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2005 Dutch reject a referendum on the E.U. constitution

2004 Theo van Gogh, controversial Dutch director murdered by terrorists, Submission

2004 Theo van Gogh, director, Dutch filmmaker murdered by a terrorist, dies at 47

2004 Fanny Blankers-Koen, Dutch Athlete

2002 Jan de Hartog, Dutch Writer

2002 Pim Fortuyn, Dutch Politician

2000 Abraham Pais, Dutch Scientist

1996 Henri Nouwen, Dutch Clergyman

1996 Dutch/Italian Beppo-SAX launches from Cape Canaveral

1995 Most Dutch telephone numbers increase to 10 digits

1995 Loudi Nijhoff, Dutch actress (Alicia, Van Geluk Gesproken), dies

1995 Charles Bruck, Hungarian/French/U.S. conductor (Dutch Opera), dies at 83

1995 Daan Wildschut, Dutch painter/author, dies at 81

1995 British pound hits 2.4545 to Dutch guilder (record)

1995 P C J van Lierde, Dutch vicar-general of Vatican (1951-91), dies at 87

1995 Carel Birnie, found Utrecht Opera/Dutch Dance Theater, dies at 69

1995 Hendrik W van Leeuwen, Dutch musician, dies at 79

1995 Ruud van den Hende, Dutch sports reporter, dies at 63

1995 Dutch Liberal Party wins Provincial-National elections

1995 Dollar worth 1.5330 Dutch guilder (record)

1995 Roel Wiersma, Dutch soccer star (PSV), dies at 62

1995 Tom Brugman, Dutch puppeteer (Brave Dodo), dies at 62

1995 Urias Nooteboom, Dutch journalist/critic (The Time), dies at 54

1995 Marion Herbst, German/Dutch jewelry designer, dies at 50

1995 Adrian J "Ad" Kaland, Dutch MP (CDA 1977-93), dies at 72

1995 Karl Guttmann, Austrian/Dutch playwright/director (Pinter), dies at 81

1994 Last Dutch electro-magnetic telephone exchange shuts down

1994 Sadi de Gorter, Dutch author/diplomat (Abscess), dies at 82

1994 Jo Vis, Dutch resistance fighter (Yad Vashem), dies at 88

1994 Manfred Longer, Austrian/Dutch gay disco owner, dies at 42

1994 Nepal Communist party Dutch Communist Party-UML wins election

1994 Dutch and British astronomers find spiral nebula Dwingeloo 1

1994 Marijke Vetter, Dutch journalist, dies at 82

1994 Leendert-John Schalm, Dutch banker on Curaeao, murdered at 58

1994 G de Ru, chairman of Dutch Reformed Synode, dies

1994 Aad Ivens, Dutch checkers player, dies at 80

1994 M Vink, surgeon (1st Dutch kidney transplant), dies at 78

1994 Jeanne Bieruma Oosting, Dutch painter/illustrator, dies

1994 Ad Gang, Dutch Liberal Party Assistant Secretary of State, dies at 67

1994 Pieter Hennipman, Dutch economist, dies at 85

1994 Jan Tinbergen, Dutch economist (Plan of Labor, Nobel 1969), dies at 91

1994 Jean-Pierre E Plooij, Dutch writer (Bird House), dies at 48

1994 John Henry Weidner, Dutch/US resistance fighter, dies at 81

1994 D66/Dutch Liberal Party win Dutch 2nd Parliamentary election

1994 Haty Tegelaar-Boonacker, Dutch MP (CDA), dies at 63

1994 Michel van Rooy, Dutch actor (Doctor Vlimmen, The Attack), dies at 43

1994 Harry Touw, Dutch comic (Fred Hache Show), dies at 70

1994 P J Engels, Dutch MP (KVP), dies at 70

1994 Robert O van Gennep, Dutch publisher (Guevara, Mandel), dies at 56

1994 Johan Block, Dutch aviation pioneer (Martinair/Transavia), dies at 64

1994 Cornelis N "Cor" van Dis, Jr., Dutch MP (1971-94), dies at 71

1994 Evert Hartman, Dutch writer (War Without Friends), dies at 56

1994 Olga Lowina, Dutch yodeler (Edelweisskapel), dies at 69

1994 Jan Bor, Dutch violinist and painter, dies at 83

1994 Dutch Ambassador to U.S. christens a new tulip (the Hillary Clinton)

1994 Guus Verstraete Sr, Dutch actor/dir (2 Drops of Water), dies at 79

1994 Karl I Pelgrom, Dutch sculptor, dies at 66

1994 Renske Vellinga, Dutch speed-skater, dies in auto-accident at 19

1994 Theo Bitter, Dutch painter/set designer, dies at 79

1994 Jacob Firet, Dutch theologist (Agogic Moment), dies at 70

1994 Maarten Vrolijk, Dutch soc-dem minister (CRM 1965-66), dies at 74

1994 Han Jansen, Dutch painter, dies at 62

1994 Jan Veldkamp, Dutch geophysicist/director (KNMI), dies at 84

1994 Jan L N Schaefer, Dutch undersecretary of Housing (PvdA), dies at 53

1994 Hermanus P "Piet" Mulder, Dutch journalist (Het Parool), dies at 79

1994 Han Jansen, Dutch journalist (Volkskrant), dies at 61

1994 Klaas Peereboom, Dutch sports reporter (Het Parool), dies at 77

1994 Hague motorist with .51% alcohol in blood, breaks Dutch record (.47%)

1994 "Iron" Adriaan van Es, Dutch Undersecretary of Navy (1963-72), dies at 80

1994 Gerardus J Sizoo, physicist/director of Dutch Free University, dies

1994 Louis R J Ridder van Rappard, Dutch mayor of Zoelen, dies at 87

1994 Victor van Os, Dutch jazz guitarist, dies at 39

1994 Roel Bazen, Dutch sound technician (Van Kooten and The Bie), dies at 48

1993 Lambert Fokkema, founder Dutch Export Combination, dies at 80

1993 Dutch Antilles government of Yandi Paula forms

1993 Joop Vervoort, Dutch soccer referee, dies at 61

1993 Antoon Veerman, Dutch ARP Assistant Secretary of Education 1973 - 1975, dies at 77

1993 Frederik JW "Fried" Lowensteyn, Dutch lawyer/writer, dies at 71

1993 Richard AFM Auwerda, Dutch journalist and writer (Volkskrant), dies at 68

1993 Gerard "Ge" Nabrink, Dutch anarchist/NVSH-founder, dies at 90

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

1993 Hetty de Boer-Jongkind, Dutch medical astrologist, dies at 42

1993 Dutch Antilles government of Liberia-Peters falls

1993 Jan Schrauwen, Dutch sculptor, dies at 36

1993 Curaeaose vote to remain part of Dutch Antilles

1993 Jthm de Vreeze, Dutch MP (KVP, 1956..77), dies at 80

1993 Theo Huizenaar, Dutch boxing trainer (Bep van Klaveren), dies at 93

1993 Cornelis T "Cor" van de Molen, Dutch journalist (Beehive), dies at 62

1993 P A Jacob Mees, Dutch banker (Mees and Hope), dies at about 86

1993 Adriaan Venema, Dutch journalist/art dealer, commits suicide at 52

1993 Dutch Antilles government of Liberia-Peters resigns

1993 JH Scheps, Dutch MP (Social Democratic), dies at 93

1993 Loan Volkerijk, Dutch baseball coach (ADO), dies at 65

1993 Gerben Wagenaar, Dutch resistance fighter (communist), dies at 80

1993 Bob Verstraete, Dutch actor/screenwriter/director (Alicia), dies at 71

1993 Max de Metz, Dutch publisher/translator/interpreter, dies at 72

1993 Max de Metz, Dutch publisher/translator, dies at 72

1993 Herbert Joeks, van Hugten, Dutch actor (Pipo the Clown), dies at 77

1993 Ben[jamin S] Polak, Dutch physician/resistance fighter, dies

1993 Piet Wielinga, TV producer (Dutch Glory), dies at 56

1993 Peter Tazelaar, adjutant of Dutch queen Wilhelmina, dies at 73

1993 French JFM of Thiel, Dutch 2nd chamber chairman (1963-72), dies at 86

1993 Willem P G Assmann, Dutch MP, dies at 85

1993 Evert "Eef" Dolman, Dutch cyclist 1964 Olympic gold, dies at 47

1993 WLPM, the Short, Dutch MP (KVP, 1945-73), dies at 83

1993 Jo Boer, Dutch painter/writer/author, Heir, dies at 85

1993 Henny Budie, Dutch director/producer (Sterrenslag), dies

1993 Max Tripels, Dutch attorney/MP, dies at 72

1993 Wouter Perquin, journalist/Dutch MP (KVP), dies at 74

1993 Max Croiset, Dutch actor/dramatist/director (Zeekant), dies at 80

1993 Klaas Schenk, Dutch speed skater/coach/father of Ard, dies at 86

1993 Wilhelmus M J Russell, Dutch MP (KVP, CDA), dies at 74

1993 Erik Andriesse, Dutch painter (skulls, skeletons), dies at 35

1993 Peter Roovers, Dutch sculptor/teacher (war monuments), dies at 90

1993 Phia [Sophia R] Berghout, Dutch harpist, dies at 83

1993 Andreas J A I Bruggeman, Dutch mayor (Leiderdorp), dies at 62

1993 Ad van Gessel, Dutch actor (Everything For Our Soldiers), dies

1993 Peter Bierdrager, Dutch Fokker's-test pilot, dies in air crash

1993 Floortje Peneder, Dutch poet (Diary), dies at 15

1993 Fer A Olthoff, Dutch WW II resistance fighter (Het Parool), dies

1993 Mark Kolthoff, Dutch painter/photographer, dies at 92

1993 Jan D Boeke, Dutch organist/conductor, dies

1993 Jean G H "Sjeng" Tans, Dutch Prime Minister, social democrat, 1965 - 1969, dies

1993 Pieter A H Bos, Dutch lawyer/procureur-general (Aruba), dies at 63

1993 Agatha Hagtingius-Seger, Dutch author (Sparkles Chain), dies at 91

1993 Casper van den Berg, Dutch poet (Fashionable inconvenience), dies

1993 Paul Brickhill, Dutch/US WW II pilot/physician, dies

1993 W Sybout A Colenbrander, Dutch historian/journalist, dies at 82

1993 Jan Gies, Dutch resistance fighter (helped Anne Frank), dies at 87

1993 Kees Scherer, Dutch photographer (World Press Photo), dies at 72

1993 M Eleonore Lippits, 1st Dutch female missionary doctor, dies at 85

1993 Mia Meijer, Dutch playwright/director (Machine Child), dies

1993 Ger ter Horst, Dutch soccer trainer (Sparta), dies

1993 Huub H Jacobse, Dutch MP (VVD), dies at 68

1993 Elisabeth A de Vreugd, chambermaid for Dutch Queen, dies at 98

1993 Theo Bruins, Dutch pianist/composer (Syncope), dies at 63

1993 Klaas Wiersma, Dutch Secretary of Justice (VVD), dies

1992 Jan Peeters, Dutch watercolorist/monument artist, dies

1992 Bert [Lambertus H] Voeten, Dutch poet (Antipodes), dies at 74

1992 Dutch DC-10 in fire at landing on Faro Portugal, 56 die

1992 Anton [Tom] Koolhaas, Dutch writer (Snow White), dies at 80

1992 Rinus Terlouw, Dutch soccer player/trainer (Sparta), dies

1992 Fre [Frederik] Meis, Dutch MP (CPN), dies at 71

1992 Bernard Drukker, Dutch pianist/orchestral leader (duivelswiel), dies

1992 Bernard CJ Lievegoed, Dutch anthroposopher (Free College), dies at 87

1992 Loek Elfferich, Dutch journalist/historian (Treason in Rotterdam), die

1992 Ronald Smeenk, Dutch cabaret performer, dies

1992 Henri J de Koster, Dutch Minister of Defense (1971-73), dies at 78

1992 Mary Smithuysen, Dutch dancer/actress (Bridge Too Far), dies

1992 Antoine C J Rottier, Dutch CEO (DSM), dies

1992 Jan Hendrik Oort, Dutch astronomer (Oort Cloud), dies at 92

1992 Kees Spermon, Dutch painter/graphic artist, dies

1992 Cornelis Berkhouwer, Dutch MP (VVD), dies

1992 Paul Storken, Dutch priest (Away Backing), dies

1992 Indra Kamadjojo, Broekveld, Indon/Dutch dancer (Stille Kracht), dies

1992 Andreas M Donner, Dutch state leader/jurist (Constitution), dies at 74

1992 Feliks Arons, Dutch director/actor (A Bridge Too Far), dies at 48

1992 Gerard Sonder, Dutch radio host (AVRO), dies

1992 Alexander Rosemeier, Indonesian/Dutch painter, dies at 104

1992 Jan van Baal, antropologist and Governor of Dutch New-Guinea, dies

1992 Bert Brugman, Dutch puppeteer (Dutch marionette theater), dies

1992 Jan Pelleboer, Dutch meteorologist, dies

1992 Geert Vissers, Dutch TV host (Gay Dating Show), dies

1992 Joris Diels, Flemish/Dutch director/actor (It's a Cruel World), dies

1992 Thijs van Lier, lawyer/Dutch MP (PvdA), dies at 44

1992 Daan van Driel, Dutch cartoonist/WWII resist fighter (Trouw), dies

1992 Dany [Daniel S] Tuijnman, Dutch Minister of traffic and water, dies at 77

1992 Joop [Joseph] van Santen, Dutch 1st Chamber member (CPN), dies

1992 Martin Engelman, Dutch cartoonist/painter/graphic artist, dies

1992 Hans Redeker, Dutch art critic (Algemeen Handelsblad), dies

1992 Hans G Kresse, Dutch cartoonist (Eric the Viking), dies at 70

1992 Ida Oosterbaan, Dutch founder (Women Action Committee), dies

1992 Emmy Huf, Dutch cabaret performer/writer (I Want Warm Meat), dies

1992 C Meijer, Dutch editor in chief (Typhoon), dies

1992 Marinus Ruppert, Dutch trade union leader (CNV), dies at 80

1992 Gerrit Schulte, "Crazy Cyclist", Dutch 6-days bicyclist, dies at 76

1992 Kate A ter Horst-Arriens, Dutch nurse (Battle of Arnhem), dies at 85

1992 Bob den Uyl, Dutch journalist and writer (Restless Travel), dies at 61

1992 Mau Kopuit, Dutch editor-in-chief (New Israeli Weekly Newspaper), dies

1992 Thomas Graftdijk, Dutch writer (Dr. Faustus), dies

1992 Wim Ramaker, Dutch director/writer (On Death Track), dies

1992 Okke Jager, Dutch theologist/writer/poet, dies at 63

1992 Harry van Doorn, Dutch MP (KVP/KRO-chairman/PPR/CRM), dies at 76

1992 Johnny [Jan] Meijer, Dutch king of accordians (Body and Soul), dies

1992 Curaeao becomes 1st in Dutch Antilles to have compulsory education

1992 Hette G Abma, vicar/Dutch MP (SGP), dies

1991 Andries D Copier, Dutch glass designer (Guild glass), dies

1991 Lex Karsemeijer, Dutch tenor/choral dir (Sweet 16, Pro Musica), dies

1991 Jac de Jong, Dutch MP/composer/businessman (Nedac-Sorbo), dies

1991 Bomb attack on Aad Kosto, Dutch social dem party - Assistant Secretary of state

1991 Ad Kosto, Dutch state secretary (PvdA), assassinated by bomb

1991 New Dutch Regulations Traffic rules and Traffic signs enforced

1991 Harry Thomas, founder (Flower Festival, Dutch Homofielen Party), dies

1991 Huib Orizand, Dutch actor (Paul Vlanderen), dies

1991 ABN and AMRO Dutch banks merge

1991 JA Mommersteeg, Dutch state sect of Defense (KVP), dies

1991 Jo Budie, Dutch orchestra leader (KRO), dies

1991 Bill Buysman, Dutch guitarist/singer (Kilima Hawaiians), dies

1991 Max van Praag, Dutch singer, dies at 77

1991 Bertice Reading, Dutch actress (Moon in the Gutter), dies

1991 Rini Otte, Dutch actress (Ergens in Nederland), dies at 74

1991 Gerrit Mik, child psychiatrist/Dutch MP (D66), dies

1991 Theo Laseroms, Tank, Dutch soccer player (Feyenoord), dies

1991 Last issue of Dutch Newspaper "Vroe Folk" (Free People)

1991 Jan Willem Hofstra, Dutch actor and writer (Friends of My Friends), dies

1991 Fons Jansen, Dutch night club performer, dies at 65

1991 Jan H van Roijen, Dutch diplomat/Foreign Minister, dies at 85

1991 Wim van den Brink, Dutch actor (Turkish Fruit, Red Sien), dies

1991 Cor Witschge, Pipo the Clown, Dutch actor (Alicia), dies at 65

1991 Clara Eggink, Ebbele, Dutch poet (Life with J C Bloem), dies at 84

1991 H J of Royen, manager Dutch Concertgebouw Orchestra, dies at 52

1991 Robert-Jan Akkerman, Dutch diplomat (to Tunis), murdered

1991 Dutch PPR, Political Party Radicals, disbands

1991 Marten Levendig, Dutch TV correspondent to Moscow, dies

1991 H J van Ommeren-Averink, Dutch MP (CPN), dies

1991 Jan Ode, Dutch pianist/director Sweelinck Conservatory, dies

1991 Dutch PSP, Pacifist Socialistic Party, disbands

1991 Johnny van Doorn, Dutch writer/poet, dies at 46

1991 Charles B Timmer, Dutch writer (Russia Black on White), dies at 83

1990 Ed van der Elsken, Dutch photographer (Sweet Life), dies at 65

1990 Jan H de Groot, Dutch co-founder (Vrij Nederland), dies

1990 Nico Haak, Dutch singer (Foxy Foxtrot), dies

1990 G M J Veldkamp, Dutch politician (CDA), dies

1990 Henry Faas, Wandelganger, Dutch journalist (Volkskrant), dies

1990 Sara Heyblom, Dutch actress (Obsessions, Pygmalion), dies

1990 Onno Molenkamp, Dutch actor (Ciske the Rat, Lifespan), dies at 67

1990 Last issue of Dutch communist daily De Waarheid (The Truth)

1990 Nico Scheepmaker, Dutch columnist/poet, dies at 59

1990 Jannetje Visser-Roosendaal, Dutch writer, dies at 90

1990 Frans Goedhart, Dutch journalist/founder (Parool), dies at 86

1990 Dutch police seize 3,000 kg of cocaine

1990 Annelien Kappeyne van de Coppello, Dutch MP (Liberal), dies at 53

1990 Frans Kellendonk, Dutch writer (Good for Nothing), dies at 39

1990 FHP "Boy" Trip, Dutch minister, dies

1990 Belcampo, Herman Schonfeld Wichers, Dutch lawyer/writer, dies at 87

1990 Charles Boost, Dutch film critic, dies at 82

1989 Ton Regtien, Dutch student leader, dies at 51

1989 Jo[hanne M Bos-]Vincent, Dutch soprano (Songs for Life), dies at 91

1989 Guus Weitzel, Dutch radio host, dies at 85

1989 Jan Teulings, Dutch actor and director (Dorp aan de Rivier), dies

1989 Geza Frid, Hungarian/Dutch pianist/composer, dies

1989 Helen le Clerq, Dutch dancer, dies

1989 F de Jong Edz, Dutch historian/director (IISG), dies

1989 Simon van Collem, Dutch journalist/TV host, dies at 70

1989 Piet[er J] Lieftinck, Dutch minister of Finance (1945-52), dies

1989 Milton van Embricqs, Suriname/Dutch publicist, dies

1989 Percy Stuart, Suriname/Dutch sports journalist, dies

1989 Olaff J de Landell [JB van Sparwoude], Dutch writer, dies at 77

1989 Henk van Galen Last, Dutch journalist, dies at 68

1989 Henk Gortzak, Dutch MP (CPN/PSP), dies at 57

1989 Piet Kruiver, Dutch soccer player, dies at 51

1989 Henk van Stipriaan, Dutch radio host, dies at 64

1989 Josephine van Gasteren, Dutch actress/dir (Bluejackets), dies at 72

1989 Jaap van de Merwe, Dutch journalist/cabareter (Hadjememaar), dies

1989 Maurits Kok, Dutch writer/poet (Railroad Strike), dies at 81

1989 Johnny Jordaan, Jan van Musscher, Dutch folk singer, dies at 64

1988 Nicholas Tinbergen, Dutch/British biologist, dies at 81

1988 Henri van Praag, Dutch para-psychologist, dies

1988 Huub Bals, Dutch film promotor, dies at 51

1988 Lex van Delden, Dutch composer/writer, dies at 68

1988 Evert Werkman, Dutch journalist (Het Parool), dies at 73

1988 Tamara Pos, Suriname/Dutch activist

1988 Jacques de Kadt, Dutch 2nd chamber member (soc-dem), dies at 90

1988 Hendrikus G "Han" Hoekstra, Dutch poet (Zandloper), dies at 81

1988 Dutch Liberal Party merged with SDP

1988 Reinder Zwolsman, Dutch businessman, dies at 75

1988 Cornelia D "Corry" Spark, Dutch cabaret performer, dies at 85

1988 Rogier van Otterloo, Dutch composer and conductor, dies at 46

1987 John M "Joop" de Uyl, Dutch social-dem premier (1973-77), dies at 68

1987 Carla Beurskens runs Dutch female record marathon (2:26:34)

1987 Pieter Menten, Dutch war criminal, dies at 88

1987 South Africa frees Dutch anthropologist/Anc'er Klaas de Young

1987 Kees de Galan, Dutch economist, dies at 55

1987 Dick Hillenius, Dutch biologist/writer, dies at 59

1987 Hendrik Koekoek, founder (Dutch Boer party), dies at 74

1987 Gerrit Borgers, Dutch literary, dies at 69

1987 E van Ruller, Dutch journalist/co-founder (Trouw, Loyal), dies

1987 F van Heek, Dutch sociologist, dies at 79

1986 Sem Presser, Dutch press photographer, dies at 68

1986 Margaretha "Marga" Klompe, Dutch 1st female minister (CRM), dies at 74

1986 C Wttewaall van Stoetwegen, CHU Member of Dutch parliament, dies at 85

1986 Jacob A. W. Burger, chairman (Dutch soc-dem party), dies at 81

1986 Paul [Saul] de Groot, chairman Dutch Communist party, dies at 87

1986 Willem Ruis, Dutch TV host (Willem Ruis Show), dies at 41

1986 Henri Knap, Dutch journalist/writer, dies at 75

1986 Jacobus G Rietkerk, Dutch foreign minister (VVD), dies at 58

1986 Louis Lebeer, Dutch art historian, dies at 90

1985 Cees Buddingh', Dutch poet/writer/interpreter/translator, dies at 67

1985 Abe Lenstra, Dutch soccer star, dies at 64

1985 Pieter Jongeling, Dutch MP/editor (GPV, Netherlands Daily), dies at 76

1985 South Africa police arrested Dutch ANC'er Klaas de Jong

1985 John de Quay, Dutch premier (1959-63), dies at 83

1985 Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts "status" of Aruba

1985 Siem Devout, Dutch actor, dies at 54

1985 Anton Constandse, Dutch anarchist/writer, dies at 85

1985 B V A Roling, Dutch lawyer (WW II Tokyo trials), dies at 78

1985 Eric Herfst, Dutch cabaret performer (Floris), dies at 47

1985 Willy Alberti, Carel Verbruggen, Dutch singer, dies at 58

1985 Jo Juda, Dutch musician, dies at 75

1984 Dutch Queen Beatrice opens University

1984 Geert Lubberhuizen, Dutch publisher (Busy Bee), dies at 68

1984 Jolande van de Meer swims Dutch record 800 m freestyle (8:39.30)

1984 Marinus de Jong, Dutch composer, dies at 92

1984 Piet Ketting, Dutch pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 79

1984 Piet Kraak, Dutch soccer player, dies at 63

1984 Theo Koomen, Dutch sportscaster, dies in auto-accident at 54

1984 Mary Zeldenrust-Noordanus, Dutch sexuologist (NVSH), dies at 55

1983 Bob [Homan] Scholte, Dutch singer, dies at 81

1983 Anthony van Hoboken, Dutch musicologist (Haydn Catalog), dies at 96

1983 Pope John Paul II names 3 new Dutch bishops

1983 Willem C "Wim" Kan, Dutch cabaret performer, dies at 72

1983 Dutch July avg temp is 20.1 degrees C; warmest July since 1852

1983 J B Charles, Willem Nagel, Dutch criminologist/writer, dies at 83

1983 Eelco N van Kleffens, Dutch Minister of Foreign affairs 1939-46, dies at 88

1983 Corrie Ten Boom, Dutch Celebrity

1983 Willem F Bon, Dutch composer, dies at 42

1983 Ank [Anna M] van der Moer, actress (Verkade, Dutch Comedy), dies at 71

1983 Paul R Citroen, Dutch sculptor, dies at 86

1983 Derk Roemers, Dutch union leader/politician (soc dem), dies at 67

1983 Dutch/British infrared satellite IRAS launched from California

1983 Dutch political party DS'70 disbands

1982 Paul Godwin, Goldfein, Polish/Dutch violist, dies at 80

1982 Bertus de Harder, Dutch soccer star (Bordeaux), dies

1982 Gerda Brautigam, journalist/Dutch MP (PvdA), dies

1982 Ruud Lubbers becomes Dutch premier

1982 Peterus van Doorne, Dutch industrialist, dies at 47

1982 Chris[tiaan R] Reumer, Dutch opera singer, dies at 73

1982 Kommer Kleijn, Dutch actor and director (Paul Vlaanderen), dies at 89

1982 Dutch social dem party wins elections, fascist enters Dutch parliament

1982 Dutch Internal minister Mr. M Red assigns BVD to spy on communists

1982 Gustav MR von Koenigswald, German/Dutch paleontologist, dies at 79

1982 Hendrik Algra, Newspaper publisher/Dutch MP (ARP), dies

1982 Herman Tholen, Dutch cabaret performer (Juveniles), dies

1982 Bert van Dongen, Abraham J Cohen, Dutch singer/actor, dies at 66

1982 Dutch Queen Beatrice addresses U.S. Congress

1982 Herman W. Filarski, Dutch bridge journalist, dies at 69

1982 Hendrik L van Beek, Dutch Vice-Admiral, dies at 52

1982 Georg G Lampe, Dutch painter/director (Free Academy), dies at 60

1982 4 Dutch TV crew members shot dead in El Salvador

1982 Hans ter Laag, Dutch sound technician, murdered in El Salvador

1982 Jan Kuiper, Dutch news editor (IKON), murdered in El Salvador

1982 Joop Willemsen, Dutch cameraman, murdered in El Salvador

1982 Koos Koster, Dutch newscaster (IKON), murdered in El Salvador

1982 Elisabeth Zernike, Dutch writer (Course of Events), dies at 90

1982 Jan Lemaire, Dutch actor and writer (Beautiful Juultje), dies at 97

1982 Henk Schaer, Hendricus J M Schaareman, Dutch actor, dies at 79

1982 Cornelis Rijnsdorp, Dutch writer (Culprit), dies at 87

1982 Bert Oosterhuis, Dutch motor racer (Paris-Dakar), dies in race crash

1981 Dutch Van Agt's 2nd government falls

1981 Nicolaas "Cola" Debrot, Governor of Dutch Antilles (1962-70), dies at 79

1981 Max Euwe, Dutch

1981 Old Dutch Windmill in Golden Gate Park repaired and working again

1981 2nd Dutch government of Van Agt resigns

1981 Dutch guilder/Deutsche mark revalued up 5.5%

1981 Coenraad van Emde Boas, Dutch sexologist, dies at 77

1981 Joke Kool-Smit, Dutch feminist, dies

1981 Wilhelm HC Tenhaeff, Dutch para-psychologist, dies at 87

1981 Eppo Doeve, Dutch graphic artist/cartoonist/painter, dies at 73

1981 French Duynstee, Dutch states rights leader, dies at 67

1981 Hendrik F Andriessen, Dutch organist/composer (Te Deum), dies at 88

1981 Cornelis Verolme, Dutch ship builder, dies at 80

1981 FC Lisse, Dutch soccer team forms

1981 Barend Barendse, Dutch sportscaster, dies at 73

1981 Jan Donner, Dutch chairman of High Council, dies at 89

1981 Dutch Antilles census is 231,932

1980 Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts minister Van Agts abortion laws

1980 Harm van Riel, Dutch Liberal Party politician, dies at 73

1980 Alexander "Alex" Nicholas Voormolen, Dutch composer, dies at 85

1980 Haya van Someren-Downer, Dutch MP, dies at 54

1980 Carl PM Romme, Dutch minister of Social Affairs (KVP), dies at 83

1980 Dutch embassy in Israel moves from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv

1980 Charles Urbanus, Dutch baseball player, dies at 66

1980 Dutch war criminal Pieter Menten sentenced to 10 years

1980 Dutch 2nd Chamber joins oil boycott of South Africa

1980 Joseph M "Joop" Lucker, Dutch editor-in-chief (Volkskrant), dies at 65

1980 Gerard Nijboer runs Dutch record marathon (2:09:01)

1980 Rudolf G Escher, Dutch composer (Vrai Visage de la Paix), dies at 68

1980 Dutch Government demands boycott of Olympics

1979 Dirk Uipko Stikker, Dutch CEO (Heineken)/Secretary-General NATO, dies at 82

1979 Anne Vondeling, Male Dutch soc democratic party-minister, dies at 63

1979 Christina Spierenburg, Dutch singer, dies at 56

1979 Beppie Nooij, Jr., Dutch actress (Rooie Sien), dies at 67

1979 Don Martina's MAN party wins election in Dutch Antilles

1979 Paul van 't Veeer, Dutch journalist and writer (Vrije Volk), dies at 57

1979 Marinus Peijnenburg, Dutch politician, dies at 51

1979 Gerard Blitz, Dutch 400m swimmer (WR), dies at 78

1979 Alain Teister, Dutch sculptor/writer, dies at 47

1979 Arthur van Schendel, Dutch art historian, dies at 68

1978 Bob de Lange, Dutch actor and director (Daniel), dies at 62

1978 Dutch War criminal Pieter Menten freed

1978 Cornelis P "Cor" Bruon, Dutch novelist (Sil), dies at 95

1978 Gesina Van de Molen, Dutch lawyer, dies at 86

1978 Gesina Van der Molen, Dutch WWII resistance fighter/lawyer, dies at 86

1978 Dutch women hockey team wins world championship

1978 Jan Berger, Dutch politician, dies at 59

1978 Olga de Haas, Dutch ballerina, dies at 33

1978 John Meulenhoff, Dutch publisher, dies at 71

1978 Dutch Investment bill (WIR) law goes into effect

1978 Joseph EA "Jo" Spier, Dutch cartoonist/water color painter, dies at 77

1978 John Clinge Doorenbos, Dutch journalist/poet, dies at 93

1978 Ko van Dijk, Jr., Dutch actor (Zaak M P), dies at 61

1978 Wim van Doorne, Dutch auto manufacturer (DAF), dies at 71

1978 Reinoud Anders, Dutch actor (Unrest of Grave), dies at 65

1978 Dutch 2nd Chamber votes against neutron bomb

1978 Annie [Anna HM] Romein-Verschoor, Dutch historian (Omzien), dies at 83

1978 Willem Bruynzeel, Dutch timber/lumber/wood manufacturer, dies at 76

1977 Harriet Freezer, Dutch journalist/author, dies at 66

1977 Dutch government of Van Agt/Wiegel forms

1977 Dutch Antilles: premier Boy Rozendal points independence off

1977 New Orleans elects 1st black mayor, Ernest "Dutch" Morial

1977 Dutch Antillean government-Evertsz resigns

1977 Sidney van den Bergh, Dutch businessman/politician, dies at 78

1977 Arnold Bruggink, Dutch soccer player, FC Twente

1977 Rene de Vos, Dutch actor/composer (Jij Bent Mijn Leven), dies at 79

1977 Dutch marines rescued hostages from a Moluccan held train in Holland

1977 Zephnad Wattimury, Dutch soccer player, FC Groningen

1977 Hans Andreus, Johan W van de Zant, Dutch poet, dies at 51

1977 Dutch social democratic party wins parliamentary election

1977 Marius Monnikendam, Dutch choir composer, dies at 80

1977 Tom van der Leegte, Dutch soccer player, PSV

1977 Dutch Den Uyl government falls

1977 Pieter Jan Bouman, Dutch sociologist/historian, dies at 74

1977 Willem Schermerhorn, Dutch premier (1945-46), dies at 82

1977 Louis J M Beel, Dutch premier (1946-48, 58-59), dies at 74

1977 Herman Dooyeweerd, Dutch philosopher/lawyer, dies at 82

1977 Benno Stokvis, Dutch attorney/politician, dies at 75

1976 Dutch 1st Chamber condemns Dutch Liberal/social dem abortion laws

1976 Franz MT de Liage Bohl, German/Dutch assyriologist, dies at 94

1976 1st Dutch casino opens

1976 2nd Chamber recognizes Dutch Liberals/social democratic abortion law

1976 Bjorn van der Doelen, Dutch soccer player, PSV

1976 Nordin Wooter, Dutch soccer player, Ajax

1976 Beppie Nooij, Jr., Dutch actress (Rooie Sien), dies at 83

1976 Sal Tas, Dutch journalist, dies at 70

1976 Michael Renfurm, Surinam/Dutch soccer player, Sparta

1976 Hans Bentz van den Berg, Dutch actor (Last Train), dies at 58

1976 Patrick Stephan Kluivert, Surinam/Dutch soccer player, Ajax

1976 Paul T B Rodenko, Dutch poet and writer (Never Marry a Witch), dies at 55

1976 Henk Lankhorst, pacifist/Dutch MP (PSP), dies at 62

1976 Jos Hermens, runs Dutch record for 20K (57:24.2)

1976 Minister Irene Vorrink begins fluoridating Dutch drinking water

1976 Clarence Seedorf, Surinam/Dutch soccer player, Ajax, Real Madrid

1976 Arno Knapen, Dutch soccer player, Holten, FC Twente

1976 Willy Alfredo, Willem Jue, Dutch comedian/poet, dies at 77

1976 Johan[nes A] Kaart, Dutch actor (My Fair Lady), dies at 78

1976 Mike Ferrier, Suriname/Dutch soccer player, FC Volendam, Salernitana

1975 Patrick Paauwe, Dutch soccer player, PSV, Graafschap

1975 Hendrik Kruls, Dutch general/chief military authority 1944 - 1946, dies at 73

1975 Jacob Kruijt, Dutch sociologist, dies at 76

1975 Arno Schreuders, Dutch soccer player, RKC

1975 Willem Scheps, Dutch journalist, dies at 77

1975 Jan Harm Schippers, Dutch soccer player: South Carolina Heerenveen, Veendam

1975 Government De Uyl recalls Dutch ambassador from Spain

1975 Rien van Nunen, Dutch actor (Spuit Elf), dies at 62

1975 Rik Platvoet, Dutch soccer player, FC Twente, MVV

1975 Dutch Government of De Uyl decides to obtain an F-16

1975 Jan A de Jonge, Dutch historian, dies at 48

1975 Victor GM Marijnen, Dutch premier 1963 - 1965, dies at 58

1975 Roy Makaay, Dutch soccer player, Vitesse

1975 Raymond Graanoogst, Suriname/Dutch soccer player for the FC Utrecht

1975 Heintje Davids, Hendrika David, Dutch cabaret artist, dies at 87

1975 Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Dutch soccer player, Feyenoord

1975 Jan l'Ami, Dutch soccer player, Willem II

1975 Martijn Reuser, Dutch soccer player, Ajax

1975 Klaas Voskuil, Dutch journalist, dies at 79

1975 Willem Korsten, Dutch soccer player, Vitesse

1975 Jacky Verbeek, Dutch soccer player, RKC

1975 Louis J H C A de Bourbon, Dutch writer/poet (Gypsy Blood), dies at 66

1974 Dutch DC-8 charter crashes in Sri Lanka killing 191 Moslem pilgrims

1974 Edgar Fernhout, Dutch painter/son of Charley Toorop, dies at 62

1974 Victor E van Vriesland, poet (Mirror of Dutch Poetry), dies at 82

1974 Geert Jelle de Vries, Dutch soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen

1974 John Smallenbroek, Dutch Internal minister, dies at 72

1974 Pieter Y Adriani, Dutch tax lawyer, dies at 95

1974 Launching of 1st Dutch satellite, ANS, from Vandenberg

1974 Abraham Schierbeek, Dutch biologist (Leeuwenhoek), dies at 87

1974 Harvey Esajas, Suriname/Dutch soccer player, Feyenoord

1974 Dutch women hockey team becomes world champion

1974 Sascha van Wissen, Dutch soccer player, MVV

1974 Willem Dudok, Dutch architect (Hilversum Town Hall), dies at 89

1974 Ludovicus J Rogier, Dutch historian (Reborn in Freedom), dies at 79

1974 Tony Alberda, Dutch soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen, Emmen

1974 Christian van Geel, Dutch poet/sculptor (Spinroc), dies at 56

1974 Willem "Wim" Sonneveld, Dutch actor (Silk Stockings), dies at 56

1974 Hans Bond, Dutch soccer player, FC Volendam

1974 Mees Toxopeus, Dutch rescue-vessel captain, dies at 89

1974 Cees de Lange, Dutch conferencier, dies at 60

1974 Dutch speed limit set at 100km due to oil crisis

1974 Jan Arends, Dutch poet/author, dies at 48

1974 Gregory Playfair, Suriname/Dutch soccer player, PSV

1974 Arjan Blaauw, Dutch soccer player, FC Groningen

1974 Dutch rations gasoline

1973 Dutch Antillean government of Evertsz forms

1973 Dutch Guilder devalued 5%

1973 Eduard Flipse, Dutch conductor/composer, dies at 77

1973 Alex Pijper, Dutch soccer player, FC Groningen

1973 Ben van Eysselsteijn, Dutch playwright (Arid Earth), dies at 75

1973 National People's party wins Dutch Antilles National elections

1973 Dutch High Council stops fluorine addition to drink water

1973 Willem Vogt, Dutch radio pioneer/founder AVRO, dies at 84

1973 Rick Plum, Dutch soccer player, Roda JC, MVV

1973 Albert Egges van Giffen, Dutch archaeologist, dies at 89

1973 Alexander J Kropholler, Dutch architect/writer, dies at 91

1973 Willem H Rassers, Dutch cult anthropologist (Pandji-Novel), dies at 95

1973 Dutch government of Uyl forms

1973 Peter Hoekstra, Dutch soccer player, PSV, Ajax

1973 Marc Overmars, Dutch soccer player, Ajax

1973 Geertruida M W "Truus" Bakker, Dutch actress (2 Orphans), dies at 81

1973 Edgar Davids, Dutch soccer player, Ajax, AC Milan

1973 Louis Laros, Dutch soccer player, Willem II, Vitesse

1973 Paul Lieftink, Dutch soccer player, NAC, Spakenburg

1973 Arie Obdam, Dutch soccer player, FC Volendam

1973 Meijer Sluyser, Dutch journalist/commentator (VARA), dies at about 71

1973 Daniel Nijhof, Dutch soccer player, FC Twente

1973 Berry Radstraat, Dutch soccer player, NEC, SCH

1973 Cornelis van Dis, Dutch MP (SGP), dies at 79

1972 Christian van der Weerden, Dutch soccer player, NEC, Vitesse

1972 Dick Kooijman, Dutch soccer player, Heracles, FC Groningen, Az

1972 Dutch air force drives away Russian Tupolev-bomber

1972 Jacques Gans, Dutch author/journalist, dies at 63

1972 Dutch KRO-TV transmits 440th and last "Bonanza"

1972 Dutch Minister of Agt decides to ignore soft drug usage

1972 Arie van de Padt, Dutch soccer player, Tonegido, Sparta

1972 Dirk-Jan Derksen, Dutch soccer player, Roda JC

1972 Patrick van Diemen, Dutch soccer player, FC Utrecht, NEC

1972 Dmitri Shostakovich's 15th Symphony, Dutch premieres in West Berlin

1972 Marco van Hoogdalem, Dutch soccer player, Roda JC

1972 Cornelis J van der Klauw, Dutch biologist/zoologist, dies at 78

1972 Erik Maes, Dutch soccer player, MVV

1972 Revised Dutch constitution proclaimed

1972 Maurits C Escher, Dutch lithograph carver (Praedestinatie), dies at 73

1972 M. C. Escher, Dutch Artist

1972 Aad de Haas, Dutch religious painter/graphic artist, dies at 51

1972 Jan Engelman, Dutch poet/art critic (At the Front), dies at 71

1972 Tom Manders, Dutch cabaret artist (Dorus), dies at 50

1972 Jef [Josephus CF] Last, Dutch poet/Indonesian politician, dies at 73

1972 Raymond Beerens, Dutch soccer player, PSV, FC Groningen

1972 Dennis Iliohan, Dutch soccer player, FC Lisse, ADO Den Haag

1972 Reinier Robbemond, Dutch soccer player, Dordrecht '90

1972 Adriaan B "Jaap" Wagemaker, Dutch sculptor, dies at 66

1972 Huub Loeffen, Dutch soccer player, Vitesse

1971 Godfried Jan Arnold Bomans, Dutch writer (Eric), dies at 58

1971 Jozef MLT Cals, Dutch Minister of Education/premier (1965-66), dies at 57

1971 Jan Altink, Dutch painter/co-founder (Plough), dies at 86

1971 Robert Wijnands, Dutch soccer player for the FC Utrecht

1971 Mitchel van der Gaag, Dutch soccer player, PSV, Motherwell

1971 Erik Smit, Dutch soccer player for the FC Utrecht

1971 Nelly A "Nell" Knoop, Dutch actress (Silent Waters), dies at 72

1971 Dutch Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard visit Indonesia

1971 Dick Schreuder, Dutch soccer player, PSV/FC Groningen/RKC

1971 Dutch ends censorship of "Blue Movie"

1971 Sandy Schreur, Dutch soccer player, NEC

1971 Willem Banning, Dutch theologist/sociologist (Karl Marx), dies at 83

1971 Louis de Bree, Louis C Davids, Dutch actor (Bluejackets), dies at 87

1971 Dutch social democratic party/D'66/DS'70 win parliamentary election

1971 Liselotte Liselot Beekmeyer, Dutch actress (Child Crying), dies at 31

1971 Dutch 2nd Chamber accept simplified divorce

1971 Simon Vestdijk, Dutch author and poet (Brass Garden), dies at 72

1971 Jan Greshoff, Dutch poet/author/journalist (Last Things), dies at 82

1971 Mary Dorna, Dutch author, dies at 79

1971 Arco Jochemsen, Dutch soccer player, SVDB, Vitesse

1971 Marco Sas, Dutch soccer player, NAC

1971 Milko Pieren, Dutch soccer player, Sparta

1971 Dutch 2nd Chamber accept law against limitation of war crimes

1971 Maurice Hofman, Dutch soccer player, MVV

1971 Michel Kreek, Dutch soccer player, Ajax

1971 Ulrich van Gobbel, Suriname/Dutch soccer player, Feyenoord

1971 Rene van Rijswijk, Dutch soccer player, RKC

1970 Edwin Huizinga, Dutch soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen, Emmen

1970 John de Mol, Dutch accordionist, dies at 58

1970 Romeo Wouden, Dutch soccer player, Dordrecht '90, Heerenveen

1970 Dutch Antilles: government of Petronia falls

1970 Dora Paulen, German/Dutch cabaretiere, dies at about 72

1970 Edwin van der Sar, Dutch soccer goalkeeper, Ajax

1970 Phillip Cocu, Dutch soccer player, Vitesse, PSV

1970 Mark Schenning, Dutch soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles

1970 Mark Luijpers, Dutch soccer player, Roda JC

1970 Dean Gorre, Suriname/Dutch soccer player, Feyenoord

1970 Cornelis L "Kees" van Baaren, Dutch composer (Hollow Men), dies at 63

1970 Fabian Wilnis, Dutch soccer player, NAC, De Graafschap

1970 Frank de Boer, Dutch soccer star, Ajax

1970 Ronald de Boer, Dutch soccer player, Ajax

1970 Edwin Zoetebier, Dutch soccer player, FC Volendam

1970 Barry van Galen, Dutch soccer player, Roda JC

1970 Dutch cartoonist Frans Piet ends "Sjors and Sjimmie" strip

1970 Ed[uard] Hoornik, Dutch writer/poet (Na jaren), dies at 59

1970 Albert Wolff, Dutch Musician

1970 Bryan Roy, Surinam/Dutch soccer star, Ajax

1970 Carlos Javier Bernardo, Dutch prince

1970 Dutch bishops says he is in favor of married priest

1970 Dutch premiere of musical "Hair" in Amsterdam

1969 Rob Maas, Dutch soccer player, Feyenoord

1969 Pierre van Hooijdonk, Dutch soccer player, NAC, Celtic

1969 Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Dutch Politician

1969 Arjan van der Laan, Dutch soccer player, Sparta

1969 Mark Verhoeven, Dutch soccer player, MVV/NEC

1969 Frente Obrero wins Dutch Antilles national elections

1969 Erik Meijer, Dutch soccer player, PSV, Uerdingen

1969 Armand Benneker, Dutch soccer player, MVV

1969 Dutch Antilles government of Kroon resigns

1969 Dennis de Nooijer, Dutch soccer player, Sparta

1969 Gerard de Nooijer, Dutch soccer player, Sparta

1969 Robert Molenaar, Dutch soccer player, FC Volendam

1969 John Veenhof, Dutch soccer player, FC Groningen

1969 Rob van Dijk, Dutch soccer player, Feyenoord

1969 Kees van Wonderen, Dutch soccer player, NEC/NAC

1968 Carlos Hasselbaink, Dutch soccer player, VVV/FC Utrecht/Haarlem

1968 Greet Hofmans, faith healer of Dutch queen Juliana, dies at 74

1968 Willem A Wagenaar, Dutch journalist/author (3,000 meter), dies

1968 Warry van Wattum, Dutch soccer player, Dordrecht '90, FC Groningen

1968 Wilhelmina J "Willy" Haak, Dutch actress (Abandoned Child), dies at 71

1968 Bess Singh, Lennart Bes, Dutch pop drummer, Burma Shop-Hippies

1968 Willem Kooiman, Dutch theologist/church historian, dies at 65

1968 Off duty Dutch military permitted to wear regular clothing

1968 Edwin Vurens, Dutch soccer player, FC Twente

1968 Kees van Dongen, Dutch/French painter, dies at 91

1968 Dutch Department of Amnesty International forms

1968 Lauwrens Voorthuyzen, Dutch sect leader, dies at 70

1968 Erwin Vanderbroeck, Dutch soccer player, Roda JC

1968 Eric Viscaal, Dutch soccer star, PSV/AA Gent

1968 Erik Regtop, Dutch soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen

1968 Dutch 2nd Chamber condemns U.S. bombing of North Vietnam

1968 Peter Hofstede, Dutch soccer player, Roda JC, FC Utrecht

1968 Kurt Baschwitz, Germ/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Heksen), dies at 81

1967 Niels Meijer, Dutch rock keyboardist, Bob Color

1967 Patrick Mameli, Dutch rock vocalist and guitarist, Pestilence

1967 Gabriel Jongejans, Dutch drummer, Lois Lane

1967 Jan Mens, Dutch writer (Honor to God Alone), dies at 70

1967 Dutch 2nd Chamber demands U.S. stop bombing North Vietnam

1967 Carl W de Vries, Dutch (Great-granddad King William III), dies at 84

1967 Max Tak, Dutch violinist and radio commentator, dies at 75

1967 Matthijs Vermeulen, Dutch composer/critic, dies at 79

1967 Jasper Teule, Dutch rock singer/bassist, Pilgrims-Once to Everything

1967 Pierre Kemp, Dutch poet (English paint box), dies at 80

1967 Debbie Dutch, Titusville, New Jersey, actress, Hell's Paradox

1967 Elmar Berkovich, Dutch industrial designer (Eindhoven theater), dies

1967 Willem-Alexander CGF, Dutch crown prince/son of Queen Beatrix of Netherlands

1967 Dutch De Young government forms

1967 Aron Winter, Surnamese/Dutch soccer star, Ajax, Lazio

1967 Patrick Lodewijks, Dutch soccer player, PSV, FC Groningen

1967 D66 (D'66) wins 7 seats in Dutch 2nd Chamber

1967 Bennie Dekker, Dutch soccer player, NEC/AZ/De Graafschap

1967 Peter Hofstede, Dutch soccer player, Roda JC, FC Utrecht

1967 Marco Boogers, Dutch soccer player, RKC, Sparta, West Ham United

1967 Dutch Princess Margret marries Pieter van Vollenhoven

1967 Mick Hankers, Dutch dancer, Josephine, Sound of Motown

1967 Micky Michelle, Ingrid Hankers, Dutch dancer, Josephine

1966 Pieter C A Geyl, historian (History of Dutch Race), dies

1966 Ina Boudier-Baker, Dutch author (Poverty), dies at 88

1966 Hans van Arum, Dutch soccer player, Vitesse, Willem II

1966 Ed de Goey, Dutch soccer goalie, Feyenoord

1966 Hans Visser, Dutch soccer player, MVV, FC Utrecht

1966 Luitzen [Bertus] Brouwers, Dutch mathematician, dies at 85

1966 Moises F da Costa Gomez, premier Dutch Antilles, dies

1966 Dutch government of Zijlstra forms

1966 Alex Pastoor, Dutch soccer player, FC Volendam

1966 Dutch government of Cals falls by motion of Schmelzer

1966 Wim Jonk, Dutch soccer star, Ajax

1966 Dutch Cardinal Alfrink presents New Catechism

1966 Maurits H E Uyldert, Dutch poet and writer (Motion), dies at 75

1966 Dutch political party (D'66) forms

1966 Rob Witschge, Dutch soccer star, Ajax/Feyenoord

1966 Isaac Keesing, Dutch founder (System Keesing), dies at 80

1966 Anna Wood, born in Roeumond, Netherlands, Dutch/Australian canoeist, 1988, 1996 Olympics

1966 Dutch police beat construction workers, 60 injured

1966 Christian J Modeste, Dutch king of gypsies, dies at 71

1966 Mien Labberton, Dutch poet, dies at 82

1966 Johannes W. Elsensohn, Dutch actor and writer (Arie), dies at 82

1966 Dutch crown princess Beatrix marries Claus von Amsberg

1966 Frederik "Frits" Zernike, Dutch physicist (Nobel 1953), dies at 77

1966 Claus Boekweg, Dutch soccer player, FC Groningen, FC Zwolle

1966 Erik van Kessel, Dutch soccer player for the FC Utrecht

1966 Anne Anema, Dutch lawyer/journalist/politician (ARP), dies at 94

1966 Jo van Ammers-Kuller, Dutch playwright (Opstandigen), dies at 81

1965 Anthonie Donker, Dutch, literary, dies at 63

1965 Dutch government shuts Limburgs coal mine

1965 Dutch ends economic boycott of Rhodesia

1965 John Feskens, Dutch soccer player, Willem II

1965 French Luitjes, Dutch athlete, dies at 21

1965 Theo Bos, Dutch soccer player: Vitesse

1965 Alphons Arts, Dutch soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles

1965 Arno Hofstede, Dutch soccer player, Willem II, Go Ahead Eagles

1965 Adriaan F Dussenbroek, Dutch doctor/co-founder (UNA), dies at 72

1965 South Africa begins economic boycott of Dutch products

1965 Dutch Voting Rights Bill passes

1965 Remco Prins, Dutch rock guitarist and vocalist, Burma Shave-Stash

1965 Roef-Ragas, Dutch actor, Missing Link, Red Rain, Juju, Mykosch

1965 Adrian Schoevers, Dutch director (Schoevers Institution), dies

1965 Hubertus J van Mook, Dutch Minister of Colonization (1942-45), dies at 70

1965 Adri Bogers, Dutch soccer player, Willem II

1965 Ferdinand Bordewijk, Dutch lawyer/writer (Character), dies at 80

1965 Josephina J "Fien" de la Mar, Dutch actress (Pygmalion), dies at 67

1965 Dutch Princess Margriet and Pieter van Vollenhoven, get engaged

1965 Anthon van der Horst, Dutch organist/composer, dies at 65

1965 Dutch Marijnen government resigns

1965 Dutch Government of Marijnen falls

1965 Marjolein Macrander, Dutch actress, Drowned

1965 John van Loen, Dutch soccer player, Feyenoord, San Frecce

1965 Dutch Queen Juliana opens Brienenoord Bridge in Rotterdam

1965 Rene Trost, Dutch soccer player, Roda JC

1965 Johan Fiolet, Dutch actor and director, dies at 63

1965 Theo Uden Marsman, Dutch orchestra leader, dies at 63

1965 H L de Vries appointed Dutch governor of Suriname

1964 Peter Hanson, English/Sierra Leone/Dutch actor, Darling How Could You

1964 Marcel van der Net, Dutch soccer player for the FC Utrecht

1964 Ed Jongsma, Dutch pop bassist, Sleeze Beez-Look Like Hell

1964 Anne de Vries, Dutch teacher/author (Bartje), dies at 60

1964 Jan Fabricius, Dutch/English playwright (Dolle Hans), dies at 93

1964 Piet Moeskops, Dutch world champion cyclist (1921-24, 26), dies at 71

1964 Haakon Stoton, Dutch oboist, dies at 49

1964 Marco van Basten, Dutch soccer star, Ajax, AC Milan

1964 Johan de Kock, Dutch soccer player, Roda JC

1964 2nd Dutch televisienet begins broadcastings

1964 Gerrie Slagboom, Dutch soccer player: Dordrecht '90

1964 Dutch Opera forms in Amsterdam

1964 Rolling Stones 1st Dutch concert

1964 Dutch government gives Indonesia export guarantees

1964 Jan PML de Vries, Dutch germanist/folklorist, dies at 74

1964 Gerrit T Rietveld, Dutch architect (Sonsbeekpaviljoen), dies at 76

1964 Nico Jalink, Dutch soccer player, Sparta, NAC

1964 Cornelis H Edelman, Dutch geologist, dies at 61

1964 Carlos Aalbers, Dutch soccer player, NEC

1964 Pieter van der Lijn, Dutch geologist (Boulder Book), dies at 93

1964 Willem CN Andriessen, Dutch composer/pianist (Beethoven), dies at 76

1964 Johanna W "Mina" Bakker, Dutch actress (Boefje), dies at 87

1964 A Marja, Dutch author (Man of Day and Night), dies at 46

1964 Rika Hopper, Dutch actress (Comedia, Anastasia), dies at about 86

1963 Johnny van 't Schip, Dutch soccer star, Ajax, Genua

1963 Joop Gall, Dutch soccer player, FC Groningen

1963 John Lammers, Dutch soccer player, NAC

1963 1st Dutch rocket launched/reaches height of 10 km

1963 Peter Bosz, Dutch soccer star, Toulon/Feyenoord

1963 Stanley Menzo, Suriname/Dutch soccer goaltender, Ajax/PSV

1963 Jan Schouten, Dutch founder (illegal Trouw)/chairman (ARP), dies

1963 Carola Smit, Dutch singer, BZN-Bad bad woman

1963 Michel Boerebach, Dutch soccer player, FC Twente

1963 Dutch government of Marijnen forms

1963 Dutch 2nd Chamber condemns commercial TV

1963 George Heidweiler, Suriname, Dutch painter

1963 Jos van Eck, Dutch soccer player, Sparta

1963 Jan Willem van Ede, Dutch soccer player, FC Utrecht, PSV

1963 Paul de Leeuw, Dutch TV host, Cry of the Lion

1963 Raimond van der Gouw, Dutch soccer goalie, Vitesse, Manchester

1963 Ronald Koeman, Dutch soccer star, Ajax, PSV, Barcelona, Feyenoord

1963 Frans Koenn, Dutch rock bassist, Lois Lane-Precious

1963 Kornelis ter Laan, 1st Dutch socialist mayor (Zaandam), dies at 91

1963 MDV, Michiel de Vos, Dutch pop bassist, Burma Shave-Stash

1963 Paul Way, born in Kingsbury, Middlesex, British golfer, won Brabazon Trophy, 1981, turned pro in 1982, won KLM Dutch Open while on the European Tour, second youngest Ryder Cup player in 1983, and 1985, finished in the top 100 in 1993, on the Order of Merit, after 1997, his participation in tournament golf waned

1963 Suzanne Klemann, Dutch singer, Lois Lane-I Wanna Be

1963 Reinier Paping wins Dutch 11-Cities Skating Race (10:59)

1963 Leonardus G Kortenhorst, Dutch MP (KVP), dies at 76

1963 Frank Wijnhoven, Dutch soccer player, NEC, Treffers

1963 Lourens GM Baas Becking, Dutch botanist/resistance fighter, dies at 68

1962 Dutch leave New Guinea

1962 Ejo Elburg, Dutch soccer player, Pax, NEC

1962 Berry van Aerle, Dutch soccer star, PSV

1962 Last of Dutch militia leave New-Guinea

1962 Herman J Friedericy, Dutch author (Last General), dies at 62

1962 Wim Kieft, Dutch soccer star, Ajax/Gir de Bordeaux/PSV

1962 Dutch Catharina Lodders elected Miss World

1962 Arend Bouwmeester, Dutch saxophonist, Bob Color

1962 Dewi Angrenie, Martha AP Giese, Flemish/Dutch actress, dies at 85

1962 Daria Scagliola, Italian/Dutch photographer, vuurtorenpostzegels

1962 Aldo Sprenger, Dutch pop guitarist, Kong-Phlegm

1962 Frank Rijkaard, Surinam/Dutch soccer star, Ajax, AC Milan

1962 Anton Mauve, Dutch painter, dies at 63

1962 Ruud Gullit, Suriname/Dutch soccer star, Feyenoord, PSV, AC Milan

1962 Louis A van Gasteren, Dutch actor (Willem van Oranje), dies at 74

1962 Martin Rongen, Dutch pop drummer, Rowwen Heze-Boem

1962 J C Heldring, Dutch businessman, dies at 74

1962 Dutch RC bishop Beckers declares himself in favor of birth control

1962 Dutch Premier De Quay announces secret talks with Indonesia

1962 Anne C Veth, Dutch cartoonist/art critic, dies at 82

1962 Gerrit Achterberg, Dutch poet (Dead End), dies at 56

1962 Jan Koster, Dutch drummer, Sleeze Beez-Powertool

1962 Dutch and Indonesian Navy encounter in Etna Bay New Guinea

1962 Dutch express train crashes into slow commuter train, 93 die (Netherlands)

1962 Jacob "Jaap" Nanninga, Dutch painter (France, N Africa), dies at 57

1961 Jacobus "Ko" van den Bosch, Dutch actor (Amsterdamned)/dir, dies at 53

1961 Cato Engelen-Sewing, Dutch soprano singer/primadonna, dies at 93

1961 Patty Zomer, Dutch singer, Dolly Dots

1961 Johanna Westerdok, 1st Dutch woman professor (Utrecht, 1917 - 1952), dies at 78

1961 Edwin "Rick" Bakker, Dutch author: Rick's Report, AIDS Diary

1961 Fredrik J "Frits" Bakker, Jr., Dutch actor (Unknown Woman), dies at 63

1961 Alexander Cohen, Dutch anarchist/author, dies at 97

1961 Greet Koeman, Dutch singer, dies at 54

1961 Bettine Vriesekoop, Dutch table tennis star

1961 Danny Blind, Dutch soccer star, Sparta/Ajax

1961 Mark Drillich, Dutch pop bassist, Kong-Slauerhoff

1961 Dutch Lockheed Electricity "Sirius" accident at Cairo, kills 20

1961 Peter H "Paul" Huf, actor and director (Dutch Comedy), dies at 70

1961 Dutch DC-8 crashes after takeoff at Lisbon, 62 die

1961 Dutch foreign minister Luns talks to John F. Kennedy about New Guinea

1961 Dutch governor Platteel installs New Guinea Council

1961 Gijs Steinmann, Dutch soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles

1961 August Defresne, Dutch director (Anno Christi 969), dies at 67

1961 Seerp Anema, Dutch poet and writer (Modern Art and Degenerating), dies at 85

1961 Dutch Queen Juliana celebrates 12 year government jubilee

1961 Dutch guilder revalued 4.74%

1961 Persijn "Dakota" Joling, Dutch rock guitarist/singer, Pilgrims-Red

1961 Eduard R Verkade, Dutch actor and director (Pygmalion), dies at 82

1961 Dirk de Vries, Dutch pop bassist, Kong-Slauerhoff

1961 Erwin Blom, Dutch singer/guitarist, Eton Crop

1960 Dutch bishops question papacy values

1960 De Quay's Dutch government falls

1960 Piet Keur, Dutch soccer player/trainer, South Carolina Heerenveen, AZ

1960 Jaap van Sweden, Dutch violinist and concert master

1960 Dirk J de Geer, Dutch premier (1926-29, 39-40), dies at 89

1960 Rick de Leeuw, Dutch singer, Trockener Kecks, songwriter/producer

1960 Rene Froger, Dutch singer, Everything Can Make a Man Happy

1960 Marcel "Baaf" Stavenuiter, Dutch drummer, Bob Color

1960 Carolien de Windt, Suriname/Dutch singer, Mai Tai

1960 Angela Kramers, Dutch singer, Dolly Dots

1960 Dutch 1st Chamber condemns soccer-law

1960 Jan Wouters, Dutch soccer star, Ajax, Bayern Munich, PSV

1960 Anna Blaman, Dutch writer (Life and Death), dies at 55

1960 Rob de Weerd, Dutch rock guitarist, Trockener Kecks

1960 1 millionth Dutch telephone installed

1960 Students attack Dutch embassy in Djakarta

1960 Bart de Boer, Dutch guitarist, Ivy Green

1960 Gerard Joling, Dutch singer, Love is in Your Eyes

1960 Cornelis Jan Bakkerr, Dutch/US nuclear physicist, dies

1960 Anton Pannekoek, Dutch astronomer/marxist theorist, dies at 87

1960 Piet[er O] Bakker, Dutch journalist and writer (Ciske), dies at 62

1960 Dutch Builders strike for CLA

1960 Everhardus J van Romondt, Dutch Antillean minister, dies at 51

1960 Johannes G Geelkerken, Dutch reformed vicar, dies at 80

1960 Dutch communist trade union EVC'58 disbands

1960 Johan E Elias, Dutch historian (Elias Family), dies at 84

1960 Cees [Cornelis J] Laseur, Dutch actor/dir (Hague Comedy), dies at 60

1959 Ton Lokhoff, Dutch soccer player, NAC

1959 Edward Metgod, Dutch soccer goalie, Haarlem, Sparta

1959 Maria EG "Lizzy" Ansingh, Dutch painter (Cast Off), dies at 84

1959 Annie Schilder, Dutch singer, BZN

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

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

1959 Angela Groothuizen, Dutch singer, Dolly Dots

1959 600 Indian Dutch emigrate to US

1959 Esther Oosterbeek, Dutch singer, Dolly Dots

1959 Charles Lotsy, Dutch insurance director/chief d'equipe, dies at 66

1959 Michel Valke, Dutch soccer player, Sparta, Dordrecht '90

1959 500,000th Dutch TV set registered

1959 Lou Bandy, Dutch revue-artist (Life Ain't Bad), commits suicide at 69

1959 Kenneth D. Herdigein, Suriname/Dutch actor, Say A

1959 Berend van den Amstel, Bernard CED Hattink, Dutch actor, dies at 56

1959 Eduard A van Beinum, Dutch musician/conductor, dies at 57

1959 Dutch prince Bernhard visits Lockheed factory

1959 Dutch Liberal Party wins 2nd parliamentary elections

1959 Romeo Zondervan, Dutch soccer player, NAC

1959 Dutch Princess Wilhelmina publishes "Lonely, but not alone"

1959 A J Else Mauhs, German/Dutch actress (Hamlet, Nora), dies at 73

1958 2nd Dutch Beel government forms

1958 Jan Dijksma, Dutch bassist, Weekend at Waikiki

1958 Dutch social democratic party-ministers/premier Drees dismissed

1958 Leo Kenter, Dutch drummer, Trockener Kecks-More! More! More!

1958 4th (last) Dutch government of Drees falls

1958 Indonesian parliament accepts nationalisation of Dutch businesses

1958 Tim Mullens, Dutch singer/guitarist, Ivy green

1958 Evert van Benthem, Dutch skater, 11 Cities Skating Race, 1985, 86

1958 Bart A van der Leck, Dutch painter (Style), dies at 81

1958 Mathilde Santing, Dutch rock singer, Breast and Brow

1958 Gerard Hordijk, Dutch architect/painter, dies at 59

1958 Max Jakob Friedlander, German/Dutch art historian, dies at 91

1958 Anneka Rice, Dutch TV hostess

1958 Nadieh, Dutch singer/guitarist/composer, Haifa Blue

1958 Saskia van Orly, Dutch singer, Tambourine

1958 Simon Francken, Dutch bassist, Ivy Green

1958 Henk Wanders, Dutch bassist, Frank Boeijen Group

1958 Margo [AM] Vliegenthart, Dutch 2nd Chamber member, PvdA

1958 John Gobau, Flem/Dutch actor (Death of Business Traveller), dies at 67

1958 Apie [Adrian P] Prince, Dutch writer (I Go Me Own Way), dies

1958 Dutch Government of Drees ends obligatory dismissal of married teachers

1958 Dutch Reformed Church accepts women ministers

1958 Ria Brieffies, Dutch vocalist, Dolly Dots

1958 Dutch auto-transmission car DAF 600 introduced

1958 Johannes F Buziau, Dutch cabaret performer, dies at 81

1958 Rob van Zandvoort, Dutch rock vocalist/keyboardist, Jack of Hearts

1958 John Lindeboom, Dutch vicar/church historian, dies at 75

1957 Jan Rot, Dutch composer/writer, Wrong Nights

1957 Indonesia begins nationalizing Dutch possessions

1957 Frank Boeoen, Dutch singer, Frank Boeoen Group, Black and White

1957 Dutch Queen Juliana opens Velser Tunnels

1957 Dieuwertje Blok, Dutch TV hostess

1957 Bert Oosterbosch, Dutch bicyclist

1957 Sem Dresden, Dutch composer and conductor, dies at 76

1957 Gezina E "Liesbeth" van Apeldoorn, Dutch actress, Composer

1957 Theo van Gogh, controversial Dutch director, Submission

1957 Dutch Super Constellation crashes near New Guinea, 56 die

1957 Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts temporary tax increase

1957 Jack Poels, Dutch rock vocalist/gitarist, Rowwen Heze-In the Wei

1957 Adri van Tiggelen, Dutch soccer star, Sparta/PSV

1957 Johannes C B "Jan" Sluyters, Dutch painter, dies at 75

1957 Johan W. Albarda, 1st Dutch SDAP minister (1939-45), dies at 79

1957 Dutch ban on Sunday driving lifted

1957 Jac Bico, Dutch guitarist/singer, Tambourine

1957 Dutch PSP, Pacifist Socialistic Party, forms

1957 Dutch Newspaper Society expels communist daily paper "Truth"

1956 Dolf de Vries, Dutch musical/director/arranger, Josephine

1956 Roelof Kranenburg, Dutch social democratic party-chairman, dies at 76

1956 Nico Slothouwer, Dutch poet, Man and his Bag

1956 Dutch Communist Party office of Felix Meritis seized

1956 Robin LO Linschoten, Dutch assistant secretary of Social Affairs, VVD

1956 Marga Klompe becomes 1st Dutch women elected minister

1956 Hans van Breukelen, Dutch soccer goaltender, PSV

1956 Dike around Dutch polder Eastern Flevoland closes

1956 Gerrit Bolkestein, Dutch minister of Education (1939-4.), dies at 84

1956 Ferdi Bolland, Dutch singer/guitarist, Bolland and Bolland

1956 Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart, Dutch Minister of Justice (Nobel 54), dies

1956 Parliamentary election: Dutch Democrates 50/KVP 49

1956 Bart van Poppel, Dutch bassist/guitarist/singer, Tambourine

1956 Hendrik P Marchant, Dutch minister of Education, dies at 87

1956 Doris EHP Baaten, Dutch actress, Sesame Street, Fien

1956 Philips broadcasts 1st Dutch color TV programs

1956 Willem H Keesom, Dutch physicist (Helium I/II), dies at 79

1956 Verhoeven/Nauta/De King/Wijnhout win Dutch 11 city skate

1956 Ad P Melkert, Dutch minister of Social Affairs, 1994-

1956 Leendert A Donker, Dutch soc dem party-minister of Justice, dies at 56

1956 Lisa Boray, Schulte Nordholt, Dutch singer, Lovers Until the End

1956 P A M Speet, Dutch broadcast CEO (KRO), dies

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

1956 Henricus P Bremmer, Dutch art historian (Beeldende Kunst), dies at 84

1955 Jan Pijnenburg, Dutch rock drummer, Doe Maar-Bomb

1955 Pierre Bokma, Dutch actor, Avonden, Leedvermaak

1955 Dutch Reformed Church condemns woman/wife as vicar

1955 Connie Palmen, Dutch author/widow of Ischa Meoer

1955 John Loudon, Dutch minister of Foreign affairs (1913-18), dies at 87

1955 Charley Toorop, Annie CP Fernhout-Toorop, Dutch painter, dies at 64

1955 Robert ten Brink, Dutch TV host/cabaret artist

1955 Rob Wiedijk, Dutch rock vocalist, Bob Color

1955 Geza Revesz, Hungary/Dutch psychologist (Talent and genius), dies at 76

1955 Heintje, Hendrik Simons, Dutch singer, Mama

1955 Koos [Jacobus J] Vorrink, Dutch soc-democrat (SDAP/AJC/PvdA), dies at 64

1955 Henry W. Methorst, Dutch director (Central Bureau of Statistic), dies

1955 Frank H G de Grave, Dutch MP, VVD

1955 Dutch Government of Drees resigns

1955 Jos Haagmans, Dutch singer, Frank Boeijen Group

1955 Rob Bolland, Dutch singer/guitarist, Bolland and Bolland

1955 Josephine Kroesen appointed as 1st Dutch female judge

1955 Dutch 2nd Chamber requires TV licenses

1955 Dutch premiere of Samuel Becketts' "Waiting for Godot"

1955 Jan de Ligt, Dutch saxophonist, I've Got the Bullets

1955 Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts crematory law

1955 Maarten P Vrij, Dutch lawyer/criminologist/High Council, dies at 59

1955 Johannes AM "Hans" van Tongeren, Dutch actor, Hunk

1955 Jonkheer Reneke de Marees van Swinderen, Dutch Minister (1908-13), dies

1955 Reneke de Marees van Swinderen, Dutch minister (1908-13), dies at 94

1955 Jan D Domela Nieuwenhuis Nyegaard, Dutch preacher, dies at 84

1954 Herman Finkers, Dutch cabaret performer

1954 Huub Stapel, Dutch actor, Amsterdamned, Attic: Hiding of Anne Frank

1954 Ferry Hoogendijk, Dutch editor in chief, Elsevier Magazine

1954 Anita Meijer, Dutch singer, Just a Disillusion

1954 Jaap J Feenstra, Dutch MP, PvdA

1954 Tom Blomberg, Dutch radio host/producer, Evening Rush Hour

1954 Dutch Super Constellation crashes at Shannon, 28 die

1954 Gerard Hadders, Dutch postage stamp designer, 1991 children stamp

1954 Eduard M Meijers, Dutch lawyer (Civil Code), dies at 74

1954 Dutch military conscription shortened from 20 to 18 months

1954 Tineke Schouten, Dutch TV host

1954 Dutch bishops forbid membership to non-catholic sporting clubs

1954 Ernst Heldring, Dutch merchant/ship owner/financier, dies at 82

1954 Pim [Willem JH] Mulier, Dutch journalist/sports-organizer, dies at 89

1954 1st Dutch motorway, Amsterdam-Utrecht, opens

1954 Jan Kalf, Dutch literature/art historian, dies at 80

1954 Jeen van den Berg wins Dutch Eleven Cities Skating race (7:32)

1954 Harry van Thorn chosen chairman of Dutch KVP

1954 Saskia ten Batenburg, Dutch actress, Factory, Hunk

1954 Emmy Arbous, Dutch actress/cabaret performer (Boefje), dies at 56

1953 Albert Plesman, Dutch aviation pioneer/founder (KLM), dies at 64

1953 Filip Bolluyt, Dutch actor, Daybreak

1953 1st 3 Dutch female police officers go into service

1953 Dutch government proclaims 5% general pay increase on Jan 1, 1954

1953 Ge Reinders, Dutch singer and songwriter, Girls walk by

1953 Dutch DC-6 crashes near Ymuiden in North Sea, 21 die

1953 Johan F de Leeuw, Dutch MP, CDA

1953 Wim G J M van de Camp, Dutch 2nd Chamber member, CDA

1953 Dutch social democratic/Dutch Liberal Party win municipal elections

1953 Dutch Convair crashes at Schipholweg, 2 die

1953 Top Naeff, Anthonetta van Rhijn-N, Dutch writer, dies at 75

1953 Huub van der Lubbe, Dutch rock singer, Stampei-The Dike

1953 Steve Lubbers, cricketer, captain of Dutch World Cup team 1996

1953 Helmer C Koetje, Dutch 2nd chamber member, CDA

1953 Elisabeth "Ilse" Kuyper, Dutch/US (opera)composer, dies

1953 Martinus Nijhoff, Dutch poet/linguist (spelling), dies at 58

1953 Antonius GM "Toon" Agterberg, Dutch actor, Hunk

1953 Alexander Loudon, Dutch diplomat (League of Nations), dies at 60

1953 Aart Mol, Dutch bassist, Catapult

1953 Louis H N Bosch van Rosenthal, Dutch resistance fighter, dies at 68

1953 Martinus Nijhoff, Dutch poet/interpreter/linguist, dies at 58

1953 Andree C van Es, Dutch MP, PSP

1953 Martinus Nijhoff, Dutch poet/translator (spelling), dies at 58

1953 Ernst H Ridder Rappard, Dutch Nazi founder (NSNAP), dies at 53

1952 Henri G Winkelman, Dutch supreme commander army/navy 1940, dies at 76

1952 Henry A "Hans" Kramers, Dutch theoretical physicist, dies at 58

1952 Hans Alders, Dutch minister of environment, PvdA

1952 Jan Raas, Dutch bicyclist

1952 1st Dutch edition of youth magazine "Donald Duck"

1952 Dutch government refuses New-Guinea (West-Irian)

1952 Margriet Eshuijs, Dutch singer/pianist

1952 Dutch minister Dark sentences war criminal W Lages to death

1952 Willem Drees forms new Dutch government

1952 Ger Hoeymakers, Dutch rock guitarist, Franc Boeijen Group

1952 Ton Scherpenzeel, Dutch rock keyboardist, Earth and Fire

1952 Monique van de Ven, Dutch actress, Turkish Fruit

1952 The Lau, Dutch singer/guitarist/composer, The Scene, Row Row Row

1952 Henriette H Bosmans, Dutch cello player/pianist/composer, dies at 56

1952 Dutch social democratic party wins elections (29%)

1952 Dutch social democratic party wins 2nd-Parliamentary election

1952 Rob Kloet, pop drummer/singer, Nits-In the Dutch Mountains

1952 2nd Round Conference between Dutch Antilles and Suriname ends

1952 Dutch Queen Juliana opens Amsterdam-Rhine Canal

1952 Jody Pijper, Dutch, background, singer

1952 Manfred Langer, Austrian/Dutch disco builder

1952 Charles L Baars, Dutch actor (Women Tamers), dies at 59

1952 Dutch Queen Juliana speaks to U.S. Congress

1952 Klaas Schilder, Dutch vicar/theologist/antifascist, dies at 61

1952 Dutch DC-6 crashes near Frankfurt, killing 44

1952 Henk Westbroek, Dutch singer, Good Cause

1952 Hans Van de Lubbe, Dutch bassist/singer, Dike

1952 Dutch Lutheran Church reunites after 1 centuries

1952 Louis van Deyssel, Dutch writer (Diary of Franc Rozelaar), dies at 87

1952 New Dutch bible translation finished

1952 Eveline L Herfkens, Dutch MP, PvdA

1951 Philipp A Kohnstamm, Dutch philosopher/physicist, dies at 76

1951 Jozef E Stokvis, Dutch MP (SDAP), dies at 76

1951 Ria Thielsch, Dutch singer, Luv

1951 Dutch Communist Party members forbidden to be civil servants

1951 Jan Timman, Dutch chess player

1951 Henk Temming, Dutch vocalist/keyboardist, Good Cause

1951 Commemoration of Dutch resistance fighter Hannie Schaft forbidden

1951 Johnny Rep, Dutch soccer player

1951 John H Van Maarseveen, Dutch minister of Justice, dies at 57

1951 Henk Hofstede, Dutch singer/guitarist/keyboardist, Nits

1951 Corry Konings, Dutch singer

1951 Dutch Korea volunteers win U.S. Collective Unit Citation

1951 Vanessa, Conny Witteman, Dutch model/singer

1951 Geert Jan Hessing, Dutch rock drummer, Catapult

1951 Andre Hazes, Dutch barkeeper/singer, We Love Orange

1951 Henny Huisman, Dutch TV host, Playback Show

1951 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

1951 Benny Neyman, Dutch singer, I Don't Know How

1951 Yvonne MCT van Rooy, Dutch Secretary of State Secretary, CDA

1951 Dutch Reformed Church introduces new church choir

1951 Loek M L H A Hermans, Dutch MP, VVD

1951 Dutch Antilles government of Da Costa Gomez forms

1951 Emile Erens, Dutch hagiographer (Pastor of Ars), dies at 85

1951 Dutch Prince Bernhard visits Juan and Eva Peron in Buenos Aires

1951 J Willem Mengelberg, Dutch conductor (Matthaus Passion), dies at 79

1951 2nd Dutch government of Drees forms

1951 Anton Roemer, Dutch actor (Gay Death), dies at 63

1951 Dutch government Drees-van Schaik resigns

1951 German general F Christian freed early from Dutch prison

1950 Jack van Gelder, Dutch TV host

1950 Peter te Bos, Dutch singer, Claw Boys Claw

1950 Ernst Hirsch Ballin, Dutch minister of Justice, 198?-94

1950 Daniel Sahuleka, Moluks/Dutch singer/guitarist, Viva la Libertad

1950 Jan Rietman, Dutch radio/TV host

1950 Karel van de Graf, Dutch TV host

1950 Gerardus van de Lion, Dutch minister of Education, dies at 60

1950 Jacobus J E Hondius, Dutch classicist/graphic artist, dies at 53

1950 Carel T Scharten, Dutch poet and writer (Lost Paradise), dies at 72

1950 630 Dutch volunteers depart (on)to Korea

1950 Dutch NSB leader C van Gelderen sentenced to life

1950 Harry Sacksioni, Dutch guitarist, Around the Corner

1950 Sandra Reemer, Dutch singer, As Love Goes

1950 Koos van der Vaart, Dutch MP, PvdA

1950 Ellen Brusse, Elizabeth Wenmakers, Dutch TV hostess

1950 Peter Jan Rens, Dutch actor and director, Mister Cactus, Passion

1950 Maartje van Weegen, Dutch TV hostess

1950 Ria Oomen-Ruijten, Dutch MP, CDA

1950 Roelof S "Roel" Bakker, Dutch actor and director, Love Potion

1950 KNIL (Royal Dutch East Indies Army) unites

1950 Leon J P M Frissen, Dutch MP, CDA

1950 Dutch Air Force base Tjililitan given to Indonesia

1950 Dutch cyclist Wim van Est wins Bordeaux-Paris (586 km in 17:25)

1950 Annemarie Jorritsma-Lebbink, Dutch minister of Traffic, VVD

1950 Dutch poet Gerrit Achterberg wins PC Hooft prize

1950 Maggie MacNeal, Dutch singer, Mouth and MacNeal, I See a Star

1950 Rene CM van Asten, Dutch actor, Herenstraat 10

1950 Dutch 1st Chamber accept Laws on immigration

1950 Dutch Prime Minister Malan recognizes South Africa but not China PR

1950 Mildred Douglas, Surinames/Dutch singer, Mai Tai

1950 Ed[uardus] HTM Nijpels, Dutch minister of Environment, VVD

1950 Leonard van Spirit, Dutch/British fruit and food magnate

1950 Betsy van den Arend, Dutch [Betje], actress (Miss Hobbs), dies at 78

1949 Dutch 1st Chamber accept soeveregnty of Indonesia

1949 Ton [Teunis] Sijbrands, Dutch world checkers champion

1949 Dutch 2nd Chamber accept Indonesian sovereignty

1949 Bonnie St. Claire, Cornelia Swart, Dutch singer, Tame me Tiger

1949 Jose J P Hageman, Dutch MP, PvdA

1949 Leonide F M "Leonie" Triesschijn, Dutch actress/mime

1949 Dutch Guilder devalued 30.3%

1949 Albert West, Dutch singer, Dumb Willie

1949 Pieter J Biesheuvel, lawyer/Dutch MP, CDA

1949 Marjanne Sint, Dutch MP, PvdA

1949 Dutch KLM Constellation crashes near Bombay, 45 die

1949 Dutch troops evacuate Djakarta

1949 Dutch Constellation plunge at Bari in sea, 33 die

1949 Gerrit J P van Otterloo, Dutch MP, PvdA

1949 Frank de Leeuw, Dutch rock guitarist, Bob Color

1949 Jan Keizer, Dutch singer, BZN-Rhythm of My Heart

1949 Maria "Beppie" Bakker, Dutch actress/wife of Piet Vink Sr, dies at 95

1949 Richard de Bois, Dutch drummer and producer

1949 Sido Martens, Dutch guitarist, singer and mandolin player, Fungus

1949 Dutch Drees government presents plan for the building of 30,000 houses

1949 Oscar Benton, Dutch blues vocalist and guitarist, Ze is Zoals Jij

1949 Jetty Weels, Surinamese/Dutch vocalist, Mai Tai

1949 U.N. Security council convicts Dutch aggression in Indonesia

1949 Rein P Hummel, Dutch MP, PvdA

1949 Dutch court affirms death sentence against SS chief Hanns Rauter

1948 Dutch police actions up Java gone on strike

1948 Middel-Java as a whole in Dutch hands

1948 Willem AFG Vermeend, Dutch economist/undersecretary of Finance, 1994-

1948 Boudewijn Buch, Dutch writer/TV host

1948 Marleen Gorris, Dutch director, Mres Dalloway, Antonia, Last Island

1948 Jacob Kohnstamm, Dutch undersecretary of the Interior, D66, 1994-

1948 Dutch Constellation crashes at Prestwick Scotland (40 murder)

1948 Communist Madiun-uprising in Dutch Indies (Muso/Sjarifudin)

1948 Henricus A Poels, Dutch RC theologist/social foreman, dies at 80

1948 Queen Wilhelmina abdicates Dutch throne

1948 Marian H J Soutendijk, Dutch MP, CDA

1948 Minouche Janmaat-Abee, Dutch MP, CDA

1948 Tara Oedayraj Singh Varma, 1st black woman in Dutch 2nd Chamber

1948 Ernst Jansz, Dutch keyboardist/singer, Doe Maar

1948 Nico J Polak, Dutch economist, dies at 60

1948 1st Dutch government of Beel resigns

1948 Henny Vrienten, Dutch bassist/singer, Doe Maar

1948 Cesar Zuiderwijk, Dutch rock drummer, Golden Earring, Radar Love

1948 Peter JM Aalberse, Dutch minister of Labor, dies at 77

1948 Adrien H Gerhard, Dutch SDAP-politician, dies at 90

1948 KVP wins Dutch Second-Parliamentary election

1948 Anna E "Annelies" Balhan, Dutch revue-artist/actress, Sweet Chairty

1948 Jaap G de Hoop Scheffer, Dutch MP, CDA

1948 Thijs van Leer, Dutch singer/flutist, Focus, Introspection

1948 George Kooymans, Dutch guitarist/singer, Golden Earring

1948 Pim Fortuyn, Dutch Politician

1948 Wally Tax, Dutch guitarist

1948 Elco Brinkman, Dutch minister WVC, CDA

1948 Dutch Liberal Party forms-People's party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD)

1948 Anna "Ans" van Dike, Dutch Jewish Nazi-collaborator, executed at 42

1947 Han [Henricus A] van Meegeren, Dutch painter/art forger, dies at 58

1947 Frans Leijnse, Dutch politician, PvdA 2nd Chamber

1947 Peter de Jong, Dutch actor, Maxi-Mini and Maxi

1947 Dick W de Cloe, Dutch MP, PvdA

1947 Dutch Dakota explodes near Coopenhagen, 16 die

1947 Dutch Queen Wilhelmina gives golden award to general Eisenhower

1947 Mariska Veres, Dutch singer, Shocking Blue

1947 Jacques Wallage, sociologist/Dutch undersecretary of Education

1947 Wim J van Gelder, Dutch MP, PvdA

1947 Jerney Kaagman, Dutch singer, Earth and Fire

1947 Jasper van 't Hof, Dutch jazz pianist, Live in Montreux

1947 Lex van Delden, Dutch actor, Soldier of Orange

1947 Johan Cruyff, Dutch soccer player and coach, Ajax/Barcelona

1947 Frits Castricum, journalist/Dutch MP, PvdA

1947 Bojoura, Raina GB van Melzen, Dutch singer/wife of Hans Cleuver

1947 Jan Kees Wiebenga, Dutch MP, VVD

1947 Willem F J Pijper, Dutch composer/critic, dies at 52

1947 Jan te Veldhuis, Dutch MP, VVD

1947 Laurie Langenbach, Dutch author

1947 Marian G Klaren, Dutch mime/actress, Red Cabbage

1947 Andre van Duin, Kyvon, Dutch entertainer, Bloemkoole

1947 Dutch RC bishops publish manifest against "godless communism"

1947 Ben Cramer, Dutch vocalist, Clown

1947 Guus Willemse, Dutch bassist/singer, Solution

1947 Jan van der Hoorn wins 8th Dutch 11-cities skating race (10:51)

1947 Albert JM Bakker, Dutch actor (Teun the night watch), dies at 82

1947 Ganzefles, Dutch nazi spy/Jews hunter, executed

1947 Koos Alberts, Krommenhoek, Dutch vocalist, Many More Years to Come

1947 NV United Dutch Fokker's Aircraft established

1947 David Porcelijn, Dutch composer and conductor

1947 Peter Lankhorst, Dutch MP, PPR

1946 Frits [Frederik H] Tartaud, Dutch actor, dies at 89

1946 Lisette Hordijk, Dutch TV broadcaster

1946 John Akkerman, Dutch guitarist/composer, Focus-Can't Stand Noise

1946 Adriaan van Dis, Dutch TV host/writer, Promised Country

1946 Fred Borgman, Dutch 2nd chamber member, CDA

1946 Anthonius A M "Ton" Kors, Dutch writer, Hannie Schaft

1946 Johannes L "Jan" Walch, Dutch literary (Abelard and Heloise), dies at 67

1946 Hans Hoekman, Dutch radio play actor

1946 Hans Kombrink, sociologist/Dutch undersecretary of Finance, PvdA

1946 Dutch Dakota flight to Schiphol crashes, kills 11

1946 Herman Brood, Dutch painter/singer/pianist, Sleepin' Bird

1946 Gerda Lenten-Havertong, Surinam, Dutch singer and actress, Sesame St

1946 Bram Vermeulen, Dutch singer, Neerlands Hoop

1946 Felix Meurders, Dutch radio host

1946 Hans Vandenburg, Dutch singer/guitarist, Gruppo Sportivo

1946 Alexander Curly, Harm Breemer, Dutch artist

1946 Marga van Praag, Dutch radio hostess

1946 Maarnus Gerritsen, Dutch rocker, Golden Earring

1946 Rinus Gerritsen, Dutch rock bassist/keyboardist, Golden Earring

1946 French W. Weisglas, Dutch MP, VVD

1946 Rick van der Linden, Dutch keyboardist, Ekseption

1946 1st Dutch government of Beel forms

1946 Dutch Beel government forms

1946 Eduard Veterman, Dutch painter/playwright, dies in an auto accident

1946 Dutch Nazi collaborator Arnold Meijer sentenced to 5 years

1946 Mensje F van Keulen-van der Steen, Dutch writer, Bleeker's Summer

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

1946 KVP Labor/Communists win 1st post-WW2 Dutch parliamentary elections

1946 Peter L de Baan, Dutch actor, director and playwright, Leonce and Lena

1946 Rene Krijnen, Dutch keyboardist, Les Baroques

1946 Serge, Ruud Schaap, Dutch singer/guitarist, Saskia and Serge

1946 Marius HLW "Max" Blokzijl, Dutch Nazi propagandist, executed at 61

1946 Abraham Bredius, Dutch art historian (Rembrandt), dies at 90

1946 Dutch troops land at Batavia/Semarang

1946 Dutch troops land on East Bali

1946 Mieke H. A. Boers-Wijnberg, Dutch MP, CDA

1946 Pierre van der Linden, Dutch drummer, Brainbox

1946 Ever Meulen, Eddy Vermeulen, Dutch designer, children stamps 1992

1946 Dutch Labor Party (Dutch Social Democratic Party) forms

1946 Josephine M Verspaget, sociologist/Dutch MP, PvdA

1945 Adje Roland, Dutch disc-jockey

1945 Joris J C Voorhoeve, Dutch Defense minister, 1994-, VVD

1945 Marianne van Wijnkoop, Bosscher, Dutch actress, Les Miserables

1945 Henry van Goudoever, Dutch lawyer/judge, dies on his 69th birthday

1945 Robert van Genechten, Dutch Nazi (NSB), commits suicide

1945 Eric Boom, Dutch guitarist/producer

1945 Dutch resistance fighter Hannie Schaft re-buried in presence of Queen Wilhelmina

1945 Dutch author A M de Jong's murderer Ton van Gog escapes

1945 All old Dutch banknotes declared invalid

1945 Rein van den Broek, Dutch trumpeteer, Ekseption

1945 Jacobus W. G. Balfoort, Dutch actor (Heimwee, Head On), dies at 57

1945 Indonesia (Dutch E Indies) declares independence from Netherlands

1945 Harry Thomas, Dutch founder, Schlager Festival Gay Party

1945 Jacob Reitsma, economist/Dutch MP, CDA

1945 Harold W. Hennep, Arubians/Dutch dancer/actor, Plus Echo

1945 USS Cod saves 51 sailors from Dutch sub in only sub-to-sub rescue

1945 Fenneken Fockema Andreae, Dutch actress, Sea Gull

1945 Jean-Pierre E Plooij, Dutch writer, Duvelsmoer

1945 Robin Muyser, Dutch bassist, Les Baroques

1945 Dutch political party ANJV forms

1945 Maarten van Traa, Dutch MP, PvdA

1945 Wim A Mateman, Dutch MP, CDA

1945 Premier Gerbrandy on Radio Orange tells Dutch they are liberated

1945 Louis L H de Visser, Dutch MP (CPN), dies at 66

1945 Dutch Queen Wilhelmina and Princess Juliana reach Gilze-Rijen

1945 Australian and Dutch troops lands on Tarakan

1945 Gielijn Escher, Dutch postage stamp artist

1945 Vincent A M van der Burg, Dutch MP, CDA

1945 Jos F B van Rey, Dutch MP, VVD

1945 Raymond van Geytenbeek, Dutch singer/drummer, Les Baroques

1945 Benjamin M Telders, president (Dutch Liberal States Party), dies at 42

1945 Wim J Deetman, Dutch minister of education and MP, CDA

1945 Willem Ruis, Dutch TV host, Willem Ruis Show

1945 Thomas Rennie, General-Major (Dutch command 51st Highland Division), dies

1945 J Postuma, Dutch resistance fighter, dies

1945 Dutch Resistance fighter Hannie Schaft arrested by Nazi police

1945 J Woortman, Dutch resistance fighter, dies in Bergen-Belsen at 39

1945 Herman B Wiardi Beckman, Dutch MP (SDAP), dies at 41

1945 Sicherheitsdienst arrest Dutch resistance fighter Henry Werkman

1945 Hans van Emden, Dutch guitarist, Les Baroques

1945 H J Jamin, Dutch resistance fighter, dies in Buchenwald

1945 Jan Thijssen, Dutch resistance fighter, executed at Savage Farm

1945 Koos Speenhoff, Dutch singer, killed in bombing raid at 75

1945 HJ Lochtman, Dutch chaplain/resistance fighter, dies in Bergen-Belsen

1945 2nd Dutch government of Gerbrandy forms in London

1945 Wim Speelman, Dutch resistance fighter, executed at 26

1945 Willie J L Swildens-Rozendal, Dutch MP, PvdA

1945 Gerbrandy British government refuses Dutch Jewish right to buy

1945 ... de Jong, Dutch vicar/resistance fighter, executed

1945 Walraven [Wally] van Hall, Dutch banker/resisted Nazis, executed at 39

1945 J S H Lokerman, Dutch resistance fighter, dies in Neugengamme

1945 Klas Tuinstra, Dutch MP, CDA

1945 Jan Bos, Dutch resistance fighter, executed

1945 Paul Bos, Dutch resistance fighter, executed

1945 Willeke Alberti, Verbruggen, Dutch vocalist/actress, Small Truth

1945 Johan Huizinga, Dutch culture historian (Homo Ludens), dies at 72

1945 Dutch airplanes dump pamphlets on Java

1945 Dutch Premier Gerbrandy, exiled in London, offers his resignation

1945 Jac[obus] P Thijsse, Dutch biologist (Omgang met planten), dies at 79

1944 D J D Dees, pharmacist/Dutch minister of WVC, VVD

1944 Enneus Heerma, Dutch minister of Housing, CDA

1944 Hans Tentije, Johann Kramer, Dutch poet, Nachtwit

1944 9 Dutch citizens hanged by nazis

1944 George Baker, Hans Bouwens, Dutch vocalist, G B Selection

1944 JW Ummels, Dutch resistance fighter (House of Saxon-Nazi), dies

1944 In reprisal 40 Dutch men are executed by Nazis

1944 Bijnen, Dutch opposition leader (LKP), shot to death in Apeldoorn

1944 Joop Brouwer de Koning, youngest Dutch radio operator, executed at 25

1944 Jules Deelder, Dutch poet, T of Vondel

1944 Jose Torikens, Dutch journalist, Parool, NRC

1944 Rem Koolhaas, Dutch Architect

1944 Wouter R van Romondt, Dutch/Dutch Antillean cartoonist

1944 Johan van Doorn, Johnny the Selfkicker, Dutch poet, War and Porridge

1944 Willem Breuker, Dutch saxophonist/conductor, WB Collective

1944 Robbie van Leeuwen, Dutch guitarist, Shocking Blue

1944 Ries Smits, economist/Dutch MP, CDA

1944 Keith Adrian, Johnson, Indies/Dutch actor, Intrepid Mr. Twist

1944 Ben Korthals, advocate/Dutch MP, VVD

1944 Dutch General Mine Workers Union (ABWM) forms

1944 Hendrikus Colijn, Dutch premier (1933-39), dies at 75

1944 Dutch begin railroad strike against German occupiers

1944 6,500 Dutch/Indonesian captives sent to Junyo Maru

1944 Jaap P Musch, Dutch resistance fighter, murdered by Nazis

1944 Olga de Haas, Dutch ballerina

1944 Jan van Gilse, composer/Dutch resistance fighter, dies at 63

1944 "Mad Tuesday" 65,000 Dutch nazi collaborators flee to Germany

1944 Dutch Armed Forces forms, under prince Bernhard

1944 Izaak van der Horst, Dutch resistance fighter, executed

1944 68th and last transport of Dutch Jews (Anne Frank) leaves to Auschwitz

1944 Freek de Jonge, Dutch comedian, Neerlands Hoop

1944 Cornelia J "Corry" Arends, Dutch actress, Fool's Hat

1944 Henk Veldhoen, biochemist/Dutch MP, PvdA

1944 Dutch begin diplomatic contact with Vatican in London

1944 12 workers of Dutch illegal paper "Trouw," executed at Camp Vught

1944 Gerrit Jan Wolffensperger, Dutch MP, D66

1944 Hans van Eijk, Dutch rock guitarist, Jumping Jewels

1944 Elske Terveld, Dutch undersecretary Social Affairs, PvdA

1944 Helga I "Mijanou" van Baarzel, Dutch actress, Klaverweide-Alicia

1944 Jan Postma, leader of illegal Dutch party (CPN), executed at 49

1944 Judith A Bosch, Dutch radio/TV-hostess, Tweekamp, Zeskamp

1944 Gerrit van den Bosch, led illegal Dutch CPN party, dies in Dachau

1944 Wim Van Drimmelen, Dutch sect Science Council of Government policy

1944 John Post, Dutch farmer/resistance fighter (passage fight), executed

1944 Cornelis J "Kees" Ouwens, Dutch writer/poet, Intimate Acts

1944 Frans Luitjes, Dutch athlete

1944 Jan Bonekamp, Dutch resistance fighter/friend of Hannie Schaft, dies

1944 French Duwaer, Dutch printer/resistance fighter, executed

1944 Dutch Resistance fighter Frans Duwaer arrested

1944 Boudouin de Groot, Dutch singer, Good night mister president

1944 Dutch resistance fighter Gerard Musch arrested

1944 Dave, Otto Levenbach, Dutch singer, Du cote the Chez Swann

1944 Dutch Communist Party-resistance fighter John Postma sentence to death

1944 Gerard Schoenaker, Dutch singer, Les Baroques

1944 Gerrit Komrij, Dutch poet/essayist, Happy Schizo

1944 Dutch resistance fighter Joop Westerweel arrested

1944 Willem van Hanegem, Dutch soccer champ/coach, Feyenoord

1944 Tineke Netelenbos, Dutch MP, PvdA

1944 Berend baron van Voorst tot Voorst, Dutch foreign state sect, CDA

1944 Berry Esselink, Dutch MP, CDA

1944 Anton Korteweg, Dutch poet, For the Good Order

1944 Hans Plomp, Dutch writer/poet, Venus in Holland

1944 Arnold Muhren, Dutch pop bassist/singer, The Cats-Sailin' Home

1944 Rutger Hauer, Dutch actor, Blade Runner, Ladyhawke, Osterman Weekend

1944 Lieven Soete, Dutch publicist, Molotov-Ribbentrop-pact

1944 Relus ter Beek, Dutch Minister of defense, PvdA

1944 Ad Nijhuis, Dutch MP, VVD

1944 J Verleun, Dutch resistance fighter, executed

1944 Felix Arons, Dutch director/actor, Waaldrecht

1944 Henri "Hans" Flu, Indonesian/Dutch family doctor/antifascist, murder

1943 JHR Maij-Wegge, Dutch traffic minister, 19..-94

1943 Roelof den Ambtman, Dutch actor and director, One Evening at Eva

1943 Theo[dorus J] Thijssen, Dutch writer (Kees de Jongen), dies at 64

1943 Oscar Harris, Surinames/Dutch singer, Try a Little Love

1943 Thijs Woltgens, Dutch MP, PvdA

1943 Karin Kent, Dutch singer

1943 Louis Schelfhout, Dutch painter/graphic artist, dies at 62

1943 Robert Long, Leverman, Dutch singer and actor, Vroeger Kon je Lachen

1943 Frans LAJ Wolters, economist/Dutch MP, PvdA

1943 Frank Muyser, Dutch guitarist/saxophonist, Les Baroques

1943 Jan Dieters, leader of illegal Dutch political party (CPN), executed

1943 Lou Jansen, leader of illegal Dutch political party (CPN), executed

1943 Dutch opposition newspaper "The Slogan" publishes KZ-Lower letter

1943 Roek Williams, Dutch singer

1943 987 Dutch Jewish transported to Auschwitz Concentration Camp

1943 Koos Postema, editor-in-chief, Vrije Volk, Dutch TV host

1943 Dutch submarine attacks Island Hertenbeest in NW Bali

1943 C Bergsma, Dutch resistance fighter (Waalsdorpervlakte), dies

1943 J Janzen, Dutch resistance fighter (Waalsdorpervlakte), dies

1943 J Posthuma, Dutch resistance fighter (Waalsdorpervlakte), dies

1943 Jeltje van Nieuwenhoven, Dutch MP, PvdA

1943 Henk Vos, chemical analyst/Dutch politician, PvdA, 2nd Chamber

1943 Auguste Reitsma, Dutch resistance fighter (census director), executed

1943 C Bakker, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed

1943 C L Barentsen, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed

1943 Coos Hartogh, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed

1943 Cor Roos, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed

1943 Henri Halberstadt, Dutch resistance fighter (census dir), executed

1943 Johan Brouwer, hispanist/writer/Dutch resistance fighter, executed

1943 Karl Groger, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed

1943 Koen Limperg, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed

1943 Sam Bloemgarten, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed

1943 Willem Arondeus, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed

1943 Willem Brouwer, Dutch resistance fighter (census bureau), executed

1943 Elly Dammers throws Dutch record spear (41,43m)

1943 Fanny Blankers-Koen runs Dutch record 200m (24.5)

1943 Seyss-Inquart orders mass arrests of Dutch physicians

1943 Dutch artsens protest against nazis

1943 John Lilipaly, Dutch 2nd Chamber member, PvdA

1943 Maarten B Engwirda, Dutch 2nd Chamber member, D66

1943 Ely van Tongeren, Dutch guitarist/singer, Buffoons

1943 Erica G Terpstra, Olympic swimmer/Dutch MP, VVD

1943 Dutch men 18-35 obliged to report to labor camps

1943 German Wehrmacht deployed in order to break Dutch strikes

1943 Dutch strike against forced labor in Nazi Germany's war industry

1943 Etty Hillesum, Dutch diarist, dies in Auschwitz

1943 Riem de Wolff, Indonesian/Dutch singer/guitarist, Blue Diamonds

1943 Yvonne Vriens-Auerbach, Dutch MP, CDA

1943 Dutch Catholic University Nijmegen closed

1943 E. J. Dommering, Dutch lawyer

1943 Lou Jansen, leader of illegal Dutch political party (CPN) arrested

1943 97% of all Dutch physicians strike againt nazi registration

1943 Dutch work week extended to 54 hour

1943 Pieter C Boutens, Dutch poet (Beatrijs), dies at 73

1943 Piet Veerman, Dutch rock vocalist and guitarist, Cats-Sailin' Home

1943 Hans F Dijkstal, Dutch minister of the Interior, VVD, 1994-

1943 Dutch RC bishops protest against persecution of Jews

1943 1st edition of Dutch resistance newspaper "Trouw"

1943 Henri Polak, Dutch union leader/politician (soc-dem), dies at 74

1943 Dutch churches protest at Seyss-Inquart against persecution of Jews

1943 Nazis arrest Dutch sons of rich parents

1943 HA Seyffardt, Dutch Lieutenant-General/NSB "minister", dies at 71

1943 Wim Gertenbach, Dutch resistance fighter (Slogan), shot by Nazis

1943 Roeland HG "Roel" van Duyn, Dutch Provo politician

1943 Margriet Francisca, Dutch Princess

1943 Jan R T Campert, Dutch resistance fighter/poet (18 Dead), dies at 40

1943 Rob Hoeke, Dutch pianist/singer, Drinking on My Bed

1942 Rob de Nijs, Dutch singer, Put a candle in your window

1942 Eduard C "Edo" Fimmen, Dutch trade union leader, dies at 61

1942 Seyss-Inquart allows Dutch Nazi Anton Mussert to call himself Leader

1942 Australian/Dutch guerrilla troops evacuated to Timor near Australia

1942 Queen Wilhelmina announces Dutch Commonwealth

1942 Annemarie Oster, Dutch actress, Goede Tijden Slechte Tijden

1942 Ben M J Hennekam, Dutch MP, CDA

1942 12, Dutch Communist Party-resistance fighter/3 NVV-hostages, executed

1942 Jenny Arean, Joanna Klarenbeek, Dutch actress, Paul Chevrolet

1942 Koos van den Berg, Dutch MP, SGP

1942 Michiel Patijn, Dutch Assistant Secretary of State of Foreign affairs, 1994-

1942 John Meulendijks, Dutch cryptogram maker, People's Daily

1942 Riots by Dutch Jews

1942 German occupier orders all Dutch homing pigeons killed

1942 250 Dutch Catholic Jews arrested, transported to Amersfoort camp

1942 Leo Beenhakker, Dutch soccer trainer

1942 Friedrich Aereboe, Dutch landlord, dies at 77

1942 German occupier demands listing of all Dutch telephone subscribers

1942 RC churches protest, Dutch bishops stand against spread of Judaism

1942 John de Hont, Dutch guitarist, ZZ and Masks

1942 Dutch Jews invoked for "Labor camps"

1942 German occupiers imprison 800 prominent Dutch as hostages

1942 Simon de la Bella, Dutch president (NVV), dies in Dachau

1942 Ada J Bas-Jansen, Dutch MP, CDA

1942 Arnoldus J H Aerts, Dutch bishop of New-Guinea, executed at 62

1942 Bas J van der Vlies, Dutch MP, SGP

1942 Titus Brandsma, Anno Sjoerd, Dutch RC priest (Dachau), dies

1942 Margreet M H Kamp, Dutch MP, VVD

1942 Adolf Eichmann proclaims deportation of Dutch Jews

1942 Jos Brink, Dutch TV host, Op Zoek

1942 Hans Vonk, Dutch conductor

1942 German-Netherlands press reports, 3 million Dutch sent to East-Europe

1942 Anneke Gronloh, Indonesian/Dutch singer, Burning Sand

1942 Dutch SS vows loyalty to Hitler

1942 1st transport of British/Dutch prisoners to South Burma

1942 Nazi occupiers in Netherlands arrests 2,000 Dutch officers

1942 German occupiers imprison 450 prominent Dutch as hostages

1942 Nazi's require Dutch Jews to wear a Jewish star

1942 German occupiers forbids Dutch access to their beach

1942 Dick K J Tommel, chemist, Dutch Assistant Secretary of State, 1994-

1942 Henk Sneevliet, leader of Dutch RSAP/Spartacus, executed at 58

1942 Johannes E Akkeringa, Dutch painter/etcher, dies at 80

1942 Eduard Visser, Dutch writer, Fyffes are now called Chiquita

1942 Herman A van Karnebeek, Dutch foreign minister (1918-27), dies at 67

1942 KNIL, Dutch colonial army on Java, surrenders to Japanese armies

1942 Japanese land in Java, last Allied bastion in Dutch East Indies

1942 Karel WFM Doorman, Dutch rear-admiral (Java Sea), KIA at 52

1942 Radio Orange calls for March 1 day of prayer in Dutch Indies

1942 Dutch actors protest obligatory membership of Culture Chamber

1942 Ton de Kok, Dutch MP, CDA

1942 Wobbe de Vries, Dutch linguist, dies at 78

1942 Andres, Dries Holten, Dutch singer, Sandra and Andres

1942 Gerard L F Philips, Dutch manufacturer (Philips), dies at 83

1942 Sietze de Groot wins 8th Dutch 11 city skate (8:44:06)

1942 Dutch troops on Tarakan surrender

1941 Nazis require Dutch physicians to join Nazi organization

1941 Dutch and Australian troops lands on Portuguese-Timor

1941 Liesbeth List, Dutch actress/vocalist, Theodorakis

1941 Dutch government in London declares war on Italy

1941 Rogier van Otterloo, Dutch composer and conductor

1941 Leonard "Leo" Polak, Dutch philosopher, dies in Sachsenhausen at 61

1941 London: Dutch government declares Japan the war

1941 Albert J Evenhuis, Dutch undersecretary of Economic, VVD

1941 Dutch and British pilots see Japanese invasion fleet at Singapore

1941 Governor-General Wouters of Dutch Antilles refuses Jews refugees

1941 Martin Brozius, Dutch actor, Goede Tijden Slechte Tijden

1941 Johnny Kendall, Johan Donkerkaat, Dutch blues singer

1941 GJ Berenschot, general/supreme commander Dutch East Indies army, dies

1941 Willibrord Frequin, Dutch TV reporter

1941 Henk Terlingen, Dutch radio/TV-host, Paul Meier Show

1941 Jan L G "Yvan" Doornik, Dutch resist fighter in France, executed at 36

1941 German raider attacks Dutch SS Kota Nopan

1941 Kees van Kooten, Dutch TV host/founder, Simplistic Union

1941 Hubertus AGM "Bert" Andre, Dutch actor, Turkish Fruit-Come Back

1941 1st Dutch Austrians depart Hague

1941 Hans Gualtherie van Weezel, Dutch 2nd Chamber member, CDA

1941 Neelie Smit-Kroes, Dutch politician, VVD, minister of Traffic

1941 Jack Jersey, de Nijs, Indonesian/Dutch singer/producer

1941 Hans Wiegel, Dutch commissioner of the queen, Frisia

1941 Jan G H Krajenbrink, Dutch 2nd Chamber member, CDA

1941 Pia J Barendrecht, Indonesian/Dutch actress, Pinokkio

1941 Johan Wagenaar, Dutch composer (Cyrano de Bergerac), dies at 78

1941 Lodo of Hamel, 1st Dutch secret affiliate, dies

1941 Harry Muskee, Dutch rock vocalist, Cuby and Blizzards

1941 Joop H van den Berg, Dutch 2nd Chamber member, PvdA

1941 Adriaan Venema, Dutch journalist/author, Mussert

1941 Former Dutch Prime Minister Colijn says Netherlands Indies not ready for independence

1941 Maria Liberia-Peters, premier of Dutch Antilles, 198?-93

1941 Nazis forbid Dutch Organization of Actors (NOT)

1941 Jan Dibbets, sculptor/artist, Dutch Mountains

1941 Jan D. Blaauw, Dutch MP, VVD

1941 Dutch Prince Bernhard becomes an RAF pilot

1941 Barend ter Haar, Dutch lawyer, dies in Buchenwald at 49

1941 Dick Top, Dutch actor and director, Witch of Haarlem

1941 A Coenradi, Dutch resistance fighter, executed

1941 Bernard Ijzerdraat, Dutch resistance fighter, executed

1941 E Hellendoorn, Dutch resistance fighter, executed

1941 J Eyl, Dutch resistance fighter, executed

1941 Leen Schijvenschuurder, Dutch February strike leader, executed

1941 Nazi leaders attack Dutch Jewish Council

1941 Sicherheitsdienst complains about Dutch anti German sentiments

1941 NSB'er Max Blokzijl begins nazi propaganda on Dutch radio

1941 Auke Adema wins 6th official Dutch 11 Cities Skating Race (9:19)

1941 Dutch Premier De Geer returns from Lisbon to Netherlands

1941 Former Dutch premier De Geer flies to Berlin

1941 Ko Boezeman, Dutch resistance fighter, dies

1941 Jorg Reme, German/Dutch painter/graphic artist

1940 Peter Koelewijn, Dutch writer/vocalist, Come off that Roof

1940 Harmen Siezen, Dutch TV-journal host

1940 Frans Moor, Dutch MP, PvdA

1940 Dimitri van Toren, Dutch vocalist/composer

1940 Ria Lubbers, wife of Dutch premier Ruud Lubbers

1940 Dutch submarine departs Dundee

1940 Dutch "Curfew" forms (12 AM - 4 AM)

1940 David Sainsbury, English billionaire/founder, Dutch Soc-Dem

1940 Suze Groeneweg, 1st woman in Dutch 2nd Chamber (1918-37), dies at 65

1940 Richard F Pieternella, Dutch Antilles' minister plenipotentiary

1940 Nazi occupiers present "New Dutch Culture" in German

1940 Dutch nazi collaborator Mussert's 1st meeting with Hitler

1940 Joyce Schouten, Dutch singer, Fouryo's

1940 Anton Mussert establishes Dutch SS

1940 Gerbrandy becomes premier of Dutch government in exile

1940 Mussert sends telegram, that Hitler has captured the Dutch

1940 Dutch Premier De Geer vacations in Switzerland

1940 Linthorst Homan, de Quay and Einthoven forms Dutch Union

1940 Dutch prime minister De Geer meets Hitler seeking peace talks

1940 Germany occupiers forbid Dutch Communist Party (CPN) in Netherlands

1940 Y G Van de Peat, Dutch director of employment, commits suicide

1940 Nazi occupiers imprison 231 prominent Dutch citizens in Buchenwald

1940 Joost P van Iersel, Dutch MP, CDA

1940 German occupiers forbids using Dutch royal names

1940 Dutch Prime Minister Colijn publishes "Borders of 2 Worlds" (German victory)

1940 Australia refuses entry to Dutch Jewish refugees

1940 Louise S. Groenman, Dutch MP, D66

1940 SS rounds up 31 German/Polish/Dutch Jews in Roermond, Netherlands

1940 German occupiers disband Dutch States-General/Council of State

1940 Hendrik Marsman, Dutch poet/writer/critic, drowns at 40

1940 Goering orders seizure of Dutch horses, car, buses and ships

1940 Hans Dorrestijn, Dutch cabaret performer

1940 Willem Frederik Bon, Dutch composer

1940 German "Dutch Q-ship Atlantis" sinks Norwegian tanker

1940 Gerrit H. Terpstra, economist/Dutch 2nd Chamber member, CDA

1940 Nazi occupiers kick Jews out of Dutch air guard

1940 Adriaan J Enschede, dir (Dutch printers Joh Enschede), dies at 50

1940 Dutch Queen Wilhelmina speaks on BBC radio

1940 Dutch army demobilizes

1940 Dutch Premier De Geer begins working with nazis

1940 Nazi's capture General Dutch Persbureau (ANP)

1940 Willem A Bonger, Dutch criminologist (Race and Crime), suicide at 63

1940 Menno ter Braak, Dutch writer (Forum, New Elite), suicide at 38

1940 Dutch Queen Wilhelmina flees to England

1940 Dutch torpedo boat Johan van Galen sinks

1940 Euphemia "Phemia" Molkenboer, Dutch author/poster artist, dies at 56

1940 Sari van Heemskerck Pillis-Duvekot, Dutch MP, VVD

1940 Jan Cremer, Dutch writer/sculptor, I, John Cremer

1940 Dutch prime minister De Geer declares state of siege

1940 Patricia Paay, Dutch singer, You are not hip

1940 Servaes Huys, Dutch MP, PvdA

1940 Jan P. Pronk, Dutch politician, PvdA

1940 Jan Schaefer, Dutch Assistant Secretary of state, PvdA

1940 Louis de Vries, Dutch actor (Merchant of Venice), dies at 68

1940 Theo Laseroms, The Tank, Dutch soccer player, Feyenoord

1940 Johan C Braakensiek, Dutch political cartoonist, dies at 81

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

1940 General Winckelman replaces General Reijnders as Dutch supreme commander

1940 Cor Jongert wins 6th Dutch 11 Cities Skating Race

1940 Flip Buurmeijer, Dutch MP, PvdA

1940 German U-Boot torpedoes Dutch trade ship Arendskerk (Eagle's Church)

1939 Doeke Eisma, sociologist/Dutch MP, D66

1939 Anthony H G Fokker, Dutch airplane builder (Spider), dies at 49

1939 Henrica M L "Wiesje" Backer, Dutch dancer/actress/playwright

1939 Helene ELJ Kroller-Muller, Dutch museum founder, dies at 70

1939 Dirk Klop, Dutch intelligence lt, shot by German Abwehr

1939 Cornelis JK van Aalst, president Dutch Business Society, dies at 73

1939 Piet M Blauw, Dutch MP, VVD

1939 Piet R Stoffelen, Dutch ambassador/MP, PvdA

1939 Cornelis J "Cor" van Ast, Dutch actor and director (Two Boys), dies at 67

1939 Dutch 2nd Chamber affirms Netherlands in a State of War

1939 General Reijnders appointed supreme commander of Dutch army

1939 Ronald [Ronny] A Casseres, minister of Dutch Antilles

1939 Dutch border guards take positions for German invasion

1939 Premier De Geer recalls Dutch vacationers in Black Forest

1939 Wim Meijer, Dutch MP, PvdA

1939 H Onno C R Ruding, director, Amrobank, Dutch Financial minister, CDA

1939 Herman van Keeken, Dutch singer, Daddy don't run so fast

1939 2nd Dutch De Geer government forms (1st with Social Democrats)

1939 5th Dutch government of Colijn falls

1939 5th and last Dutch government of Colijn, forms

1939 Seth Gaaikema, Dutch night club performer

1939 4th Dutch government of Colijn falls

1939 GAI Schuijt, Dutch jurist, information law

1939 Louis Andriessen, Dutch composer, Reconstruction

1939 Gert J. Schutte, Dutch MP, GPV

1939 Rudolphus FM "Ruud" Lubbers, director Dutch/CDA-premier, 1982-94

1939 Pieter van Vollenhoven, husband of Dutch Princess Margriet

1939 Margaretha de Boer, Dutch minister, PvdA

1939 Reinier Lucassen, Dutch painter, Kuifje contra James Union

1939 Wijnie Jabaaij, Dutch MP, PvdA

1939 Colijn's Dutch government opens camp Westerbork for German Jews

1939 Dutch hunter shoots English bombers down

1939 Gerard van Tongeren, Dutch singer, Buffoons

1939 Foppe G Scheltema, Dutch lawyer, dies at 47

1939 Henri W A Deterding, Dutch oil magnate (Royal Oil, Shell), dies at 72

1939 Jacobus M "Jacques" Hamelink, Dutch writer/poet, Cold Unrest

1938 Henricus G Wijmans, Dutch graphic artist

1938 Richard N Roland Holst, Dutch artist/painter, dies at 70

1938 Wibo van de Linde, Dutch TV host/director, Avro

1938 Ralp Inbar, Dutch TV host, Banana Split

1938 Dina Appeldoorn, Dutch pianist/composer, dies at 54

1938 Dutch DC3 crashes at Schiphol, 6 die

1938 H J de Royen, director, Dutch Concertgebouw Orchestra

1938 Pleuni Touw, Dutch actress, Black Rider

1938 Ria Beckers-de Bruijn, Dutch MP, PPR

1938 Ton Regtien, Dutch student leader

1938 Wim Kok, NVV/FNV-chairman/Dutch soc-dem party-premier, 1994-

1938 Dutch Premier Colijn sends radio message "No war coming"

1938 Wilhelmina celebrates 40th anniversary jubilee as Dutch queen

1938 Carry Tefsen, Dutch actress, Say A

1938 L H Perquin, Dutch radio announcer, dies at 73

1938 Bartholomeus "Bart" de Ligt, Dutch anti-militaristic vicar, dies at 55

1938 Chris Hinze, Dutch flutist, Vivat Vivaldi

1938 Joop M Worrell, Dutch MP, PvdA

1938 Wilfried A de Pree, Dutch MP, PvdA, theologist

1938 Christina Bass-Kaiser, 3K Dutch speed skater, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics

1938 Dutch Minister of Justice Goseling calls fugitives of nazi-Germany "undesired strangers"

1938 Dutch writer Maurits Dekker sentenced to 50 days for "offending a friendly head of state" (Hitler)

1938 Willem J T Kloos, Dutch poet/critic (New Guide), dies at 78

1938 Bert de Vries, Dutch minister of Social Affairs, CDA

1938 Frans J van der Heijden, Dutch journal/Dutch MP, CDA

1938 Dick van Niehoff, Dutch vocalist, Fouryo

1938 Marcel P A van Dam, Dutch politician/CEO, VARA Radio/TV

1938 Marlies van Alcmaer, Smal, Dutch actress/director, Bridge too Far

1938 Dutch government starts obligatory unemployment insurance

1938 Aad Kosto, Dutch theologist, actor, Assistant Secretary of Justice

1938 Jasperina de Jong, Dutch cabaret performer, Jan Rao en z'n Maat

1938 Piet Kruiver, Dutch soccer star

1937 Dutch government recognizes Italian king Emanuel III as emperor of Abyssinia

1937 Marco J de Castro, Dutch Antillian politician

1937 Gerard Vissering, banker/president of Dutch Bank, dies at 72

1937 Rob Houwer, Dutch director/producer/actor, OK, Professor Columbus

1937 Jan van Houwelingen, Dutch undersecretary of Defense, CDA

1937 Dutch Minister Romme proclaims married women are forbidden to work

1937 Bas de Gaay Fortman, Dutch MP, PPR

1937 George AA Alting van Geusau, Dutch Minister of war (1918-20), dies at 73

1937 Hedy d'Ancona, Dutch minister of WVC, PvdA

1937 Joop Admiral, Dutch actor and director, You Are My Mother

1937 John Bernard, Dutch TV weatherman

1937 Guido de Moor, Dutch actor, Apart, Because the Cats

1937 Corrie E Moret-de Jong, Dutch MP, CDA

1937 Dutch Django Reinhardts "Quintette, premieres in du Hot Club"

1937 Frouwke J Laning-Boersema, Dutch politician, CDA, 2nd Chamber

1937 Amelia Earhart Putnam, Dutch pilot/1st female to fly Atlantic, dies at 40

1937 Henk van der Meyden, Dutch journalist, de Telegraaf/Prive

1937 Dutch Rail NV at law forms

1937 Sanne Sannes, Dutch photographer

1937 Eric Herfst, Dutch cabaret performer/actor, Floris

1937 Robert O "Rob" van Gennep, Dutch publisher, Guevara, Gorz, Mandel

1937 J Hans van den Doel, economist and Dutch MP, PvdA

1937 Willem Duyn, Mouth, Dutch singer, Mouth and MacNeal

1937 Albert Verwey, Dutch poet/literature historian (Motion), dies at 71

1937 Governer Wouters inaugurates the radio station on the Dutch Antilles

1937 Lodewijk Boer, Dutch violinist and playwright, The Family

1937 Scato Gocko de Vries, Dutch paleographer/librarian, dies at 75

1937 Cocky van Oost, Kommertje van Vliet, Dutch dancer, Sylphides

1937 Gerrit Gerritse, Dutch MP, CDA

1937 Conny Vandenbos, Dutch singer, My rose, my little rose

1937 Haje J Schartman, Dutch MP, CDA

1936 Hans van den Broek, Dutch foreign minister, -1992

1936 Leni van Rijn-Vellekoop, Dutch MP, PvdA

1936 Jaap Stobbe, Dutch actor, Dageraad

1936 K Schippers, Gerard Stigter, Dutch author

1936 Annelien Kappeyne van de Coppello, Dutch politican, VVD

1936 Jan J Slauerhoff, Dutch ship doc/writer (Seaman's Grave), dies at 38

1936 Frits Niessen, Dutch MP, PvdA

1936 Leendert-John Schalm, Dutch banker on Curacao

1936 Dutch 2nd Chamber agree to temporarily increase defense budget

1936 Rudolf W de Korte, Dutch Unilever-director/minister EA, L

1936 Paul Nowee, Dutch western writer, Eagle's Eye

1936 Berend Boudewijn [van der Woude], Dutch TV host/director, Baantjer

1936 Dutch Premier Colijn denies relation with German call-girl

1936 Dutch queen Wilhelmina opens the Waal bridge

1936 Pope Pius XI receives Anton Mussert, Dutch Nazi collaborator

1936 August Willemsen, Dutch poet/translator

1936 Fred Oster, Dutch TV host

1936 Dutch bishops forbid membership of Nazi party

1936 Frederik A Stoett, linguist (Dutch Proverbs), dies at 72

1936 Charles J M Ruys de Beerenbrouck, Dutch Prime Minister 1918 - 1923, 1929 - 1933, dies

1936 Juda Bar-Norwegian, Israeli/Dutch mime/actor, King

1936 A "Bram" Stemerdink, Dutch minister of Defense, PvdA

1936 Daan van Golden, Dutch sculptor

1936 Meindert Leerling, Dutch TV director/MP, RPF

1935 CPH becomes Dutch Communist Party

1935 Bonno Spieker, Dutch 2nd Chamber member, PvdA

1935 Femke Boersma, Dutch actress, Verjaring, Pastorale 1943

1935 Dutch Schultz [Arthur Flegenheimer], U.S. gangster, murdered at 33

1935 Hans Croiset, Dutch theatre director/actor, Witte Waan

1935 Philippine J Aeckerlin, Dutch actress, Oh Venus, Daddy Longlegs

1935 Jules Croiset, Dutch actor, Help, Doctor Verzuipt!

1935 Paul J M Beers, Dutch actor, Mother Courage and Her Children

1935 Paul van Vliet, Dutch cabaret performer

1935 Bob Bouber, Boris Blom, Dutch singer, ZZ and Masks, actor

1935 Hugo Brandt Corstius, Dutch essayist/mathematician

1935 3rd Dutch government of Colijn sworn in

1935 Pieter WA Cort van de Linden, Dutch premier (1913-18), dies at 89

1935 Daniel Plooy, Dutch new testament expert, dies at 58

1935 Dick Dolman, economist/Dutch politician 2nd Chamber

1935 Jan Nijland, cattle breeder/Dutch MP, CDA

1935 Misja Mengelberg, Dutch jazz pianist/composer, Reconstruction

1935 Peter Schat, Dutch opera composer, Labyrint, Houdine, Symposion

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

1935 Pierre Kartner, Father Abraham, Dutch singer, Smurf Song

1935 Dutch Revolutionary Socialist Worker's party (RSAP), forms

1935 Jan Duiker, Dutch architect (Hotel Gooiland), dies at 44

1935 Ineke Haas-Berger, Dutch MP, PvdA

1935 Christine CT "Christel" Adelaar, Dutch actress, Pipo the Clown

1935 300 Dutch ice cream salesmen protest against Italian competition

1934 Rudi Carrell, Rudolf W. Kesselman, Dutch showmaster

1934 Petrus van Doorne, Dutch industrialist

1934 Judith Herzberg, Dutch poet and author, Charlotte Life or Theater

1934 Hans Janmaat, Dutch MP, CD, fascist

1934 Aat Veldhoen, Dutch artist

1934 Pim Jacobs, jazz pianist/Dutch TV host/actor, Gilas

1934 Barend P Tammeling, Dutch journalist, Trouw, Groninger Gezinsbode

1934 Johan H A Schaper, Dutch MP (SDAP), dies

1934 Eric Schneider, Dutch actor, Drop Out, Family, Flanagan

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

1934 Leopold M de Beer, Dutch MP, VVD

1934 Rutger Kopland, Rutger van den Hoofdakker, Dutch poet

1934 Ad G J Lansink, chemist/Dutch 2nd Chamber member, CDA

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

1934 Jaap F. Scherpenhuizen, Dutch MP, VVD

1934 Wim H. Sinnige, Dutch alderman of finance, social democratic

1934 A Emma W T von Waldeck-Pyrmont, Dutch queen, dies at 76

1934 Anthony J Block, lawyer (Dutch strafproces), dies at 66

1934 Riet [M J J] Roosen-van Pelt, Dutch 2nd Chamber member, CDA

1934 Piet Bukman, Dutch minister for Development Aid, CDA

1934 Dutch RC Bishops warn against fascism/nazism

1934 Marinus van der Lubbe, Dutch communist, beheaded in Berlin at 24

1934 Piet Dankert, Dutch politician, PvdA

1934 1st Dutch talkie movie, Jan Teunissen's "Willem of Orange," premieres

1933 Huib Eversdijk, Dutch 2nd chamber member, CDA

1933 Bernard van Beurden, Dutch composer/music educator

1933 Peter Post, Dutch bicyclist, 8x European Champion at Derny-drive

1933 Broos van Erp, Dutch MP, VVD

1933 Dutch parliament accepts ban on uniforms

1933 Tom Vreugdenhil, Dutch MP, CDA

1933 Ramses Shaffy, Dutch cabaret actor, Zaak MP, Liefdesbekentenissen

1933 Joke Smit, Dutch feminist

1933 Rudi van Dantzig, Dutch choreographer/ballet dancer, Painted Birds

1933 The Tjong King, Dutch illustrator of children books, Miep Diekman

1933 Dutch colonial regime in Batavia arrest ir Sukarno

1933 Erwin Nypels, Dutch economist/minister of Housing, D66

1933 1st Dutch live radio concert: Duke Ellington

1933 Aad Nuis, Dutch writer/undersecretary of Education, D66

1933 Henk E. Koning, Dutch sect of Finances, VVD

1933 2nd emergency Dutch government of Colijn forms

1933 Gerrit J M Braks, Dutch minister of agriculture and land and fishing, CDA

1933 Dutch government forbids leftwing radio address

1933 Fritz Bolkestein, Dutch CEO, Shell, and Minister of Defense, VVD

1933 Alexander Schmuller, Russian/Dutch violinist and conductor, dies at 52

1933 Heiko Wierenga, Dutch soc-dem mayor of Enschede, 1977-94

1933 Hannes Postma, Dutch graphic artist

1933 Elisabeth S "Elly" Belder-Ameling, Dutch soprano

1933 Henri[cus A] Viotta, Dutch composer (Handbook of Music), dies at 84

1933 Dutch seaplane bombs Dutch ship

1933 Marinus van der Lubbe passes Dutch/German boundary

1933 Dutch bishops forbid membership in non-catholic unions

1933 Walter Paulis, mineworker/pilot/Dutch MP, CDA

1933 Lucas Lindeboom, Dutch evangelist (Vredebond), dies at 87

1932 Gerard van den Berg, Dutch TV host, Like Father, Like Son

1932 Corry Brokken, Dutch singer

1932 Marten Beinema, Dutch MP, CDA

1932 Carry van Bruggen, de Haan, Dutch author (Eva), dies at 51

1932 Henk Mochel, Dutch TV host, Rondom tien

1932 Harry Lammertink, Yrrah, Dutch cartoonist, Vrij Netherland

1932 Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts Company consultant

1932 Dutch South Seas rebaptized in IJsselmeer

1932 Ali Doelman-Pel, Dutch MP, PvdA

1932 Maria M L "Marijke" Bakker, Dutch actress, Mammaloe-Pipo the Clown

1932 Roosje Vos, Dutch trade union leader, dies at 71

1932 Belgian Chamber rules Dutch language for education of Flanders

1932 Theodorus Heemskerk, lawyer and Dutch Secretary of State1866 - 1888, dies at 79

1932 Philo [Rolf] Bregstein, Dutch writer, Dingen die niet Voorbijgaan

1932 Kees de Galan, Dutch economist

1932 Coen[rad] Flink, Dutch actor, Pastorale 1943, Havinck, Honneponnetje

1932 Han J A Hansen [Jansen], Dutch journalist, King Comes!

1932 Dutch textile strike broken by trade unions

1932 Heere Heeresma, Dutch writer, Han de Wit goes in development aid

1932 Jan de Louter, Dutch lawyer/tutor of Queen Wilhelmina, dies at 84

1932 Hessel Rienks, economist/Dutch 2nd chamber member, PvdA

1932 Dolf Zwerver, Dutch painter

1932 Jan H Christiaanse, president Dutch political party, CDA

1932 Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll, mobster, killed by Dutch Schultz gang

1932 Pieter Brattinga, Dutch graphic artist

1932 Henri Nouwen, Dutch Clergyman

1932 Alain Teister, Dutch sculptor/writer

1932 Henri Stroethoff, Dutch actor (Bright Paradise), dies at 60

1932 Arnfried G D P, Dutch manufacturer, breadcrumbs, drugs dealer

1931 John de Mol, Dutch vocalist/composer/producer

1931 Caroline Kaart, Paterson Raitt, Dutch alto singer

1931 Yvonne Keuls, Bamberg, Dutch writer, Jan Rap and Co

1931 Ellen Blazer, Dutch TV director, Sonja

1931 Evert Cornelis, Dutch conductor/pianist, dies

1931 Jan Terlouw, Dutch MP, D-66, author, Winters in Wartime

1931 Catharina I "Ien" Dales, Dutch Internal minister, 1989-94

1931 1st broadcast of Dutch Radio Peoples University

1931 Pierre Huyskens, Dutch radio host

1931 Henricus AFMO "Hans" van Mierlo, Dutch minister of Defense, D66

1931 Cornelis P van Dijk, Dutch minister of the Interior

1931 Marie WF Treub, Dutch economist/minister of finance, dies at 75

1931 Herman de Vries, Dutch sculptor

1931 Johannes Gruijters, Dutch mayor, D66-Lelystad

1931 Henk Vonhoff, Dutch politician, VVD

1931 F Korthals Altes, Dutch minister of Justice, VVD

1931 Johan Fleerackers, Flemish vice-president of Dutch One

1931 Nel J Ginjaar-Maas, Dutch under-secretary of Education, VVD

1931 Henk Gortzak, Dutch MP, CPN/PSP

1931 Siem Vroom, Dutch actor, The Lift, Bridge Too Far, Mysteries

1931 Piet de Visser, economist/Dutch MP, PvdA

1931 Han Jansen, Dutch painter

1931 Henk Knol, Dutch 2nd chamber member, PvdA

1931 Piet [van] Bambergen, Dutch cabaretier, Mounties, Sherlock Jones

1931 Dirk Schafer, Dutch pianist/composer (Klavier), dies at 57

1931 Andreas "Andries" van Agt, Dutch premier, CDA, 1977-82

1931 Ton Frinking, Dutch MP, CDA

1931 Kees Zolstra, Dutch MP, PvdA

1931 Gerard van Muiden, Dutch MP, CDA

1930 Nico Scheepmaker, Dutch columnist/poet

1930 Tonke Dragt, Dutch children book author, Towers of February

1930 Thijs van Vlijmen, Dutch MP, CDA

1930 Haty Tegelaar-Boonacker, Dutch 2nd chamber member, CDA

1930 Marius J J van Amelsvoort, Dutch undersecretary, CDA

1930 Didericus G van Epen, genealogist/Dutch Patriarch, dies at 62

1930 Ariana CE Amsberg, Dutch publicist/actress, Aside, Sekstant

1930 Andreas JAI Bruggeman, Dutch mayor, Schipluiden/Leiderdorp

1930 Hans Koetsier, Dutch sculptor, KLM-Schiphol

1930 Dieuwke Y W de Graaff-Nauta, Dutch undersecretary of the Interior

1930 Pieter Jelles Troelstra, Dutch SDAP leader, dies at 70

1930 Christine [Elizabeth C] Poolman, Dutch actress (Mother), dies at 79

1930 Lou A de Graaf, Dutch Assistant Secretary of Social Affairs, VDA

1930 Bob den Uyl, Dutch journalist and writer, Bird Watching

1930 Harrie J. B. Aarts, Dutch 2nd chamber member, CDA

1930 Jan van Noor, Dutch 2nd Chamber member, CDA

1930 Jacobus van Looy, Dutch writer/painter (Night Cactus), dies at 74

1930 JPS van Neerven, Dutch economist/editor, Limbourg Daily

1930 Godfried CE van Daalen, Dutch general/governor of Atjeh, dies at 66

1930 Edward W. Buck, Dutch/US editor (Ladies Home Journal), dies at 66

1929 Mies Bouman, Dutch TV hostess, Open the Village

1929 Bob Bouma, Dutch TV host, For a Postcard in the Front Row

1929 Herman T M Lauxtermann, Dutch 2nd chamber member, VVD

1929 Jaap Boersma, Dutch minister for Social Affairs, ARP

1929 Theo Bruins, Dutch pianist/composer, Sei Studii

1929 Pieter A H Bos, Dutch lawyer/attorney general on Aruba

1929 Steef C Weijers, Dutch MP, CDA

1929 Ottmar MA Fraai, Curacaos/Dutch tenor

1929 Peter J Blok, Dutch historian, dies at 74

1929 John Metzelaar, Dutch/US writer (Report on the Fishes), dies at 37

1929 Sara Amsel, Indon/Dutch actress/wife of Carel van Hoisted, dies at 58

1929 Ad J Hermes, Dutch MP, KVP/CDA

1929 Aletta Henriette Jacobs, 1st Dutch female doctor/feminist, dies at 75

1929 Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck forms Dutch government

1929 Remco [Wouter] Campert, Dutch literary/poet/son of Jan Campert

1929 Venezuelan rebel Urbina lets Dutch/Curacaose hostages free

1929 Margaret Bondfield becomes 1st Dutch female minister (of Labor)

1929 V N M Korte-van Hemel, Dutch Secretary of Justice, CDA

1929 Hendrik L van Beek, Dutch Vice-Admiral

1929 Frans H J J Andriessen, Dutch MP, KVP/CDA

1929 Gerrit den Braber, Dutch composer/producer

1929 Eduard W. "Ed" Bauer, Eddy Evers, Dutch actor, Bluejackets

1929 Karst Leemburg wins Dutch 11 cities skate (11:30)

1929 Cornelis W. Lely, Dutch Governor of Suriname (1902-05), dies at 74

1929 Wim Bary, Dutch actor/theater director, Nice Boys

1929 Erich Wichmann, Dutch fascist painter/sculptor, dies at 38

1928 Johan B. W. Polak, Dutch publisher/publicist, Bloom of Decadence

1928 Wim Bosboom, Dutch radio/TV host

1928 Wim van Heumen, coach of Dutch field hockey team

1928 Willem de Kwaadsteniet, lawyer/Dutch MP, CDA

1928 Ankie [Johanna A Hoving-]Peypers, Dutch author and poet

1928 Willem Duys, Dutch radio/TV host

1928 Alphonse MAJ Ariens, Dutch RC pastor/social worker, dies at 68

1928 Simon Vinkenoog, Dutch writer

1928 Gerard van Leijenhorst, Dutch undersecretary of the Interior, CDA

1928 Okke Jager, Dutch theologist/writer/poet

1928 Dimitri Frenkel Frank, Dutch writer and director, Hadimassa

1928 Jan [Jean] T Toorop, Dutch graphic artist (3 Brides), dies at 69

1928 Marinus Peijnenburg, Dutch politician

1928 Kees [Cornelis] Broekman, Dutch speed skater 1952 Olympics silver

1927 Jacobus G Rietkerk, Dutch internal minister, VVD, 1982-86

1927 Arthur Wichmann, German/Dutch geologist (New-Guinea), dies

1927 Jean-Louis Pisuisse, Dutch performer (governess), assassinated at 47

1927 Willem Einthoven, Dutch physiologist (Nobel-1924), dies at 67

1927 Ina Muller-van Ast, Dutch MP, PvdA

1927 Dick Bruna, Dutch illustrator

1927 Len Rempt-Halmmans de Jongh, Dutch MP, VVD

1927 Karl I Pelgrom, Dutch sculptor

1927 Hein Donner, Dutch chess master

1927 Theo van Tijn, Dutch marxist/social-historian

1927 Dick Hillenius, Dutch biologist/writer

1927 Jan Blokker, Dutch writer/journalist, VPRO, People's Newspaper

1927 Princess Juliana gets seat in Dutch Council of State

1927 Dutch 1st Chamber condemns Belgian and Netherlands Wielingen Treaty

1927 Joop F. Wolff, Dutch editor, Truth, Dutch politician, CPN

1927 Charles Sickman Corsen, Dutch Antillean poet

1927 Harry Wich, Dutch set designer

1927 Daniel F Scheurleer, Dutch musicologist/banker, dies at 71

1927 Floris H Verster, Dutch painter/cartoonist/etcher, dies at 65

1927 August(us) Alleb, Dutch painter/lithograph, dies at 88

1926 Jan Six, Dutch art historian/collector, dies

1926 Ton de Leeuw, Dutch composer

1926 Leo Derksen, Dutch journalist, Telegraph/Sunday Newspaper

1926 Louis H Chrispijn, Dutch actor and director (Krates), dies at 72

1926 Jan A de Jonge, Dutch historian

1926 Dutch Queen Wilhelmina opens Royal Colonial Institution

1926 David Lobo, Dutch actor, dies in railway accident

1926 Greta Lobo-Braakensiek, Dutch actress in railway accident

1926 Michiel de Ruyter, Dutch jazz historian, Mister Jazz

1926 Haya van Someren-Downer, 2nd Member of parliament, Dutch Lib Party

1926 Willem Oltmans, Dutch journalist, Outlawed, Free as a Bird

1926 Dutch Communist Party expels David Wijnkoop

1926 Dutch Catholic Radio Broadcast (KRO) forms

1926 Johannes Rood, Dutch immunologist, Eurotransplant

1926 ACD de Graeff appointed Governor-General of Dutch East-Indies

1926 Dutch Calvinists oust Reverend J G Geelkerken over Genesis 3

1926 Gerrit A. Kooy, Dutch sociologist, Apartheid and work in South Africa

1926 Hans Andreus, Johan W van der Zant, Dutch poet, Animal Language

1926 Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist (Nobel 1913), dies at 72

1926 Elisabeth M J "Elly" Bakker, Dutch actress, The Miser

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

1925 Wilhelmina E Drucker, Lensing, Dutch feminist, dies at 78

1925 1st radio-broadcast of Dutch KRO (Catholic Radio Broadcast)

1925 Simon van der Meer, Dutch Physicist

1925 Jurriaan Andriessen, Leslie Cool, Dutch pianist/composer

1925 Inez van Dullemen, Dutch author

1925 Night of Kersten - Colijn Dutch government falls by SGP-amendement

1925 Daniel Josephus Jitta, lawyer/Dutch state advisor, dies at 71

1925 Antonius J Derkinderen, Dutch painter/etcher, dies at 65

1925 Wim Keja, Dutch MP, VVD

1925 Jan Wolkers, Dutch sculptor/novelist, Brief American

1925 Wim van Gennep, Dutch singer/keyboardist, Heikrekels

1925 Fons Jansen, news reader/Dutch cabaretier, court jester of beliefs

1925 M L de Braauw, Dutch minister, DS'70

1925 Cor Witschge, Dutch actor, Pipo the Clown

1925 1st Dutch Colijn government forms

1925 Huub H Jacobse, member of Dutch 2nd chamber, Liberal

1925 Jan P Veth, Dutch painter/lithographer/art historian, dies at 61

1925 Pieternella "Nel" van Arem, Dutch actress, Sea Gull

1925 Ab Abspoel, Dutch actor and director, Surprise Attack, Elevator

1925 Pastor LH Perquin forms Union of Catholic Dutch Radio (KRO) forms

1925 Pieter D van Essen, Dutch artillery officer, dies at 54

1925 Erna Spoorenberg, Dutch singer

1925 Sef Imkamp, Dutch politician

1925 Petrus Steenkamp, Dutch politician, KVP/CDA

1925 Dutch Socialists demand drastic disarmament

1925 Richard AFM Auwerda, Dutch journalist/writer

1925 Fritz Behrendt, German/Dutch cartoon character, The Slogan

1925 Jan Arends, Dutch poet/author

1925 Marius Constant, Rumania, Dutch composer and conductor, Paradise Lost

1925 Joop C Swart, Dutch publisher/founder, World Press Photo

1925 Jaap Eden, Dutch World champion bicyclist/speed skating, dies at 51

1925 Roepie Kruize, Dutch field hockey player, Olympic-Bronze-48/Silver-52

1925 Annie Delorie, Dutch opera singer, Scenes and Arias

1924 Wouter Eijkelemboom, Dutch architect, Holy-hospital, Vlaardingen

1924 Willem Drees, economist/Dutch politician, DS'70

1924 Rita Reys, Dutch jazz singer

1924 Dutch and Hungary trade treaty signed

1924 Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer (Gisbertus of Aemstel), dies at 70

1924 Kees Otten, Dutch flutist

1924 1st Dutch airplane (Fokker's F-7) reaches Batavia (Java)

1924 Lucas J "Luc" Lutz, Dutch actor and director, Hague Comedy

1924 Joep J P de Boer, Dutch MP, CDA

1924 Dutch Christian Radio Society (NCRV) forms

1924 Piet J A van der Sanden, Dutch MP, CDA

1924 KLM Fokker's F7 H-NACC departs to Dutch East Indies

1924 Lucebert, Dutch poet/painter/cartoonist, Boozz, PC Hooft prize 1967

1924 Jacob P Vis, Dutch founder (NV Royal Salt Industries), dies at 66

1924 Max van der Stoel, Dutch Foreign minister, PvdA

1924 Hans Lodeizen, Johannes A Frederik, Dutch poet, Inner Self

1924 Sybren Polet, Sijbe Minnema, Dutch writer/poet, Mannekino

1924 Johannes B van Heutsz, Governor-General of Dutch Indies (1904-09), dies at 73

1924 Jacob Israel de Haan, Dutch poet and writer (Pypelyntjes), dies at 42

1924 Henk van Stipriaan, Dutch radio host

1924 NCRV, Dutch Christian Radio Society, forms

1924 Henk J Hoekstra, president, Dutch Communist Party

1924 Alexander F de Savornin Lohmann, Jr., Dutch minister (CHU), dies at 87

1924 Gerard Wernars, Dutch graphic designer, Library stamps 1991

1924 Aafje Heynis, Dutch singer

1924 Mart Kempers, Dutch graphic artist and sculptor

1924 Jules de Corte, blind Dutch ballad singer

1924 Albert TLCA Vogel, Dutch elocutionist

1924 Hans Berghuis, Dutch author and poet, 3 Women, Adam

1924 Simon Abramsz, Dutch writer (Artist book), dies at 56

1924 Dutch Blast Furnace and Steel Factory opens

1924 3rd Dutch government Ruijs de Beerenbrouck forms

1923 Lotti [Charlotte] van der Gaag, Dutch sculptor/painter

1923 Gerard K "Simon" van het Reve, Dutch writer (Evenings)

1923 Gerard K "Simon" van het Reve, Dutch writer, Evenings, Dear Guys

1923 Leonardus S van Egeraat, Dutch travel expert

1923 Fred van der Spek, Dutch 2nd chamber member, PSP

1923 Dutch Catholic minority government of Wilhelm Marx forms

1923 Jaap van Meekren, Dutch TV host, AVRO/RTL4

1923 Dutch 2nd Chamber rejects Fleet laws (50-49 vote)

1923 Suzanne Perlman, Hungarian/Dutch Antilian painter

1923 Servaas "Faas" Wilkes, Dutch soccer star, Xerxes/Fortuna/Inter Milan

1923 Theo H Joekes, journalist/Dutch MP, VVD

1923 Serafina K "Sera" Anstadt, Polish/Dutch actress/author

1923 Reinier Braams, Dutch biophysicist/MP, VVD

1923 Jacob T Cremer, President (Dutch Handel-Mij), dies at 76

1923 Dutch AR-leader Coair replaces De Geer as minister of finances

1923 Dutch Premier de Geer resigns

1923 Gerrit Kouwenaar, Dutch literary

1923 Hendrik Pierson, Dutch theologist (H Pierson Foundation), dies at 89

1923 Henny Alma, Hendrika den Broek, Dutch actress, Soldier of Orange

1923 Marcus Bakker, Dutch MP, CPN

1923 Herman Krebbers, Dutch violist/concert master

1923 Cooperation of Dutch Molen forms

1923 Christina Spierenburg, Dutch singer

1923 Andrea Domburg, Dutch actress, Theo d'Or Prize, Keetje Tippel

1923 Manon H E Alving, Dutch actress, Short American

1923 Jacob "Jaap" Firet, Dutch theologist, Agogisch Moment

1923 Wim Van Est, Locomotief/Pletmolen, Dutch cyclist

1923 Cor N van Dis, Jr., Dutch MP, SGP, 1971-94

1923 Belgian Senate rejects Dutch University in Ghent

1923 Ad[rianus C] de Besten, Dutch literary, River Basin

1923 Morschi Mirando, Thomas Weiss, German/Dutch gypsy artist

1923 Juan M G "Wancho" Evertsz, premier of Dutch Antilles, NVP, 1973-77

1923 Johannes S van der Waals, Dutch physicist (Nobel 1910), dies at 85

1923 Demonstration against a Dutch University in Ghent

1923 1st radio telegraph message from Netherlands to Dutch East Indies

1923 Onno Molenkamp, Dutch actor, Lifespan, Broken Mirrors, The Lift

1923 Willem Aantjes, Dutch politicial leader, CDA

1923 1st Dutch Dada-evening (Theo Van Doesburg and Kurt Schwitters)

1922 Dutch Constitution proclaimed

1922 Belgian parliament rejects Dutch university in Ghent

1922 Samuel Muller Fzn, Dutch historian/archivist, dies

1922 Paul Acket, Dutch publisher/organizer, Music Express, North Sea Jazz

1922 Demonstration for a Dutch University in Ghent

1922 Queen Wilhelmina opens Dutch Historical Maritime museum in Amsterdam

1922 Dutch 2nd Chamber votes for child labor laws

1922 Ton Lensink, Dutch actor, Rituelen

1922 Reina Prinsen Geerligs, Leentje Vandendriesch, Dutch antifascist

1922 Queen Wilhelmina's takes Dutch throne with 119 word speech

1922 Ronnie Potsdammer, Dutch singer/song writer/programmer

1922 Andre Kloos, Dutch trade union leader, NVV/VARA

1922 [Wilhel]Mina JPR Kruseman, Dutch author/feminist, dies at 82

1922 Miroslav "Standa" Bares, Czechoslovakian/Dutch actor and director, Billy Budd

1922 Cornelis A Pekelharing, Dutch histologist, dies on 74th birthday

1922 Dutch auto/airplane manufacturer Trompenburg declares bankruptcy

1922 Women 1st vote in Dutch elections, Christian parties win

1922 Corneille [Cornelis G of Beverloo], Dutch painter, Africa, Antilles

1922 Aadje [Alida WM] Lyre, Dutch twin daughter of Prince Hendrik

1922 Rietje [Maria SC] Lyre, Dutch twin daughter of Prince Hendrik

1922 Johannes C Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer, dies at 71

1922 Dutch 2nd Chamber agrees to 48 hour work week (was 45 hours)

1922 Thom Kelling, Dutch singer and guitarist, Programa de Manha

1922 Paul van 't Veer, Dutch journalist and writer, Het Vrije Volk

1922 Clara [G Meijer-]Wichmann, German/Dutch anarchist/feminist, dies at 36

1922 Gerardus J P Bolland, Dutch philosopher (Bolland Society), dies at 67

1922 Jean P Vroom, Dutch sculptor

1921 Eddy Doorenbos, Dutch vocalist/pianist/guitarist

1921 Hans G Kresse, Dutch cartoonist, Eric the Viking

1921 Hein J Roethof, lawyer/Dutch MP, PvdA

1921 Fre Meis, Dutch MP, Communist

1921 Tom Manders, Dutch cabaret artist, Dorus

1921 Hans Warren, Dutch writer, poet and critic, Secret Diary

1921 "Boy" Trip, Dutch minister

1921 Willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch writer, Mandarins on Sulfuric Acid

1921 Georg G Lampe, Dutch painter/director, Free Academy

1921 Jacob J Hage, Dutch farmer/WW II resistance fighter

1921 G M J Veldkamp, Dutch politician, CDA

1921 Herman Berserik, Dutch painter/graphic artist

1921 Karel van het Reve, Dutch Slavist, Comrade's Religion

1921 Sonja Oosterman, Dutch singer, Marketensters

1921 John van Kesteren, Dutch tenor, Komische Oper, West-Berlin

1921 Cornelis de Jager, Dutch astronomer, Sun

1921 Alphonsus J M Diepenbrock, Dutch composer (Missa), dies at 58

1921 Max de Metz, Dutch publisher and translator

1921 Piet Kraak, Dutch soccer player

1921 Henk van Galen Last, Dutch journalist

1921 Willem P C Knuttel, Dutch bibliography/librarian, dies at 67

1921 Charles Gaupp, German/Dutch painter

1920 Albert Roelofs, Dutch painter/etcher, dies at 43

1920 Aad de Haas, Dutch religious painter/graphic artist/cartoonist

1920 Frits Noske, Dutch musicologist, Signifier and the Signified

1920 Abe Lenstra, Dutch soccer star

1920 Max Tripels, attorney/Dutch MP

1920 Herman Nieland, Dutch organist/pianist/composer, Te Deum Laudamus

1920 Abraham Kuyper, clergyman/Dutch premier (AR 1908-12), dies at 83

1920 Robert Feenstra, Dutch law historian

1920 Dutch law provides for an 8 hour working day

1920 Jan W. Schulte Nordholt, Dutch poet and historian, Blossoming Stone

1920 Egbert van Paridon, Dutch actor and director, Assault

1920 Margaretha D Ferguson-Wigerink, Dutch author, Anna and her Father

1920 Jef Diederen, Dutch painter

1920 Dutch 2nd Chamber accept Anti-revolution law

1920 1st flight by Dutch airlines KLM (Koninklijke-Luchtvaart-Maatschappij)

1920 Leen 't Hart, Dutch organist/composer

1920 Kees Scherer, Dutch photographer, World Press Photo

1920 Barend Biesheuvel, Dutch premier, 1971-73

1920 Marga [Sara Voeten-] Minco, Dutch writer, Bitter Herb

1920 Johan G Danser, Dutch poet (Meetings), dies at 26

1920 Armin Schibler, Dutch Swiss composer, Devil in the Winter Palace

1920 Dutch refuse to turn over ex-kaiser Wilhelm I of Germany to allies

1920 Dutch 2nd Chamber passes school laws

1920 Bertus de Harder, Dutch soccer star, Bordeaux

1920 Elisabeth Andersen, Anna de Bruyn, Dutch actress, Yerma, Titania

1919 Pieter Terpstra, Dutch journalist and writer, De dei is forroun/Havank-T

1919 Theodoor H de Meester, Dutch lib premier (1905-08), dies at 68

1919 Manke Nelis, Cornelis Pieters, Dutch folk vocalist, Small Yodel Boy

1919 Jan Elburg, Joannes G, Dutch poet, Through the Night

1919 1st Dutch radio program: Soiree Musicale with "Turf in you(r) ransel"

1919 Ir Steringa Idzerda begins hosting "soiree-musical" on Dutch radio

1919 Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts female suffrage

1919 Dutch Ruether beats Giants 4-3 to clinch Cincinnati 1st NL pennant

1919 Lex van Delden, Dutch composer/writer

1919 "Drs P" [Heinz H Polzer], Swiss/Dutch songwriter/singer

1919 Joop [Johannes] den Uyl, Dutch Premier, PVDA, 1973 - 1977

1919 Dutch 2nd chamber approves 8-hour day/No Sunday work

1919 Dutch 1st Chamber approves woman suffrage

1919 Johan A Der Mouw, Dutch philosopher/poet, dies at 56

1919 Ronald Hines, Dutch/British actor, Pack of Lies

1919 Antonius C "Ton" Lutz, Dutch actor and director, Lucifer

1919 Max Dendermonde, Henk Hazelhoff, Dutch literary

1919 Dutch 2nd Chamber accord for equal Christian-public education

1919 Maarten Vrolijk, Dutch soc-dem party minister, CRM 1965-66

1919 Enny Vrede, Maria M Muller, Dutch actress, drowns at 35

1919 Antoon J. Hubben, Dutch mayor and trade union leader

1919 Simon van Collem, Dutch journalist and TV host, Amsterdamned

1919 Cornelis Berkhouwer, Member of 2nd chamber, Dutch Liberal Party

1919 Dutch steel workers strike for 8 hour day and minimum wages

1919 F de Jong Edz, Dutch historian

1919 Pieter K Pel, Dutch internist (Pel-Ebstein fever), dies at 66

1919 Frank van Klingeren, Dutch architect, De Meerpaal, Dronten

1919 Dutch Soccer team OSV forms

1919 Bernard Drukker, Dutch organist/pianist/orchestra leader, Devil's Wheel

1918 Red Sox trade Dutch Leonard, Ernie Shore and Duffy Lewis to Yankees for Ray Caldwell and Slim Love, Frank Gilhooey, Al Walters and $15,000

1918 Dutch SDAP leader Troelstra announces revolution

1918 Willem J "Molly" Geertsema, Dutch liberal/interior minister

1918 Humphrey van Loo, Dutch news director, ANP/Reuter

1918 Royal Dutch Blast furnace and Steel factory opens in Hague

1918 Dutch government of Ruijs de Beerenbrouck forms

1918 Jhr Ch Ruys de Beerenbrouck becomes 1st Dutch Catholic premier

1918 Guus [August CM] Hermus, Dutch actor, Jantjes, Soldaat van Oranje

1918 Cees Buddingh', Dutch poet/writer/interpreter

1918 Albert P Hahn, Dutch political cartoonist (Het Volk), dies at 41

1918 Pim [Albrecht W] Lyre, Dutch lawyer/son of prince Henry

1918 Dutch government reclaims South seas

1918 Bert [Lambertus H] Voeten, Dutch journalist/poet, Crossing

1918 SDAP'er Suze Groenweg elected 1st woman in Dutch parliament

1918 Bert Schierbeek, Lambertus, Dutch writer/poet, Cross Roads

1918 Boston Red Sox Dutch Leonard's 2nd no-hitter beats Tigers, 5-0

1918 Andreas Donner, Dutch state leader

1918 Rob de Vries, Dutch WW II resistance fighter/dir/actor, Ciske de Rat

1918 Irene Vorrink, Dutch minister, health and environment

1918 Abraham Pais, Dutch Scientist

1918 Peter Aryans, PCJ Vander, Dutch radio actor, Shoot Out

1918 Willem H de Beaufort, Dutch historian/liberal politician, dies at 73

1918 D Arendo, Arend Honhoff, Dutch pianist/composer, Eleonora

1918 Wilhelmus M J Russell, Dutch attorney/Member of 1st chamber, KVP/CDA

1918 Aldo E van Eyck, Dutch architect, City Hall

1918 Australians chase Turkish troop out of Jericho, Dutch Palestine

1918 Hella [S Lelyveld-]Haasse, Dutch author, Cider for Poor People

1918 Caspar MB "Cas" Baas, Dutch actor/playwright/director, Ciske the Rat

1918 Willy den Ouden, Dutch swimmer, WR 100m, 1:04.06

1917 Dutch Social-democratic trade union NVV counts 159,450 members

1917 Kees Schilperoort, Dutch radio/TV host

1917 Rita Corita, Dutch singer

1917 Sem Presser, Dutch press photographer

1917 Pam Henningen, Cornelia CP Ingenegeren, Indonesian/Dutch dancer

1917 Efrain Jonckheer, premier Dutch Antilles

1917 Mata Hari, Dutch dancer/German spy, executed by firing squad in Paris

1917 Hans Bentz van den Berg, Dutch actor, Last Train

1917 Albert de Klerk, Dutch composer and conductor

1917 Christian Geel, Dutch poet/sculptor/artist

1917 Dutch Naval Air Force forms (MLD)

1917 Johan H C Kern, Dutch linguist (Sanskreet), dies at 84

1917 Pierre Dubois, Dutch literary

1917 Willem "Wim" Sonneveld, Dutch singer and actor, My Fair Lady

1917 Dutch 2nd Chamber okays 1908 conscription draft

1917 Andre A Rieu, Dutch conductor

1917 Joop Waasdorp, Dutch writer, Naked Life

1917 Johnny Hoes, Dutch musician/producer, Wished I'd stayed with my Mom

1917 A Marja, ATE Mooy, Dutch literary, Shreds on the River

1917 Ferdinand von Zeppelin, Dutch count/air pioneer, dies at 78

1917 J. A. Mommersteeg, Dutch assistant secretary of Defense, KVP

1917 Asta E R Elstak, Suriname/Dutch social worker

1917 German Navy torpedoes 7 Dutch ships

1917 Victor G M Marijnen, Dutch premier, 1963-65

1917 Charles A van Ophuysen, Dutch orientalist, dies at 60

1917 Hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician, dies at 70

1917 Guillermo Rosario, Dutch Antilles, writer, E rais ku no ke muri

1916 Adriaan van der Veen, Dutch writer, Sister at Sea

1916 Antoine G T "Toon" Hermans, Dutch entertainer/poet, Kolderliedjes

1916 Theo Bitter, Dutch painter/set designer

1916 Cecilia P J "Cilly" Bach, Dutch/US/Spanish actress, In Pyama

1916 Ferdinand AM van der Ham, Dutch WW II resistance fighter

1916 Bob de Lange, Jacob Bernard, Dutch actor and director, Daniel

1916 Dutch women demonstrate for female suffrage

1916 David Hollestelle, Dutch baritone, Great-Broadcast chorus

1916 Boston's Dutch Leonard no-hits St. Louis Browns, 4-0

1916 Leo Horn, Dutch soccer referee/columnist/businessman

1916 Robert van Spaendonk, Dutch resistance fighter

1916 Ko van Dijk, Jr., Dutch actor, Zaak M P

1916 Isaac [Ietje] A Diepenhorst, Dutch lawyer/minister of Education

1916 Aritius S Talma, Dutch minister of Agriculture, dies at 52

1916 Dirk Bos, Dutch MP (Liberal), dies at 53

1916 Dutch government ends all miltary engagements

1916 Josephine van Gasteren, Dutch actress/director, Bluejackets

1916 Victor de Stuers, Dutch art expert, dies at 72

1916 University of Gent goes under Dutch control

1916 Anne Vondeling, Dutch politician, PvdA

1916 Jeltje de Bosch Kemper, Dutch feminist, dies at 79

1916 [Gerard] Jan Ligthart, Dutch educator (Ot and Sien), dies at 57

1916 Dutch Girl Guides form

1916 Ciro D Crown, premier of Dutch Antilles, 1968-69

1916 Dutch South Sea dike cracks

1916 Gerrit Schulte, Le Fou Pedalant, Dutch 6 day bicyclist

1915 John P. W. Meefout, Dutch sculptor, Laying Woman

1915 Gerrit Jan van Heek, Dutch textile manufacturer/politician, dies at 78

1915 Hans [Henri A] Gomperts, Dutch literature, Duck on Attic

1915 Caro van Eyck, Gerarda JE Taytelbaum, Dutch actress, Medea

1915 Herbert Joeks, Herbert J van Hugten, Dutch actor, Snip and Snap, Pipo

1915 Thos Mauve, Dutch painter/wood engraver

1915 Harry van Doorn, Henri W, CRM minister/Dutch politician, KVP/PPR

1915 Koos Schuur, Dutch journalist/poet, 7 Curses

1915 Dutch Opera's 1st performance

1915 Conrad T van Deventer, Dutch jurist/MP (liberal), dies at 57

1915 Guus [August] Oster, Dutch actor and director, Carre

1915 Liesbeth Saijers, Dutch sculptor

1915 Gre Brouwenstijn, Dutch singer

1915 Alma Gardeslan, Surinamese/Dutch folklorist

1915 Sal Santen, Dutch writer

1915 Dutch accidents at sea law enforced

1915 Dutch SDAP demonstrates against conscription

1915 Johannes P Kelly, Kellij, Dutch actor/operetta writer, dies at 60

1915 Dany [Daniel S] Tuijnman, head of Dutch traffic and water

1915 Dutch merchant Navy ship Katwijk sunk by Germany torpedo

1915 Leo Vroman, Dutch/U.S. poet and biologist

1915 Sergei J Witte, Dutch count/premier of Russia, dies at 65

1915 Petrus de Jong, Dutch premier, KVP, 1967-71

1915 Elisabeth Eybers, South Afr/Dutch poet, That Woman and Other Verses

1915 Haakon Stotijn, Dutch oboist, VARA Orchestra, Orkestgebouw Orch

1915 Derk Roemers, Dutch politician, Soc-Dem

1915 Evert Werkman, Dutch journalist, Het Parool

1915 Herman Musaph, Dutch psychiatrist/sexologist/founder, NVSH

1914 Guus Verstraete Sr, August de Graef, Dutch actor/dir, Black Magic

1914 Eduard Jacobs, Dutch cabaret artist, dies at 47

1914 Dutch Overseas Trustmaatschappij (NOT) forms

1914 Elise Hoomans, Dutch director/actress, Jane Eyre

1914 Florentine Rost van Tonningen-Heubel, Dutch black widow/Nazi

1914 Edward "Henricus" Schillebeeckx, Dutch theologist

1914 Henri J de Koster, Dutch Minister of Defense, 1971-73

1914 Marius Hendrikus Flothuis, Dutch composer/author, Mozart biography

1914 Nel Rose, Dutch dance teacher

1914 Hein J M Jordans, Dutch conductor

1914 [Hendrik] Jan Bakker, Dutch resistance fighter/journalist, Parool

1914 Joseph M "Joop" Lucker, Dutch journalist/editor in chief, Volkskrant

1914 Dutch Cort Van de Linden government issues silver bonds as money

1914 Jozef MLT Cals, Dutch premier, KVP, Mammoth Law

1914 Jacob Soetendorp, Dutch rabbi

1914 Charles Urbanus, Dutch baseball player

1914 Alexander Pola, Dutch actor and writer, Farce Major

1914 Cees [Cornelis A B] Bantzinger, Dutch cartoonist/illustrator

1914 Hendrik Berkhof, Dutch theologist, Church and Emperor

1914 Bertus Aafjes, Dutch poet/writer

1914 Jan de Hartog, Dutch/English writer, Holland's Glory

1914 Henk Lankhorst, pacifist/Dutch MP, PSP

1914 Dutch Minister of war H Colijn named director of British Petroleum

1914 Hermanus P "Piet" Mulder, Dutch journalist, Parool/VARA

1914 Willem J H Baart, Dutch vicar, Cuentanan di Nanzi

1914 French Duynstee, Dutch constitutional lawyer

1914 J Albert Neuhuys, Dutch painter (Hague School), dies at 69

1914 Cornelis "Kees" Andrea, Dutch painter/graphic artist/carpet designer

1914 600 Dutch textile workers go on strike

1914 Bernardus H Heldt, Dutch MP, dies at 72

1913 Leo A. Ketelaars, Dutch oratorio vocalist

1913 Rick Schagen, Dutch actress, Saartje-Swiebertje

1913 Simon Carmiggelt, Dutch journalist, Het Parool, Kinks

1913 1000s of women demonstrate for Dutch female suffrage

1913 Willem C L "Wim" van der Grinten, Dutch lawyer/undersec of Economy

1913 Connie Stuart, Cornelia van Meygard, Dutch cabaret performer

1913 Michiel P Gorsira, 1st Dutch Antillean in charge of Curaeao, 1951-67

1913 Pieter Cort Van de Linden forms Dutch government

1913 Cees de Lange, Dutch conferencier

1913 Nelly Aenders, Petronella Meyer, Dutch actress, Spanish Fly

1913 Jan Slot, Dutch mayor, Eethen/Hardenberg/Ede

1913 Dutch Parliamentary election (confess party looses majority)

1913 Max van Praag, Dutch singer

1913 Alida Margaretha Bosshardt, Lt-colonel of Dutch Salvation Army

1913 Dutch Disability laws go into effect

1913 Dutch 1st Chamber accepts Health laws

1913 Andrea C Bensddorp, Dutch/South African actress, Commensaal

1913 Everhard van Royen, Dutch flautist/founder, Alma musica

1913 Lex Goudsmit, Dutch actor, Fiddler on the Roof

1913 Ger[ar]da Brautigam, journalist/Dutch 2nd Chamber, PvdA

1913 Godfried [Jan Arnold] Bomans, Dutch humorist and writer, Pieter Bas

1913 Josephine F "Fietje" van Anrooy, Dutch actress/director

1913 Ab [Albert] Visser, Dutch poet and writer, Man Without a Head

1913 Edmond R H Regout, Dutch industrialist/politician, dies at 49

1912 Herman W. Filarski, Dutch bridge journalist

1912 Rien van Nunen, Dutch actor, Spuit Elf

1912 Gerrit Brinkman becomes 1st Dutch traffic officer

1912 Constant Stotijn, Dutch oboist, Residence Orchestra

1912 Bernard Delfgaauw, Dutch philosopher, Johnson murderer!

1912 Jaap Meijer, Saul van Messel, Dutch historian/rabbi in Paramaribo

1912 John de Mol, Dutch accordianist/producer, Baantjer, Pril Geluk

1912 Gerben Wagenaar, resistance fighter/Dutch Communist MP

1912 Dutch Olympian Committee forms (NOC)

1912 Reinoud Anders, Dutch actor, Hamlet

1912 Edgar Fernhout, Dutch painter/son of Charley Toorop

1912 Jan Peeters, Dutch water colors painter/monumental artist

1912 Metten Koornstra, Dutch painter/graphic artist

1912 Herman Strategier, Dutch organist/ composer and conductor

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

1912 Lawrence Alma Tadema, Dutch/British painter, dies at 76

1912 J Tibor de Powerula, de Abrahamfalva, Hungarian/Dutch cellist

1912 Tibor de Machula, Hungarian/Dutch cellist

1912 Adriaan Morrien, Dutch literary, An Untidy Man

1912 John B M R "John" Hanlo, Dutch poet, Go to the Mosque

1912 Hendrik Koekoek, Dutch MP, Farmers Party

1912 Maurits Binger establishes 2 Dutch movie companies

1912 Feike P. Asma, Dutch organist

1912 Piet van Egmond, Dutch organist/conductor, Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

1912 Addeke H Boerma, Dutch dir-gen, FAO

1912 Bert Bakker, Dutch publisher, Free Netherlands

1912 Bob Tadema Sporry, Dutch, female, author

1912 2nd Dutch 11 city skate (Coen de Koenig wins (11:40)

1912 Ank van der Moer, actress, Verkade, Dutch Comedy

1912 Jean G H "Sjeng" Tans, Dutch soc dem chairman, 1965-69

1912 Rudolf G Escher, Dutch composer, True Face of Peace

1911 Wim van Nuland, Willem C Mohlmann, Dutch priest/writer, Doorstep

1911 Harriet Freezer, Dutch journalist/author

1911 Beatrix van Rijk becomes 1st licensed Dutch woman pilot

1911 United Dutch Diamond workers get 8-hour day

1911 Louis Pincoffs, businessman/Dutch politician 1st-Chamber, dies

1911 Marinus Ruppert, Dutch chairman, CNV, trade union leader

1911 Petrus H Hugenholtz, Dutch reformist vicar (Levenslicht), dies at 79

1911 Karel G. Bakker, Dutch actor, Lady Windermere's Fan

1911 J de Graaf, Dutch ethicist/president, Church and Peace

1911 Wilhelm F de Gaay Fortman, Dutch lawyer/foreign minister

1911 Jacob Fresco, Dutch architect, Antilles Brewery/Autonomy Monument

1911 Evert H. "Bep" Bakhuys, Dutch soccer star and writer

1911 Ferdinand J. Kranenburg, Dutch Secretary of Defense, soc dem

1911 Mieke Verstraete, Belgian/Dutch actress, Pleasantly Settled

1911 Jacob M van Bemmelen, Dutch physicist/chemist, dies at 80

1911 Jacobus H van 't Hoff, Dutch chemist/physicist (Nobel 1901), dies at 58

1911 Willem J. Kolff, Dutch/U.S. internist/inventor, Artificial Kidney

1911 Henri Knap, Dutch resistance fighter/journalist/writer

1911 Society of Dutch Composers forms in Amsterdam

1911 Wim Kan, Dutch cabaretier

1911 Jan Boon, Tjalie Robinson, Dutch East Indies publicist, Tong Tong

1911 Dutch Scouts Organization established in Amsterdam

1910 Herman van der Horst, Dutch cinematographer, Faja Lobbi

1910 Dick Elffers, Dutch graphic artist/painter, Holland Festival

1910 Arnold D. W. Tilanus, Dutch MP, CHU

1910 Donald Bisset, Dutch children book writer and actor, Battle of the Sexes

1910 Clement of Maasdijk, 1st Dutch aircraft death

1910 Robert H van Gulik, Dutch diplomat/writer, Judge Ti

1910 JWEL Hilgers is 1st Dutchman to fly above Dutch territory

1910 Edith Abbo, daughter of Mien Wenneker/Dutch Prince Henry

1910 Former Dutch premier Abraham Kuyper acquitted of corruption

1910 Pygmies discovered in Dutch New Guinea

1910 Arthur van Schendel, Dutch art historian

1910 Johan Doorn, Dutch journalist/resistance fighter, Orange Newspaper

1910 Ed Hoornik, Dutch writer and poet, Survivor

1910 Martha van Och-Scholl, German/Dutch resistance fighter, WW II

1910 Hendrik H K Beernink, Dutch politician, CHU

1910 Frans Dohmen, union leader, Dutch Catholic Mineworker's Union

1909 Johan[nes B] Schmitz, Dutch actor/reciter, Lucifer, MacBeth

1909 Nicolaas G Pierson, director Suriname/Dutch Bank, dies at 80

1909 Seicho Matsumoto, Dutch Japanese detective/playwright, 10 to Sen

1909 Hotze de Roos, Dutch youth book author, Chameleon

1909 Former Dutch premier Abraham Kuyper denies corruption

1909 Aeneas Mackay, Dutch Internal minister (ARP)/Colonization, dies at 70

1909 Hendrik van Randwijk, Dutch author/founder, Vrij Netherland

1909 Wiesje Bouwmeester, Dutch actress, Doodzonde

1909 Jo Juda, Dutch musician

1909 Gerardina I "Diny" van Amstel, Dutch actress, Dijntje and Trijntje

1909 Confessional parties win Dutch parliamentary elections

1909 Wietse Venema, Dutch Scientist

1909 Mien Wenneker, Dutch prince Henry's lover, weds Uncle Cornelis Abbo

1909 Jan Veldkamp, Dutch geophysicist/director, KNMI

1909 Pieter Jongeling, Dutch MP, GVP, editor, Netherlands Daily

1909 Chris Reumer, Dutch opera singer

1909 Emil "Dutch" Leonard, baseball pitcher, Boston Red Sox

1909 Johanna "Lena" Bakker, Dutch actress/wife of Bruno Gerlach, dies at 34

1909 Gerard Croiset, Dutch paragnost

1909 Jan Fabricius, Dutch playwright

1909 Max Black, Dutch/British/U.S. philosopher, analytical philosophy

1909 George G F van Renesse, Dutch pianist/music director

1909 Marinus van der Lubbe, Dutch communist

1909 Johannes H Moesman, Dutch surrealist painter, Rumor

1909 1st official Dutch 11 city skate (Minne Hoekstra in 13:50)

1908 Gerben Sonderman, Dutch test pilot, Fokker

1908 Louis JHCA de Bourbon, Dutch writer/poet, Black Banners

1908 Francois A Gevaert, Belg/Dutch composer (Diable au Moulin), dies at 68

1908 Marius F Duintjer, Dutch architect

1908 Marie Jungius, Dutch teacher/fairy tale writer, dies at 44

1908 Arnold A. van Ruler, Dutch theologist

1908 Jacques Gans, Dutch author/journalist

1908 Leendert P J Braat, Dutch sculptor/screenwriter

1908 Dutch capture Venezuelan navy

1908 1st Dutch electric railway in use (Rotterdam-The Hague)

1908 Everhardus J van Romondt, physician/Dutch Antillean minister of Eco

1908 Cornelis Pijnacker Hordijk, Governor-General (Dutch East-Indies), dies

1908 Cornelis van Dis, Dutch MP

1908 CHU (Christian Historic Union) Dutch political party forms

1908 Evert W. Beth, Dutch mathematician/philosopher

1908 Lambertus L van Rooijen, Dutch actor

1908 Melle J Oldeboerrigter, Melle, Dutch painter/cartoonist

1908 Jacques [Izaak] den Haan, Dutch writer, Dangerous Book

1908 Dutch utopist Frederick of Eden speaks in Carnegie Hall, New York

1908 Joop [Joseph] van Santen, Dutch 1st chamber member, CPN

1908 Jan Brasser, Dutch resistance fighter, Witte Ko, communist

1908 Dutch scientists produce solid helium

1908 Hans [Hendrik AJ] Tiemeijer, Dutch actor, director and writer, Fear

1908 Ben Seijes, Dutch historian, WW II

1908 Anna S Barbiers, Dutch actress (Klaasje Zevenster), dies at 65

1907 Christina E "Christine" Auwen, Dutch model/singer, Haghezangers

1907 Jan Willem van Otterloo, Dutch composer

1907 Dutch government of De Master falls due to war budget

1907 Garmt Stuiveling, Dutch literary, Poet in Love

1907 F van Heek, Dutch sociologist

1907 Jo Boer, Dutch author, Catharina and the Magnolias

1907 M Eleonore Lippits, 1st Dutch female missionary doctor

1907 Maurits Mok, Dutch author and poet, Cheese and Bread Game

1907 Moises F da Costa Gomez, premier Dutch Antilles

1907 Johannes A Apon, Dutch actor, Kaukasische Krijtkring

1907 1st printing of Dutch Tribune (Wijnkoop/Van Ravesteyn/Ceton)

1907 Barend Barendse, Dutch sports reporter

1907 Bishop forbids Christian membership in Dutch Textile Union

1907 Arthur Steel, Dutch architect, Group '32

1907 Eppo Doeve, Dutch cartoonist/painter

1907 Felix de Nobel, Dutch orchestra leader

1907 Otto F A H van Nispen, Dutch mayor, Pannerden, MP, KVP

1907 J Zeldenrust, Dutch pathologist and anatomist

1907 Aar van de Werfhorst, Pieter G. Jansen, Dutch writer

1907 Milton Caniff, Hillsboro Ohio, Dutch cartoonist, Terry and Pirates

1907 Gerhard Alexander, Veldheer, Dutch actor, Prince Willem of Orange

1907 Harm van Riel, Dutch politician, Dutch Liberal Party

1907 Charles B Timmer, Dutch translator/writer, Russia Black on White

1907 De Master's Dutch government resigns

1907 Peter J Savelberg, Dutch Limbourg monastery founder, dies at 80

1907 Jan Klaasesz, Dutch governor Suriname, 1949-56

1907 Henk H Badings, Bandung Indonesia, Dutch opera composer, Orestes

1906 BVA Roling, Dutch lawyer

1906 Herman J Scheltema, NEM Pareau, Dutch jurist/poet

1906 Venezuela (under vice-president Gomez) attacks Dutch fleet

1906 John A. C. Oudemans, Dutch geographer/astronomer, dies at 78

1906 Greet Koeman, Dutch singer

1906 Anton AM Struyken, minister of justice/governor Dutch Antilles

1906 Cornelis L "Kees" van Baaren, Dutch composer, Willem Pijper

1906 Earl "Dutch" Clark, Colorado, NFL hall of fame quarterback, Spartans, Detroit

1906 Johannes Post, Dutch farmer/resistance fighter, passage fight

1906 Annie Hermes, Dutch singer

1906 Alexander Bodon, Hungarian/Dutch architect, RAI building

1906 John Meulenhoff, Dutch publisher

1906 Leonard Huizinga, Dutch journalist and writer, Adriaan and Olivier

1906 Wim van Doorne, Dutch car manufacturer, DAF

1906 Beene Dubbelboer, Dutch writer, Secret Resistance

1906 Kate A ter Horst-Arriens, Dutch nurse, Battle of Arnhem

1906 Louis RJ Ridder van Rappard, Dutch mayor, Zoelen

1906 Bartholomeus J "Bart" Bok, Dutch/U.S. astronomer, Milky Way

1906 Clara Eggink, Ebbele, Dutch poet, Life with JC Bloem

1906 Bep Bakhuis, Dutch soccer star/writer

1906 Cobina W. "Coby" Molenaar, Dutch peace activist

1906 Heavy storm ravages Dutch west coast

1906 Hendrik W. C. Spruit, Dutch conductor

1906 Walraven, Wally, van Hall, Dutch banker/resisted Nazis

1906 Jacob C van Marken, Dutch peanut butter maker, Calve-Delft

1906 Jan A H J S Bruins Slot, Dutch founder illegal Trouw/MP, ARP

1906 Jaap Wagemaker, Dutch sculptor

1906 Dutch law makes driver's license mandatory

1905 Gerard Kuiper, Dutch/U.S. astronomer, moons of Uranus, Neptune

1905 Hans Freudenthal, Dutch mathematician/director, OW&OC

1905 Dutch AR-politician AWF Idenburg named governor of Suriname

1905 General Trade journal publishes 1st Dutch photo (train accident)

1905 Bernard C J Lievegoed, Dutch anthroposophist?, founder Free College

1905 Dutch government of De Master begins

1905 Joan [Jacobus J] Remmelts, Dutch actor, Jantjes, Twee Vorstinnen

1905 Dutch Covenant of Worker's union, NVV, forms

1905 Dutch Queen Wilhelmina opens Technical Hague court

1905 Jan [Johannes] Teulings, Dutch actor and director, That Joyous Eve

1905 Gerrit Achterberg, Dutch poet, Sailing

1905 Arnold Meijer, Dutch leader of fascist Dutch National/Black Front

1905 Jacob Olie, Dutch photographer, dies at about 70

1905 Frits Philips, Dutch engineer/CEO, Philips

1905 Arnold Kerdijk, Dutch liberal/founder (Social Weekly), dies at 60

1905 Anna Blaman, Johanna P Vrugt, Dutch writer, Wife and Friend

1904 Jacob "Jaap" Nanninga, Dutch painter

1904 Frederik van der Meer, Dutch archaeologist/art historian

1904 J Dito, Dutch dominican/broadcast chairman, KRO, 1938-45

1904 Hendrik J Hofstra, Dutch minister of Finance, PvdA

1904 Dutch newspaper Volk fires gay journalist Jacob de Cock

1904 Dutch Premier Kuypers disbands 1st Chamber

1904 Gerarda "Meik" Rueter, Dutch, sculptress, if that word exists

1904 Jan van Axel, Dutch director, Overschotje

1904 Coenraad van Emde Boas, Dutch sexologist

1904 Gerard Holt, Dutch architect

1904 Dutch troops occupies Kuto Reh, Sumatra, killing all inhabitants

1904 Richard Hol, Dutch composer/organist/conductor, dies at 78

1904 Guus Weitzel, Dutch radio-announcer

1904 Reinout W van Bemmelen, Dutch geologist

1904 Cornelis Jan Bakker, Dutch and U.S. nuclear physicist

1904 Maurits Wertheim, Dutch writer, Isaac De Fuentes

1904 Johannes C "Chris" Baay, Dutch actor, Klatergoud, Surprise Raid

1904 Havank, HF vqan der Kallen, Dutch thriller writer, St. Eustache

1904 Albert Kuyle, Louis Kuitenbrouwer, Dutch writer, Jesus' Robe

1904 Herman B Wiardi Beckman, Dutch politician, SDAP, resistance fighter

1904 Peter Prime Minister Alberdingk Thijm, Dutch historian/writer, dies at 76

1904 E van Ruller, Dutch journalist/ARP-alderman/co-founder, Trouw

1904 John P R Tak, Dutch liberal politician, dies at 64

1904 Frans Goedhart, Dutch journalist/founder, Het Parool

1904 Geza Frid, Hungarian/Dutch composer/pianist

1903 Gerard "Ge" Nabrink, Dutch anarchist/co-founder, NVSH

1903 Willem Kooiman, Dutch theologist/church historian

1903 Paul J C Gabriel, Dutch water colors painter/etcher, dies at 75

1903 Gerrit C. Berkouwer, Dutch theologist, Dogmatic Studies

1903 Derk J A Haspels, Dutch actor, dies at 65

1903 Jan Tinbergen, Dutch economist and U.N. advisor, Nobel 1969

1903 Benjamin M. Telders, president of Dutch Liberal States Party

1903 Johannes H Weissenbruch, Dutch landscape painter, dies at 88

1903 Nicolas Beets [Hildebrand], Dutch writer (Camera Obscura), dies at 88

1903 Dutch railroad workers strike

1903 Cornelis H Edelman, Dutch geologist

1903 Hermanus J A M Schaepman, Dutch clergyman/politician, dies at 58

1903 Dutch Press museum opens in Amsterdam

1903 Geo[rge J H] Poggenbeek, Dutch surrealist painter, dies at 49

1902 Richard A. Butler, England, Dutch Minister of Finance/Foreign affairs

1902 Gerrit Jan van der Veen, Wolffensperger, Dutch resistance fighter

1902 Murk Ozinga, Dutch building historian, Monuments of Curacao

1902 Cornelie Huygens, Dutch feminist/writer, dies

1902 Dick Ket, Dutch painter/cartoonist

1902 Piet[er J] "Piet" Lieftinck, Dutch minister of Finance, 1945-52

1902 Hermine Heijermans, Dutch actress/author

1902 Anthonie Donker, Dutch literary

1902 Building begins on Dutch public housing

1902 Belcampo, Herman P Schonfeld Wichers, Dutch writer

1902 Charles W. J. Mengelberg, Dutch composer and conductor

1902 Pieter Caland, Dutch hydraulic engineer (New Waterway), dies at 74

1902 Samuel Abraham Goldsmith, Dutch/US phycist

1902 Kornelis Posthumus, Dutch chemist

1902 J Wouterus van Dieren, Dutch biologist, Terschelling

1902 Dutch State Mine law forms

1902 Paul Godwin, Polish/Dutch violinist

1902 Isaac D France van de Putte, Dutch premier (1866), dies at 79

1902 Wilhelmina JR Albregt-Engelman, Dutch actress, dies at 68

1902 Isaac Fransen van der Putten, Dutch Prime Minister 1866, dies

1902 Menno ter Braak, Dutch writer/essayist, Carnaval of the Citizens

1902 Gerard P M Knuvelder, Dutch literature historian, Vocation, Kitty

1902 F C Terborgh, Reijnier Flaes, Dutch writer, De Turkenoorlog

1902 Simon H. Spoor, Dutch gen/intelligence officer for General MacArthur

1902 Pierre Palla, Dutch pianist/organist

1901 Philippus J Idenburg, Dutch statistician

1901 Johan Fiolet, Dutch actor and director

1901 Lily Bouwmeester, Dutch actress/comedienne, Pygmalion

1901 Eduard A van Beinum, Dutch musician/conductor

1901 Cornelis J Kelk, Dutch writer, Dance of Young Feet

1901 Jan de Quay, Dutch minister of war/premier, KVP, 1959-63

1901 Pyke F C Koch, Dutch surrealistic painter, Dolores' Breakfast

1901 Leo Poos, nazi police officer, caught Dutch underground agents

1901 Jan H de Groot, Dutch resistance fighter/co-founder, Free Netherlands

1901 Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart, Dutch Minister of Justice, Nobel 1954

1901 Theo Uden Marsman, Dutch orchestra leader

1901 Willem Bruynzeel, Dutch timber-merchant

1901 Cor[nelis RJ] Kieboom, Dutch resistance fighter/chairman, Feyenoord

1901 Dutch Penitentiary children's law proclaimed

1901 Bob den Doolaard, Cornelis Spoelstra, Dutch writer, Grape Pickers

1901 Dutch troops under General Van Heutsz conquer Batu Ilie on Sumatra

1901 Benno Stokvis, Dutch attorney/politician

1901 Arie Querido, Dutch social psychiatrist

1901 Andries D Copier, Dutch glass manufacturer, Gildeglass

1901 Christine WI Wittewaall van Stoetwegen, Dutch MP, CDD

1900 Jean B A Kessler, director of oil on Dutch Indies, dies at 46

1900 Dutch President Paul Kruger and Queen Wilhelmina have a triumphant procession

1900 Cornelis Verolme, Dutch ship builder

1900 Bodi Rapp, Johanna PAC Goetmakers, Dutch mezzo-soprano/teacher

1900 Arnoldus J N M Struycken, Dutch lawyer

1900 Marinus Adam, Dutch conductor/composer

1900 Ferdinand Hamet, Dutch missionary in Mongolia, murdered at 59

1900 JH Scheps, Dutch 2nd-Member of parliament, social democratic

1900 Compulsory education law passes Dutch 1st Chamber

1900 Joseph E A "Jo" Spier, Dutch cartoonist/water color painter

1900 Dutch Social-Democratic Worker's party and Socialistenbond merge

1900 Henri Bruning, Dutch literary

1900 Helma Wolf-Catz, Dutch author, Undercurrent, Coral Reef

1900 Bauke Tuinstra, Dutch/Frisian notary/author, Earste Keur

1900 Jan Hendrik Oort, Dutch astronomer, hypothesized "Oort Cloud"

1900 1st edition of Dutch newspaper "The People"

1900 Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts Compulsory education law

1900 [Albert] Carel Willink, Dutch painter, magic realism

1900 Willem F K Hussem, Dutch painter and poet, Coastline, Lookout on Sea

1900 Cesar Domela, Dutch painter, Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis son

1900 Hubert van Doorne, Dutch auto manufacturer, DAF

1899 Frans van Amelsvoort, Dutch choir conductor

1899 Mimi Boesnach, Dutch actress, Wedding of Kloris and Roosje

1899 Eddy du Perron, Dutch author and poet

1899 Ernst H Ridder van Rappard, Dutch SS officer/founder, NSNAP

1899 Hendrik Marsman, Dutch poet/writer/critic

1899 Anton Constandse, Dutch anarchist/writer

1899 Gerard Hordijk, Dutch architect/painter

1899 Nelly A "Nell" Knoop, Dutch actress, Driestuivers Opera

1899 Leendert A Donker, Dutch Minister of Justice, PvdA

1899 Johan J Fabricius, Dutch novelist, Island of Demons

1899 Henricus Moorman, Dutch Vice-Admiral, KVP

1899 Carel C van Essen, Dutch archaeologist, Italian and Roman art

1899 Paul de Groot, Dutch communist politician, CPN, Editor, The Truth

1899 Willem Kernkamp, Dutch minister of Colonies, Islam and Woman

1899 Magdalene Szekely-Lulofs, Dutch writer, Honger tocht

1899 Anthon van der Horst, Dutch organist/composer

1899 Pieter Menten, Dutch war criminal

1899 Jan F van Hall, Dutch sculptor/resistance fighter

1899 Cees Lasseur, Dutch actor and owner, Hague Comedy

1899 Jacob Presser, Dutch historian and writer, Down-fall

1899 Robert J Fruin, Dutch historian (80-year war), dies at 75

1899 Roel [Martinus F] Houwink, Dutch literary, 1 Man Without Character

1899 Gerard Keller, Dutch writer (Vlugmaren), dies at 69

1898 Theo Swagemakers, Dutch portrait painter

1898 Jacob Kruijt, Dutch sociologist

1898 Anton Mauve, Dutch painter

1898 Nelly Steuer-Wagenaar, Dutch pianist

1898 Willy Alfredo, Willem Jue, Dutch entertainer/poet, Fish-Trap

1898 Abraham J D van Oosten, Dutch poet and author, His Master's Voice

1898 Sidney van den Bergh, Dutch businessman/politician

1898 Simon Vestdijk, Dutch writer/poet, 5th Seal

1898 Cruys Voorbergh, Dutch actor and director, Flying Dutchman

1898 Dutch railway Alkmaar-Receiver opens

1898 Charlotte D baroness of Pallandt, Dutch sculptress

1898 John J Slauerhoff, Dutch ship's doctor/writer/poet, El Dorado

1898 Dutch soccer team Receiver forms

1898 David de Jong, Dutch writer, Mutiny on the Canal

1898 Hendrik J Pos, Dutch philosopher/CEO, Committee of Watchfulness

1898 Herman de Man, Salomon H Hamburger, Dutch writer/Radio Orange

1898 Dutch Automobile Club forms (KNAC)

1898 M. C. Escher, Dutch Artist

1898 Maurits C Escher, Dutch graphic artist

1898 Willem Scheps, Dutch journalist

1898 Johan Brouwer, Dutch pianist/writer/resistance fighter

1898 Rene de Vos, Dutch actor/composer, Jij Bent Mijn Leven

1898 Jef [Josephus C F] Last, Dutch poet/politician, The Spark

1898 Fredrik J "Frits" Bakker, Jr., Dutch actor, Sold Grandpa

1898 Jo[hanne M Bos-]Vincent, Dutch soprano, Matthaus Passion

1898 Anton de Kom, Surinam/Dutch worker's union leader/resistance fighter

1898 Lauwrens Voorthuyzen, Lou de Palingboer, Dutch sect leader

1898 Josephina J "Fien" de la Mar, Dutch actress, Theatre De la Mar

1898 Ben van Eysselsteijn, Dutch writer, Arid Earth

1898 Pedro DE Teixeira de Mattos, Dutch diplomat

1897 Willie Corsari, Wilhelmina A Schmidt, Dutch writer

1897 Mari Andriessen, Dutch sculptor, Dock Worker

1897 Abraham C Wertheim, Dutch banker/MP (Lib), dies at 64

1897 John Heemskerk Azn, Dutch Internal minister (1866..88), dies at 79

1897 Wilhelmina J "Willy" Haak, Dutch actress/act teacher, Goethe/Brecht

1897 Ad van Emmenes, Dutch soccer reporter

1897 Piet Bakker, Dutch novelist, Ciske the Rat

1897 Jacques de Kadt, Dutch politician/writer, Fascism is War!

1897 Emmy Arbous, Emilia J Henke, Dutch actress, Little Rascal

1897 Dutch government of Pierson/Goeman Borgesius resigns

1897 Elmar Berkovich, Hungarian/Dutch designer, Eindhoven Theatre

1897 Norbert Elias, English/Dutch philosopher, Process of Civilization

1897 Liberals/social-democrats win Dutch 2nd Parliamentary election

1897 Casper Howeler, Dutch music critic

1897 Antonius F "Anton" Coolen, Dutch author, Village by the River

1897 Jaap Vranken, Dutch organist/composer, Stabat Mater

1897 Willem H van de Pol, Dutch theologist, Christian Dilemma

1897 Charles Eyck, Dutch painter/sculptor

1897 Johan[nes A] Kaart, Dutch actor/stage manager, My Fair Lady

1897 Dirk U Stikker, director, Heineken, Dutch foreign minister/NATO

1896 Carl Romme, Dutch catholic foreman/KVP-Minister Socialist Business

1896 Paul R Citroen, Dutch sculptor

1896 John GR Acquoy, Dutch theologist/church historian, dies at 67

1896 Willem F M Lampe, Dutch ambassador of the Dutch Antilles

1896 Henry P de Vries, Dutch painter and poet, Laws of the Americas

1896 Mauritius R J Dekker [Boris Robazki], Dutch writer, Merkteken

1896 Emile AH Seipgens, Dutch priest/beer brewer/man of letters, dies at 58

1896 Marius Monnikendam, Dutch choir composer

1896 Charles F Pahud de Mortanges, Dutch equestrian, Gold Medal 1928, 1932 Olympics

1896 Douwe Kalma, Dutch literary and leader, Young Frisian Movement

1896 Eduard Flipse, Dutch conductor/composer

1896 Sylvain Poons, Dutch cabaret performer, Blue Jackets

1896 Abraham Czn van Stolk, Dutch art collector, dies at 82

1896 Hendrik Algra, Dutch MP, ARP

1895 Henriette H Bosmans, Dutch cellist/pianist/composer

1895 Jeanne G van Schaik-Willing, Dutch author, Sinner and the Girl

1895 Louis Lebeer, Dutch art historian

1895 Maarten P Vrij, Dutch lawyer/criminologist/member High Court

1895 Alexander Nicholas Voormolen, Dutch composer

1895 Annie [Anna HM] Romein-Verschoor, Dutch historian, Erflaters

1895 Lourens G M Baas Becking, Dutch botanist/resistance fighter

1894 Dutch coast hit by hurricane

1894 Hans [Henry] Kramers, Dutch theoretical physicist, quantum mechanics

1894 Willem JF Nuyens, Dutch physician/RC historian, dies at 71

1894 Dutch troops occupy and plunders palace of Tjakra Negara, Lombok

1894 Elisabeth A de Vreugd, chambermaid of Dutch queen

1894 Herman Dooyeweerd, Dutch philosopher/lawyer

1894 Dirk J Bush, Dutch/US mathematician, Concise History of Mathematics

1894 Anton Roosjen, Dutch politician/NCRV-chairman

1894 Willem FJ Pijper, Dutch composer/critic

1894 Balinese troops assault Dutch army, 97 killed

1894 Johan Polet, Dutch sculptor

1894 Herman van der Tuuk, Dutch linguist (Toba Batak grammar), dies at 70

1894 Ferdinand Sassen, Dutch philosopher/director

1894 John H van Maarseveen, Dutch minister of Justice/Internal minister

1894 Dutch Society for Women Suffrage gets royal charter

1894 Ludovicus J Rogier, Dutch historian, Henric van Veldeken

1894 Julius PJA van Nyevelt, Dutch Minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 77

1894 Hubertus J van Mook, Dutch minister of Colonies, 1942-45

1894 Anton A Mussert, Dutch nazi leader, NSB

1894 Rudolph P. Cleveringa, Dutch anti-nazi lawyer

1894 Francois Haverschmidt, Dutch writer, dies at 58

1894 Wilhelm HC Tenhaeff, Dutch parapsychologist

1893 Jacob G de Scheffer, Dutch vicar/theologist, dies at 74

1893 Levinus T Keuchenius, Dutch Minister of Colonies (1888-90), dies at 71

1893 Cornelis J van der Klauw, Dutch biologist/zoologist

1893 Piet Moeskops, Dutch world champ cyclist, 1921-24, 26

1893 August Defresne, Dutch playwright/director, Uninhabited Island

1893 Cornelis E van Koetsveld, Dutch vicar/literature, dies at 86

1893 Jan M Romein, Dutch historian, Low Countries at Sea

1893 Johannes F "Johan" Bakker, Jr., Dutch actor

1893 Johan G Dancer, Dutch poet, Meetings

1893 Conradus Leemans, Dutch archaeologist, dies at 84

1893 Joannes DM Cornelissen, Dutch historian, Hooft and Tacitus

1893 Abel J Herzberg, Russian/Dutch writer, Persecution of Jews

1893 Florrie Rodrigo, Dutch dancer/choreography/teacher, Schepelingen

1893 Antoon Schweigmann, Dutch religious poet/resistance fighter

1893 Adriaan F. Dussenbroek, Dutch family dr/co-founder, Union National Arubano

1893 Kommer Kleijn, Dutch actor/radio play director, Paul Vlaanderen

1893 Johan T Buys, Dutch lawyer, dies at 65

1893 Johannes T. Thijsse, Dutch founder, Waterloopkundig lab Delft

1893 Karel Lotsy, Dutch insurance director and Olympic-chief d'equipe

1893 Marcel G. J. Minnaert, Dutch astronomer

1893 Johan C P Alberts, Dutch literary, Festival

1893 Henry C Rumke, Dutch psychiatrist, Periods in Man's Life

1892 Eduard J Dijksterhuis, Dutch mathematician/historian, Fall and Throw

1892 Victor E van Vriesland, Dutch poet and critic, Mirror of Dutch Poetry

1892 Cornelis A van Sypesteyn, Dutch governor of Suriname, dies at 69

1892 Hendrik F Andriessen, Dutch organist/composer, Ballade of Merel

1892 Karel L Baars, Dutch actor, White Slaves Trade

1892 Sara Heyblom, Dutch actress, Pygmalion, Fietsen naar de Maan

1892 Louis van Tulder, Dutch tenor, From Office Stool to High C

1892 Coenraad B van Haeringen, linguist/etymologist, Dutch Dictionary

1892 Corrie Ten Boom, Dutch Celebrity

1892 Barend ter Haar, Dutch lawyer, Indonesian adat justice

1891 Johan C J van Schagen, Dutch poet and writer (Narrenwijsheid), dies

1891 Foppe G Scheltema, Dutch lawyer, wreck laws

1891 Mary Dorna, Dutch author

1891 Dirk Vollenhoven, Dutch composer/philosopher

1891 Charlotte "Lotte" Bartschart, German/Dutch operetta singer

1891 Geertruida M W "Truus" Bakker, Dutch actress, The Two Orphans

1891 John Metzelaar, Dutch/US, About Tropical Atl Visschen

1891 Emmy van Lokhorst, Dutch author

1891 Dutch Mackay government resigns

1891 Max Tak, Dutch violinist and radio commentator

1891 Maurus H Hulsman, Dutch priest/editor, Amigoe di Curaeao

1891 Elisabeth Zernike, Dutch writer, Poor Part, Bruidstijd

1891 Koos [Jacobus J] Vorrink, Dutch politician, SDAP/AJC/PvdA

1891 Robert W. P. Peereboom, Dutch editor in chief, Haarlem Newspaper

1891 Benedictus H Danser, Dutch botanist

1891 Johan W F Werumeus Buning, Dutch poet, Daily Bread

1891 John Gobau, Flemish/Dutch actor, Electricity, Hostage Rights

1891 Annie "Charley" Toorop, Dutch painter, 3 Generations

1891 John P Strijbos, Dutch writer, Wandering through South Africa

1891 Jacob van Gelderen, economist/sociologist/Dutch 2nd Chamber, SDAP

1891 Jan Donner, Dutch minister of Justice and president High Council

1891 Johan B Jongkind, Dutch/French painter (Winter View), dies at 71

1891 Jan Donner, Dutch minister of Justice, 1926-33

1891 Guillaume L Baud, Dutch minister of Colonies (1848-49), dies at 89

1890 Klaas Schilder, Dutch theologist/vicar, Occupied Territory

1890 Willem III, Dutch king, buried

1890 Willem III, Dutch king, buried

1890 Oege Bakker, Dutch economist

1890 Jacob PP baron van Zuylen, Dutch foreign minister (1852-3), dies at 74

1890 [Agathe] Henriette [M de Beaufort], Dutch author, Rembrandt

1890 Erich Wichman, Dutch fascist painter/sculptor

1890 Edgar "E Livingstone" Kennedy, U.S. actor and director, My Old Dutch

1890 Fie Carelsen, Dutch actress, Malle Gervallen

1890 Gerardus van der Leeuw, Dutch religion historian/minister of Education

1890 Jan Duiker, Dutch architect, Zonnestral

1890 Cor Ruys, Dutch actor, Princess Stage

1890 Jacobus J P Oud, Dutch architect/co-founder, Stijl

1890 Christophorus H D Buys Ballot, Dutch meteorologist, dies at 72

1889 Cissy van Marxfield, Setske Beek-de Haan, Dutch author

1889 Han [Henricus A] Van Meegeren, Dutch painter/art forger, Vermeer

1889 Octavus L "Octave" van Aerschot, Dutch violinist and actor, Hippie

1889 Cor Hermus, Dutch actor, director and writer, A Mother

1889 Joan Collette, Dutch, male, painter, New Church, Delft

1889 Karel WFM Doorman, Dutch rear admiral

1889 Frits Slomp, Frits de Rover, Dutch vicar/resistance fighter

1889 Frederik M baron of Asbeck, Dutch lawyer, League of Nations

1889 Flood ravages Dutch coast

1888 Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh cuts off his left ear

1888 Jan Greshoff, Dutch poet/author/journalist, Bric Brac

1888 Francois Pauwels, Dutch writer/attorney

1888 John van Swieten, Dutch governor of West-Sumatra, dies at 71

1888 Dutch Railway Deventer-Almelo opens

1888 Simon Vissering, Dutch minister of Finance (1879-81), dies at 70

1888 Willem Vogt, Dutch radio pioneer/founder, AVRO

1888 Alexander Rosemeier, Indonesian/Dutch painter

1888 Gerrit T Rietveld, Dutch architect, Juliana Hall, Sonsbeek Pavillion

1888 Maria Dermoat, Java, Dutch novelist, 10,000 Things

1888 Adrian Roland Holst, Dutch poet, Raged and Tired

1888 P A J Losecaat Vermeer, leader of Dutch High Council

1888 Adrianus M de Jong, Dutch writer, World Tour of Bulletje and Bonestaak

1888 Socialist leader Domela Nieuwenhuis elected to Dutch 2nd chamber

1888 Willem Banning, Dutch theologist/sociologist, Religious Build Up

1888 Heintje Davids, Dutch revue star

1888 Matthijs Vermeulen, Dutch composer/music critic

1888 Anton Mauve, Dutch painter/cousin of Vincent Van Gogh, dies at 49

1888 Emile van Bosch, Dutch revue/operetta-artist, Fair Folks

1888 Dutch Heidemaatschappij established

1887 Jacobus W. G. Balfoort, Dutch actor, Bulldog Drummond

1887 Pieter C A Geyl, historian, History of the Dutch Tribe

1887 Louis A van Gasteren, Dutch actor and director, Willem van Oranje

1887 Willem CN Andriessen, Dutch composer/pianist, Beethoven

1887 Rie Cramer, Marie Holman, Dutch cartoonist/author

1887 Anton Roemer, Dutch actor, Potasch and Perlemoer, Boefje

1887 Dutch Amateur Photography Cooperation established

1887 Jo Sternheim, Dutch actor/playwright

1887 Jo Sternheim, Dutch actor and playwright, Fatherland

1887 Jo Sternheim, Dutch actor/playwright

1887 Nico J Polak, Dutch economist

1887 Abraham Schierbeek, Dutch biologist, Swammerdam

1887 J C Heldring, Dutch businessman

1887 Felix A. Vening Meinesz, Dutch geophysicist, gravity

1887 Willem H Drucker, Dutch lawyer

1887 Albert PAA Besnard, Dutch poet/journalist, Uprising and Remorse

1887 William Walraven, Dutch journalist and writer, Indian Daily

1887 Coenraad J van Houten, Dutch cocoa manufacturer, dies at 86

1887 Jacobus C Bloem, Dutch poet, Sintels

1887 Albert P. Termote, Flemish/Dutch sculptor, Charles the Great

1887 Anthony van Hoboken, Dutch musicologist, Haydn-catalog

1887 Ben Sajet, Dutch physician/politician

1887 Eduard Douwes Dekker, Dutch writer (Max Havelaar), dies at 66

1887 Multatuli, writer, named most important Dutch writer of all time, 2002, Society for Dutch literature, dies in Ingelheim am Rhine, Germany

1887 Pieter JBCR van der Aa, Dutch geographer, dies at 54

1887 Dirk Roosenburg, Dutch architect

1887 Abraham I van Lier, Dutch actor and director (Gran Theatre), dies at 74

1886 Rift at Dutch Reformed Church over "Doleantie"

1886 Peter Hofstede de Groot, Dutch reformed theologist, dies at 84

1886 Pierre Kemp, Dutch poet, Fugitives and Constants

1886 Leonardus G Kortenhorst, Dutch MP, KVP

1886 Johannes B Tielrooy, Dutch literary, Chateaubriand

1886 Pieter "Pierre" Balledux, stage manager/Dutch resistance fighter

1886 Isaac Keesing, Dutch publisher/founder, System Keesing

1886 1st public Dutch electricity opens

1886 R Pelgrom, oldest Dutch man, died Apr 15, 1994, 9 days short of 108

1886 Marianne [Goudeket-]Philips, Dutch author, Between Heaven and Earth

1886 Anton Portielje, Dutch radio host/zoo director, Artis

1886 Kurt Baschwitz, German/Dutch sociologist/journalist, Du und

1886 Joannes A. Veraart, Dutch economist/MP, Jews of the Netherlands

1886 Peter Alma, Dutch painter/graphic artist

1885 Dirk H W Filarski, Dutch painter/lithographer, Bergense School

1885 Johannes Kneppelhout, Klikspaan, Dutch humorist/author, dies at 71

1885 Jan Altink, Dutch painter/co-founder, Ploeg

1885 Aaf Bouber-ten Hoope, Dutch actress, Jantjes, wife of Herman Bouber

1885 Henricus Wijdefield, Dutch architect, Peace Palace

1885 Herman Bouber, Dutch actor and playwright, Sailor's Wives

1885 Dutch demonstrate for general voting right

1885 John Raedecker, Dutch sculptor, National monument on the Dam

1885 Antony EJ Modderman, Dutch minister of Justice (1879-83), dies at 46

1885 Pieter S Gerbrandy, Dutch lawyer/premier in London, 1940-45.

1885 Willem H. Winkel, Dutch physician/founder, Red Cross of Curacao

1885 A J Else Mauhs, German/Dutch actress, Eline Vere, L'aiglon

1885 Johannes Ringers, Dutch water engineer, dikes

1884 Marius HLW "Max" Blokzijl, Dutch nazi collaborator/traitor

1884 Evert Cornelis, Dutch conductor/pianist

1884 Apie Prince, Dutch author, Me Own Way

1884 Ferdinand Bordewijk, Dutch lawyer/writer, Bint

1884 Hendrik W. Tilanus, Dutch artillery officer/politcian, CHU 1939-63

1884 Cornelis "Kees" Boeke, Dutch educationalist

1884 Bastiaan de Gaay Fortman, Dutch historian/Justice of Curacao

1884 Adrian S Oppenheim, Dutch lawyer/adviser, British Petroleum/Shell

1884 Dutch Queen Emma appointed regent

1884 Abraham Rutgers, Dutch governor, Suriname, 1928-33

1884 Willem Dudok, Dutch architect, town hall Hilversum/Beehive Rotterdam

1884 Alexander Byvanck, Dutch art historian/archaeologist

1884 Johannes Clinge Doorenbos, Dutch journalist/conductor

1884 Theo, door, van Reijn, Dutch sculptor/lithographer

1884 Francois de Vries, Dutch economist

1884 Louis H N Bosch van Rosenthal, Dutch politician and resistance fighter

1884 Carel JCH van Nispen tot Sevenaer, Dutch Cath politician, dies at 59

1884 Albert Egges van Giffen, Dutch archaeologist

1884 Jan Lemaire, Dutch writer and actor, Beautiful Juliet

1884 Hildo Krop, Dutch modernistic sculptor

1884 Frederik Gerretson, Geerten Gossaert, Dutch poet/politician

1884 1st Dutch Wagner version of Elizabeth aria

1884 Albert Wolff, Dutch Musician

1884 Johannes Elsensohn, Dutch actor and writer, Arie, novel from the Jordan

1883 Louis Davids, Simon David, Dutch cabaret performer/chorus performer

1883 Enny Vrede, Maria M Muller, Dutch actress/wife of Eduard Verkade

1883 Dirk Verbeek, Dutch actor and director, Hofstad Stage

1883 Johannes van Vloten, Dutch man of letters/theologist, dies at 65

1883 Euphemia "Phemia" Molkenboer, Dutch author/poster artist

1883 Jan Schouten, Dutch co-founder, Daily Trouw, chairman, ARP

1883 Bokke R S Pollema, Dutch Frisian journalist/author, Lock of Hair

1883 Henricus WJM Keuls, Dutch lawyer/poet, Dancing Lamp

1883 John Heemskerk Azn forms Dutch government

1883 Mien Labberton, Dutch poetress

1883 [Hei]ko E Arnoldi, Dutch actor, 3 Drops of Water, theater director

1882 David Cohen, Dutch historian/chairman, Jewish Council

1882 Johan C T Kikkert, Dutch painter/etcher/critic

1882 Anton H Blaauw, Dutch botanist, Perception of Light

1882 Meijer de Hond, Dutch rabbi/writer

1882 Carl W de Vries, Dutch jurist, Unknown Thorbecke

1882 Franz MT de Liage Bohl, German/Dutch assyrologist/translator

1882 Pierre H Ritter, Jr., Dutch literary/head, Utrecht Newspaper

1882 Gerrit H Kersten, Dutch vicar/founder, Calvinist party

1882 Richar