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1994 Dennis Richardson sworn in as head of St. Maarten

1994 St. Maarten "Godfather" Claude Wathey sentenced to 1 years

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

1978 Saint Maarten Patriotic Movement (SPM) forms under W James

1975 Maarten Kerkhof, soccer player, Vitesse, De Graafschap

1971 Maarten Atmodikoro, soccer player, Dordrecht '90, NAC

1963 Maarten Schmidt discovers enormous red shifts in quasars

1962 Maarten de Young, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen

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

1945 Maarten van Traa, Dutch MP, PvdA

1944 Maarten Reuchlin, resistance fighter, executed

1943 Maarten van/of Gilse, resistance fighter, executed at 27

1943 Maarten B Engwirda, Dutch 2nd Chamber member, D66

1940 French mariners occupy St. Maarten

1929 Maarten Schmidt, Netherlands/U.S. astronomer, quasars

1919 Maarten Vrolijk, Dutch soc-dem party minister, CRM 1965-66

1917 Maria J "Marie" Bakker, actress/wife of Maarten Stranger, dies at 59

1895 Maarten P Vrij, Dutch lawyer/criminologist/member High Court

1877 Hendrik E van Rijgersma, Dutch governor (St. Maarten), dies at 42

1835 Hendrik E van Rijgersma, Dutch gouvernement doctor on Saint Maarten

1793 Netherlands captures French island of St. Maarten (held until 1795)

1691 Cornelis Tromp, admiral-general/son of Maarten T, dies at 61

1653 Maarten Harpertsz Tromp, Bestevaer, Lieutenant-Admiral, dies in battle at 55

1652 Sea battle at Dungeness: lt-admiral Maarten Tromp beats English fleet

1648 Dutch and French agree to divide St. Maarten, Leeward Islands

1639 Sea battle at Dunes: Lieutenant Admiral Maarten Tromp beats Spanish Armada

1629 Cornelis Tromp, Dutch Lieutenant-Admiral-General/son of Maarten Tromp

1612 Maarten van Valckenborch, Flemish painter, buried at about 77

1603 Maarten de Vos, Flemish painter, dies at about 71

1598 Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp, naval commander

1589 Maarten Schenck van Nideggen, Lieutenant Colonel (80 year war), dies at about 49

1589 Maarten Schenck Nideggen, Dutch army leader, drowned at about 49

1574 Maarten van Heemskerck, painter (Christ), dies

1555 Maarten van Rossum, Dutch army leader, dies at about 76

1542 French troops under Maarten van Rossem occupies Flanders

1529 Meeting between Maarten Luther and Huldrych Zwingli

1528 Utrecht governor Maarten van Rossum plunders The Hague

1521 Parliament of Worms: Cardinal Alexander questions Maarten Luther

397 Martinus, (St. Maarten), Roman bishop of Tours, dies at about 81


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