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2010 Event - Heavy winds knock down the Anne Frank tree in Amsterdam, breaking off approximately one meter above the ground

2010 Event - Iceland's volcano causes Britain's two busiest airports to close in addition to Dublin Airport and Amsterdam Airport Schiphol

1998 Event - Gay and Lesbian Games #5 open in Amsterdam

1997 Event - "King David," closes at New Amsterdam Theater New York City

1997 Event - "King David," opens at New Amsterdam Theater New York City

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

1996 Death - Morey Amsterdam, comedian (Dick Van Dyke Show), dies at 87

1995 Death - Judith Fluks, Amsterdam's activist, dies

1995 Death - Wim H Sinnige, Amsterdam PvdA alderman of Finance, dies at 60

1994 Death - Gerard John Toorenaar, Amsterdam police commissar, dies at 69

1994 Death - Pieter Zaanen, architect (Musical Trade scholarship, Amsterdam), dies

1994 Event - Schelto Patijn appointed mayor of Amsterdam

1994 Death - Theo Bosch, humanist/architect (Amsterdam), dies at 54

1993 Death - Arthur Dreifuss, director/producer (Murder in Amsterdam), dies at 85

1993 Death - Arthur Staal, Dutch architect (Shell Tower Amsterdam), dies at 86

1993 Death - Ken E. Jones, musician ,New Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra, dies of AIDS at 34

1993 Death - Bruce Ferden, U.S. conductor (NY, Washington, Amsterdam), dies at 44

1993 Death - Tiny Hofman, Amsterdam activist (Nieuwmarkt), dies at 68

1993 Event - 1st test flight of Fokker 70 in Amsterdam

1992 Event - El Al cargo jet crashes into apartment complex in Amsterdam (250 die)

1992 Event - El Al cargo plane crashes at Amsterdam Bijlmer, 43 die

1991 Death - Gijsbert Perlee, Amsterdam's organ builder/grinder (Arabian), dies

1991 Event - "Les Miserables" opens at Theatre Carre, Amsterdam

1990 Event - Nelson and Winnie Mandela visit Leidseplein, Amsterdam

1989 Event - Archaeologists open Titus of Rhine grave in Amsterdam

1989 Event - African National Congress (ANC) opens office in Amsterdam

1988 Event - Royal Concert building in Amsterdam reopens

1987 Death - Richard Egan, actor (Big Cube, Amsterdam Kill), dies at 63

1986 Event - Police arrested 3 IRA-terrorists in Amsterdam

1985 Event - "Rembrandt and Hitler or Me" premieres in Amsterdam

1985 Event - ADM of Amsterdam declares bankruptcy

1985 Death - Johnny Guarnieri, jazz pianist (Morey Amsterdam Show), dies at 67

1983 Event - Police free kidnapped beer magnate Alfred Heineken in Amsterdam

1983 Event - Amsterdam brewer Freddie Heineken kidnapped

1982 Event - Riot in Amsterdam as tram catches fire

1981 Event - 400,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam against cruise missiles

1981 Event - Ipswich Town wins 10th UEFA Cup at Amsterdam

1979 Death - Mari Andriessen, sculptor (Docker), Amsterdam, dies at 82

1978 Event - 50,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam against neutron bomb

1977 Event - War criminal Pieter Menten sentenced in Amsterdam to 15 years

1977 Event - Amsterdam: RAF-terrorists Gert Schneider/Christof Wackernagel arrested

1977 Event - Amsterdam businessman M Caransa kidnapped

1977 Event - Princess Beatrice opens Amsterdam metro

1977 Event - Peter Schats opera "Houdini" premieres in Amsterdam

1977 Event - Peter Schats circus opera "Houdini," premieres in Amsterdam

1977 Event - Wim Polak becomes mayor of Amsterdam

1977 Death - Gijsbert van Hall, banker/mayor of Amsterdam (1957-67), dies at 73

1977 Event - Hotel Poland in Amsterdam destroyed by fire, 33 killed

1977 Event - Harbor strike in Rotterdam/Amsterdam ends

1976 Event - Fons Rademakers' film "Max Havelaar" premieres in Amsterdam

1976 Event - Bob Marley performs in Amsterdam

1975 Birthday - Marcelo Rios, Santiago Chile, tennis star, 1995 Amsterdam

1975 Event - Rembrandts "Nightwatch" slashed and damaged in Amsterdam

1975 Event - Bomb explodes at annex of Amsterdam metro station

1973 Event - Hans of Manens ballet "Adagio Hammerklavier" premieres in Amsterdam

1973 Birthday - Earl Scott, WLAF OL for the Amsterdam Admirals

1973 Birthday - Donald Willis, WLAF corner for the Amsterdam Admirals

1973 Birthday - Clay Williams, WLAF OL for the Amsterdam Admirals

1973 Birthday - John Davis, WLAF tight end, Amsterdam Admirals, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

1973 Birthday - Masafumi Kawaguchi, WLAF linebacker for the Amsterdam Admirals

1973 Birthday - Latario Rachal, WLAF/NFL receiver, Amsterdam Admirals, San Diego Chargers

1973 Event - City of Amsterdam decides to support Hanoi

1972 Birthday - Adam Vinatieri, WLAF punter/kicker, Amsterdam Admirals, New England Patriots

1972 Birthday - Oliver Quass, WLAF kicker for the Amsterdam Admirals

1972 Birthday - Ron Lewis, WLAF OL for the Amsterdam Admirals

1972 Birthday - Trevor Wilmot, NFL linebacker, Indianapolis Colts, Amsterdam Admirals

1972 Birthday - Jeroen Egge, WLAF offensive linesman for the Amsterdam Admirals

1972 Birthday - Ryan Leahy, WLAF OL for the Amsterdam Admirals

1972 Birthday - Brian Gragert, WLAF punter for the Amsterdam Admirals

1972 Birthday - Zev Lumelski, WLAF guard for the Amsterdam Admirals

1972 Birthday - Avo Avetisyan, WLAF defensive linesman for the Amsterdam Admirals

1972 Birthday - Mike McCoy, WLAF quarterback, Amsterdam Admirals

1972 Birthday - Takuro Abe, WLAF linebacker, Amsterdam Admirals

1972 Birthday - Marc Lillibridge, WLAF linebacker for the Amsterdam Admirals

1972 Death - Jan Wils, architect (Olympian Stadium, Amsterdam), dies at 80

1972 Birthday - Mike McCoy, WLAF quarterback for the Amsterdam Admirals

1971 Birthday - Jay Fiedler, WLAF quarterback for the Amsterdam Admirals

1971 Birthday - Jey Phillips, WLAF DB for the Amsterdam Admirals

1971 Birthday - John Sacca, WLAF quarterback for the Amsterdam Admirals

1971 Birthday - Matt Brown, WLAF guard for the Amsterdam Admirals

1971 Birthday - Bronzel Miller, WLAF linebacker for the Amsterdam Admirals

1971 Birthday - Jim Hanna, WLAF defensive tackle for the Amsterdam Admirals

1971 Birthday - Derrick Davis, WLAF cornerback for the Amsterdam Admirals

1971 Birthday - Marcus Spears, NFL/WLAF guard and tackle, Chicago Bears, Amsterdam Admirals

1971 Birthday - Phillip Bobo, WLAF receiver for the Amsterdam Admirals

1971 Birthday - Tommy Johnson, WLAF cornerback for the Amsterdam Admirals

1971 Birthday - Kevin Farkas, WLAF tackle for the Amsterdam Admirals

1971 Birthday - Rico Mack, WLAF linebacker for the Amsterdam Admirals

1971 Birthday - Jey Phillips, WLAF safety for the Amsterdam Admirals

1971 Birthday - Robert O'Neal, WLAF safety for the Amsterdam Admirals

1971 Birthday - Brent Moss, WLAF running back for the Amsterdam Admirals

1971 Birthday - Lamar Mills, WLAF DE for the Amsterdam Admirals

1971 Birthday - Tommie Jones, WLAF cornerback for the Amsterdam Admirals

1971 Birthday - John Reece, WLAF/NFL cornerback, Amsterdam Admirals, Dallas Cowboys

1971 Birthday - Bobby Hamilton, NFL/WLAF defensive end, Amsterdam Admirals, New York Jets

1971 Birthday - Masato Itai, WLAF wide receiver for the Amsterdam Admirals

1971 Birthday - Robert O' Neal, WLAF DB for the Amsterdam Admirals

1971 Birthday - Beno Bryant, WLAF running back for the Amsterdam Admirals

1970 Birthday - Robert Hall, WLAF wide reciever for the Amsterdam Admirals

1970 Birthday - Jorgen Gustafsson, WLAF guard for the Amsterdam Admirals

1970 Birthday - Trevor Cobb, WLAF running back for the Amsterdam Admirals

1970 Birthday - Ralph Dawkins, WLAF running back for the Amsterdam Admirals

1970 Birthday - Kelly Sims, WLAF cornerback for the Amsterdam Admirals

1970 Birthday - Carlos Etheredge, WLAF tight end for the Amsterdam Admirals

1970 Birthday - Mario Cristobal, WLAF guard for the Amsterdam Admirals

1970 Event - Building begins of Amsterdam metro

1970 Event - 1st Boeing 747 to land in Amsterdam and Brussels

1970 Birthday - Frank Temming, WLAF running back for the Amsterdam Admirals

1970 Birthday - Keith Franklin, WLAF linebacker for the Amsterdam Admirals

1970 Event - 100 year Beehive anniversary ends in brawl in Amsterdam

1970 Birthday - Meeno Peluce, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, actor, Bad News Bears

1970 Birthday - Alonza Barnett, WLAF safety for the Amsterdam Admirals

1970 Event - Dolle Mina's burns her bra in Amsterdam

1970 Birthday - Ron Carpenter, NFL/WLAF safety, New York Jets, Amsterdam Admirals

1970 Event - Dutch premiere of musical "Hair" in Amsterdam

1969 Birthday - T C Wright, WLAF running back for the Amsterdam Admirals

1969 Birthday - Troy Ridgley, WLAF defensive tackle for the Amsterdam Admirals

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

1969 Birthday - Reyhan Agaoglu, WLAF safety for the Amsterdam Admirals

1969 Birthday - Barry Kloeth, WLAF wide receiver for the Amsterdam Admirals

1969 Event - Students occupies Magden House Amsterdam

1969 Birthday - Dennis Bergkamp, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, soccer player, Ajax

1969 Birthday - Pascall Davis, WLAF linebacker for the Amsterdam Admirals

1969 Birthday - Darren Chandler, WLAF receiver, Amsterdam Admirals

1969 Event - John and Yoko stage their 1st bed-in for peace (Amsterdam)

1969 Event - John and Yoko stage their 1st bed-in for peace (Amsterdam Hilton)

1968 Birthday - David Jones, WLAF tight end for the Amsterdam Admirals

1968 Event - Queen Juliana opens IJ tunnel in Amsterdam

1968 Birthday - Arnold Galesloot, WLAF tight end for the Amsterdam Admirals

1968 Birthday - Johnnie Barnes, NFL wide receiver, Pittsburgh Steelers, Amsterdam Admirals

1968 Birthday - Garry Howe, WLAF nose tackle for the Amsterdam Admirals

1968 Birthday - Jerry Crafts, WLAF tackle for the Amsterdam Admirals

1968 Birthday - Will Furrer, WLAF quarterback for the Amsterdam Admirals

1968 Birthday - Roosevelt Collins, WLAF DL for the Amsterdam Admirals

1968 Birthday - Malcolm Showell, WLAF defensive end for the Amsterdam Admirals

1968 Birthday - Jerry Crafts, NFL/WLAF tackle, Philadelphia Eagles, Amsterdam Admirals

1967 Birthday - Marcus Muler, WLAF adm asst for the Amsterdam Admirals

1967 Death - Arnold J d'ailly, mayor of Amsterdam (1946-56), dies at 65

1967 Birthday - Harvey Franklin, WLAF WR for the Amsterdam Admirals

1967 Event - Izaak Samkalden becomes mayor of Amsterdam

1967 Birthday - Willie Williams, WLAF tight end for the Amsterdam Admirals

1967 Birthday - Mike Evans, WLAF DL for the Amsterdam Admirals

1967 Event - Gijsbert van Hall resigns as mayor of Amsterdam

1967 Event - Amsterdam Marines chase out "nozems" of Central Station

1967 Event - Marines chase "Nozems" out of Amsterdam Central Station

1967 Birthday - Mike Evans, WLAF defensive tackle for the Amsterdam Admirals

1966 Event - 1st battle for Bijlmer flats Amsterdam

1966 Event - 6 youths sentenced in "Johnson murderer!" in Amsterdam

1966 Birthday - Wim Jonk, born in Volendam, Netherlands, midfielder, professional soccer player, played for Ajax Amsterdam, FC Volendam

1966 Birthday - Cedric Figaro, WLAF linebacker for the Amsterdam Admirals

1966 Event - Queen Juliana opens Coen tunnel in Amsterdam

1966 Birthday - Theo Blanco, WLAF receiver for the Amsterdam Admirals

1965 Birthday - Tony Jones, WLAF receiver, Amsterdam Admirals, Frankfurt Galaxy

1965 Event - Vivian Beaumont Theater opens at 65th St. and Amsterdam Ave New York City

1965 Event - Children find trunk with corpse in Amsterdam canal

1965 Birthday - Tim Prukop, WLAF linebacker-secondary coach for the Amsterdam Admirals

1964 Birthday - Bill Peterson, Smithfield, North Carolina, WLAF general manager for the Amsterdam Admirals

1964 Event - Dutch Opera forms in Amsterdam

1964 Birthday - Louis Clark, NFL receiver, Seattle, WLAF coach for the Amsterdam Admirals

1964 Event - Beatles travel canals of Amsterdam

1963 Birthday - Silvio Diliberto, WLAF kicker for the Amsterdam Admirals

1963 Birthday - Brian Forde, WLAF linebacker for the Amsterdam Admirals

1963 Event - C and A Building in Amsterdam burns down

1962 Event - Demonstration for sovereign status of New-Guinea in Amsterdam

1961 Death - Benjamin Merkelbach, architect/city builder of Amsterdam, dies at 60

1961 Event - Amsterdam National Ballet forms

1961 Event - Prince Bernhard opens new RAI building in Amsterdam

1960 Birthday - Arnon Ohad, co-pilot, El Al, plane that crashed on Bijlmer Amsterdam

1960 Event - Tuindorp-Oostzaan in Northern Amsterdam, flooded

1959 Death - Gerard J Arbous, actor/publicist (Bohemian Amsterdam), dies at 83

1959 Death - K Rudolf Mengelberg, Dutch composer (Concert Amsterdam), dies at 67

1959 Birthday - Hans Werdekker, Dutch soccer player, Ajax, RKC/Amsterdam Admirals

1958 Death - Michael G the Boer, historian (Harbor of Amsterdam), dies at 91

1957 Event - Anne Frank Foundation forms in Amsterdam

1957 Event - Gijsbert of Hall appointed mayor of Amsterdam

1956 Event - Queen Juliana opens Rembrandt fairs in Amsterdam

1956 Birthday - Dick Kemper, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, rock vocalist/bassist, Vandenberg

1956 Event - Queen Juliana unveils National Monument to Dams in Amsterdam

1956 Death - John Raedecker, Dutch sculptor (WW II Monument Amsterdam), dies at 70

1955 Event - Queen Juliana opens E55 fair in Amsterdam

1955 Event - Armed military action taken against bureaucratic strike in Amsterdam

1954 Birthday - Jos Zoomer, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, rock drummer, Vandenberg

1954 Event - Scapino Ballet Studio in Amsterdam destroyed by fire

1954 Birthday - Adrian Vandenberg, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, rock guitarist, Whitesnake

1953 Birthday - Bert Heerink, Amsterdam, rock vocalist

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

1950 Birthday - Mark McHale, WLAF offensive line coach for the Amsterdam Admirals

1949 Event - Amsterdam Telegraph-director/SS'er Henri Holdert sentenced to 12 years

1949 Death - Josephus T J Cuypers, architect (Amsterdam Stock Exchange), dies at 87

1948 Event - Tommy Lasorda strikes out 25 Amsterdam Rugmakers (in 15 innings)

1947 Event - Trial of art forger Han of Meegeren begins in Amsterdam

1947 Event - Trial against WW II mayor of Amsterdam Edward Vonte begins

1946 Birthday - Al Luginbill, Pomona California, WLAF head coach for the Amsterdam Admirals

1946 Birthday - Tristan Keuris, born in Amersfoort, Netherlands, composer, taught composition in Utrecht, Amsterdam, works include 'Saxophone Quartet Concerto'

1946 Event - Harbor workers end strike at Rotterdam and Amsterdam

1946 Event - Dutch Cooperation for Sexual Reform (NVSH) forms in Amsterdam

1946 Event - Humanistic Covenant forms in Amsterdam

1945 Event - ANJV established in Concert building, Amsterdam

1945 Event - "Free People" premieres in Amsterdam

1945 Event - Canadian troops move into Amsterdam

1945 Event - SS open fire on crowd in Amsterdam, killing 22

1945 Event - Surprise attack on Liese-Aktion-office on Marnix St, Amsterdam

1945 Event - Germans execute resistance fighters in Amsterdam

1944 Event - Nazi occupiers of Amsterdam destroy electricity plants

1944 Birthday - Jeroen Krabbe, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, actor, Fugitive

1944 Event - Amsterdam: Vondelpark closed because of kappen of trees

1944 Event - Gas output stopped in Amsterdam

1944 Event - 1st Central Kitchen opens in Amsterdam

1944 Event - German occupier turn off electricity in Amsterdam

1944 Event - Anne Frank arrested in Amsterdam by Nazis

1944 Event - Amsterdam soccer team "The Volewijckers" plays in orange shirts

1944 Event - Attempt to liberate prisoners in Amsterdam fails, John Post arrested

1944 Event - Surprise attack on Weteringschans Amsterdam, fails

1944 Birthday - Willeke van Ammelrooy, born in Amsterdam, actress, Cidke de Rat, Antonia

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 Death - Gerard W. Kerncamp, historian/editor-in-chief (Green Amsterdam), dies

1943 Event - German riots at Amsterdam Jews

1943 Event - Nazi's evacuate Hollandsche Theater in Amsterdam

1943 Event - RAF bombs Fokker airplane factory in Amsterdam

1943 Event - German round up Jews in Amsterdam

1943 Event - SS Police in Amsterdam sentence for 12 resistance fighter to death (Jewish, communists, homosexuality) at the census bureau

1943 Event - Jews riot against Germany in Amsterdam

1943 Event - 1st edition of illegal "The Free Artist" appears in Amsterdam

1943 Event - Jewish old age home for disabled in Amsterdam raided

1943 Event - Van der Veen Resistance starts fire in Amsterdam employment bureau

1943 Event - Amsterdam resistance group CS-6 shoots nazi general Seyffardt

1943 Event - 1st transport of Jews from Amsterdam to concentration camp Vught

1942 Death - Sybren Tulip, NSBer/supt of police in Amsterdam (1941-42), dies

1942 Event - 1st transport of Amsterdam Jews to Westerbork

1942 Event - Riots against Jews in Amsterdam

1942 Event - Anne Frank's family goes into hiding in After House, Amsterdam

1942 Event - Anne Frank gets her diary as a birthday present, Amsterdam

1942 Birthday - Al[bert] Tanara, WLAF defensive coach, Amsterdam Admirals

1941 Event - Nazi manifest against the Jews in Amsterdam

1941 Event - 2nd great raid on Jews of Amsterdam

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

1941 Death - Ernst Cahn, owner of Amsterdam Koco ice cream parlor, executed

1941 Event - February strike against persecution of Jews, in Amsterdam

1941 Event - Anti nazi meeting at Noordermarkt Amsterdam

1941 Event - Nazi SS begin rounding up Jews of Amsterdam

1941 Event - Nazi police attacks and driven away from Koco Amsterdam by young Jews

1941 Event - Nazi raid Amsterdam and round up 429 young Jews for deportation

1941 Event - Jewish Council for Amsterdam forms, under Ascher/Cohen

1941 Event - Nazi collaborators destroy pro-Jewish cafe Alcazar Amsterdam (Alcazar refused to hang "No Entry for Jews" signs in front of cafe)

1940 Event - 1st edition of Jewish Weekly newspaper in Amsterdam (under Nazi)

1940 Event - Nazi occupiers seize library of IISG Amsterdam

1940 Event - Amsterdam time becomes MET (Middle European Time)

1940 Event - German troops occupy Amsterdam, General Winkelman surrenders

1940 Birthday - Theo Bosch, Dutch humanist/architect, Nieuwmarkt, Amsterdam

1938 Event - Banning speech on anti-fascism demonstration in Amsterdam

1937 Event - Johan Wagenaar's "Feestmars" premieres in Amsterdam

1936 Event - Amsterdam's Calvinist Churches reject nazism

1936 Event - Watchfulness Committee forms in Amsterdam

1936 Death - Florentinus M Wibaut, Amsterdam social alderman, dies at 76

1936 Event - ANP begins telex service in Amsterdam

1935 Event - Resident Institution for Social History (IISG) forms in Amsterdam

1935 Event - Amsterdam city council accept city growth plan through the year 2000

1935 Event - General Netherlands Persbureau (ANP) forms in Amsterdam

1935 Event - SDAP and CPH achieve majority in city council in Amsterdam

1935 Birthday - Hendrikus C "Henk" Admiraal, Dutch actor, Rififi in Amsterdam

1935 Event - Amsterdam Hotel of the Red Lion gets sidewalk permit

1934 Birthday - Ed van Thijn, Jewish, Dutch Foreign Minister/mayor, Amsterdam, 1983-94

1934 Death - Hendrik P Berlage, architect (Stock exchange Amsterdam), dies at 78

1934 Event - Jordanians revolt in Amsterdam after reduction in employment

1934 Death - Meijer Linnewiel, Amsterdam street hawker, dies

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

1934 Event - Jaap Speyers "Bluejackets" premieres in Amsterdam

1933 Event - Josephine Baker performs in Amsterdam

1933 Birthday - Itzhak Fuks, Israeli El Al captain, crashed in Amsterdam

1933 Event - Amsterdam confectionery worker go on strike against wage reduction

1932 Birthday - Joe Clark, born in Los Angeles, California, WLAF off coordinator coach for the Amsterdam Admirals

1932 Event - International Anti-War Committee forms in Amsterdam

1932 Event - International anti-war congress opens in Amsterdam

1931 Event - VARA begins experimental TV broadcast in Diamantbeurs Amsterdam

1929 Event - Queen-mother Emma opens Antonie van Leeuwenhoek House in Amsterdam

1929 Event - Venezuelan rebel Rafael Urbina overthrows Fort Amsterdam, Curaeao kidnap governor Fruytier

1929 Event - Palace for People's industry in Amsterdam devastated by fire

1929 Event - Loetafoon celluloid film system demonstrated in Amsterdam

1929 Birthday - Bernard Haitink, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, conductor, London Philharmonic Orchestra 1969 - 1978

1929 Event - Revolutionary Socialist Party forms in Amsterdam

1928 Event - 9th Olympic Games close in Amsterdam

1928 Event - Ray Barbuti saves U.S. team from defeat in Amsterdam Olympics track events by winning 400 m (47.8 sec)

1928 Event - 9th Olympic Games open in Amsterdam

1928 Event - 9th modern Olympic games opens in Amsterdam

1928 Event - Netherlands and Belgium tie 1-1 (soccer match in Amsterdam)

1927 Event - Netherlands beats Belgium 3-2 in soccer match in Amsterdam

1926 Event - Josephine Baker goes up in Amsterdam

1926 Birthday - Willy Alberti, Carel Verbrugge, singer and actor, Riffin in Amsterdam

1926 Event - Bicyclists without bicycle-tax-stamp rounded up in Amsterdam

1926 Event - Building of Olympian Stadium Amsterdam, begins

1925 Birthday - Rijk de Gooyer, Dutch actor, Black Rider, Rififi in Amsterdam

1925 Event - VARA, Vereniging van Workers Radio Amateurs forms in Amsterdam

1925 Birthday - Gerard John Toorenaar, political commissar in Amsterdam, 1975-79

1925 Event - Theater Museum of Amsterdam forms

1924 Event - Fokker F-7 1st flight (Amsterdam to Batavia)

1924 Event - Railroad worker strike ends in Amsterdam

1924 Event - Workers at Werkspoor in Amsterdam strike against 3rd wage cut

1924 Birthday - Johnny Jordaan, Jan van Musscher, Amsterdam folk vocalist

1924 Event - Amsterdam's Netherlands Press Museum opens

1923 Death - Michel de Klerk, architect (Amsterdam School), dies at 39

1923 Birthday - Hicks B Waldron, Amsterdam, New York, CEO, Avon

1923 Event - 80,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam against Fleet law

1923 Birthday - Anton Kersjes, violinist and conductor, Amsterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

1923 Event - Amsterdam taxi strike ended

1923 Event - Taxi strike in Amsterdam begins (through March 9th)

1923 Event - Typography strike in Amsterdam

1922 Event - Queen Wilhelmina opens Dutch Historical Maritime museum in Amsterdam

1922 Event - Prince Hendrik opens trade fair building in Amsterdam

1921 Event - Amsterdam's Tuschinski movie theater opens

1921 Event - Tuschinski Theater opens in Amsterdam

1921 Event - Hadjememaar, Corn de Gelder, elected in Amsterdam

1921 Death - Petrus Cuypers, architect (Amsterdam museum), dies at 93

1920 Event - Amsterdam actors decide to strike for retirement benefits

1919 Event - 15,000 men are cremated at Domela Newenhouse, Amsterdam

1919 Event - Queen Wilhelmina opens 1st Air Fair in Amsterdam

1919 Event - Vrije Vakbewegings Internationale (VVI) forms in Amsterdam

1919 Event - Anthony Fokker's establishes airplane factory at Hamburg and Amsterdam

1918 Event - Food riot in Amsterdam

1918 Event - Socialist Youth AJC organizes in Amsterdam

1917 Event - Potato entrepreneurs begins in Amsterdam

1917 Birthday - Louis G "Lo" van Hensbergen, actor/author, Amsterdam Affair

1917 Birthday - Johnny Guarnieri, born in New York City, jazz pianist, Morey Amsterdam Show

1916 Event - 40,000 Amsterdam demonstrators demand general voting right

1916 Event - Historic Shipport Museum opens in Amsterdam

1915 Event - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek's Hospital in Amsterdam opens

1914 Death - Gijsbert van Tienhoven, mayor (Amsterdam)/foreign minister, dies at 73

1914 Event - Foxtrot 1st danced at New Amsterdam Roof Garden (NYC, by Harry Fox)

1914 Birthday - Winand J Borgerhoff Mulder, court judge of Amsterdam

1913 Event - Amsterdam reroutes sewage of canals to South Seas

1912 Birthday - Morey Amsterdam, born in Chicago, Illinois, comedian, Buddy-Dick Van Dyke Show

1912 Birthday - Izaak Samkalden, Dutch Minister of Justice, PvdA, mayor of Amsterdam

1911 Event - Queen Wilhelmina opens Rembrandt house in Amsterdam

1911 Event - Society of Dutch Composers forms in Amsterdam

1911 Event - Dutch Scouts Organization established in Amsterdam

1910 Event - 25,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam for general male/female suffrage

1910 Event - Ex-president Theodore Roosevelt visits Amsterdam

1909 Event - Amsterdam Social-Democratic Party (SDP) forms

1908 Event - World congress for Woman's rights opens in Amsterdam

1907 Event - German emperor Wilhelm II visits Amsterdam

1906 Birthday - Louis Borell, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, actor, Over the Moon, Queer Cargo

1906 Event - Republic museum opens Rembrandt hall in Amsterdam

1905 Event - Albert Cuypstrat street market in Amsterdam inaugurated

1905 Event - Operations begin uniting conservatory of Nature monument Amsterdam

1904 Event - International Anti-Military Cooperation (IAMV) forms in Amsterdam

1904 Birthday - Gijsbert van Hall, banker/mayor of Amsterdam, 1957-67

1904 Birthday - Peter Van Steeden, born in Amsterdam Netherlands, orchestra leader, Break the Bank

1903 Event - New Amsterdam Theater opens at 214 W 42nd St. New York City

1903 Event - Queen Wilhelmina opens Berlages Merchants bureau in Amsterdam

1903 Event - American Hotel opens in Amsterdam

1903 Event - Harry Houdini escapes police station Halvemaansteeg in Amsterdam

1903 Event - Harry Houdini performs at Rembrandt theater, Amsterdam

1903 Event - Dutch Press museum opens in Amsterdam

1902 Birthday - Arnold J d'Ailly, dir, Nederlandsche Bank, mayor, Amsterdam, 1946-56

1902 Event - Blue-White United soccer team of Amsterdam forms

1902 Event - Alphons Diepenbrock's "Te Deum" premieres (Amsterdam)

1901 Birthday - Benjamin Merkelbach, architect/city builder of Amsterdam

1901 Birthday - Willy Lages, German chief of Sicherheitsdienst in Amsterdam

1900 Event - Herman Heijermans' "Hope of Blessing" premieres in Amsterdam

1900 Event - Diamond workers in Amsterdam strike

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

1900 Event - 1st edition of The Volk published in Amsterdam

1900 Event - Ajax (Amsterdam Football Club), forms

1900 Event - Ajax soccer team forms in Amsterdam

1898 Event - Herman Heijermans' "Ghetto," premieres in Amsterdam

1897 Event - Vincent d'Indy's "Istar" premieres in Amsterdam and Brussels

1895 Event - Amsterdam's AFC soccer team forms

1894 Event - Amsterdam Municipal theater opens

1894 Event - Female suffrage organization in Amsterdam forms

1892 Event - Amsterdam swim club renamed "The Y"

1892 Birthday - Gijsbert Friedhoff, architect, tax office Wibautstraat, Amsterdam

1892 Birthday - K Rudolf Mengelberg, composer/musicologist, Amsterdam Concert Hall

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

1890 Event - Amsterdam Theater destroyed by fire

1890 Event - 1st issue of Propria Cures, Amsterdam student-weekly newspaper

1889 Event - Amsterdam Central Station officially opens

1888 Event - Amsterdam: 1st concerto of Concert worker, under Willem Kes

1887 Event - Amsterdam's Oscar Carres Circus Theater opens

1885 Event - Amsterdam police attack meeting of social-democrats united

1884 Birthday - Michel de Klerk, architect, Amsterdam School

1883 Event - Amsterdam's Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky gets electric lights

1883 Event - Amsterdam World's Fair opens

1883 Event - 28 Surinamers depart to Amsterdam World's Fair

1882 Event - Amsterdam Artis Zoo opens aquarium

1882 Event - Social-Democratic Union forms in Amsterdam

1881 Birthday - Piet L. Kramer, architect, Amsterdam School

1880 Event - Amsterdam Free University opens

1880 Birthday - Allard R Hulshoff, architect of Amsterdam, 1924

1878 Event - Social-Democratic United forms in Amsterdam

1876 Event - Riot abolishes fairs in Amsterdam, 2 killed

1875 Birthday - Johan E Elias, historian, Amsterdam

1872 Event - Karl Marx speaks in Amsterdam

1870 Event - 1st-stone Amstel Brewery opens in Amsterdam

1869 Event - Amsterdam typographer strike

1868 Birthday - Marie van Regteren Altena, Dutch painter, Amsterdam's Joffers

1867 Event - Amstel Hotel, "the dignified old lady" opens in Amsterdam

1867 Birthday - Meijer Linnewiel, Prof Kokadorus, Amsterdam's pitchman

1867 Birthday - Michael G de Boer, historian, Harbor of Amsterdam

1866 Death - Samuel Sarphati, Amsterdam physician/social activist, dies at 53

1864 Event - Palace for People's industry official opens in Amsterdam

1856 Event - Amsterdam post office at Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal opens

1856 Birthday - Hendrik P Berlage, architect, Stock exchange Amsterdam

1856 Birthday - Willem Kes, Dutch violinist, composer and conductor, Parkorkest Amsterdam

1854 Event - Amsterdam begins transferring drinking water out of the dunes

1849 Event - Willem Alexander PFL crowned king Willem III in Amsterdam

1848 Event - State of siege proclaimed in Amsterdam

1845 Event - King Willem II opens Amsterdam Stock exchange

1841 Birthday - Bert van Tienhoven, mayor, Amsterdam, foreign minister

1841 Birthday - Gijsbert van Tienhoven, Dutch mayor, Amsterdam, foreign minister

1839 Event - Salon of Varietes opens in Amsterdam

1830 Event - General Trade Journal newspaper begins publishing in Amsterdam

1828 Event - Casparus van Wooden patents chocolate milk powder (Amsterdam)

1828 Event - 1st edition of Amsterdam General Trade Journal (Algemeen Handelsblad)

1827 Birthday - Petrus J H Cuypers, architect, Amsterdam Museum, Central station

1823 Event - Great North Holland Canal (Amsterdam) opens

1820 Birthday - Multatuli, born in Amsterdam, Eduard Douwes Dekker, writer, named most important Dutch writer of all time, 2002, Society for Dutch literature

1813 Event - Tax revolt in Amsterdam

1813 Birthday - Samuel Sarphati, Amsterdam, physician/pharmacist/social activist

1810 Event - French troops occupy Amsterdam

1804 Event - Vice-Admiral William Bligh ends siege of Fort Amsterdam, Willemstad

1796 Event - Riot after disagreement of patriotic demand in Amsterdam

1795 Event - Amsterdam celebrates Revolution on the Dam; Square of Revolution

1795 Event - Democratic revolution in Amsterdam ends oligarchy

1795 Event - French admitted to Amsterdam without resistance

1793 Death - Isaac Ouwater, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist, dies at 44

1791 Birthday - Jan D Zocher, Jr., Dutch garden architect, Vondelpark, Amsterdam

1787 Event - Amsterdam surrenders to Prussian invasion army

1787 Event - Maagden House opens in Amsterdam

1787 Event - Utrecht patriots flee to Amsterdam

1785 Death - Egbert de Free Temminck, Amsterdam regent, dies at 84

1781 Death - John Ekels, the Old, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist, dies at 57

1778 Event - City Amsterdam signs trade agreement with U.S. rebels

1772 Event - Amsterdam theater destroyed by fire, 18 killed

1771 Event - West Indian Company and Amsterdam divide up Suriname

1770 Event - Amsterdam buys Van Aerssens family 1/3 part of Suriname

1757 Death - Willem Gideon Deutz, Amsterdam regent/banker/merchant, dies at 59

1754 Death - Jacob de Wit, Amsterdam painter/decorater, dies at 58

1754 Event - Riot at burial of doelist Daniel Raap in Amsterdam

1751 Event - Amsterdam refuses establishment of Jewish ghetto

1748 Birthday - Isaac Ouwater, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist

1748 Event - Riot after public execution in Amsterdam, 200+ killed

1748 Death - Marretje Arends, Matje of Nieuwendijk, Amsterdam plunderer, hanged

1748 Death - Pieter van Dort, Amsterdam plunderer, hanged

1748 Event - Amsterdam establishes municipal postal service

1736 Death - Albert Seba, Amsterdam pharmacist, dies at 71

1724 Birthday - John Ekels, the Old, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist

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

1719 Death - Jean Deutz, minster of Heemskerk/merchant/Amsterdam regent, dies at 64

1719 Death - Steven J Vennekool, Amsterdam's master builder, buried

1717 Death - Nicolaas Witsen, etcher/mayor (Amsterdam), dies

1717 Event - German mob leader "Sjako" sentenced to death in Amsterdam

1709 Birthday - John Wagenaar, Amsterdam merchant/historian, baptised

1704 Death - John Hudde, 21x mayor of Amsterdam, dies at 76

1700 Birthday - Egbert de Vrij Temminck, Amsterdam regent

1697 Birthday - Willem Gideon Deutz, Amsterdam regent/banker/merchant

1696 Event - Revolt of undertakers after funeral reforms (Amsterdam)

1693 Death - Coenraad van Beuningen, mayor of Amsterdam/diplomat, dies at 71

1692 Death - John Commelin, director of Hortus Botanist (Amsterdam), dies at 62

1689 Death - Olfert Dapper, Amsterdam historian/geographer, buried

1689 Death - Philipp von Zesen, German poet (Bescheibung of Amsterdam), dies at 70

1685 Birthday - Cornelis Hop, Amsterdam regent/diplomat

1682 Event - English earl of Shaftesbury flight to Amsterdam

1680 Event - Amsterdam opera at Leidsegracht opens

1680 Death - Gillis Valckenier, mayor of Amsterdam (1665..80), dies at about 57

1679 Death - John van de Cappelle, Amsterdam landscape painter, dies at 53

1678 Death - Andries de Graeff, mayor of Amsterdam (1657..71), dies at 67

1678 Death - Philip Vingboons, Amsterdam's master builder, buried

1675 Event - Storm hits about West-Europe: flood in Amsterdam

1675 Event - Portuguese-Jewish synagogue opens in Amsterdam

1674 Death - Claes P "Nicolas" Tulip, mayor of Amsterdam, dies at 80

1672 Event - Joan Blaeus publishers destroyed by fire in Amsterdam

1668 Death - Artus Quellinus, Flemish sculptor (Amsterdam townhall), dies

1667 Death - John Fox, Amsterdam writer, buried

1667 Death - Thomas de Keyser, Amsterdam master builder/painter, buried

1665 Event - English rename New Amsterdam, New York, after Dutch pull out

1664 Event - Dutch surrender New Amsterdam (NY) to 300 English soldiers

1664 Event - Adriaen Pieck/Gerrit de Ferry patent wooden firespout in Amsterdam

1664 Event - New Amsterdam renamed New York City

1660 Event - 1st kosher butcher (Asser Levy) licensed in New York City (New Amsterdam)

1660 Event - Asser Levy granted butchers license (kosher meat) in New Amsterdam

1658 Event - 1st U.S. police corps forms (New Amsterdam)

1657 Death - Jacob van Campen, painter/architect (Amsterdam Townhall), dies at 62

1657 Event - 1st Quakers arrives in New Amsterdam (New York)

1656 Event - Jews are denied the right to build a synagogue in New Amsterdam

1656 Event - New Amsterdam granted a Jewish burial site

1655 Event - New Amsterdam and Peter Stuyvesant bars Jews from military service

1655 Event - Biggest townhall in the world opens in Amsterdam

1655 Event - Jews of New Amsterdam petition for a Jewish cemetery

1655 Birthday - Jean Deutz, merchant/Amsterdam regent

1655 Event - Adriana Nooseman-van de Bergh is 1st actress in Amsterdam theater

1655 Event - Dutch West Indies Co denies Peter Stuyvesant's desire to exclude Jews from New Amsterdam

1654 Death - Cornelis Bicker, merchant/mayor of Amsterdam, dies at 61

1654 Event - 1st Jewish immigrant to U.S., Jacob Barsimson arrives in New Amsterdam

1653 Event - New Amsterdam becomes a city, later called New York City

1652 Event - Fire on Dutch Dam, Amsterdam's city hall burns

1652 Event - New Amsterdam (now New York City) passes 1st speed limit law in US

1652 Death - Andries Bicker, merchant/Amsterdam regent, dies at 65

1651 Event - South Sea dike in Amsterdam breaks after storm

1650 Event - Viceroy Willem II and Amsterdam reach accord about standing army

1650 Event - Prince Willem II occupies Amsterdam

1648 Event - Cornerstone of Amsterdam townhall laid

1645 Event - Dutch and Indians sign peace treaty (New Amsterdam (NY))

1641 Birthday - Nicolaas Witsen, etcher/mayor, Amsterdam

1639 Death - John I Pontanus, physicist/historian (Amsterdam), dies at 68

1638 Event - French queen-mother Maria de' Medici visits Amsterdam

1638 Death - Jacob C van Neck, admiral/mayor of Amsterdam, dies at about 73

1638 Event - Schouwburg Theater, the 1st in Amsterdam, opens

1632 Birthday - Baruch "Benedict" de Spinoza, Amsterdam, rationalist philosopher

1630 Event - New Amsterdam's governor buys Gull Island from Indians for cargo, renames it Oyster Island, it is later known as Ellis Island

1629 Birthday - John Commelin, director, Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam

1626 Birthday - John van de Cappelle, Amsterdam, landscape painter

1626 Death - Cornelis Pieterse Hoft, Amsterdam merchant/regent, dies at 68

1624 Death - Isaac Le Maire, Amsterdam ship owner, dies at about 66

1621 Death - Henrick de Keyser, Amsterdam's master builder, dies at 56

1620 Event - English language newspaper "Namloos" begins publishing in Amsterdam

1620 Death - Roemer P Visscher, poet, buried in Amsterdam

1619 Birthday - Philipp von Zesen, German poet and historian, Amsterdam

1619 Event - Theatrum Anatomicum opens in Amsterdam

1618 Birthday - Jan Six, Dutch mayor of Amsterdam

1614 Event - Amsterdam Bank of Loan forms

1611 Birthday - Andries de Graeff, mayor of Amsterdam, 1657..71

1609 Event - Wisselbank of Amsterdam established

1603 Event - 1st stones layed in Zuiderkerk Amsterdam

1596 Event - Willem Barents leaves Amsterdam for Novaya Zemlya

1595 Death - Reynier Cant, mayor of Amsterdam, dies at about 59

1595 Birthday - Jacob van Campen, painter/architect, New Church, Amsterdam

1593 Birthday - Claes P "Nicolaas" Tulip, anatomy/mayor of Amsterdam, 1654..71

1588 Death - Joost Sybrantsz Buyck, Amsterdam merchant/regent, dies at about 82

1585 Event - Amsterdam bans 45 roman catholics

1580 Event - Prince Willem of Orange welcomed in Amsterdam

1577 Event - Water Geuzen under Captain Slope enter Amsterdam

1571 Birthday - John I Pontanus, physicist/historian, Amsterdam

1566 Event - Beeldenstorm reaches Amsterdam

1565 Birthday - Henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam

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

1535 Event - 12 nude anabaptists run through Amsterdam streets

1531 Event - "Women's Revolt" in Amsterdam: wool house in churchyard aborted

1523 Event - Amsterdam bans assembly of heretics

1521 Event - Emperor Charles V bans wooden buildings in Amsterdam

1387 Event - Amsterdam buccaneer Herman of Kuinre sign peace

1345 Event - Holy spirit glides above fire: "the miracle of Amsterdam" (legend)













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