday - Ger Senden, born in Heerlen, Netherlands, professional soccer player, played for Roda JC, 1989 - 2008, retired May 2008 after playing over 400 matches in the club 1971 Event - Train crash at Duivendrecht, Netherlands, 5 die 1971 Death - Bernard Wagenaar, Netherlands/U.S. composer, dies at 76 1970 Birthday - Brenda Schultz-McCarthy, Haarlem, Netherlands, tennis star, 95, 96 Oklahoma City 1970 Event - Netherlands and Albania form diplomatic relations 1970 Event - Indonesian president Suharto visits Netherlands 1970 Birthday - Jacco Elringh, Netherlands, tennis star 1970 Birthday - Jacco Eltingh, Heerde, Netherlands, tennis star, 1993 ATP World Doubles 1970 Birthday - Jan Siemerink, born in Netherlands, tennis star 1970 Birthday - Meeno Peluce, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, actor, Bad News Bears 1970 Birthday - Eric Gouka, cricketer, Netherlands pace bowler 1996 World Cup 1970 Birthday - Anne-Marie Goddard, born in Utrechtum, Netherlands, playmate, Jan, 94 1970 Event - Netherlands Christian Workers Union (NCW) forms 1969 Birthday - Bernhard, Jr., Prince of Netherlands 1969 Birthday - Arthur Numan, born in Heemskerk, Netherlands, professional soccer player, played for FC Twente, Rangers, played left back, team manager for Netherlands B squad 1969 Event - West German President Heinemann visits Netherlands 1969 Birthday - Prince Constantijn, CF Aschwin, of Netherlands 1969 Birthday - Dennis Bergkamp, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, soccer player, Ajax 1969 Event - Nuclear reactor Dodewaard Netherlands goes into use 1968 Birthday - Johan Friso, prince of Orange-Nassau, Netherlands 1968 Death - George KFW von Kuchler, German marshal (Netherlands 1940), dies at 86 1968 Birthday - Babette Van Veen, Netherlands, actress, Linda-GTST, Blueberry Hill 1968 Event - Congress of Political Party Radicals (PPR) forms in Netherlands 1968 Birthday - Mark Vanderloo, Waddenveen, Netherlands, model 1968 Birthday - Prince Maurits of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven, born in Utrecht, Netherlands, 10th in line of succession to the Dutch throne 1968 Event - Political Party Radikalen (PPR) established in Netherlands 1968 Birthday - Mark Koevermans, Netherlands, tennis star 1968 Event - Netherlands gets color TV 1967 Event - Train crash at Arnhem, Netherlands, kills 5 1967 Birthday - Frederique [Van derWal], Netherlands, model, Victoria Secrets 1967 Birthday - Reinout Scholte, cricketer, Netherlands batsman 1996 World Cup 1967 Birthday - Nicole Jagerman, Netherlands, tennis star 1967 Event - Provo disbands in Netherlands Nonviolent Coordinating Committee 1967 Event - Jelle Zijlstra becomes president of Netherlands Bank 1967 Birthday - Willem-Alexander CGF, Dutch crown prince/son of Queen Beatrix of Netherlands 1967 Event - EO, Evangelical Broadcasting, begins in Netherlands 1966 Birthday - Angela Visser, born in Netherlands, Miss Universe, 1989 1966 Birthday - Wim Jonk, born in Volendam, Netherlands, midfielder, professional soccer player, played for Ajax Amsterdam, FC Volendam 1966 Birthday - Anna Wood, born in Roeumond, Netherlands, Dutch/Australian canoeist, 1988, 1996 Olympics 1966 Birthday - Paul Haarhuis, Eindhoven, Netherlands, tennis star, 1994 U.S./Austral doubles 1965 Event - Netherlands 2nd Chamber accept marriage princess Beatrice and Claus von Amsberg 1965 Birthday - Fora van Leijenhorst, Curacaos/Netherlands dancer, Josephine 1964 Event - Singapore limits imports from Netherlands due to Indonesian aggression 1964 Event - 1st Rolling Stones concert in Netherlands 1964 Event - Netherlands last whaling ship Willem Barents Sea sold to Japan 1964 Birthday - Nelli [Antoinette HC] Fiere-Cooman, Netherlands, runner, WR 60 m in 7.00 1964 Event - Beatles arrive in netherlands 1964 Birthday - Mustapha Zerqti, Moroccan/Netherlands writer, Ihtidaar hub fi el-mahd 1964 Birthday - Manon Bollegraf, born in den Bosch, Netherlands, tennis star, semi 1996 Australia doubles 1964 Event - Sjoukje Dijkstra (Netherlands) wins Olympic gold for figure skating 1964 Death - Arnoldus JC Krafft, theologist (Atlas of Netherlands Antilles), dies at 71 1963 Event - U.S. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson visits Netherlands 1963 Event - Indonesia takes control of Irian Jaya (west New Guinea) from Netherlands 1963 Event - Indonesia and Netherlands recover diplomatic relations 1963 Death - Oscar Backing, Austria/Netherlands viola player, dies at 83 1962 Event - Telegraph between Netherlands and Indonesia restored 1962 Death - Wilhelmina HPM, queen of the Netherlands (1898-1948), dies at 82 1962 Birthday - Peter Cantrell, cricketer, Queensland opening bat, Netherlands WC 1996 1962 Event - U.N. gives Netherlands control of New-Guinea 1962 Event - Netherlands and Indonesia signs accord about New Guinea 1962 Event - Netherlands and Indonesia accord over New-Guinea 1962 Event - Thalidomide drug banned in Netherlands 1962 Birthday - Floris Jansen, cricketer, Netherlands pace bowler 1996 World Cup 1962 Event - Lee Harvey Oswald arrives by train in Oldenzaal, Netherlands 1962 Event - Netherlands telephone net becomes completely automated 1962 Death - Josephus RH van Schaik, lawyer/vice-premier of Netherlands, dies at 80 1962 Event - Bekkers of Bosch makes TV speech in Netherlands for birth control 1962 Event - Robert Kennedy visits Netherlands 1962 Event - Minister De Pous confirms natural gas reserves in Groningen Netherlands 1962 Death - Willem Paerels, Netherlands/Belgian painter/graphic artist, dies at 83 1962 Event - Dutch express train crashes into slow commuter train, 93 die (Netherlands) 1961 Birthday - Michel R Vassallucci, French/Netherlands publisher, Arena 1961 Death - Pieter Tesch, mine engineer/geology (Pedestal of Netherlands), dies 1961 Event - Henk van der Grift (Netherlands) becomes world champ all-round skater 1960 Event - Indonesia drops diplomatic relations with Netherlands 1960 Event - Netherlands - U.S. cemetery Margraten official opens 1960 Event - Netherlands and Germany sign accord concerning war casualties 1960 Event - Oscar awarded to Netherlands director Bert Haanstra 1959 Birthday - Michiel Schapers, Netherlands, tennis star 1959 Event - Netherlands beats Belgium 9-1 1959 Birthday - Marcella Mesker, Netherlands, tennis star 1959 Event - Shah of Persia visits Netherlands 1959 Event - Jan de Quay becomes premier of Netherlands 1959 Birthday - Kamaran Abdalla, Iraq/English/Netherlands actor, Goede Tijden Selechte Tijden 1959 Event - Netherlands Dance Theater opens (Rudi of Dantzig and Cut Flier) 1958 Event - Benelux treaty signed by Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg 1957 Birthday - Paul-Jan Bakker, cricketer, Hampshire and Netherlands pace bowler 1957 Birthday - Bert Oosterbosch, born in Eindhoven, Netherlands, racing cyclist, won World amateur team time trial championship, won World Professional individual pursuit title, successful track and road racer 1957 Death - Andries CD de Graeff, Governor-General of Netherlands Indies (1926-31), dies at 84 1957 Birthday - Eddie Van Halen, Nijmegan, Netherlands, rock guitarist, Van Halen-Jump, 1984 1956 Event - F Goodrich and A Hackett's "Diary of Anne Frank," premieres in Netherlands 1956 Event - Indonesia says it will not pay debts to the Netherlands 1956 Birthday - Jan Peter Balkenende, born in Biezelinge, Netherlands, politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands, member of the Christian Democratic Appeal party 1956 Birthday - Dick Kemper, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, rock vocalist/bassist, Vandenberg 1956 Event - Indonesia withdraws from Netherlands Indonesian Union 1955 Birthday - Alex Van Halen, Nijmegen, born in Netherlands, rock drummer, Van Halen-1984, Jump 1955 Birthday - Enith Salle Brigitha, Netherlands, 100m/200m swimmer 1976 Olympics bronze 1955 Death - Joannes A Veraart, Dut judge/MP, (Jews in Netherlands), dies at 68 1954 Event - Kingdom of Netherlands, with Netherlands and Netherlands Antilles as autonomous parts, comes into being 1954 Event - Council for the Children Protection forms in Netherlands 1954 Event - Netherlands Antilles becomes co-equal part of Kingdom of Netherlands 1954 Event - 1st pro football game in Netherlands 1954 Event - Netherlands Indonesian Union breaks up 1954 Birthday - Jos Zoomer, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, rock drummer, Vandenberg 1954 Birthday - Adrian Vandenberg, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, rock guitarist, Whitesnake 1953 Birthday - Arie Luyendyk, born in Netherlands, Indy-car racer, 1990 Indianapolis 500 1953 Birthday - Peter Hoekstra, born in Groningen, Netherlands, Representative-R-Michigan 1993 - 1953 Birthday - Roy Ristie, Suriname/Netherlands radio host, Apintie, Kankantrie 1953 Event - South African premier Malan visits Netherlands 1953 Event - West Germany loses in soccer to Netherlands, 2-1 1953 Event - Dr. A de Waal appointed as Netherlands 1st female Assistant Secretary of State 1953 Event - Flooding in Netherlands, kills 1,835 1953 Event - Hurricane-like winds flood Netherlands drowning 1,835 1953 Event - Netherlands end Marshall aid 1953 Birthday - Andree van Es, born in Den Haag, Netherlands, politician, member, House of Representatives, GreenLeft and Pacifist Socialist Party, director-general of Government and Kingdom Relations 1952 Birthday - Flavian Aponso, cricketer, rebel Sri Lankan 1982, Netherlands World Cup 1996 1952 Birthday - Sylvia Kristel, Netherlands, actress, Emmanuelle, Priv School for Girls 1952 Event - Operations begin at United Suriname Workers of Netherlands which flew from London to Johannesburg carrying 36 passengers 1952 Event - Rationing of coffee in Netherlands ends 1952 Birthday - Eveline Herfkens, born in The Hague, Netherlands, Dutch politician, member of the Dutch parliament from 1981 - 1990, served on the Council of the Labor Party 1951 Birthday - Charles de Lint, Netherlands, sci-fi author, Moonhear, Mulengro, Yarrow 1951 Event - Nazi General Christiansen leaves Netherlands 1951 Birthday - Jan Timman, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Dutch chess player, Grandmaster, won International Master title in 1971 and 1974, won 1976 Chess Olympiads gold medal 1951 Event - Netherlands ends state of war with Germany 1951 Event - Netherlands and South Africa sign cultural accord 1951 Event - Netherlands Radio School forms 1951 Event - 1st use of lie detector in Netherlands 1950 Death - Balthazar H Verhagen, Netherlands/South African dramatist/writer, dies 1950 Birthday - Ria Oomen-Ruijten, born in Echt, the Netherlands, politician, member of the European Parliament, member of the Christian Democratic Appeal 1950 Event - Indonesia gains independence from Netherlands 1950 Birthday - Leon Frissen, born in Beek, Netherlands, Queen's Governor of the province of Limburg, Netherlands, or Queen's Commissioner 1950 Event - Doorne's Auto factory opens in Netherlands 1950 Event - Netherlands recognizes People's Republic of China 1950 Event - Suriname becomes independent part in Realm of Netherlands 1950 Event - Belgium, Luxembourg and Netherlands recognize Israel 1949 Event - Queen Juliana (Netherlands) grants sovereignty to Indonesia 1949 Event - United States of Indonesia gains independence from Netherlands 1949 Event - A M de Jong's murderer, Ton van Gog arrested in Scheveningen, Netherlands 1949 Event - Netherlands annexes Elten and Tudderen 1949 Event - Piet Van de Pol (Netherlands) becomes world champion billiard player 1949 Event - England, Belgium, Lux, Netherlands, New Zealand and Switzerland recognize Israel 1948 Event - Juliana becomes queen of Netherlands 1948 Event - Fanny Blankers-Koen (Netherlands) is 1st women to win 3 golds at Olympics 1948 Event - International Court of Justice opens at Hague Netherlands 1948 Birthday - Wubbo J. Ockels, born in Almelo, Netherlands, astronaut, STS-22 1948 Event - Netherlands and Indonesia agree to a cease fire 1947 Event - Netherlands ceases political action in Indonesia, due to United Nations pressure 1947 Event - 1st political action of Netherlands Army on Java and Sumatra 1947 Event - 98 degrees F (36.8 degrees C) in De Bilt Netherlands 1947 Event - Operations begin at Radio Netherlands World radio 1947 Birthday - Carmen Krolis, Suriname/Netherlands singer 1947 Birthday - Harry Vanda, Vandenberg, Hague, Netherlands, rock guitarist, Easybeats 1947 Birthday - Princess Maria Christina, Marijke, of Netherlands 1947 Event - Netherlands Radio Union forms 1947 Event - Muiden Netherlands ammunition factory explodes, 16 die 1946 Event - English soccer team beats Netherlands, 8-2 1946 Event - Netherlands and Indonesia sign cease fire 1946 Birthday - Tristan Keuris, born in Amersfoort, Netherlands, composer, taught composition in Utrecht, Amsterdam, works include 'Saxophone Quartet Concerto' 1946 Birthday - J Guillermo, ex-husband of princess Christina of Netherlands 1946 Event - KVP wins Provincial National election in Netherlands 1946 Event - NSB mayor of Rotterdam, Netherlands, FE Muller sentence to 100 years in jail 1945 Birthday - Luis Aravena Munoz, Chilean singer/exiled in Netherlands 1945 Event - Indonesia (Dutch E Indies) declares independence from Netherlands 1945 Birthday - Betty Stove, born in Netherlands, tennis player, U.S. Doubles 1972 1945 Event - British troops pull into Utrecht, Netherlands 1945 Event - Princess Irene Brigade moves into the Hague Netherlands 1945 Event - General J. Blaskowitz surrenders German troops in Netherlands 1945 Event - Netherlands and Denmark liberated from Nazi control 1945 Event - German troops in Netherlands, Denmark and Norway surrender 1945 Event - British troops reach Grebbe line Netherlands 1945 Event - German occupiers flood Wieringermeer, Netherlands 1945 Event - Canadian army liberates Teuge and Assen Netherlands from Nazis 1945 Event - Canadian troops liberate Nazi concentration camp Westerbork, Netherlands 1945 Event - Nazi occupiers executed, Nazi general Christiansen flees Netherlands 1945 Event - Almelo Netherlands freed 1945 Birthday - Herman[us J] van Veen, Netherlands, cabaretier, singer, composer and writer 1945 Event - Queen Wilhelmina returns to Netherlands 1945 Event - Allies bombs The Hague, Netherlands 1945 Event - Swedish ships bring food to starving Netherlands 1945 Event - Nazi occupiers forbid food transport to West (The Netherlands) 1944 Birthday - Jeroen Krabbe, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, actor, Fugitive 1944 Event - Mail routing resumes in free South Netherlands 1944 Event - 1st Polish Armoured Division liberates Breda, Netherlands 1944 Event - Kerkrade (Netherlands) liberated 1944 Event - Battle of Arnhem, Germans defeat British airborne in Netherlands 1944 Event - Helmond and Oss Netherlands liberated 1944 Death - Colijn, Netherlands PM, buried 1944 Event - Polish forces free Terneuzen, Netherlands 1944 Event - Operation Market Garden: British airborne division lands Arnhem, Netherlands 1944 Event - Resistance fighter Jaap Musch arrested in Nijverdal, Netherlands 1944 Event - Strongest Hurricane of century in Netherlands (wind force 12) 1944 Event - Belgium, Luxembourg and Netherlands sign unity treaty 1944 Event - Prince Bernhard appointed supreme commander of Netherlands Domestic Arm Force 1944 Birthday - Leonard Slatkin, born in Los Angeles, California, conductor, Concert Orchestra, Netherlands 1944 Event - 94.5 degrees F (34.7 degrees C) in De Bilt Netherlands and 101.5 degrees F (38.6 degrees C) in Warnsvelt 1944 Event - Allied air raid on train in North Netherlands, 32 killed 1944 Birthday - Barry Stevens, British/Netherlands, choreographer, Personals, Young Again 1944 Event - 240 gypsies transported to Auschwitz from Westerbork, Netherlands 1944 Event - Operation Straightline: Allies land in Netherlands New-Guinea 1944 Death - Hendrik W van Loon, Netherlands/U.S. radio commentator/writer, dies at 62 1944 Birthday - Tom Okker, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, tennis player, nickname, The Flying Dutchman, world's top doubles player, 1969, world's top ten singles player for 17 years 1943 Birthday - M A M "Thos" Woltgens, Mayor, Kerkrade, Netherlands 1943 Event - Landwacht (NSB-political party) forms in Netherlands 1943 Event - U.S. bombers accidentally strike Enschede, Netherlands, causing 151 deaths 1943 Event - 40 German bombers attack Haarlem, Netherlands, 85 killed 1943 Event - James Oglethorpe (U.S.) and Terkolei (Netherlands), torpedoed and sinks 1943 Event - Elin K (No) and Zaanland (Netherlands) torpedoed and sinks 1943 Event - Nazi Militia forms in Netherlands 1943 Event - 1st transport from Westerbork Netherlands to Sobibor concentration camp 1943 Event - Mussert forms pro Nazi shadow cabinet (Netherlands) 1943 Event - German under officers shot down in Haarlem, Netherlands 1942 Event - Last camouflaged German raider Komet leaves Flushing harbor (Netherlands) 1942 Birthday - Nancy Ann Dibble, Netherlands, sci-fi author, Summerfair 1942 Event - SS begins transporting Jews of Maastricht, Netherlands 1942 Event - German occupiers set night curfew on Jews in Netherlands 1942 Death - Neel [Cornelia H] Doff, Netherlands/French/Belgian painter's model, dies 1942 Event - Nazi occupiers in Netherlands arrests 2,000 Dutch officers 1942 Event - Nazi's execute 72 OD'ers in reprisial in Sachsenhausen, Netherlands 1942 Event - Jews forced to wear a Jewish Star in Netherlands and Vichy-France 1942 Event - Illegal Free Netherlands announces boycott of theaters 1942 Event - 1st weapon drop on Netherlands 1942 Event - Japan invades North-Celebes, Netherlands Indies 1941 Birthday - Frank Creton, Suriname/Netherlands painter 1941 Event - German Jews in Netherlands declared stateless (lose of nationality) 1941 Event - German occupiers forbid SDAP, VDB, ARP, RKSP, CHU and SGP in Netherlands 1941 Event - Former Dutch Prime Minister Colijn says Netherlands Indies not ready for independence 1941 Event - Nazi occupiers in Netherlands forbid Jewish music 1941 Event - 2 Fokker's employees flee nazi occupied Netherlands to England 1941 Event - Nazi occupied Netherlands layoff Jewish journalists 1941 Event - Nazi occupiers in Netherlands confiscate Jewish assets 1941 Event - German occupiers confiscate AVRO studios in Netherlands 1941 Event - Netherlands NSB-leader Mussert visits Goring in Berlin 1941 Event - Romania breaks relations with Netherlands 1941 Event - Anti-nazi "Het Parool" begins publishing in Netherlands 1941 Event - Dutch Premier De Geer returns from Lisbon to Netherlands 1941 Event - Anti-German demonstration in Haarlem Netherlands 1941 Event - Netherlands begins taxing wages 1940 Event - Nazi occupiers forbid building schools in Netherlands 1940 Event - Eggs and cake rationed in Netherlands 1940 Event - RAF drops 1st anti-nazi pamphlets on Netherlands 1940 Event - Cheese rationed in Netherlands 1940 Event - Greenhouse rationing begins in Netherlands 1940 Event - Nazi collaborator Mussert puts the fate of Netherlands in Hitler's hands 1940 Event - Netherlands government in exile of Gerbrandy forms London 1940 Event - 1st edition pf illegal opposition newspaper Free Netherlands 1940 Event - German occupiers in Netherlands begin soap ration 1940 Event - Netherlands starts rationing textile 1940 Event - 1st illegal "Newsletter of Pieter It Hen" publishes in Netherlands 1940 Event - Germany occupiers forbid Dutch Communist Party (CPN) in Netherlands 1940 Event - Nazi occupiers in Netherlands forbid anti-nazi films 1940 Event - SS rounds up 31 German/Polish/Dutch Jews in Roermond, Netherlands 1940 Event - Governor of Suriname and Netherlands Antilles refuse entry to Jewish refugees 1940 Event - Netherlands rations petroleum 1940 Event - Arthur Seyss-Inquart installed as Reich commissar of Hague, Netherlands 1940 Event - Nazi bombs Rotterdam (600-900 dead), Netherlands surrender to Germany 1940 Event - French troops arrive in Zealand/Brabant Netherlands 1940 Event - Nazi armies attack Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg 1940 Event - 21 "not neutral" nazis and communists arrested in Netherlands 1940 Event - Netherlands beats Belgium 4-2 in soccer 1940 Event - Foreign correspondents in Netherlands under censorship 1939 Event - Netherlands KNSM passenger ship Simon Bolivar hits German mine, 86 die 1939 Event - Sugar rationing begins in Netherlands 1939 Event - Sugar rationed in Netherlands 1939 Event - Dutch 2nd Chamber affirms Netherlands in a State of War 1939 Event - Netherlands and Belgium declare neutrality 1939 Birthday - Irene, Princess of Netherlands 1939 Event - Netherlands recognizes Franco-regime in Spain 1938 Event - 117 Spanish knights under Captain Piet Laros return to Netherlands 1938 Event - Belgian king Leopold III visits Netherlands 1938 Birthday - Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard, Queen of Netherlands, 1980- 1938 Birthday - Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard, queen of Netherlands, 1980- 1938 Birthday - Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard, Queen of Netherlands, 1980- 1937 Event - Prince Bernhard injured in auto accident in Netherlands 1936 Birthday - Hans Zender, born in Wiesbaden, Germany, composer, conductor, music professor, Conductor in Chief of the Chamber Orchestra of Radio Netherlands in Hilversum, Southwest German Radio guest conductor 1936 Event - Netherlands leave Gold Standard/devaluate guilder 1936 Event - Construction on Ypenburg Netherlands airport begins 1935 Event - SDAP and NVV launchs "Plan for Work" in Utrect Netherlands 1935 Event - General Netherlands Persbureau (ANP) forms in Amsterdam 1935 Event - Netherlands election (Musserts NSB wins 8% of vote) 1935 Death - Alexander W. F. Idenburg, Governor-General of Netherlands Indies (1909-16), dies at 73 1934 Event - Fokker F18 Snip flies to Netherlands West Indies 1934 Death - Anton CR Dreesmann, German/Netherlands manufacturer (Devout and D), dies 1934 Death - Henry WAE, Prince of Netherlands/father of Queen Juliana, dies 1934 Event - Netherlands Princess Juliana opens Juliana Canal 1934 Event - Netherlands Indies BC Ltd begins radio transmission (Indonesia) 1934 Event - Netherlands beats Belgium 9-3, in soccer 1933 Death - Paul Ehrenfest, Austria/Netherlands physicist, dies at 53 1933 Event - Suriname worker's union leader A de Come banish to Netherlands 1933 Death - Henry Van Dyke, clergyman, educator, author, wrote poetry, hymns, essays, co-wrote first Presbyterian printed liturgy, 'The Common Book of Worship of 1906', served as U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands and Luxembourg, dies 1933 Event - 1st edition of People and Fatherland published in Netherlands 1932 Event - Earthquake at Uden Netherlands 1932 Event - Belgium, Luxembourg and Netherlands sign Unity treaty 1932 Event - Government declares "Wilhelmus" Netherlands national anthem 1931 Event - Genootschap Onze Taal (Our Language) organizes (Netherlands) 1931 Birthday - Thomas Bernhard, born in Heerlen, Netherlands, most prominent German-speaking postwar era author, writer, playwright, novelist 1930 Birthday - Willem G Statius Muller, Netherlands Antilles, conductor/pianist/composer 1929 Birthday - Maarten Schmidt, Netherlands/U.S. astronomer, quasars 1929 Event - Doorne's trailer factory in Einsdhoven, Netherlands opens 1929 Birthday - Bernard Haitink, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, conductor, London Philharmonic Orchestra 1969 - 1978 1929 Birthday - Henk Heidweiler, Surinam ambassador, in Netherlands 1929 Event - 1st telephone connection between Netherlands and West-Indies 1929 Event - 1st telephone connection between Netherlands and East Indies 1928 Event - Railroad museum opens in Utrecht, Netherlands 1928 Event - Netherlands and Belgium tie 1-1 (soccer match in Amsterdam) 1928 Event - 1st radio telephone connection between Netherlands and US 1928 Event - Algemeene Vereeniging Radio Omroep (AVRO) begins broadcasting (Netherlands) 1927 Birthday - Gualberto T. Hernandez, perfect minister Netherlands Antilles 1927 Event - Netherlands beats Belgium 3-2 in soccer match in Amsterdam 1927 Event - Dutch 1st Chamber condemns Belgian and Netherlands Wielingen Treaty 1926 Event - Train disaster at Wassenaar, Netherlands, 4 die 1926 Birthday - Claus von Amsberg, prince of Netherlands 1926 Event - Baronie soccer team forms in Breda, Netherlands 1926 Event - The Beehive in the Hague opens 1st escalator in Netherlands 1926 Event - De Geer government in Netherlands takes office 1925 Event - Netherlands and Germany sign trade agreement 1925 Event - Netherlands returns to gold standard 1925 Event - Netherlands and Great Britain return to gold standard 1925 Event - Netherlands and Belgium sign accord of Westerschelde 1924 Event - 1st radio transmission of NCRV in Netherlands 1924 Birthday - Theo Olof, German/Netherlands violinist, prodigy, concert master 1924 Event - Netherlands refuses to recognize U.S.S.R. 1924 Birthday - Nina Foch, born in Leiden, Netherlands, actress, American in Paris 1924 Event - Netherlands and U.S.S.R. begin talks over U.S.S.R. recognition 1924 Event - Amsterdam's Netherlands Press Museum opens 1923 Event - German ex-crown prince flees Netherlands for Germany 1923 Event - Textile strike in Enschede, Netherlands, against lower wages, begins 1923 Event - Catholic University of Nijmegen Netherlands opens 1923 Event - Swedish king Gustaaf V begins state visit to Netherlands 1923 Event - 1st radio telegraph message from Netherlands to Dutch East Indies 1922 Event - Revised Netherlands Law proclaims suffrage 1922 Event - 2nd government of Ruys de Beerenbrouck installed in Netherlands 1922 Event - 1st general election in Netherlands 1922 Event - Record temperature in Netherlands for May (35.6 degrees C) 1922 Event - Belgian soccer team defeats Netherlands: 1-2 1922 Event - Netherlands soccer team defeats Denmark 2-0 1921 Event - Coldest day in Nov in Netherlands -14.0 degrees C 1921 Birthday - Joop Doderer, Velsen Netherlands, actor, Swiebertje 1921 Event - Soccer team GVAV of Groningen Netherlands forms 1920 Event - The netherlands/Venezuela recover diplomatic relations 1920 Event - Dirk Fock appointed as Governor-General of Netherlands Indies 1920 Birthday - Nan Merriman, U.S./Netherlands singer, Arturo Toscanini NBC Orchestra 1920 Birthday - A. W. [Rie] Kuiper-Mastenbroek, born in Netherlands, swimmer, 3 Gold Medals 1936 Olympics 1920 Event - Netherlands joins League of Nations 1919 Event - KLM, Netherlands Airlines, established (oldest existing airline) 1919 Event - 1st edition "Volkskrant" (People's newspaper) published in Netherlands 1918 Event - De Kooy airport in Netherlands opens 1918 Event - Train accident at Weesp, Netherlands, kills 42 1918 Birthday - Jelle Zijlstra, economist/minister/president Netherlands Bank 1918 Death - Joost van Vollenhoven, Netherlands, Governor-General (French West-Africa), dies 1918 Event - Netherlands Indian Volksraad installed in Batavia 1918 Event - Wageningen Agricultural College Netherlands opens 1917 Event - EHC soccer team forms in Hoensbroek, Netherlands 1917 Event - 1st Annual fair at Utrecht Harbor (Netherlands) 1917 Event - Johanna Westerdijk installed as Netherlands 1st female professor 1917 Death - Hendrik P G Quack, lawyer/economist (Bank of Netherlands), dies at 82 1916 Birthday - Bert Haanstra, Holten Netherlands, director, Fanfare 1916 Event - JP Van Limburg Stirum succeeds AWF Idenburg as Governor-General of Netherlands Indies 1915 Birthday - Noelle de Mosa, Netherlands/British dancer/teacher, Brigadoon 1915 Event - 1st military flight in Netherlands East Indies (Tandjong Priok) 1915 Event - Rationing laws go into effect in Netherlands 1915 Event - 92 degrees F (33.3 degrees C) in De Bilt, Netherlands 1915 Birthday - Gustaaf AWC baron van Hemert Dingshof, mayor-Maarn Netherlands 1915 Event - German U boat torpedoes Netherlands merchant ship Medea 1915 Event - Netherlands merchant ship Tubantia torpedoed and sinks in North Sea 1915 Birthday - Johannes J "Joop" Klant, Netherlands/South Africa economist, Madame Sans Gane 1914 Event - Netherlands army shoots up geinterneerde Belgian soldiers: 8 killed 1914 Event - 34.7 degrees F (1.5 degrees C) in De Bilt, Netherlands 1914 Event - High Council of Labor forms in Hague Netherlands 1914 Event - Klaas ter Laan becomes Netherlands 1st socialist mayor (Zaandam) 1913 Birthday - Hugo Pos, Suriname/Netherlands WW II prosecutor of minor war crimes Tokyo 1913 Birthday - Ben[jamin S] Polak, born in Netherlands, physician/communist/resistance fighter 1913 Event - Soccer club PSV forms in Eindhoven Netherlands 1913 Birthday - Karl Guttmann, Austrian/Netherlands playwright/director, Albee/Pinter 1913 Event - Demonstrations for general voting right in Netherlands 1913 Event - French Hals museum opens in Harleem Netherlands 1913 Birthday - H Ernst, bishop, born in Breda, Netherlands 1913 Event - Netherlands soccer team's 1st victory over England 1912 Birthday - Paul H F Brenneker, Netherlands/Antillian photographer/folklorist 1912 Event - Relief laws replaces those of 1854, in Netherlands 1912 Birthday - Piet van Egmond, Dutch organist/conductor, Netherlands Chamber Orchestra 1912 Birthday - Bert Bakker, Dutch publisher, Free Netherlands 1911 Birthday - Pieter Platteel, last governor Netherlands New-Guinea 1911 Event - 96 degrees F (35.6 degrees C) in De Bilt Netherlands 1911 Birthday - Bernhard, born in Germany, Prince, Consort to Queen Juliana of Netherlands 1911 Birthday - Frans Vroons, actor/tenor/director, Netherlands Opera 1910 Birthday - Friedrich Weinreb, Polish/Netherlands theologist/economist 1910 Event - DHC soccer team forms in Delft, Netherlands 1909 Birthday - Theodorus H J Zwartkruis, Bishop of Haarlem Netherlands, 1966-83 1909 Event - Etten-Leur 1st airplane flight in Netherlands (Belgium count De Lambert) 1909 Birthday - "Col Tom" Parker, Dries Van Kruijk, born in Netherlands, rock manager, Elvis Presley 1909 Birthday - Szymon Goldberg, Polish/US violinist and conductor, Netherlands Chamber Orchestra 1909 Event - Christian National Labor Workers (CNV) party begins in Netherlands 1909 Event - Netherlands begins unity with Belgium 1909 Birthday - Juliana, Queen of Netherlands, 1948-80 1909 Birthday - Pieter Jongeling, Dutch MP, GVP, editor, Netherlands Daily 1909 Event - Netherlands' SDAP suspends Marxist Tribune group (Gorter and Wijnkoop) 1908 Event - Denmark, Germany, England, France, Netherlands and Sweden sign North Sea accord 1908 Event - Wilhelmina '08 soccer team forms in Weert, Netherlands 1907 Birthday - Christian J H English, Luc Tournier, Netherlands/Curacaos painter/composer 1907 Birthday - Nicholas Tinbergen, Netherlands/British biologist/zoologist, Nobel 1973 1907 Death - Anton G van Hamel, founder (Roman philosphy in Netherlands), dies at 65 1907 Birthday - Paul J. Steenbergen, Netherlands, actor, Ciske Rat, founder, Hague's Comedy 1907 Event - SS Berlin sinks off Hoek van Holland Netherlands (142 dead) 1906 Birthday - Louis Borell, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, actor, Over the Moon, Queer Cargo 1906 Event - Calvinist Reformed Union in Netherlands Church forms in Utrecht 1906 Event - Heavy storm bursts dike flooding Vlissingen, Netherlands 1905 Event - Netherlands/Russian Count Witte becomes premier of Russia 1905 Birthday - L H Ruitenberg, vicar/editor in chief, Reformed of Netherlands 1905 Birthday - Jan Louis Guillaume "Yvan" Doornik, Netherlands resistance fighter in France 1905 Event - 2nd official International soccer match, Netherlands beats Belgium 4-0 1905 Event - Netherlands Workers van Vakverenigingen, (NVV) political party forms 1905 Birthday - Beb [Elizabeth] Vuyk, Netherlands/Indonesian writer, Camp diary 1904 Event - Netherlands and Portugal lay down bounderies splitting Timor 1904 Birthday - Sonia Gaskell, Russian/Netherlands choreographer 1904 Birthday - Peter Van Steeden, born in Amsterdam Netherlands, orchestra leader, Break the Bank 1904 Event - Netherlands Indies colony begins opium production 1903 Event - Netherlands Korfball League forms 1902 Birthday - Marius W. Holtrop, economist/president, Netherlands Bank 1902 Birthday - Hendrik J Kruls, Netherlands, general/chief military authority, 1944-46 1902 Birthday - Cola [Nicolas] Debrot, Bonaire governor, Netherlands Antilles, author 1902 Event - Textile workers strike in Enschede Netherlands till June 1 1901 Birthday - Philip Dorn, Scheveningen Netherlands, actor, I Remember Mama 1901 Event - Abraham Kuyper becomes premier of Netherlands 1901 Birthday - Max Euwe, Netherlands, world chess champion, 1935-37 1901 Event - 1st soccer game between Belgium (8) and Netherlands (0) 1901 Birthday - Jan H de Groot, Dutch resistance fighter/co-founder, Free Netherlands 1901 Event - Free thinking-Democratic Union forms in Netherlands 1900 Birthday - Bernardus J Cardinal Alfrink, cardinal of Utrecht Netherlands 1900 Event - Compulsory education in Netherlands goes into effect 1898 Birthday - Joris Ivens, Nijmegen Netherlands, director, Rain 1898 Birthday - G Kraus, director Santpoort, Insanity in Netherlands 1898 Birthday - Martin David, German/Netherlands law historian 1897 Death - Antonius von der Linde, Netherlands/German librarian, dies at 63 1897 Event - 1800-1900 year old fossil of "girl of Yde" found in Drente, Netherlands 1896 Event - 1st auto (Benz) to arrive in Netherlands 1896 Event - 1st movie in Netherlands (Kalverstr 220) 1895 Birthday - Hermann Schey, German/Netherlands singer 1895 Death - Victor J van Hinsbergh, South Netherlands engraver (PTT-stempels), dies at 70 1894 Birthday - Willem Schermerhorn, Netherlands premier, 1945-46 1892 Birthday - A "Shon Nene" Morales, Antillean/Netherlands very old lady 1892 Event - Paul Verlaine visits Netherlands 1892 Event - Netherlands Society for Currency and Coin collecting forms 1892 Death - Otto van Raised, Governor-General of Netherlands Indies (1884-88), dies at 69 1891 Birthday - Peter H "Paul" Huf, actor and director, Great Netherlands Stage 1891 Event - King Pakketvaart sails to Netherlands Indies 1890 Birthday - Friedrich von Paul, German General-Field Marshal, Netherlands 1890 Birthday - Miguel Suriel, Netherlands Antillian writer, Muhe culpabel 1889 Birthday - George Davis, Netherlands, actor, Devil May Care 1889 Birthday - F Rijkens, oldest living person in Netherlands 1888 Death - Carel Vosmaer, art historian/poet/editor (Netherlands Spectator), dies at 62 1888 Birthday - Alidius WLT van Starkenborch Stachouwer, Governor of Netherlands Indies, 1936-45 1886 Event - Netherlands New Code of Criminal law enforced 1886 Death - Joannes A Paredis, Belgian/Netherlands bishop of Roermond, dies at 90 1886 Birthday - Joannes A. Veraart, Dutch economist/MP, Jews of the Netherlands 1885 Birthday - Ann Jemima Flower, oldest resident of Netherlands 1885 Event - Maria "Goeie Mie" Swanenburg sentence to life for killing 27 in Netherlands 1885 Birthday - Lili Green, Alice Sally Mary, Netherlands/England dancer 1884 Event - Netherlands recognizes king Leopold II's Congo Free State 1884 Birthday - John van Capel, oldest man in Netherlands 1884 Birthday - Magda Janssens, Flemish/Netherlands actress/acting teacher, Maria Stuart 1884 Death - Jan T Beelen, Netherlands/Belgian catholic bible expert, dies at 77 1883 Birthday - Johanna Westerdijk, botanist/Netherlands 1st female prof, Utrecht, 1917-52 1882 Birthday - Johannes Lindeboom, vicar/church historian, Netherlands Archives 1881 Death - W Frederik K, prince of Netherlands/general/admiral, dies at 84 1881 Birthday - George KFW von Kuchler, German Field Marshal, Invasion Netherlands 1881 Event - Kingdom post office in Netherlands opens 1881 Birthday - Balthazar H. Verhagen, Netherlands/South African dramatist and writer 1881 Death - Pieter Mijer, Governor-General of Netherlands Indies (1866-72), dies at 68 1880 Birthday - Alexander Schmuller, Russian/Netherlands violinist and conductor 1880 Birthday - Wilhelmina HPM, queen of the Netherlands, 1898-1948 1880 Birthday - Paul Ehrenfest, Austria/Netherlands physicist, adiabates hypothesis 1879 Death - WF Hendrik the Navigator, prince of Netherlands/viceroy of Lux, dies at 58 1878 Birthday - Willem Paerels, Netherlands/Belgian painter/graphic artist 1877 Death - Winand C H Staring, geologist (Bottom of Netherlands), dies at 68 1877 Death - John Lothrop Motley, (History of United Netherlands), dies at 63 1877 Death - Mark Prager Lindo, English/Dutch author (Netherlands Spectator), dies at 58 1876 Birthday - Eduard van Oort, zoologist, Ornithology of Netherlands 1876 Birthday - Hendrik W A E, duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin/king of Netherlands 1875 Event - Netherlands goes on the gold standard 1874 Birthday - Jean de Merode, Marie-Louise B Courtenay, Princess of Netherlands 1873 Birthday - Charles JM Ruys de Beerenbrouck, premier of Netherlands, 1918-25, 29-33 1872 Birthday - Andries C D de Graeff, governor-general of Netherlands Indies, 1926-31 1871 Birthday - John Fabricius, Netherlands/English stageauthor, Ring of Prophet 1871 Birthday - Willem Mengelberg, born in Utrecht, Netherlands, conductor, New York Philharmonic 1922-30 1867 Event - 1st Girl School opens in Haarlem, Netherlands 1865 Event - Maastricht-Venlo railway in Netherlands opens 1864 Event - Fire in Rotterdam Netherlands damages Museum Boymans 1863 Event - Storm flood ravages Netherlands coastal provinces 1863 Event - Slavery abolished in Suriname and Netherlands Antilles 1862 Event - Much of Enschede Netherlands destroyed by fire 1861 Birthday - Alexander W. F. Idenburg, Governor-General of Netherlands Indies, 1909-16 1861 Event - Dike breaks in Gelderland Netherlands 1860 Event - Slavery ends of in Netherlands Indies 1858 Event - Netherlands and Japan sign trade agreement 1858 Birthday - Christian Eijkman, born in Netherlands, bacteriologist, avitaminos, Nobel 1929 1858 Birthday - A Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent of Netherlands 1858 Birthday - Dirk Fock, governor-general of Netherlands Indies, 1921-26 1856 Event - Arnhem-Oberhausen railway in Netherlands opens 1855 Event - 1st train from Rotterdam to Utrecht in Netherlands 1854 Birthday - Anton CR Dreesmann, German/Netherlands manufacturer, Vroom and Dreesman 1854 Event - Netherlands allows corporal punishment 1853 Event - Maastricht-Aken railway in Netherlands opens 1853 Event - Netherlands Van Hall government forms 1853 Birthday - Vincent Van Gogh, born in Zundert, Netherlands, Dutch painter 1853 Event - Pope Pius IX recovers Catholic hierarchy in Netherlands 1852 Event - Telegraph company opens throughout Netherlands 1852 Birthday - Henry Van Dyke, clergyman, educator, author, wrote poetry, hymns, essays, co-wrote first Presbyterian printed liturgy, 'The Common Book of Worship of 1906', served as U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands and Luxembourg 1852 Birthday - Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Netherlands, physical chemist, Nobel 1901 1852 Event - Hottest July in Netherlands since at least 1783 (68.4 degrees F (20.2 degrees C) avg) 1852 Event - Netherlands begins issuing postage stamps 1851 Event - 1st meeting of anti-revolutionary "Netherlands and Orange" 1851 Birthday - [Willem] Alexander KHF, prince of Orange/Netherlands 1851 Birthday - C E Arthur Wichmann, German/Dutch geologist, Netherlands Indies 1849 Birthday - Sergei J Witte, Netherlands/Russian count/premier Russia 1849 Death - Willem II Frederik GL, King of Netherlands (1840-49), dies at 56 1848 Death - [Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of Netherlands/General-Major, dies at 29 1847 Birthday - Cornelis Pijnacker Hordijk, Governor-General, Netherlands East-Indies 1847 Event - Netherlands Haarlem's Current newspaper starts publishing 1846 Death - Louis Napoleon, French king of the Netherlands (1806-10), dies at 67 1843 Death - Willem I Frederik, King of Netherlands (1814-40), dies at 71 1842 Birthday - Anton G van Hamel, founder, Roman Philology in Netherlands 1840 Event - Willem I resigns as king of Netherlands 1840 Event - Meteorite hits Uden, Netherlands 1838 Event - Central Museum opens in Utrecht Netherlands 1837 Death - Frederica Louisa Wilhelmina, Queen of Netherlands, dies at 62 1837 Death - Hortense de Beauharnais, French queen of Netherlands (1806-10), dies at 54 1835 Birthday - J A de Smit-Rog, oldest citizen of Netherlands, Died 1940 1835 Birthday - YES de Smit-Rog, oldest citizen of Netherlands, Died 5/30/1940 1833 Event - Netherlands and Belgium sign Treaty of Zonhoven 1833 Birthday - Antonius von der Linde, Netherlands/German librarian/chess player 1831 Event - Netherlands and Belgium sign peace treaty 1831 Event - Belgium gains independence from Netherlands, Leopold I made king 1830 Event - Provisional government declares secession of Belgium from Netherlands 1830 Event - Belgium revolts against Netherlands 1829 Birthday - Gerard Keller, writer, Netherlands Spectator 1828 Birthday - WFAA Louisa/Lovisa, queen of Sweden/Norway/princess of Netherlands 1824 Birthday - Victor J van Hinsbergh, South Netherlands engraver, PTT Stempels 1824 Event - England and Netherlands sign a trade agreement 1821 Death - Jean-Baptiste Dumonceau de Bergendael, S Netherlands general, dies at 61 1820 Birthday - WF Hendrik, the Navigator, prince of the Netherlands/admiral 1819 Birthday - Johann Barthold Jongkind, Lattrop, Netherlands, Dutch/French painter, Winter Scenes 1818 Birthday - [Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of the Netherlands/general-major 1818 Birthday - Sophia Frederika Mathilde, queen of Netherlands/wife of William III 1818 Event - Netherlands and England sign treaty against illegal slave handling 1817 Birthday - Willem III, last male King of Netherlands, 1849-90 1815 Event - Willem I proclaimed king of the Netherlands, including Belgium 1815 Event - Sunday observance in Netherlands regulated by law 1814 Event - Netherlands Bank issues it's 1st banknotes 1814 Event - Netherlands Bank established 1814 Event - Prince Willem Frederik becomes monarch of Netherlands 1813 Event - Prince Willem Frederik returns to Netherlands 1813 Event - Allied troops occupy Zwolle, Netherlands 1812 Birthday - Pieter Mijer, Dutch Governor-General of Netherlands Indies, 1866-72 1811 Event - French Civil Code of Criminal law accepted by Netherlands Mamelukes in Cairo's Citadel 1810 Event - Emperor Napoleon corpse leaves Netherlands for France 1810 Event - Louis Napoleon resigns as king of the Netherlands 1810 Death - Albertus H Wiese, Governor-General of Netherlands Indies, dies at about 48 1808 Birthday - Winand C H Staring, geologist, Geology of Netherlands 1808 Event - Herman Daendels succeeds A Wiese as Governor-General of Netherlands Indies 1807 Event - Gunpowder-ship explodes in Leiden, Netherlands, 150 die 1806 Birthday - Ludolf AJW Sloet van de Beele, Governor-General of Netherlands Indies, 1861-66 1805 Death - Belle van Zuylen, Netherlands/Swiss writer (Trois Femmes), dies at 65 1803 Birthday - Charles F Pahud de Montagnes, Governor-General of Netherlands East Indies, 1856-61 1802 Event - France, Netherlands, Spain and England signs Peace of Amiens 1799 Event - Duke of York and Russians capture Alkmaar in Netherlands 1798 Birthday - Johan R Thorbecke, Premier of Netherlands, Lib-1849..72 1797 Event - British naval forces defeat Dutch off Camperdown, Netherlands 1797 Birthday - W Frederik K, prince of Netherlands/general/admiral, 10 day campaign 1796 Event - Jews of the Netherlands are emancipated 1795 Birthday - Thomas Ainsworth, English/Netherlands industrialist, Twentse textile 1795 Event - France annexes Southern Netherlands 1795 Event - Zealand Netherlands surrenders to French general Michaud 1795 Event - French army under Pichegru occupies Utrecht, Netherlands 1794 Event - French troops conquer Grave, Netherlands 1794 Birthday - Johannes Zwijsen, archbishop, Utrecht Netherlands 1793 Event - Netherlands captures French island of St. Maarten (held until 1795) 1793 Event - French troops conquer Geertruidenberg Netherlands 1793 Event - Prussian troops occupy Venlo, Netherlands 1793 Event - France declares war on England and Netherlands 1792 Birthday - Willem II Frederik GL, King of Netherlands, 1840-49 1791 Death - Richard earl d'Alton, Austria general of S Netherlands, commits suicide at 58 1788 Event - England, Netherlands and Prussia sign peace treaty 1787 Event - Prussian army moves into Netherlands 1785 Event - Netherlands and France signs treaty 1785 Event - 1st manned flight by gas balloon in Netherlands 1784 Event - England and Netherlands signs peace treaty (Peace of Paris) 1784 Death - Patrice F earl de Neny, South Netherlands Secret Council chairman, dies at 67 1783 Death - Pieter Valck(x), South Netherlands sculptor, dies at 49 1783 Birthday - Hortense E de Beauharnais, French queen of Netherlands, 1806-10 1782 Event - Netherlands recognizes U.S. 1781 Event - Joan Derks scatters "On the People of Netherlands" pamphlets 1781 Birthday - Dominique J de Eerens, governor-general of Netherlands Indies 1780 Event - England declares war on Netherlands 1780 Death - Charles Alexander, Duke of Lotharingen South Netherlands, dies at 67 1780 Birthday - Leonard PJ du Bus de Gisignies, Governor-General of Netherlands Indies, 1826-30 1780 Birthday - Johannes van den Bosch, Governor-General, Netherlands East Indies 1778 Birthday - Louis Napoleon, French king of Netherlands, 1806-10 1775 Death - Peter A van de Parra, Governor-General of (Netherlands Indies), dies at 61 1772 Birthday - Willem I Frederik, grand duke of Luxembourg/king of Netherlands, 1814-40 1760 Birthday - Jean-Baptiste Dumonceau de Bergendael, South Netherlands earl/general 1759 Death - Thomas-Philippe et de Boussu, S Netherlands cardinal, dies at 79 1752 Death - Daniel Marot, French/Netherlands, architect/engraver, dies at about 88 1751 Death - Jozef LD von Konigsegg, minister of Austrian Netherlands, dies at 78 1750 Event - Tax revolt in Haarlem, Netherlands 1749 Event - Pieter Steyn installed as pension advisor of Netherlands 1748 Event - France and Austria signs treaty about Southern Netherlands 1748 Event - England, Netherlands, Austria and Sardinia sign anti-French treaty 1747 Event - England and Netherlands sign military treaty 1747 Event - Organgist in Netherlands revolt under Daniel Raap 1747 Event - Prince Willem V sworn in as admiral-general of Netherlands 1747 Event - French troops occupy Zeeuws-Flanders, Netherlands 1747 Death - Jacob Campo Weyerman, S Netherlands adventurer/painter/writer, dies at 69 1746 Event - Battle at Rocourt: French drive out English/Austria/Netherlands armies 1745 Event - England, Austria, Netherlands and Saxon sign anti-Prussian Quadruple Alliance 1744 Event - French army takes Austrian Netherlands 1741 Birthday - Joan Derk van Capellen, leader of Netherlands Democratic Patriots 1741 Death - Wierich PL count von Daun, Governor-General of Austria and Netherlands, dies 1740 Birthday - Belle van Zuylen, Netherlands/Swiss writer, Three Women 1740 Birthday - Joannes Siberg, Dutch governor-general of Netherlands Indies, 1801-05 1740 Event - Netherlands Governor-General Adriaen Valckenier allows murder of 8000 Chinese inhabitants of Batavia 1738 Birthday - Albert-Kasimir, duke of Saxon/viceroy of Hungary/Netherlands 1736 Birthday - Johann H Schepp, German/Netherlands engraver 1736 Death - Daniel G Fahrenheit, Prussian/Netherlands physicist (thermometer), dies at 50 1734 Event - Netherlands William K H Friso marries princess Anne of Hanover 1731 Event - Treaty of Vienna: Emperor Charles VI of England and Netherlands 1729 Event - Netherlands signs Treaty of Seville 1729 Death - Matthaeus de Cock, Governor-General of Netherlands Indies (1725-29), dies at about 65 1727 Event - France, England and Netherlands sign accord of Paris 1726 Event - Netherlands signs Covenant of Hannover 1726 Death - Maximilian II M Emanuel, elect of Bavaria/governor of Netherlands, dies 1724 Event - Emperor Charles VI names Maria Elisabeth land guardian of Austria / Netherlands 1723 Death - Claude F Tserclaes, South Netherlands earl of Tilly, dies at 74 1718 Death - Jacob F Muller, Sjako/Jaco, German/Netherlands crowd leader, beheaded at 28 1717 Event - Netherlands, England and France sign Triple Alliance 1716 Birthday - Patrice F earl De Neny, South Netherlands chairman of Secret Council 1716 Death - Engelbrecht Kampfer, German/Netherlands VOC-surgeon, dies at 65 1716 Event - Eugenius of Savoye named land guardian of Austrian Netherlands 1716 Event - England and Netherlands renew alliance 1715 Event - Barrier Treaty, Austria cedes area to Netherlands 1714 Event - People riot due to beer tax in Alkmaar, Netherlands 1714 Event - Spain and Netherlands sign peace/trade agreement 1713 Event - Dutch State-General signs peace with France: Netherlands loses Orange Princedom 1713 Event - Netherlands and England sign accord concerning anti-French Barrier 1713 Event - England and Netherlands sign 2nd anti-French boundary treaty 1712 Event - Maximilian Emanuel of Bavaria honored as "sovereign of Netherlands" 1711 Death - Katharina Lescaille, Netherlands Sappho, poet, dies at 61 1710 Event - Johan Willem Friso becomes viceroy of Groningen, Netherlands 1709 Event - England/Netherlands sign anti-French "Barrieretraktaat" 1707 Death - Michiel de Swaen, South Netherlands physician/poet, dies at 53 1702 Event - Battle in Bay of Vigo: Netherlands/English fleet destroy Spanish/French fleet 1702 Event - England and Netherlands declares war on France and Spain 1701 Event - Germany, England and Netherlands sign anti-French covenant 1701 Event - Drenthe Netherlands adopts Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is May 12, 1701 1701 Event - Parts of Netherlands adopt Gregorian calendar 1700 Event - England, France and Netherlands ratify 2nd Extermination treaty 1699 Event - England, France and Netherlands agree on 2nd Extermination treaty of Spain 1698 Event - France, England and Netherlands signs 1st Extermination treaty 1698 Event - Russian Czar Peter the Great departs Netherlands to England 1697 Event - Germany signs French/English/Spanish/Netherlands/Brandenburgs peace treaty ending 9 year War 1696 Event - English king Willem III departs Netherlands 1695 Event - King Willem III escapes South Netherlands, back to England 1695 Event - English king Willem III departs to Netherlands 1695 Birthday - Caspar Burman, born in Utrecht, Netherlands, historian and mayor 1692 Death - Carlos de Gurrea, Spanish viceroy (Spanish Netherlands), dies 1692 Event - King Maximilian installed as land guardian of South Netherlands 1691 Event - Spanish king Carlos II names Maximilian II viceroy of S Netherlands 1690 Event - Battle at Beachy Head: French under Tourville beat Netherlands/English fleet 1689 Event - England and Netherlands form League of Augsburg 1688 Death - Gaspar Fagel, lawyer/Netherlands grand pensionary (1672-88), dies at 54 1688 Event - French king Louis XIV declares war on Netherlands 1686 Death - Joannes B van Neercassel, RC spiritual leader of Netherlands, dies at 60 1685 Event - Don Francisco de Agurto installed as land guardian of S Netherlands 1681 Event - Netherlands and Sweden sign treaty 1679 Death - Juan Jose of Austrian, Spanish gen/Governor of Netherlands, dies at 50 1678 Event - Netherlands and France signs peace treaty in Nijmegen 1678 Event - England and Netherlands signs treaty: sending ultimatum to France 1678 Death - Joan Maetsuyker, Governor-General of Netherlands East-Indies, dies at 72 1677 Birthday - Jacob Campo Weyerman, South Netherlands adventurer/painter/writer 1677 Event - King Charles II reports anti-French covenant with Netherlands 1676 Event - Battle of Etna - Netherlands/Spain vs France, M de Ruyter fatally wounded 1676 Death - Paulus Wirtz, Wurtz, German/Netherlands army commander, dies at 63 1675 Death - Francisco de Moura y Cortereal, Span land guardian of Netherlands (1664-68) 1675 Event - Don Carlos de Gurrea/Aragon becomes Spanish land guardian of S Netherlands 1674 Event - Dutch formally cede New Netherlands (NY) to English 1674 Event - Spain, France and Netherlands form Triple Alliance 1674 Event - Netherlands and Cologne sign peace treaty 1674 Event - Netherlands and Munster sign peace treaty 1674 Event - Netherlands and England sign Peace of Westminster (New York City becomes English) 1674 Event - English reconquer New York from Netherlands 1673 Event - Leopold I, Spain, Netherlands and Lutherans form anti-French covenant 1673 Event - Netherlands and Denmark signs defense treaty 1673 Birthday - Jozef LD von Konigsegg, Austria, military minister of Austrian Netherlands 1672 Event - Baron Karl Rabenhaupt occupies Coevorden, Netherlands 1672 Event - Brandenburgs monarch Frederik Willem signs treaty with Netherlands 1672 Event - France declares war on Netherlands 1672 Event - England declares war on Netherlands 1670 Death - Jan A Comenius, Komensky, Czechoslovakia/Netherlands educator/philosopher, dies 1670 Event - Don Juan Domingo Zuniga y Fonseca becomes Governor-General of Southern Netherlands 1669 Death - Arnold Geulincx, South Netherlands philosopher (Cholera), dies at 45 1669 Death - John Coccejus, German/Netherlands reformed theologist, dies at about 66 1669 Death - Pieter Cuypers, South Netherlands lawyer, dies at 48 1668 Death - Antoon Anselmo, South Netherlands lawyer, dies at about 79 1668 Event - 1st peace of Aken: ends French-Spanish war in The Netherlands 1668 Event - England, Netherlands and Sweden signs Triple Alliance against French 1667 Event - French troops attack into Southern Netherlands 1666 Event - Brandenburg/Brunswick/Denmark/Netherlands form anti-French Quadruple Alliance 1666 Event - Sea battle between Netherlands and England 1666 Event - Peace of Kleef: Netherlands and bishop Von Galen of Munster 1666 Event - Netherlands and Brandenburg sign treaty 1665 Event - English king Charles II declares war on Netherlands 1662 Event - Netherlands and England sign peace treaty 1662 Event - Netherlands and France sign military covenant 1660 Birthday - Peter Schenck, German/Netherlands engraver/publisher, baptised 1660 Event - English king Charles II visits Netherlands 1659 Event - Peter Stuyvesant of New Netherlands forbids tennis playing during religious services (1st mention of tennis in U.S.) 1659 Death - Pieter de Carpentier, Flemish Governor-General of Netherlands East-Indies, dies at 71 1659 Event - Netherlands, England and France sign Treaty of The Hague 1659 Event - France, England and Netherlands sign "Hedges Concerto" treaty 1656 Birthday - Johannes Schenck, German/Netherlands composer, baptised 1656 Event - Oldest surviving commercial newspaper begins (Haarlem, Netherlands) 1655 Event - Middelburg Netherlands forbids building of synagogue 1655 Birthday - Jan Luyts, Netherlands, scholar/physicist/mathematician/astronomer 1655 Event - Netherlands and Brandenburg sign military treaty 1655 Death - Jacob Boonen, South Netherlands clergyman/lawyer, dies at 81 1654 Event - England and Netherlands signs peace treaty 1654 Event - Fire after heavy storm destroys 2/3 of De Rijp, Netherlands, 1 dies 1653 Birthday - Joan van Hoorn, Governor-General of Netherlands Indies, 1707-09 1653 Birthday - Jacques Basnage, French/Netherlands historian/vicar 1653 Death - Carel Reyniersz, Governor-General of Netherlands East Indies, dies at 48 1653 Death - Carel Reyniersz, Governor-General (Netherlands East Indies), dies at 48 1652 Event - England declares war on Netherlands 1652 Death - Louis de Geer, Netherlands/Swedish industrialist/millionaire, dies at 64 1651 Birthday - Engelbrecht Kampfer, German/Netherlands VOC surgeon 1649 Death - Ferdinand van Boisschot, South Netherlands diplomat, dies at about 89 1648 Event - Treaty of Munster: Spain and Netherlands ratified 1648 Event - University of Harderwijk Netherlands solemn opens 1648 Event - Spain and Netherlands sign Peace of Munster, ending Tachtigjarige War 1647 Birthday - Pierre Bayle, French/Netherlands theologist/philosopher/writer 1646 Event - Spain and Netherlands signs temporary cease fire 1645 Birthday - Romeyn de Hooghe, Haarlem, Netherlands, painter/goldsmith 1645 Death - Anton van Diemen, Governor-General (Netherlands East Indies), dies at about 51 1642 Event - English Queen Henriette Mary arrives in Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands 1641 Event - Don Francisco de Mello appointed land guardian of South Netherlands 1631 Event - Ferdinand of Austria installed as land guardian of S Netherlands 1629 Birthday - Juan Jose, of Austria, Spanish general and governor of Netherlands 1626 Event - Peter Minuit becomes director-general of New Netherlands 1625 Event - Netherlands and England sign military treaty 1625 Death - Adriaen Valerius, notary/Netherlands Gedenck-clanck, dies at about 49 1624 Event - Netherlands and France sign Treaty of Compiegne 1624 Event - Netherlands and France sign anti-Spanish Treaty of Compiegne 1621 Event - Dutch West India Company receives charter for "New Netherlands" (NY) 1621 Event - Spain and Netherlands 12 Year Resistant Pact ends 1621 Event - Hugo de Grote escapes in bookcase from Loevenstein castle, Netherlands 1620 Birthday - Pieter Cuypers, S Netherlands lawyer 1619 Birthday - Willem Kalf, Rotterdam, Netherlands, painter, still lifes 1619 Birthday - Rijcklof Volckertsz van Goens, governor-general, Netherlands East Indies 1619 Event - England and Netherlands signs treaty about business in the Indies 1616 Event - Netherlands buys De Briel/Vlissingen/Fort Rammekens from England 1612 Birthday - Paul Wirtz, Wurtz, German/Netherlands army commander 1611 Birthday - Henry earl of Nassau-Siegen, colonel/governor of Hulst, Netherlands 1609 Event - Netherlands, England and France sign 12 year Covenant 1609 Birthday - Ferdinand, Austria, cardinal of Spain/governor of Netherlands 1609 Event - Spain and Netherlands sign 12 Year Resistant Pact 1606 Birthday - Rembrandt van Rijn, born in Leiden, Netherlands, painter, Night Watch 1605 Birthday - Isaac Aboab de Fonseca, Portuguese/Netherlands rabbi/mystic 1602 Death - Franciscus Junius, French/Netherlands calvinist theologist/vicar, dies at 57 1600 Death - Andreas of Austrian, Land Guardian of Netherlands (1598-1600), dies at 42 1600 Event - Prince Maurits' army occupies Newport Flanders, Netherlands 1598 Event - Deed of Transfers proclaims Netherlands independence 1598 Death - Abraham Ortelius, Ortels/Hortels, South Netherlands geographer, dies at 71 1598 Event - Arch duke Albrecht and Isabella become monarch of Southern Netherlands 1597 Death - Franciscus Raphelengius [French of Ravelingen], Netherlands publisher, dies 1597 Event - At 4:30 AM Willem Barents leaves Novaya Zemlya for Netherlands 1597 Death - Diederik Sonoy, German/Netherlands governor of Northern quarter, dies at 67 1596 Event - England, France and Netherlands signs Drievoudig Covenant against Spain 1595 Event - King Philip II names Albrecht of Austria land guardian of Netherlands 1592 Death - Alexander Farnese, land guardian of Netherlands (1579-92), dies at 46 1590 Death - Pierre de Loyseleur de Villiers, S Netherlands theologist, dies at about 60 1590 Birthday - Samuel Ampzing, poet, Taelbericht der Netherlands Spellinge 1587 Event - Earl Leicesters army leaves Netherlands 1586 Event - Robert Dudley, earl of Leicester, becomes governor of Netherlands 1585 Event - Queen Elizabeth I refuses sovereignty of Netherlands 1585 Event - English Queen Elizabeth I signs Treaty of Nonsuch: Aid for Netherlands 1584 Death - John van Hembyze, South Netherlands Calvinist, dies at 71 1583 Event - Groningen Netherlands begins using Gregorian calendar 1582 Event - Spanish Netherlands/Denmark/Norway adopt Gregorian calendar 1582 Event - Zealand/Brabant Netherlands adopt Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is 12/25 1580 Death - Gaspar Schetz, South Netherlands, minster of chief treasurer, dies at 67 1580 Death - Emanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy/governor of Netherlands, dies 1579 Event - Congress of Cologne forms in Netherlands 1578 Death - Don Juan d'Austria, Spanish land guardian of Netherlands, dies at 31 1578 Event - Duke French van Anjou recognized as protector of Netherlands 1576 Death - Don Luis de Requesens y Zuniga, viceroy of Netherlands (1573-76), dies at 70 1575 Event - University of Leiden Netherlands opens 1574 Event - Spanish garrison of Middelburg Netherlands surrenders 1574 Event - Spanish troops plunder Krommenie, Wormerveer and Jisp Netherlands 1573 Event - Don Luis de Requesensy Zuniga succeeds duke of Alva as land guardian of Netherlands 1573 Birthday - Jacob Boonen, South Netherlands clergyman/lawyer 1572 Event - Spanish army begins fires in Haarlem Netherlands 1572 Event - Beggars assault Oisterwijk, Netherlands, drive nuns out 1570 Event - Netherlands hit by flood disaster, 1,000s killed 1569 Death - Pieter Bruegel, South Netherlands painter, dies at about 44 1568 Event - In Netherlands, Duke of Alva declares William of Orange an outlaw 1567 Event - Duke of Alva becomes land guardian of Netherlands 1566 Birthday - Isabella CE, infante of Spain/governess of the Netherlands 1559 Event - Storm floods ravage Gorinchem, Dordrecht and Woudrichem, Netherlands 1558 Death - Charles, earl of Lalaing/land guardian of the Netherlands, dies at 52 1558 Death - Maria, queen of Hungary/guardian of Netherlands (1531-55), dies at 53 1558 Birthday - Andreas of Austria, Bohemia cardinal/Governor of Netherlands, 1598 - 1600 1556 Death - Lieven van der Maude, Ammonius, South Netherlands poet, dies at 70 1555 Event - Emperor Karel puts son Philip II in charge of Netherlands/Naples/Milan 1554 Event - Great fire in Eindhoven, Netherlands 1553 Birthday - Ernst, archduke of Austria/governor of the Netherlands 1552 Event - Land guardians of Netherlands attacks Verdun 1551 Birthday - Martinus A del Rio, Spanish/South Netherlands lawyer/historian/theologist 1545 Birthday - Franciscus Junius, Francois du Jon, French/Netherlands calvinist theologist 1537 Event - Weavers of Leiden Netherlands strike 1535 Birthday - John, the Old, earl of Nassau/tribal father Netherlands royal family 1535 Birthday - Emanuel van Meteren, Southern Netherlands, merchant/historian 1530 Death - Margaretha of Austria, governess of the Netherlands, dies at 51 1527 Birthday - Abraham Ortelius, Ortels/Hortels, born in South Netherlands, geographer 1525 Death - Joannes Custos, S Netherlands humanist, dies at about 50 1524 Event - Pope Clemens VII fires Netherlands inquisitor-general French Van de Holly 1522 Event - Emperor Charles V names Frans van Holly inquisitor-general of Netherlands 1520 Event - 1st public burning of books in Netherlands, in Louvain 1517 Event - 1st burning of Protestants at stake in Netherlands 1509 Event - Emperor Maximilian I names Margaretha land guardians of Netherlands 1507 Birthday - Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Spanish viceroy of Netherlands, 1566-73 1507 Event - England and Netherlands sign trade agreement 1505 Birthday - Maria, queen of Hungary/wife of Louis II/governess of Netherlands, 1531-55 1498 Event - Emperor Maximilian names Albrecht governor of Netherlands 1498 Death - Filips van Burgundy, admiral-general of Netherlands, dies 1493 Death - John of Lannoy, Flemish governor/viceroy of Netherlands/Zealand, dies at 82 1487 Event - Citizens of Leeuwarden Netherlands rebel against ban on foreign beer 1485 Event - Gent/Brugge/Ieper recognize Maximilian of Austria as regent of Netherlands 1477 Event - Burgundy and acquires Burgundian possessions in the Netherlands and France 1464 Event - 1st meeting of States-General of Netherlands 1459 Birthday - Adrian VI, Adriaan F Boeyens, born in Netherlands, Pope, 1522-23 1444 Death - Robert Campin, South Netherlands painter/porter of Doornik, dies at about 65 1421 Event - Southern sea floods 72 villages, killing est 10,000 in Netherlands 1375 Event - Westfriese sea wall breaks flooding northern Netherlands 1340 Event - Rotterdam Netherlands founded 1322 Birthday - Peter van Herenthals, South Netherlands theologist/church historian 1219 Event - Floods in Northern Netherlands after storm, 1,000s killed 1048 Event - Bishop Bernold flees St. Pieterskerk for Utrecht, Netherlands |
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