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1998 Gay and Lesbian Games #5 open in Amsterdam

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

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

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

1995 Judith Fluks, Amsterdam's activist, dies

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

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

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

1994 Schelto Patijn appointed mayor of Amsterdam

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

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

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

1993 Ken E Jones, musician (New Amsterdam Symph Orch), dies of AIDS at 34

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

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

1993 1st test flight of Fokker 70 in Amsterdam

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

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

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

1991 "Les Miserables" opens at Theatre Carre, Amsterdam

1990 Nelson and Winnie Mandela visit Leidseplein, Amsterdam

1989 Archaeologists open Titus of Rhine grave in Amsterdam

1989 African National Congress (ANC) opens office in Amsterdam

1988 Royal Concert building in Amsterdam reopens

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

1986 Police arrested 3 IRA-terrorists in Amsterdam

1985 "Rembrandt and Hitler or Me" premieres in Amsterdam

1985 ADM of Amsterdam declares bankruptcy

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

1983 Police free kidnapped beer magnate Alfred Heineken in Amsterdam

1983 Amsterdam brewer Freddie Heineken kidnapped

1982 Riot in Amsterdam as tram catches fire

1981 400,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam against cruise missiles

1981 Ipswich Town wins 10th UEFA Cup at Amsterdam

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

1978 50,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam against neutron bomb

1977 War criminal Pieter Menten sentenced in Amsterdam to 15 years

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

1977 Amsterdam businessman M Caransa kidnapped

1977 Princess Beatrice opens Amsterdam metro

1977 Peter Schats opera "Houdini" premieres in Amsterdam

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

1977 Wim Polak becomes mayor of Amsterdam

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

1977 Hotel Poland in Amsterdam destroyed by fire, 33 killed

1977 Harbor strike in Rotterdam/Amsterdam ends

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

1976 Bob Marley performs in Amsterdam

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

1975 Rembrandts "Nightwatch" slashed and damaged in Amsterdam

1975 Bomb explodes at annex of Amsterdam metro station

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

1973 Earl Scott, WLAF OL for the Amsterdam Admirals

1973 Donald Willis, WLAF corner for the Amsterdam Admirals

1973 Clay Williams, WLAF OL for the Amsterdam Admirals

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

1973 Masafumi Kawaguchi, WLAF linebacker for the Amsterdam Admirals

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

1973 City of Amsterdam decides to support Hanoi

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

1972 Oliver Quass, WLAF kicker for the Amsterdam Admirals

1972 Ron Lewis, WLAF OL for the Amsterdam Admirals

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

1972 Jeroen Egge, WLAF offensive linesman for the Amsterdam Admirals

1972 Ryan Leahy, WLAF OL for the Amsterdam Admirals

1972 Brian Gragert, WLAF punter for the Amsterdam Admirals

1972 Zev Lumelski, WLAF guard for the Amsterdam Admirals

1972 Avo Avetisyan, WLAF defensive linesman for the Amsterdam Admirals

1972 Mike McCoy, WLAF quarterback, Amsterdam Admirals

1972 Takuro Abe, WLAF linebacker, Amsterdam Admirals

1972 Marc Lillibridge, WLAF linebacker for the Amsterdam Admirals

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

1972 Mike McCoy, WLAF quarterback for the Amsterdam Admirals

1971 Jay Fiedler, WLAF QB for the Amsterdam Admirals

1971 Jey Phillips, WLAF DB for the Amsterdam Admirals

1971 John Sacca, WLAF quarterback for the Amsterdam Admirals

1971 Matt Brown, WLAF guard for the Amsterdam Admirals

1971 Bronzel Miller, WLAF linebacker for the Amsterdam Admirals

1971 Jim Hanna, WLAF defensive tackle for the Amsterdam Admirals

1971 Derrick Davis, WLAF cornerback for the Amsterdam Admirals

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

1971 Phillip Bobo, WLAF receiver for the Amsterdam Admirals

1971 Tommy Johnson, WLAF cornerback for the Amsterdam Admirals

1971 Kevin Farkas, WLAF tackle for the Amsterdam Admirals

1971 Rico Mack, WLAF linebacker for the Amsterdam Admirals

1971 Jey Phillips, WLAF safety for the Amsterdam Admirals

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

1971 Brent Moss, WLAF running back for the Amsterdam Admirals

1971 Lamar Mills, WLAF DE for the Amsterdam Admirals

1971 Tommie Jones, WLAF cornerback for the Amsterdam Admirals

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

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

1971 Masato Itai, WLAF wide receiver for the Amsterdam Admirals

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

1971 Beno Bryant, WLAF running back for the Amsterdam Admirals

1970 Robert Hall, WLAF wide reciever for the Amsterdam Admirals

1970 Jorgen Gustafsson, WLAF guard for the Amsterdam Admirals

1970 Trevor Cobb, WLAF running back for the Amsterdam Admirals

1970 Ralph Dawkins, WLAF running back for the Amsterdam Admirals

1970 Kelly Sims, WLAF cornerback for the Amsterdam Admirals

1970 Carlos Etheredge, WLAF tight end for the Amsterdam Admirals

1970 Mario Cristobal, WLAF guard for the Amsterdam Admirals

1970 Building begins of Amsterdam metro

1970 1st Boeing 747 to land in Amsterdam and Brussels

1970 Frank Temming, WLAF running back for the Amsterdam Admirals

1970 Keith Franklin, WLAF linebacker for the Amsterdam Admirals

1970 100 year Beehive anniversary ends in brawl in Amsterdam

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

1970 Alonza Barnett, WLAF safety for the Amsterdam Admirals

1970 Dolle Mina's burns her bra in Amsterdam

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

1970 Dutch premiere of musical "Hair" in Amsterdam

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

1969 Troy Ridgley, WLAF defensive tackle for the Amsterdam Admirals

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

1969 Reyhan Agaoglu, WLAF safety for the Amsterdam Admirals

1969 Barry Kloeth, WLAF wide receiver for the Amsterdam Admirals

1969 Students occupies Magden House Amsterdam

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

1969 Pascall Davis, WLAF linebacker for the Amsterdam Admirals

1969 Darren Chandler, WLAF receiver, Amsterdam Admirals

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

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

1968 David Jones, WLAF tight end for the Amsterdam Admirals

1968 Queen Juliana opens IJ tunnel in Amsterdam

1968 Arnold Galesloot, WLAF tight end for the Amsterdam Admirals

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

1968 Garry Howe, WLAF nose tackle for the Amsterdam Admirals

1968 Jerry Crafts, WLAF tackle for the Amsterdam Admirals

1968 Will Furrer, WLAF quarterback for the Amsterdam Admirals

1968 Roosevelt Collins, WLAF DL for the Amsterdam Admirals

1968 Malcolm Showell, WLAF defensive end for the Amsterdam Admirals

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

1967 Marcus Muler, WLAF adm asst for the Amsterdam Admirals

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

1967 Harvey Franklin, WLAF WR for the Amsterdam Admirals

1967 Izaak Samkalden becomes mayor of Amsterdam

1967 Willie Williams, WLAF tight end for the Amsterdam Admirals

1967 Mike Evans, WLAF DL for the Amsterdam Admirals

1967 Gijsbert van Hall resigns as mayor of Amsterdam

1967 Amsterdam Marines chase out "nozems" of Central Station

1967 Marines chase "Nozems" out of Amsterdam Central Station

1967 Mike Evans, WLAF defensive tackle for the Amsterdam Admirals

1966 1st battle for Bijlmer flats Amsterdam

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

1966 Cedric Figaro, WLAF linebacker for the Amsterdam Admirals

1966 Queen Juliana opens Coen tunnel in Amsterdam

1966 Theo Blanco, WLAF receiver for the Amsterdam Admirals

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

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

1965 Children find trunk with corpse in Amsterdam canal

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

1964 Bill Peterson, Smithfield, North Carolina, WLAF general mgr for the Amsterdam Admirals

1964 Dutch Opera forms in Amsterdam

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

1964 Beatles travel canals of Amsterdam

1963 Silvio Diliberto, WLAF kicker for the Amsterdam Admirals

1963 Brian Forde, WLAF linebacker for the Amsterdam Admirals

1963 C and A Building in Amsterdam burns down

1962 Demonstration for sovereign status of New-Guinea in Amsterdam

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

1961 Amsterdam National Ballet forms

1961 Prince Bernhard opens new RAI building in Amsterdam

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

1960 Tuindorp-Oostzaan in Northern Amsterdam, flooded

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

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

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

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

1957 Anne Frank Foundation forms in Amsterdam

1957 Gijsbert of Hall appointed mayor of Amsterdam

1956 Queen Juliana opens Rembrandt fairs in Amsterdam

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

1956 Queen Juliana unveils National Monument to Dams in Amsterdam

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

1955 Queen Juliana opens E55 fair in Amsterdam

1955 Armed military action taken against bureaucratic strike in Amsterdam

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

1954 Scapino Ballet Studio in Amsterdam destroyed by fire

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

1953 Bert Heerink, Amsterdam, rock vocalist

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

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

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

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

1947 Trial of art forger Han of Meegeren begins in Amsterdam

1947 Trial against WW II mayor of Amsterdam Edward Vo–te begins

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

1946 Harbor workers end strike at Rotterdam and Amsterdam

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

1946 Humanistic Covenant forms in Amsterdam

1945 ANJV established in Concert building, Amsterdam

1945 "Free People" premieres in Amsterdam

1945 Canadian troops move into Amsterdam

1945 SS open fire on crowd in Amsterdam, killing 22

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

1945 Germans execute resistance fighters in Amsterdam

1944 Nazi occupiers of Amsterdam destroy electricity plants

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

1944 Amsterdam: Vondelpark closed because of kappen of trees

1944 Gas output stopped in Amsterdam

1944 1st Central Kitchen opens in Amsterdam

1944 German occupier turn off electricity in Amsterdam

1944 Anne Frank arrested in Amsterdam by Nazis

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

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

1944 Surprise attack on Weteringschans Amsterdam, fails

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

1943 Gerard W. Kerncamp, historian/editor-in-chief (Green Amsterdam), dies

1943 German riots at Amsterdam Jews

1943 Nazi's evacuate Hollandsche Theater in Amsterdam

1943 RAF bombs Fokker airplane factory in Amsterdam

1943 German round up Jews in Amsterdam

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

1943 Jews riot against Germany in Amsterdam

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

1943 Jewish old age home for disabled in Amsterdam raided

1943 Van der Veen Resistance starts fire in Amsterdam employment bureau

1943 Amsterdam resistance group CS-6 shoots nazi general Seyffardt

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

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

1942 1st transport of Amsterdam Jews to Westerbork

1942 Riots against Jews in Amsterdam

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

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

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

1941 Nazi manifest against the Jews in Amsterdam

1941 2nd great raid on Jews of Amsterdam

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

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

1941 February strike against persecution of Jews, in Amsterdam

1941 Anti nazi meeting at Noordermarkt Amsterdam

1941 Nazi SS begin rounding up Jews of Amsterdam

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

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

1941 Jewish Council for Amsterdam forms, under Ascher/Cohen

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

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

1940 Nazi occupiers seize library of IISG Amsterdam

1940 Amsterdam time becomes MET (Middle European Time)

1940 German troops occupy Amsterdam, Gen Winkelman surrenders

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

1938 Banning speech on anti-fascism demonstration in Amsterdam

1937 Johan Wagenaar's "Feestmars" premieres in Amsterdam

1936 Amsterdam's Calvinist Churches reject nazism

1936 Watchfulness Committee forms in Amsterdam

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

1936 ANP begins telex service in Amsterdam

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

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

1935 General Netherlands Persbureau (ANP) forms in Amsterdam

1935 SDAP and CPH achieve majority in city council in Amsterdam

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

1935 Amsterdam Hotel of the Red Lion gets sidewalk permit

1934 Ed van Thijn, Jewish, Dutch foreign min/mayor, Amsterdam, 1983-94

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

1934 Jordanians revolt in Amsterdam after reduction in employment

1934 Meijer Linnewiel, [Prof Kokadorus], Amsterdam street hawker, dies

1934 Jaap Speyers "Bluejackets" premieres in Amsterdam

1933 Josephine Baker performs in Amsterdam

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

1933 Amsterdam confectionery worker go on strike against wage reduction

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

1932 International Anti-War Committee forms in Amsterdam

1932 International anti-war congress opens in Amsterdam

1931 VARA begins experimental TV broadcast in Diamantbeurs Amsterdam

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

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

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

1929 Loetafoon celluloid film system demonstrated in Amsterdam

1929 Bernard Haitink, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, conductor, London Philharmonic Orch 1969-78

1929 Revolutionary Socialist Party forms in Amsterdam

1928 9th Olympic Games close in Amsterdam

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

1928 9th Olympic Games open in Amsterdam

1928 9th modern Olympic games opens in Amsterdam

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

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

1926 Josephine Baker goes up in Amsterdam

1926 Willy Alberti, [Carel Verbrugge], singer and actor, Riffin in Amsterdam

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

1926 Building of Olympian Stadium Amsterdam, begins

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

1925 VARA, Vereniging van Workers Radio Amateurs forms in Amsterdam

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

1925 Theater Museum of Amsterdam forms

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

1924 Railroad worker strike ends in Amsterdam

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

1924 Johnny Jordaan, [Jan van Musscher], Amsterdam folk vocalist

1924 Amsterdam's Netherlands Press Museum opens

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

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

1923 80,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam against Fleet law

1923 Anton Kersjes, violinist and conductor, Amsterdam Philharmonic Orch

1923 Amsterdam taxi strike ended

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

1923 Typography strike in Amsterdam

1922 Queen Wilhelmina opens Dutch Historical Maritime museum in Amsterdam

1922 Prince Hendrik opens trade fair building in Amsterdam

1921 Amsterdam's Tuschinski movie theater opens

1921 Tuschinski Theater opens in Amsterdam

1921 Hadjememaar, [Corn de Gelder] elected in Amsterdam

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

1920 Amsterdam actors decide to strike for retirement benefits

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

1919 Queen Wilhelmina opens 1st Air Fair in Amsterdam

1919 Vrije Vakbewegings Internationale (VVI) forms in Amsterdam

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

1918 Food riot in Amsterdam

1918 Socialist Youth AJC organizes in Amsterdam

1917 Potato entrepreneurs begins in Amsterdam

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

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

1916 40,000 Amsterdam demonstrators demand general voting right

1916 Historic Shipport Museum opens in Amsterdam

1915 Antoni van Leeuwenhoek's Hospital in Amsterdam opens

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

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

1914 Winand J Borgerhoff Mulder, court judge of Amsterdam

1913 Amsterdam reroutes sewage of canals to South Seas

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

1912 Izaak Samkalden, Dutch Minister of Justice, PvdA, /mayor of Amsterdam

1911 Queen Wilhelmina opens Rembrandt house in Amsterdam

1911 Society of Dutch Composers forms in Amsterdam

1911 Dutch Scouts Organization established in Amsterdam

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

1910 Ex-president Theodore Roosevelt visits Amsterdam

1909 Amsterdam Social-Democratic Party (SDP) forms

1908 World congress for Woman's rights opens in Amsterdam

1907 German emperor Wilhelm II visits Amsterdam

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

1906 Republic museum opens Rembrandt hall in Amsterdam

1905 Albert Cuypstrat street market in Amsterdam inaugurated

1905 Operations begin uniting conservatory of Nature monument Amsterdam

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

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

1904 Peter Van Steeden, born in Amsterdam Netherlands, orch leader, Break the Bank

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

1903 Queen Wilhelmina opens Berlages Merchants bureau in Amsterdam

1903 American Hotel opens in Amsterdam

1903 Harry Houdini escapes police station Halvemaansteeg in Amsterdam

1903 Harry Houdini performs at Rembrandt theater, Amsterdam

1903 Dutch Press museum opens in Amsterdam

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

1902 Blue-White United soccer team of Amsterdam forms

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

1901 Benjamin Merkelbach, architect/city builder of Amsterdam

1901 Willy Lages, German chief of Sicherheitsdienst in Amsterdam

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

1900 Diamond workers in Amsterdam strike

1900 1st edition of The Volk published in Amsterdam

1900 Ajax (Amsterdam Football Club), forms

1900 Ajax soccer team forms in Amsterdam

1898 Herman Heijermans' "Ghetto," premieres in Amsterdam

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

1895 Amsterdam's AFC soccer team forms

1894 Amsterdam Municipal theater opens

1894 Female suffrage organization in Amsterdam forms

1892 Amsterdam swim club renamed "The Y"

1892 Gijsbert Friedhoff, architect, tax office Wibautstraat, Amsterdam

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

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

1890 Amsterdam Theater destroyed by fire

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

1889 Amsterdam Central Station officially opens

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

1887 Amsterdam's Oscar Carres Circus Theater opens

1885 Amsterdam police attack meeting of social-democrats united

1884 Michel de Klerk, architect, Amsterdam School

1883 Amsterdam's Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky gets electric lights

1883 Amsterdam World's Fair opens

1883 28 Surinamers depart to Amsterdam World's Fair

1882 Amsterdam Artis Zoo opens aquarium

1882 Social-Democratic Union forms in Amsterdam

1881 Piet[er] L Kramer, architect, Amsterdam School

1880 Amsterdam Free University opens

1880 Allard R Hulshoff, architect of Amsterdam, 1924

1878 Social-Democratic United forms in Amsterdam

1876 Riot abolishes fairs in Amsterdam, 2 killed

1875 Johan E Elias, historian, Amsterdam

1872 Karl Marx speaks in Amsterdam

1870 1st-stone Amstel Brewery opens in Amsterdam

1869 Amsterdam typographer strike

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

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

1867 Meijer Linnewiel, [Prof Kokadorus], Amsterdam's pitchman

1867 Michael G de Boer, historian, Harbor of Amsterdam

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

1864 Palace for People's industry official opens in Amsterdam

1856 Amsterdam post office at Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal opens

1856 Hendrik P Berlage, architect, Stock exchange Amsterdam

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

1854 Amsterdam begins transferring drinking water out of the dunes

1849 Willem Alexander PFL crowned king Willem III in Amsterdam

1848 State of siege proclaimed in Amsterdam

1845 King Willem II opens Amsterdam Stock exchange

1841 Bert van Tienhoven, mayor, Amsterdam, /foreign minister

1841 Gijsbert van Tienhoven, Dutch mayor, Amsterdam, /foreign minister

1839 Salon of Varietes opens in Amsterdam

1830 General Trade Journal newspaper begins publishing in Amsterdam

1828 Casparus van Wooden patents chocolate milk powder (Amsterdam)

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

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

1823 Great North Holland Canal (Amsterdam) opens

1813 Tax revolt in Amsterdam

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

1810 French troops occupy Amsterdam

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

1796 Riot after disagreement of patriotic demand in Amsterdam

1795 Amsterdam celebrates Revolution on the Dam; Square of Revolution

1795 Democratic revolution in Amsterdam ends oligarchy

1795 French admitted to Amsterdam without resistance

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

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

1787 Amsterdam surrenders to Prussian invasion army

1787 Maagden House opens in Amsterdam

1787 Utrecht patriots flee to Amsterdam

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

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

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

1772 Amsterdam theater destroyed by fire, 18 killed

1771 West Indian Company and Amsterdam divide up Suriname

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

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

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

1754 Riot at burial of doelist Daniel Raap in Amsterdam

1751 Amsterdam refuses establishment of Jewish ghetto

1748 Isaac Ouwater, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist

1748 Riot after public execution in Amsterdam, 200+ killed

1748 Marretje Arends, [Matje of Nieuwendijk], Amsterdam plunderer, hanged

1748 Pieter van Dort, Amsterdam plunderer, hanged

1748 Amsterdam establishes municipal postal service

1736 Albert Seba, Amsterdam pharmacist, dies at 71

1724 John Ekels, the Old, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist

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

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

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

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

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

1709 John Wagenaar, Amsterdam merchant/historian, baptised

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

1700 Egbert de Vrij Temminck, Amsterdam regent

1697 Willem Gideon Deutz, Amsterdam regent/banker/merchant

1696 Revolt of undertakers after funeral reforms (Amsterdam)

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

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

1689 Olfert Dapper, Amsterdam historian/geographer, buried

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

1685 Cornelis Hop, Amsterdam regent/diplomat

1682 English earl of Shaftesbury flight to Amsterdam

1680 Amsterdam opera at Leidsegracht opens

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

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

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

1678 Philip Vingboons, Amsterdam's master builder, buried

1675 Storm hits about West-Europe: flood in Amsterdam

1675 Portuguese-Jewish synagogue opens in Amsterdam

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

1672 Joan Blaeus publishers destroyed by fire in Amsterdam

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

1667 John Fox, Amsterdam writer, buried

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

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

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

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

1664 New Amsterdam renamed New York City

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

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

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

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

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

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

1656 New Amsterdam granted a Jewish burial site

1655 New Amsterdam and Peter Stuyvesant bars Jews from military service

1655 Biggest townhall in the world opens in Amsterdam

1655 Jews of New Amsterdam petition for a Jewish cemetery

1655 Jean Deutz, merchant/Amsterdam regent

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1651 South Sea dike in Amsterdam breaks after storm

1650 Viceroy Willem II and Amsterdam reach accord about standing army

1650 Prince Willem II occupies Amsterdam

1648 Cornerstone of Amsterdam townhall laid

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

1641 Nicolaas Witsen, etcher/mayor, Amsterdam

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

1638 French queen-mother Maria de' Medici visits Amsterdam

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

1638 Schouwburg Theater, the 1st in Amsterdam, opens

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

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

1629 John Commelin, director, Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam

1626 John van de Cappelle, Amsterdam, landscape painter

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

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

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

1620 English language newspaper "Namloos" begins publishing in Amsterdam

1620 Roemer P Visscher, poet, buried in Amsterdam

1619 Philipp von Zesen, German poet and historian, Amsterdam

1619 Theatrum Anatomicum opens in Amsterdam

1618 Jan Six, Dutch mayor of Amsterdam

1614 Amsterdam Bank of Loan forms

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

1609 Wisselbank of Amsterdam established

1603 1st stones layed in Zuiderkerk Amsterdam

1596 Willem Barents leaves Amsterdam for Novaya Zemlya

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

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

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

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

1585 Amsterdam bans 45 roman catholics

1580 Prince Willem of Orange welcomed in Amsterdam

1577 Water Geuzen under capt Slope enter Amsterdam

1571 John I Pontanus, physicist/historian, Amsterdam

1566 Beeldenstorm reaches Amsterdam

1565 Henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam

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

1535 12 nude anabaptists run through Amsterdam streets

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

1523 Amsterdam bans assembly of heretics

1521 Emperor Charles V bans wooden buildings in Amsterdam

1387 Amsterdam buccaneer Herman of Kuinre sign peace

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



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