2013 Event In France, an amended bill legalizing same-sex marriage is passed, opening the door for Francois Holland to promulgate it 2012 Event President of France, Francois Holland finalizes a deal with Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara to forgive $4.7 billion dollars in debt incurred by the Ivory Coast when it was a French Colonial Power 1996 Death Tristan Keuris, composer, taught composition in Utrecht, Amsterdam, works include 'Saxophone Quartet Concerto', dies in Amsterdam, Holland 1996 Event Tara Dawn Holland (Kansas), 23, crowned 70th Miss America 1997 1996 Event 1st competitive game played on turf in Holland (in third grade) 1996 Death James Holland, artist/exhibition organiser, dies at 90 1995 Event Holland's debut in English domestic comp (vs. Northants, NatWest) 1994 Death Ferdinand J Kranenburg, director of queen (North Holland), dies at 83 1993 Event Arab terror group planning bombing of Holland/Lincoln Tunnels caught 1993 Death John Holland, actor (They Saved Hitler's Brain), dies at 65 1989 Event Angela Visser, 22, of Holland, crowned 38th Miss Universe 1989 Event German war criminals Aus der Funten/Fischer, freed in Holland 1988 Death Anthony Holland, AIDS sufferer committed suicide at 60 1986 Event Last day in Test cricket for Bob Holland 1985 Event Australia beat WI by innings at SCG, Bob Holland 10 match wkts 1984 Event Bob Holland takes 9-83 for NSW against South Australia, SCG 1984 Event Test Cricket debut of David Boon age 23 and Bob Holland age 38 (v WI) 1980 Event Jools Holland quits Squeeze 1979 Death Richard Sykes, British ambassador, assassinated in Holland 1978 Event Argentina beats Holland 3-1 in soccer's 11th World Cup at Buenos Aires 1977 Event Dutch marines rescued hostages from a Moluccan held train in Holland 1977 Birthday Bas Zuiderent, cricketer for Holland all-rounder 1996 World Cup 1974 Birthday Petra Kamstra, born in Rotterdam, Holland, tennis star, 1995 Surabaya doubles 1973 Birthday Darius Holland, NFL defensive tackle, Green Bay Packers Superbowl 31 1972 Birthday Adrian Van Troost, fast cricket bowler, Somerset and Holland 1972 Birthday Tara Dawn Holland, Overland Park Kansas, Miss America 1997 1971 Birthday Jonathan "Adam" Holland, Philadelphia, rower 1996 Olympics 1970 Birthday Karin van Breeschoten, Rotterdam Holland, playmate, Sept, 1989 1970 Birthday Mirjam van Breeschoten, Rotterdam Holland, playmate, Sept, 1989 1970 Birthday Klaas Van Noortwijk, cricketer, Holland batsman 1996 World Cup 1970 Birthday Saskia Linssen, Venlo Holland, playmate, Jun, 1991 1969 Birthday Candy Dulfer, Amsterdam Holland, saxophonist, Lily Was Here 1969 Event Lauwerszee Dike in Holland closes 1969 Birthday Marcel Schewe, cricketer, Holland wicket-keeper 1996 World Cup 1968 Birthday Robert van Oosterom, cricket opening batsman, Holland 1996 World Cup 1968 Birthday Tim De Leede, cricketer, Holland batsman 1996 World Cup 1967 Event Radio Scotland and Radio Swinging Holland go off the air 1965 Birthday Famke Janssen, born in Amstelveen, Holland, actress, fashion model, appeared in 'X-Men' movies, 'GoldenEye', and 'Nip/Tuck' television show 1965 Birthday Ruud Hesp, born in Bussum North Holland, professional soccer goalkeeper, played for Roda JC, FC Barcelona 1965 Birthday Robert Holland, CFL defensive back for the BC Lions 1963 Birthday Mike Snoei, born in Rotterdam, Holland, professional soccer player, coach, played for Feyenoord Rotterdam, Excelsior Rotterdam and Sparta Rotterdam 1963 Birthday Sonny Silooy, born in Rotterdam, Holland, born Jan Jacobus Silooy, professional Dutch soccer player from 1981 - 2002 1963 Birthday Roland Lefebvre, cricket pace bowler, Glamorgan and Holland 1962 Birthday Maruschka Detmers, Schoonebeek Holland, actress, Devil in the Flesh 1962 Event Funeral for Queen Wilhelmina of Holland (New Kerk, Delft) 1961 Death Sidney Holland, Prime Minister of New Zealand 1949 - 1957, dies at 67 1959 Birthday Mary Holland, born in San Diego, California, WPVA volleyballer 1956 Event Holland and Spain withdraw from Olympics, protest Soviets in Hungary 1955 Birthday Jools Holland, born in Blackheath, England, born Julian Miles Holland, composer, singer, pianist, television presenter, founder of band, Squeeze, hosts show titled, 'Later... with Jools Holland' 1951 Birthday Laurel Masse, Holland, Michigan, jazz singer, Manhattan Transfer-Operator 1951 Birthday Jan Franssen, born in Hilversum, North Holland, politician, Dutch liberal political party, in 2006, named Queen's Commissioner in South Holland, previously served as city councilor, Nederhorst den Berg, President, House of Representatives 1982 - 1994, mayor of Zwolle, 1994 - 2000 1948 Birthday Agnieszka Holland, Warsaw Poland, actress/director, Europa Europa 1948 Birthday Nolan Clarke, cricketer, Barbados bat 1970-77, later Holland stalwart 1947 Birthday Miroslav Vitous, born in Prague, Czech Republic, bassist, double bass, electric bass, jazz musician, compared to Dave Holland, Christian McBride 1947 Birthday Richard Dreyfuss, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Jaws, Nuts, Mr. Holland's Opus 1947 Death Theodore Samuel Holland, composer, dies at 69 1946 Birthday Bob Holland, cricketer, Australian leg-spinner at age 38 1946 Death Arthur van Schendel, writer (Holland Drama), dies at 72) 1945 Birthday Arthur Docters van Leeuwen, jurist, Holland's secret service 1945 Event 1st food drop by RAF above nazi-occupied Holland (operation Manna) 1945 Event General Blaskowitz becomes nazi leader of "Fort Holland" 1944 Event German occupiers forbid use of electricity in parts of Holland 1944 Birthday Ard Schenk, Holland 1500m, 5K, 10K speed skater, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics 1944 Birthday Dave Holland, heavy metal rocker, Judas Priest-Breakin' the Law 1944 Birthday Kristina Holland, Fayetteville, North Carolina, Tina-Courtship of Eddie's Father 1944 Birthday Hans Plomp, Dutch writer/poet, Venus in Holland 1943 Event Vegetables and fruit rationed in Holland 1943 Death Fritz Schmidt, Nazi commissioner in Holland, commits suicide at 39 1943 Event Lou Jansen and Jan Dieters arrested, lead illegal CPN party in Holland 1943 Birthday Holland Taylor, Philadelphia, actress, Bossom Buddies, Camilla-Naked Truth 1942 Event Potatoes rationed in Holland 1942 Event Jews transported from Holland to extermination camp 1942 Birthday Sjoukje Dijkstra, born in Holland, figure skater 1964 Olympic gold 1942 Event Cigarettes and candy rationed in Holland 1941 Event Gas/electrical use restricted in Holland 1941 Event Jam rationed in Holland 1941 Birthday Edo de Waart, Amsterdam Holland, conductor, Houston Opera-1976 1941 Death Lancelot Holland, British Vice-Admiral ((WW II/Hood), dies in battle 1941 Event Germany occupiers in Holland forbid bicycle taxis 1941 Event Potatoes rationed in Holland 1941 Event Milk rationed in Holland 1941 Event Nazi occupiers of Holland forbid Jewish owned companies 1941 Birthday Brian Holland, U.S. pianist/producer, Holland/Dozier/Holland 1940 Birthday Wilhelm Ruska, Holland, judo champ, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics 1940 Event Germany occupiers ration bread in Holland 1940 Event Bread and flour rationed in Holland 1940 Event Coffee and tea rationed in Holland 1939 Birthday Eddie Holland, U.S. singer and songwriter, Jamie, Leaving Here 1939 Birthday Hans Pieter Verhagen, poet, Hoepla/Holland's Hole 1938 Birthday Atje Keulen-Deelstra, Holland, speed skater, world champ 1938 Event Kroller-Muller museum opens in Holland 1938 Birthday Geoffrey Holland, civil servant 1936 Birthday Robert Wolders, Rotterdam Holland, actor, Erik Hunter-Laredo 1934 Birthday Jan Wijn, born in Amsterdam, Holland, Dutch pianist, piano teacher, played contemporary classical music to national and international audiences 1934 Birthday Antonius Geesink, Holland, judo 1964 Olympic gold 1933 Birthday Elly Ameling, Rotterdam Holland, soprano, Ilya-Idomeneo 1932 Event Communist Party of Holland forms Unemployed Combat Committees 1931 Event KRO-broadcast studio initiated in Hilversum Holland 1930 Death Rudolf Hapke, historian (Entstehung Holland Wirtschaft), dies at 45 1929 Birthday Johan N Block, aviation pioneer, Martinair/Transavia/Air Holland 1927 Event NY-New Jersey Holland Tunnel, 1st twin-tube underwater auto tunnel, opens 1927 Event 1st underwater tunnel, Holland Tunnel connecting New York to New Jersey opens 1926 Event Kees Boeke opens 1st comprehensive school in Holland 1925 Event Communist Party of Holland splits 1924 Event Child labor laws strengthened in Holland 1920 Event Construction begins on Holland Tunnel connecting New Jersey and New York City 1918 Event Social Democratic Party becomes Communistc Party Holland: CPH 1918 Birthday Fanny Blankers-Koen, Holland, 100m/200m dash, hurdler, Olym-gold-1948 1917 Event 3 British warships come close to Holland 1917 Event Utrecht soccer team Holland forms 1914 Death John Philip Holland, submarine designer, dies 1914 Birthday Jan de Hartog, Dutch/English writer, Holland's Glory 1913 Birthday Carolina Gisolf, Holland, high jumper 1928 Olympics silver 1910 Birthday Dick Elffers, Dutch graphic artist/painter, Holland Festival 1908 Event Heemskerk's government begins in Holland 1907 Birthday Willem Van Otterloo, Winterwijk Holland, conductor, Melbourne 1967-71 1907 Event SS Berlin sinks off Hoek van Holland Netherlands (142 dead) 1906 Birthday Franciscus Hin, Holland, yachtsman, Gold Medal 1920 Olympics 1905 Birthday James Holland, artist/exhibition organiser 1905 Event Kuyper government forms in Holland 1905 Event Royal Academy in Delft Holland becomes Technical High School 1902 Birthday Antonia Brico, born in Rotterdam, Holland, conductor/pianist, Antonia 1900 Birthday Leo Smit, born in Amsterdam, Holland, composer, killed in Poland during the Holocaust 1898 Birthday Johannes Hin, Holland, yachtsman, Gold Medal 1920 Olympics 1895 Birthday Hans Fischbock, Austria, Finance minister, Nazi-occupied Holland 1894 Birthday Bernard Wagenaar, Arnhem Holland, composer, 3 Songs for Chinese 1893 Birthday Sidney Holland, New Zealand, Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1949 - 1957 1891 Event Operations begin at Philips and Co in Holland 1891 Birthday Jan Wils, Holland, architect/designer, Amsterdam's Olympic Stadium 1890 Birthday Anthony Herman Gerard Fokker, born in Holland, aircraft pioneer, Spider 1884 Birthday Peter Debye, Holland, physical chemist, Nobel 1936 1878 Birthday Theodore Samuel Holland, composer 1872 Birthday Piet Mondriaan, born in Holland, abstract painter, Broadway Boogie Woogie 1870 Birthday Pieter Cornelis Boutens, Holland, mystic poet/scholar, Verzen 1869 Birthday Johannes F "Frits" Bakker Sr, actor, Holland Tooneelgezelschap 1855 Death Nikolaj A Bestoezjev, Russian writer/painter (Account of Holland), dies 1853 Birthday Hendrik Antoon Lorentz, born in Holland, physicist, Nobel 1902 1848 Death Adam FJA van Duyn, governor of South Holland, dies at 77 1840 Birthday John Philip Holland, Liscannor Ireland, pioneer in submarine building 1838 Birthday Tobias M Carel Asser, Holland, advocate of world law, Nobel 1911 1827 Death Jan David Holland, composer, dies at 81 1824 Event Great North Holland Canal opens 1824 Death Jacobus J Cramer, priest of Holland/Zealand/Friesland, dies at 79 1823 Event Great North Holland Canal (Amsterdam) opens 1819 Death Dirk van den Boetzelaer, regent of Holland, dies at 55 1819 Birthday Jean E "Adriaan" van Bevervoorde, journalist, History of Holland 1809 Event Holland Brigade under Brigadier General Chasse reaches Madrid 1808 Event Holland Brigade battle at Durango, Spain 1808 Event Napoleon asks King Louis for Holland brigade towards Spain 1806 Event Batavian Republic becomes Kingdom of Holland 1801 Death Ralph Abercromby, English army commander (North Holland), dies at 66 1791 Birthday Nikolaj A. Bestuzhev, Russia, writer/painter, Account about Holland 1780 Event Britain declares war on Holland 1774 Death Henry Fox Holland, English corrupt politician, dies at 68 1771 Birthday Adam FJA van der Duyn, Dutch governor, South Holland 1764 Birthday Dirk van den Boetzelaer, regent of Holland 1749 Event Pieter Steyn becomes pension advisor of Holland 1747 Event Willem IV appointed viceroy of Holland/Utrecht 1746 Birthday Jan David Holland, composer 1744 Birthday Jacobus J Cramer, priest of Holland/Zealand/West-Friesland 1735 Event States of Holland forbid Free Masonry 1735 Death Justus van Effen, writer/founder (Holland Spectator), dies at 51 1732 Event Estates of Holland ratifies Treaty of Vienna 1730 Event States of Holland put death penalty on "sodomy" 1722 Birthday Peter Camper, Leyden Holland, anatomist/professor, Amsterdam 1705 Birthday Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, England, corrupt politician, Chiswick 1693 Event 1st sea battle of Lagos: England and Holland vs France 1689 Event Anthonie Heinsius succeeds G Fagel as pension advisor of Holland 1684 Birthday Justus van Effen, writer/founder, Holland Spectator 1683 Event English Whig-leader duke of Monmouth flees to Holland 1682 Event English Lord Shaftesbury flees to Holland 1674 Event Court of Holland bans books of Hobbes/Spinoza/Meyer 1672 Event Prince Willem III inaugurated as viceroy of Holland/Zealand 1672 Event States of Holland declares "Eternal Edict" void 1667 Event State of Holland obtain Eternal Edict 1661 Death Jacobus de la Torra, RC apostole vicar of Holland, dies at about 53 1661 Event Holland sells Brazil to Portugal for 8 million guilders 1660 Death Jacob Cats, Father Cats, pension advisor of Holland, dies at 82 1653 Event Johan de Witt sworn in as pension advisor of Holland 1647 Event Willem II sworn in as viceroy of Holland 1646 Death Matthew Vossius, historian (Annales Holland Zelandiaeque), dies at 35 1638 Event Jonas Bronck of Holland becomes 1st European settler in Bronx 1634 Birthday Gaspar Fagel, lawyer/pension advisor of Holland, 1672-88 1633 Death Isabella of Austria, infante of Spain/governess in Holland, dies at 67 1632 Birthday Jan Vermeer, Holland, painter, Procuress, Astronomer 1629 Birthday Christian Huygens, Holland, astronomer, discovered Saturn's rings 1625 Birthday Johan de Witt, statesman/advisor of Holland 1625 Event Prince Frederik Henry sworn in as viceroy of Holland/Zealand 1625 Event Prince Frederik Henry appointed viceroy of Holland 1594 Death Paul Buys, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies at 62 1593 Event State of Holland grants patent on windmill with crankshaft 1585 Birthday Gerbrant A. Bredero, Holland, poet/playwright, Klucht van de Koe 1583 Birthday Hugo Grotius, Holland, jurist, father of international law 1583 Event Holland begins use of Gregorian calendar (yesterday was 1/1/1583) 1583 Event 1st day of the Gregorian calendar in Holland and Flanders 1581 Event States of Holland/Zealand recognized by Willem van Orange 1574 Death Philip of Saint-Aldegonde, Flem viceroy Holland/Zealand/Utrecht, dies 1573 Event Alva demands submission of Zealand/Holland 1572 Event Willem van Orange recognized as viceroy of Holland/Friesland/Utrecht 1570 Death Jacob van den Eynden, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies 1559 Event Willem of Orange becomes viceroy of Holland/Zealand/Utrecht 1558 Death Maximilian of Burgundy, leader of Holland/admiral, dies at 43 1549 Death Barthout van Assendelft, 1st land advocate of Holland, dies 1544 Death Rene van Chalon, viceroy of Holland, dies in battle at 25 1544 Event Adrian van Goes becomes land advocate of Holland 1540 Event Court of Holland names Amsterdam sheriff John Hubrechtsz a "heretic" 1539 Death Reynier Brunt, procureur-general of Court of Holland, dies 1538 Death Henry of Nassau-Dillenburg and Dietz, viceroy of Holland, dies 1532 Event Zealand/South Holland flooded 1516 Death John III van Egmont, Manke John, viceroy of Holland, dies at 78 1514 Birthday Maximilian of Burgundy, viceroy of Holland 1483 Birthday Hendrik van Nassau-Dillenburg en Dietz, gov/viceroy of Holland 1482 Death Maria, duchess of Burgundy/countess of Holland, dies at 25 1466 Birthday Desiderius Erasmus, Holland, scholar/author, In Praise of Folly 1456 Death Hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies 1451 Event Cardinal Nicholas of Cusa orders Jews of Holland to wear a badge 1441 Event Holland and Hanzesteden sign cease fire treaty 1438 Birthday John III van Egmont, Manke John, viceroy of Holland 1436 Death Jacoba van Bavarian, countess of Holland/Zealand, dies at 35 1425 Event Duke John VI van Brabant pledges Holland/Zealand to Philip the Good 1425 Death Jan of Bavaria, liege of Holland/bishop/duke, dies 1425 Death John of Bavaria/Bayern, liege of Holland/Zealand/Dordrecht, poisoned 1421 Event Holland/Zealand dikes break in storm, 1000s killed 1421 Event Dikes at Dort Holland breaks, 100,000 drown 1417 Death Walraven I van Brederode, viceroy of Holland, dies 1417 Event Jacoba van Bavarian becomes countess of Holland/Zealand/Henegouwen 1410 Birthday John Van Lannoy, Flemish governor of Holland/Zealand/West Frisia 1381 Death John of Chatillon, governor/viceroy of Holland, dies 1362 Death Machteld, countess of Holland, dies 1349 Event Margaretha of Bavaria names her son Willem V earl of Holland/Zealand 1346 Event Emperor Louis IV of Bavaria gives his wife Margaretha, Holland/Zealand 1345 Death Willem IV, earl of Henegouwen/Holland/Zealand, dies at about 27 1337 Death Willem III the Good, earl of Holland/Zealand, dies at about 49 1304 Event Willem III becomes earl of Holland 1301 Event Battle at Breukelen: Holland vs Lichtenberg 1299 Death Jan I, count of Holland/Zeeland (1295-99), dies at 15 1296 Death Floris V, count of Holland and Zeeland, dies 1258 Death Floris, the Guardian, count-regent of Holland, dies 1256 Death Willem II, earl of Holland/German emperor (1238, 47-56), dies at 22 1248 Event Earl Willem II of Holland crowned as RC German emperor 1247 Event Willem II of Holland elected Roman Catholic German emperor 1234 Death Floris IV, count of Holland, killed in tournament 1222 Death Willem I, earl of Holland (1203-22), dies 1210 Birthday Floris IV, Count of Holland 1203 Death Dirk VII, Count of Holland (1190-1203), dies 1190 Death Floris III, Count of Holland, dies 1163 Event Hurricane hits villages in Holland/Friesland, causing floods 1157 Death Dirk VI, Count of Holland, dies 1144 Death Petronella, wife of earl Floris II the Vette of Holland/regent, dies 1132 Death Floris the Black, brother of earl Dirk VI of Holland, murdered 1122 Death Floris II, the fat one, count of Holland, dies 1121 Event Dirk VI becomes count of Holland 1091 Event Floris II de Vette becomes earl of Holland 1091 Death Dirk V, count of Holland (1061-91), dies 1061 Death Floris I, count of Holland, dies 1049 Death Derrick IV, Count of Holland (1039-49), dies in battle 1039 Death Dirk III Hierosolymita, Count of Holland, dies 988 Death Dirk II, West Frisian count of Holland
