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1995 Death - Louis Sen A Kaw, Suriname's great dam builder, dies at 75 1994 Death - Asta ER Elstak, Suriname/Netherlands welfare worker, dies at 74 1994 Death - Bhagwatpersad Ausan, commandant Suriname military police, dies at 38 1993 Death - AJA Quintus Bosz, Indonesian/Suriname lawyer, dies at 78 1993 Event - Paramaribo Suriname TV studio destroyed by fire 1993 Death - Henk Knol, Suriname MP (PvdA), dies at 61 1992 Event - SuriPop VII, Suriname Popular Song Festival 1991 Death - Pandit Rambharos Gangaram Panday, Suriname religious leader, dies 1991 Event - Ronald Venetiaan chosen president of Suriname 1991 Death - Cornelis Z. Forster, Suriname granman/gaanman, dies 1990 Death - Herman Gooding, Suriname police-inspector, dies 1989 Death - Henk Heidweiller, ambassador of Suriname, dies 1989 Event - Suriname SLM-173 (DC-8) crashes near Paramaribo Airport killing 173 1989 Death - Milton van Embricqs, Suriname/Dutch publicist, dies 1989 Death - Percy Stuart, Suriname/Dutch sports journalist, dies 1988 Death - Tamara Pos, Suriname/Dutch activist 1988 Event - Ramsewak Shankar sworn in as President of Suriname 1987 Event - Suriname constitution ratified 1986 Event - Suriname army leader Desi Bouterse massacres Moiwana village 1986 Event - Suriname government proclaims gold purification 1986 Event - Suriname army Captain Etienne Boerenveen arrested for cocaine smuggling 1983 Death - Roy Horb, Suriname sergeant/putschist, commits suicide 1982 Event - Suriname army leader Bouterse murders 15 opponents 1982 Death - Andre Kamperveen, Suriname minister, murdered 1982 Death - Bram Behr, Suriname revolutionary, murdered 1982 Death - Cyrill Daal, Suriname worker's union leader, murdered 1982 Death - Frank Wijngaarde, Suriname journalist, murdered 1982 Death - Harald Riedewald, Suriname attorney, murdered 1982 Death - John Baboeram, Suriname lawyer, murdered 1982 Death - Jozef Slagveer, Suriname journalist, murdered 1982 Death - Leckie, Suriname scholar, murdered 1982 Death - Leslie Rahman, Suriname journalist, murdered 1982 Death - Surendre Rambocus, Suriname army lieutenant, murdered 1982 Event - Suriname army under Desi Bouterse fires on radio station building 1982 Death - Wilfred Hawker, Suriname Sergeant-major, executed 1982 Event - Failed military coup under Rambocus/Hawker in Suriname 1982 Event - Suriname President Chin A Sen resigns and flees to Netherlands 1982 Event - Suriname premier Chin A Sen flees 1981 Death - Humphrey Keervelt, director (Suriname Planning Bureau), murdered 1981 Event - Suriname failed coup under Sergeant-Major Wilfred Hawker 1980 Event - Suriname president Johan Ferrier ousted 1980 Event - Miltary coup under Desi Bouterse in Suriname 1980 Event - Coup ousts Prime Minister Henck Arron of Suriname 1977 Birthday - Latoya Warning, Suriname 4th Miss Teenager 1993 1976 Birthday - Mike Ferrier, Suriname/Dutch soccer player, FC Volendam, Salernitana 1975 Event - Netherlands grants Suriname independence (National Day) 1975 Birthday - Raymond Graanoogst, Suriname/Dutch soccer player for the FC Utrecht 1974 Death - Rene A de Rooy, Suriname/Antillean poet, dies at 57 1974 Birthday - Harvey Esajas, Suriname/Dutch soccer player, Feyenoord 1974 Birthday - Gregory Playfair, Suriname/Dutch soccer player, PSV 1973 Event - Elections in Suriname, premier Sedney's PNP doesn't win a chair 1973 Event - Suriname government of Sedney arrests 13 union leaders 1972 Birthday - Sherida Pawiroredjo, Suriname Miss Indra Maju 1993 1971 Birthday - Quintis "Chico" Ristie, Suriname radio host 1971 Birthday - Ulrich van Gobbel, Suriname/Dutch soccer player, Feyenoord 1970 Birthday - Dean Gorre, Suriname/Dutch soccer player, Feyenoord 1970 Death - "Jopie" Pengel, Johan A, premier Suriname (1963-69), dies at 54 1970 Death - Jopie [Johan A] Pengel, premier Suriname, dies 1969 Event - Suriname government of Pengel resigns 1968 Event - University of Suriname opens 1967 Birthday - Anthony Nesty, swimmer, won Suriname's 1st gold olympic medal 1965 Event - H L de Vries appointed Dutch governor of Suriname 1964 Birthday - Florence Gopi, Suriname radio-broadcaster, KBC-Metro Bolmer 1964 Event - Suriname governor A Currie resigns 1964 Event - Suriname River dammed 1963 Birthday - Stanley Menzo, Suriname/Dutch soccer goaltender, Ajax/PSV 1963 Birthday - George Heidweiler, Suriname, Dutch painter 1963 Event - "Jopie" Pengel forms government in Suriname 1962 Birthday - Ruud Gullit, Suriname/Dutch soccer star, Feyenoord, PSV, AC Milan 1961 Birthday - Ane-Marie Sanches, newscaster, Suriname TV/Radio 1960 Birthday - Carolien de Windt, Suriname/Dutch singer, Mai Tai 1960 Birthday - Bolik Dahan, Suriname singer/radio host, Radio KBC 1959 Birthday - Kenneth D. Herdigein, Suriname/Dutch actor, Say A 1958 Event - J Pengel forms government/Emanuels premier of Suriname 1957 Event - 1st edition newspaper the Ware Time (in Suriname), 1,700 die 1956 Birthday - Denise Jannah, Zeefuik, Suriname jazz singer, Farmer's Market 1955 Event - J van Tilburg appointed governor of Suriname 1953 Birthday - Roy Ristie, Suriname/Netherlands radio host, Apintie, Kankantrie 1953 Birthday - Marcel R Zeeuw, Suriname Lt-colonel, coup 1982 1952 Event - 2nd Round Conference between Dutch Antilles and Suriname ends 1952 Event - Operations begin at United Suriname Workers of Netherlands which flew from London to Johannesburg carrying 36 passengers 1951 Death - Johannes C. Kielstra, Dut economist/Governor of Suriname 1933 - 1944, dies at 72 1950 Event - Suriname becomes independent part in Realm of Netherlands 1949 Event - NPS/VHP win 1st general election in Suriname 1947 Birthday - Carmen Krolis, Suriname/Netherlands singer 1946 Event - NPS, Nationale Party Suriname, forms 1945 Death - Anton de Kom, Suriname resistance fighter, dies at 47 1942 Event - Suriname camp for NSB people opens to save Jews 1941 Birthday - Frank Creton, Suriname/Netherlands painter 1941 Event - U.S. troops land on Suriname to protect bauxite mine 1941 Birthday - Jules Wijdenbosch, premier Suriname 1940 Birthday - Leo H Ferrier, Suriname writer, Atman 1940 Event - Governor of Suriname and Netherlands Antilles refuse entry to Jewish refugees 1938 Birthday - Frits Wols, Eugene W Wong Loi Sing, Suriname, Secretary-General, UNESCO 1936 Birthday - R. Ronald Venetian, president Suriname, 1991- 1935 Birthday - Michael Slory, Suriname poet, Bitter Combat 1934 Birthday - Hilly Axwijk, Suriname social worker 1933 Event - Suriname worker's union leader A de Come banish to Netherlands 1933 Event - Colonial troops in Suriname kill 2 demonstrators 1933 Event - Colonial government arrests Anton de Kom in Paramaribo Suriname 1932 Event - 1st Suriname union congress at Paramaribo 1931 Event - Suriname Work Committee under Louis Doedel forms in Paramaribo 1929 Birthday - Andre Carolus Cirino, Suriname/Indian poet 1929 Death - Cornelis W. Lely, Dutch Governor of Suriname (1902-05), dies at 74 1926 Birthday - Max Sordam, Suriname warden/writer, Dictionary Sranantongo 1925 Birthday - Eddy Bruma, Suriname politician 1921 Birthday - Beatrice "Fiet" van Ommeren-Samson, Suriname writer 1919 Birthday - Franc [Franklin E] Essed, Suriname agricultural eng, Oper Grasshopper 1917 Birthday - Rene A de Rooy, Suriname/Antillian poet, Juancho Picaflor 1917 Birthday - Asta E R Elstak, Suriname/Dutch social worker 1916 Event - Suriname Bauxite Company forms in Paramaribo 1916 Birthday - Jagernath Lachmon, premier Suriname 1916 Event - Last British-Indian contract workers arrive in Suriname 1916 Birthday - Dugo D Schenker, Suriname/Antillian producer 1916 Birthday - Jopie [Johan A] Pengel, premier of Suriname, 1963-69 1915 Birthday - A J A Quintus Bosz, Indonesian/Suriname lawyer 1913 Birthday - Hugo Pos, Suriname/Netherlands WW II prosecutor of minor war crimes Tokyo 1910 Death - John YWJ Eilerts de Cock, sea officer (Suriname), dies at 44 1909 Death - Nicolaas G Pierson, director Suriname/Dutch Bank, dies at 80 1908 Event - Dirk Fock becomes governor of Suriname 1908 Birthday - Arnoud Breeveld, Suriname bishop 1907 Birthday - Jan Klaasesz, Dutch governor Suriname, 1949-56 1907 Birthday - Sophie Redmond, Suriname's 1st female physician 1905 Event - Dutch AR-politician AWF Idenburg named governor of Suriname 1905 Event - Paramaribo-Dam railway opens in Suriname, never used 1903 Birthday - Albert Helman, Lou Lichtveld, Suriname politician/novelist 1903 Birthday - Lodewijk AM "Lou" Lichtveld, Albert Helman, Suriname author 1902 Death - Titus AJ van Asch van Wijck, Governor of Suriname (1891-97), dies at 53 1900 Birthday - Jan van Tilburg, governor Suriname, PVDA, 1955-62 1899 Birthday - Pandit Rambharos Gangaram Panday, Suriname relig leader/co-found, VHP 1899 Death - Esquire Mauritius A de Savornin Lohman, Governor of Suriname, dies at 67 1892 Death - Cornelis A van Sypesteyn, Dutch governor of Suriname, dies at 69 1891 Event - Titus van Wyck succeeds M de Savornin Lohman as Governor of Suriname 1891 Event - Riot against tax increase in Paramaribo Suriname 1890 Event - 1st 44 Javans arrive in Suriname, to work 5 year on sugar plantations 1889 Death - Jan E Matzeliger, Suriname inventor (shoe lacing machine), dies 1885 Event - John Matzeliger of Suriname patents shoe lacing machine 1884 Event - Suriname army shoots on British-Indian contract workers, 7 killed 1884 Birthday - Abraham Rutgers, Dutch governor, Suriname, 1928-33 1878 Birthday - John C Kielstra, Dutch economist/governor of Suriname, 1933-44 1876 Event - Suriname begins compulsory education for 7-12 years 1873 Event - 1st contract workers of British-Indies Co arrives in Suriname 1865 Birthday - Johannes IJWJ Eilerts de Haan, Dutch sea officer, Lucie R, Suriname 1865 Event - Pope Pius IX visits Suriname 1865 Event - NV Suriname Bank established 1863 Event - Slavery abolished in Suriname and Netherlands Antilles 1863 Event - Dutch colony Suriname counts population of 33,000 slaves 1862 Event - Amnesty proclaimed for escaped slaves of Suriname 1854 Birthday - Cornelis W. Lely, Dutch engineer and Governor of Suriname, 1902 - 1905 1849 Birthday - Titus A J van Asch van Wijck, Dutch governor Suriname, 1891-97 1848 Event - Otto Tank ends slavery in Suriname colony 1843 Event - 1st Chinese immigrant arrives in Suriname 1839 Birthday - Nicolaas G Pierson, Dutch banker/Suriname premier, 1897-1901 1838 Death - Abraham de Veer, Dutch Governor-General of Suriname (1822-28), dies at 71 1832 Event - Rebellious slaves set fire to Paramaribo Suriname 1832 Birthday - Esquire Maurits A de Savornin Lohman, Dutch governor of Suriname 1821 Event - Paramaribo Suriname catches fire, 4 die 1816 Event - Dutch regain Suriname 1813 Birthday - Charles Pierre Schimpf, governor of Suriname, 1855-59 1812 Death - Jurriaan F de Frederici, Dutch governor-general (Suriname), dies at 60 1809 Birthday - Peter "Peerke" Donders, Dutch RC missionary to Suriname 1804 Event - Suriname sold to English, until February, 1816 1804 Event - 31 English ship sail Suriname river demand transition colony 1802 Event - English sell Suriname to Dutch 1799 Event - English fleet under lord Seymour overthrows Suriname 1789 Event - Fleeing slaves under Bonni attack military post on Suriname 1782 Event - Suriname forbids selling slave mothers without their babies 1779 Death - Jan Nepveu, Dutch Governor-General of Suriname (1769-79), dies at 59 1774 Event - 1st Surinam newspaper (1st Wednesday Suriname) begins publishing 1771 Event - West Indian Company and Amsterdam divide up Suriname 1771 Birthday - Jacob Andries van Braam, colonial director, Suriname 1770 Event - Amsterdam buys Van Aerssens family 1/3 part of Suriname 1768 Death - Jan J Mauricius, Dutch governor-general of Suriname (1742-51), dies at 75 1767 Birthday - Abraham de Veer, Dutch governor-general of Suriname, 1822-28 1760 Event - Suriname Colonial Regime signs treaty with Aukaners (ex-slaves) 1751 Birthday - Jurrian F de Frederici, governor-General, Suriname 1740 Death - Francois van Aerssen, Dutch Vice-Admiral (Suriname), dies at 71 1719 Birthday - John/Jean Nepveu, Dutch governor of Suriname, 1768-79 1712 Event - French hijacker Jacques Cassard seen on Suriname coast 1692 Birthday - Jan J Mauricius, Dutch governor-general of Suriname, 1742-51 1688 Death - Cornelis van Aerssen, governor of Suriname (1683-88), murdered at 50 1683 Event - West Indian Company sells 1/3 of Suriname 1669 Birthday - Francois van Aerssen, Dutch Vice-Admiral, Suriname/Algeria 1669 Death - Abraham Crijnssen, Swiss admiral, conquered Suriname, dies 1667 Event - English fleet plunders Suriname plantations 1667 Event - English colony Suriname in Dutch hands 1667 Event - Abraham Crijnssen conquerors Fort Willoughby (Zeelandia), Suriname 1667 Event - Abraham Crijnssens fleet reach Fort Willoughby on Suriname River 1666 Event - Abraham Crijnssen departs to Suriname 1637 Birthday - Philip J van Lichtenbergh, Governor of Suriname, baptized |
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