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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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