2013 Event The landscape painting, 'Sunset at Montmajour,' becomes the first full-sized Van Gogh painting to be confirmed since 1928; it is put on display at Amsterdam's Van Gogh Museum 2010 Event Heavy winds knock down the Anne Frank tree in Amsterdam, breaking off approximately one meter above the ground 2010 Event Iceland's volcano causes Britain's two busiest airports to close in addition to Dublin Airport and Amsterdam Airport Schiphol 1998 Event Gay and Lesbian Games #5 open in Amsterdam 1997 Event "King David," closes at New Amsterdam Theater New York City 1997 Event "King David," opens at New Amsterdam Theater New York City 1996 Death Tristan Keuris, composer, taught composition in Utrecht, Amsterdam, works include 'Saxophone Quartet Concerto', dies in Amsterdam, Holland 1996 Death Morey Amsterdam, comedian (Dick Van Dyke Show), dies at 87 1995 Death Judith Fluks, Amsterdam's activist, dies 1995 Death Wim H Sinnige, Amsterdam PvdA alderman of Finance, dies at 60 1994 Death Gerard John Toorenaar, Amsterdam police commissar, dies at 69 1994 Death Pieter Zaanen, architect (Musical Trade scholarship, Amsterdam), dies 1994 Event Schelto Patijn appointed mayor of Amsterdam 1994 Death Theo Bosch, humanist/architect (Amsterdam), dies at 54 1993 Death Arthur Dreifuss, director/producer (Murder in Amsterdam), dies at 85 1993 Death Arthur Staal, Dutch architect (Shell Tower Amsterdam), dies at 86 1993 Death Ken E. Jones, musician ,New Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra, dies of AIDS at 34 1993 Death Bruce Ferden, U.S. conductor (NY, Washington, Amsterdam), dies at 44 1993 Death Tiny Hofman, Amsterdam activist (Nieuwmarkt), dies at 68 1993 Event 1st test flight of Fokker 70 in Amsterdam 1992 Event El Al cargo jet crashes into apartment complex in Amsterdam (250 die) 1992 Event El Al cargo plane crashes at Amsterdam Bijlmer, 43 die 1991 Death Gijsbert Perlee, Amsterdam's organ builder/grinder (Arabian), dies 1991 Event "Les Miserables" opens at Theatre Carre, Amsterdam 1990 Event Nelson and Winnie Mandela visit Leidseplein, Amsterdam 1989 Event Archaeologists open Titus of Rhine grave in Amsterdam 1989 Event African National Congress (ANC) opens office in Amsterdam 1988 Event Royal Concert building in Amsterdam reopens 1987 Death Richard Egan, actor (Big Cube, Amsterdam Kill), dies at 63 1986 Event Police arrested 3 IRA-terrorists in Amsterdam 1985 Event "Rembrandt and Hitler or Me" premieres in Amsterdam 1985 Event ADM of Amsterdam declares bankruptcy 1985 Death Johnny Guarnieri, jazz pianist (Morey Amsterdam Show), dies at 67 1983 Event Police free kidnapped beer magnate Alfred Heineken in Amsterdam 1983 Event Amsterdam brewer Freddie Heineken kidnapped 1982 Event Riot in Amsterdam as tram catches fire 1981 Event 400,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam against cruise missiles 1981 Event Ipswich Town wins 10th UEFA Cup at Amsterdam 1979 Death Mari Andriessen, sculptor (Docker), Amsterdam, dies at 82 1978 Event 50,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam against neutron bomb 1977 Event War criminal Pieter Menten sentenced in Amsterdam to 15 years 1977 Event Amsterdam: RAF-terrorists Gert Schneider/Christof Wackernagel arrested 1977 Event Amsterdam businessman M Caransa kidnapped 1977 Event Princess Beatrice opens Amsterdam metro 1977 Event Peter Schats opera "Houdini" premieres in Amsterdam 1977 Event Peter Schats circus opera "Houdini," premieres in Amsterdam 1977 Event Wim Polak becomes mayor of Amsterdam 1977 Death Gijsbert van Hall, banker/mayor of Amsterdam (1957-67), dies at 73 1977 Event Hotel Poland in Amsterdam destroyed by fire, 33 killed 1977 Event Harbor strike in Rotterdam/Amsterdam ends 1976 Event Fons Rademakers' film "Max Havelaar" premieres in Amsterdam 1976 Event Bob Marley performs in Amsterdam 1975 Birthday Marcelo Rios, Santiago Chile, tennis star, 1995 Amsterdam 1975 Event Rembrandts "Nightwatch" slashed and damaged in Amsterdam 1975 Event Bomb explodes at annex of Amsterdam metro station 1973 Event Hans of Manens ballet "Adagio Hammerklavier" premieres in Amsterdam 1973 Birthday Earl Scott, WLAF OL for the Amsterdam Admirals 1973 Birthday Donald Willis, WLAF corner for the Amsterdam Admirals 1973 Birthday Clay Williams, WLAF OL for the Amsterdam Admirals 1973 Birthday John Davis, WLAF tight end, Amsterdam Admirals, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1973 Birthday Masafumi Kawaguchi, WLAF linebacker for the Amsterdam Admirals 1973 Birthday Latario Rachal, WLAF/NFL receiver, Amsterdam Admirals, San Diego Chargers 1973 Event City of Amsterdam decides to support Hanoi 1972 Birthday Adam Vinatieri, WLAF punter/kicker, Amsterdam Admirals, New England Patriots 1972 Birthday Oliver Quass, WLAF kicker for the Amsterdam Admirals 1972 Birthday Ron Lewis, WLAF OL for the Amsterdam Admirals 1972 Birthday Trevor Wilmot, NFL linebacker, Indianapolis Colts, Amsterdam Admirals 1972 Birthday Jeroen Egge, WLAF offensive linesman for the Amsterdam Admirals 1972 Birthday Ryan Leahy, WLAF OL for the Amsterdam Admirals 1972 Birthday Brian Gragert, WLAF punter for the Amsterdam Admirals 1972 Birthday Zev Lumelski, WLAF guard for the Amsterdam Admirals 1972 Birthday Avo Avetisyan, WLAF defensive linesman for the Amsterdam Admirals 1972 Birthday Mike McCoy, WLAF quarterback, Amsterdam Admirals 1972 Birthday Takuro Abe, WLAF linebacker, Amsterdam Admirals 1972 Birthday Marc Lillibridge, WLAF linebacker for the Amsterdam Admirals 1972 Death Jan Wils, architect (Olympian Stadium, Amsterdam), dies at 80 1972 Birthday Mike McCoy, WLAF quarterback for the Amsterdam Admirals 1971 Birthday Jay Fiedler, WLAF quarterback for the Amsterdam Admirals 1971 Birthday Jey Phillips, WLAF DB for the Amsterdam Admirals 1971 Birthday John Sacca, WLAF quarterback for the Amsterdam Admirals 1971 Birthday Matt Brown, WLAF guard for the Amsterdam Admirals 1971 Birthday Bronzel Miller, WLAF linebacker for the Amsterdam Admirals 1971 Birthday Jim Hanna, WLAF defensive tackle for the Amsterdam Admirals 1971 Birthday Derrick Davis, WLAF cornerback for the Amsterdam Admirals 1971 Birthday Marcus Spears, NFL/WLAF guard and tackle, Chicago Bears, Amsterdam Admirals 1971 Birthday Phillip Bobo, WLAF receiver for the Amsterdam Admirals 1971 Birthday Tommy Johnson, WLAF cornerback for the Amsterdam Admirals 1971 Birthday Kevin Farkas, WLAF tackle for the Amsterdam Admirals 1971 Birthday Rico Mack, WLAF linebacker for the Amsterdam Admirals 1971 Birthday Jey Phillips, WLAF safety for the Amsterdam Admirals 1971 Birthday Robert O'Neal, WLAF safety for the Amsterdam Admirals 1971 Birthday Brent Moss, WLAF running back for the Amsterdam Admirals 1971 Birthday Lamar Mills, WLAF DE for the Amsterdam Admirals 1971 Birthday Tommie Jones, WLAF cornerback for the Amsterdam Admirals 1971 Birthday John Reece, WLAF/NFL cornerback, Amsterdam Admirals, Dallas Cowboys 1971 Birthday Bobby Hamilton, NFL/WLAF defensive end, Amsterdam Admirals, New York Jets 1971 Birthday Masato Itai, WLAF wide receiver for the Amsterdam Admirals 1971 Birthday Robert O' Neal, WLAF DB for the Amsterdam Admirals 1971 Birthday Beno Bryant, WLAF running back for the Amsterdam Admirals 1970 Birthday Robert Hall, WLAF wide reciever for the Amsterdam Admirals 1970 Birthday Jorgen Gustafsson, WLAF guard for the Amsterdam Admirals 1970 Birthday Trevor Cobb, WLAF running back for the Amsterdam Admirals 1970 Birthday Ralph Dawkins, WLAF running back for the Amsterdam Admirals 1970 Birthday Kelly Sims, WLAF cornerback for the Amsterdam Admirals 1970 Birthday Carlos Etheredge, WLAF tight end for the Amsterdam Admirals 1970 Birthday Mario Cristobal, WLAF guard for the Amsterdam Admirals 1970 Event Building begins of Amsterdam metro 1970 Event 1st Boeing 747 to land in Amsterdam and Brussels 1970 Birthday Frank Temming, WLAF running back for the Amsterdam Admirals 1970 Birthday Keith Franklin, WLAF linebacker for the Amsterdam Admirals 1970 Event 100 year Beehive anniversary ends in brawl in Amsterdam 1970 Birthday Meeno Peluce, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, actor, Bad News Bears 1970 Birthday Alonza Barnett, WLAF safety for the Amsterdam Admirals 1970 Event Dolle Mina's burns her bra in Amsterdam 1970 Birthday Ron Carpenter, NFL/WLAF safety, New York Jets, Amsterdam Admirals 1970 Event Dutch premiere of musical "Hair" in Amsterdam 1969 Birthday T C Wright, WLAF running back for the Amsterdam Admirals 1969 Birthday Troy Ridgley, WLAF defensive tackle for the Amsterdam Admirals 1969 Birthday Candy Dulfer, Amsterdam Holland, saxophonist, Lily Was Here 1969 Birthday Reyhan Agaoglu, WLAF safety for the Amsterdam Admirals 1969 Birthday Barry Kloeth, WLAF wide receiver for the Amsterdam Admirals 1969 Event Students occupies Magden House Amsterdam 1969 Birthday Dennis Bergkamp, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, soccer player, Ajax 1969 Birthday Pascall Davis, WLAF linebacker for the Amsterdam Admirals 1969 Birthday Darren Chandler, WLAF receiver, Amsterdam Admirals 1969 Event John and Yoko stage their 1st bed-in for peace (Amsterdam) 1969 Event John and Yoko stage their 1st bed-in for peace (Amsterdam Hilton) 1968 Birthday David Jones, WLAF tight end for the Amsterdam Admirals 1968 Event Queen Juliana opens IJ tunnel in Amsterdam 1968 Birthday Arnold Galesloot, WLAF tight end for the Amsterdam Admirals 1968 Birthday Johnnie Barnes, NFL wide receiver, Pittsburgh Steelers, Amsterdam Admirals 1968 Birthday Garry Howe, WLAF nose tackle for the Amsterdam Admirals 1968 Birthday Jerry Crafts, WLAF tackle for the Amsterdam Admirals 1968 Birthday Will Furrer, WLAF quarterback for the Amsterdam Admirals 1968 Birthday Roosevelt Collins, WLAF DL for the Amsterdam Admirals 1968 Birthday Malcolm Showell, WLAF defensive end for the Amsterdam Admirals 1968 Birthday Jerry Crafts, NFL/WLAF tackle, Philadelphia Eagles, Amsterdam Admirals 1967 Birthday Marcus Muler, WLAF adm asst for the Amsterdam Admirals 1967 Death Arnold J d'ailly, mayor of Amsterdam (1946-56), dies at 65 1967 Birthday Harvey Franklin, WLAF WR for the Amsterdam Admirals 1967 Event Izaak Samkalden becomes mayor of Amsterdam 1967 Birthday Willie Williams, WLAF tight end for the Amsterdam Admirals 1967 Birthday Mike Evans, WLAF DL for the Amsterdam Admirals 1967 Event Gijsbert van Hall resigns as mayor of Amsterdam 1967 Event Amsterdam Marines chase out "nozems" of Central Station 1967 Event Marines chase "Nozems" out of Amsterdam Central Station 1967 Birthday Mike Evans, WLAF defensive tackle for the Amsterdam Admirals 1966 Event 1st battle for Bijlmer flats Amsterdam 1966 Event 6 youths sentenced in "Johnson murderer!" in Amsterdam 1966 Birthday Wim Jonk, born in Volendam, Netherlands, midfielder, professional soccer player, played for Ajax Amsterdam, FC Volendam 1966 Birthday Cedric Figaro, WLAF linebacker for the Amsterdam Admirals 1966 Event Queen Juliana opens Coen tunnel in Amsterdam 1966 Birthday Theo Blanco, WLAF receiver for the Amsterdam Admirals 1965 Birthday Tony Jones, WLAF receiver, Amsterdam Admirals, Frankfurt Galaxy 1965 Event Vivian Beaumont Theater opens at 65th St. and Amsterdam Ave New York City 1965 Event Children find trunk with corpse in Amsterdam canal 1965 Birthday Tim Prukop, WLAF linebacker-secondary coach for the Amsterdam Admirals 1964 Birthday Bill Peterson, Smithfield, North Carolina, WLAF general manager for the Amsterdam Admirals 1964 Event Dutch Opera forms in Amsterdam 1964 Birthday Louis Clark, NFL receiver, Seattle, WLAF coach for the Amsterdam Admirals 1964 Event Beatles travel canals of Amsterdam 1963 Birthday Silvio Diliberto, WLAF kicker for the Amsterdam Admirals 1963 Birthday Brian Forde, WLAF linebacker for the Amsterdam Admirals 1963 Event C and A Building in Amsterdam burns down 1962 Event Demonstration for sovereign status of New-Guinea in Amsterdam 1961 Death Benjamin Merkelbach, architect/city builder of Amsterdam, dies at 60 1961 Event Amsterdam National Ballet forms 1961 Event Prince Bernhard opens new RAI building in Amsterdam 1960 Birthday Arnon Ohad, co-pilot, El Al, plane that crashed on Bijlmer Amsterdam 1960 Event Tuindorp-Oostzaan in Northern Amsterdam, flooded 1959 Death Gerard J Arbous, actor/publicist (Bohemian Amsterdam), dies at 83 1959 Death K Rudolf Mengelberg, Dutch composer (Concert Amsterdam), dies at 67 1959 Birthday Hans Werdekker, Dutch soccer player, Ajax, RKC/Amsterdam Admirals 1958 Death Michael G the Boer, historian (Harbor of Amsterdam), dies at 91 1957 Event Anne Frank Foundation forms in Amsterdam 1957 Event Gijsbert of Hall appointed mayor of Amsterdam 1956 Event Queen Juliana opens Rembrandt fairs in Amsterdam 1956 Birthday Dick Kemper, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, rock vocalist/bassist, Vandenberg 1956 Event Queen Juliana unveils National Monument to Dams in Amsterdam 1956 Death John Raedecker, Dutch sculptor (WW II Monument Amsterdam), dies at 70 1955 Event Queen Juliana opens E55 fair in Amsterdam 1955 Event Armed military action taken against bureaucratic strike in Amsterdam 1954 Birthday Jos Zoomer, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, rock drummer, Vandenberg 1954 Event Scapino Ballet Studio in Amsterdam destroyed by fire 1954 Birthday Adrian Vandenberg, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, rock guitarist, Whitesnake 1953 Birthday Bert Heerink, Amsterdam, rock vocalist 1951 Birthday Jan Timman, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Dutch chess player, Grandmaster, won International Master title in 1971 and 1974, won 1976 Chess Olympiads gold medal 1950 Birthday Mark McHale, WLAF offensive line coach for the Amsterdam Admirals 1949 Event Amsterdam Telegraph-director/SS'er Henri Holdert sentenced to 12 years 1949 Death Josephus T J Cuypers, architect (Amsterdam Stock Exchange), dies at 87 1948 Event Tommy Lasorda strikes out 25 Amsterdam Rugmakers (in 15 innings) 1947 Event Trial of art forger Han of Meegeren begins in Amsterdam 1947 Event Trial against WW II mayor of Amsterdam Edward Vonte begins 1946 Birthday Al Luginbill, Pomona California, WLAF head coach for the Amsterdam Admirals 1946 Birthday Tristan Keuris, born in Amersfoort, Netherlands, composer, taught composition in Utrecht, Amsterdam, works include 'Saxophone Quartet Concerto' 1946 Event Harbor workers end strike at Rotterdam and Amsterdam 1946 Event Dutch Cooperation for Sexual Reform (NVSH) forms in Amsterdam 1946 Event Humanistic Covenant forms in Amsterdam 1945 Event ANJV established in Concert building, Amsterdam 1945 Event "Free People" premieres in Amsterdam 1945 Event Canadian troops move into Amsterdam 1945 Event SS open fire on crowd in Amsterdam, killing 22 1945 Event Surprise attack on Liese-Aktion-office on Marnix St, Amsterdam 1945 Event Germans execute resistance fighters in Amsterdam 1944 Event Nazi occupiers of Amsterdam destroy electricity plants 1944 Birthday Jeroen Krabbe, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, actor, Fugitive 1944 Event Amsterdam: Vondelpark closed because of kappen of trees 1944 Event Gas output stopped in Amsterdam 1944 Event 1st Central Kitchen opens in Amsterdam 1944 Event German occupier turn off electricity in Amsterdam 1944 Event Anne Frank arrested in Amsterdam by Nazis 1944 Event Amsterdam soccer team "The Volewijckers" plays in orange shirts 1944 Event Attempt to liberate prisoners in Amsterdam fails, John Post arrested 1944 Event Surprise attack on Weteringschans Amsterdam, fails 1944 Birthday Willeke van Ammelrooy, born in Amsterdam, actress, Cidke de Rat, Antonia 1944 Birthday Tom Okker, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, tennis player, nickname, The Flying Dutchman, world's top doubles player, 1969, world's top ten singles player for 17 years 1943 Death Gerard W. Kerncamp, historian/editor-in-chief (Green Amsterdam), dies 1943 Event German riots at Amsterdam Jews 1943 Event Nazi's evacuate Hollandsche Theater in Amsterdam 1943 Event RAF bombs Fokker airplane factory in Amsterdam 1943 Event German round up Jews in Amsterdam 1943 Event SS Police in Amsterdam sentence for 12 resistance fighter to death (Jewish, communists, homosexuality) at the census bureau 1943 Event Jews riot against Germany in Amsterdam 1943 Event 1st edition of illegal "The Free Artist" appears in Amsterdam 1943 Event Jewish old age home for disabled in Amsterdam raided 1943 Event Van der Veen Resistance starts fire in Amsterdam employment bureau 1943 Event Amsterdam resistance group CS-6 shoots nazi general Seyffardt 1943 Event 1st transport of Jews from Amsterdam to concentration camp Vught 1942 Death Sybren Tulip, NSBer/supt of police in Amsterdam (1941-42), dies 1942 Event 1st transport of Amsterdam Jews to Westerbork 1942 Event Riots against Jews in Amsterdam 1942 Event Anne Frank's family goes into hiding in After House, Amsterdam 1942 Event Anne Frank gets her diary as a birthday present, Amsterdam 1942 Birthday Al[bert] Tanara, WLAF defensive coach, Amsterdam Admirals 1941 Event Nazi manifest against the Jews in Amsterdam 1941 Event 2nd great raid on Jews of Amsterdam 1941 Birthday Edo de Waart, Amsterdam Holland, conductor, Houston Opera-1976 1941 Death Ernst Cahn, owner of Amsterdam Koco ice cream parlor, executed 1941 Event February strike against persecution of Jews, in Amsterdam 1941 Event Anti nazi meeting at Noordermarkt Amsterdam 1941 Event Nazi SS begin rounding up Jews of Amsterdam 1941 Event Nazi police attacks and driven away from Koco Amsterdam by young Jews 1941 Event Nazi raid Amsterdam and round up 429 young Jews for deportation 1941 Event Jewish Council for Amsterdam forms, under Ascher/Cohen 1941 Event Nazi collaborators destroy pro-Jewish cafe Alcazar Amsterdam (Alcazar refused to hang "No Entry for Jews" signs in front of cafe) 1940 Event 1st edition of Jewish Weekly newspaper in Amsterdam (under Nazi) 1940 Event Nazi occupiers seize library of IISG Amsterdam 1940 Event Amsterdam time becomes MET (Middle European Time) 1940 Event German troops occupy Amsterdam, General Winkelman surrenders 1940 Birthday Theo Bosch, Dutch humanist/architect, Nieuwmarkt, Amsterdam 1938 Event Banning speech on anti-fascism demonstration in Amsterdam 1937 Event Johan Wagenaar's "Feestmars" premieres in Amsterdam 1936 Event Amsterdam's Calvinist Churches reject nazism 1936 Event Watchfulness Committee forms in Amsterdam 1936 Death Florentinus M Wibaut, Amsterdam social alderman, dies at 76 1936 Event ANP begins telex service in Amsterdam 1935 Event Resident Institution for Social History (IISG) forms in Amsterdam 1935 Event Amsterdam city council accept city growth plan through the year 2000 1935 Event General Netherlands Persbureau (ANP) forms in Amsterdam 1935 Event SDAP and CPH achieve majority in city council in Amsterdam 1935 Birthday Hendrikus C "Henk" Admiraal, Dutch actor, Rififi in Amsterdam 1935 Event Amsterdam Hotel of the Red Lion gets sidewalk permit 1934 Birthday Ed van Thijn, Jewish, Dutch Foreign Minister/mayor, Amsterdam, 1983-94 1934 Death Hendrik P Berlage, architect (Stock exchange Amsterdam), dies at 78 1934 Event Jordanians revolt in Amsterdam after reduction in employment 1934 Death Meijer Linnewiel, Amsterdam street hawker, dies 1934 Birthday Jan Wijn, born in Amsterdam, Holland, Dutch pianist, piano teacher, played contemporary classical music to national and international audiences 1934 Event Jaap Speyers "Bluejackets" premieres in Amsterdam 1933 Event Josephine Baker performs in Amsterdam 1933 Birthday Itzhak Fuks, Israeli El Al captain, crashed in Amsterdam 1933 Event Amsterdam confectionery worker go on strike against wage reduction 1932 Birthday Joe Clark, born in Los Angeles, California, WLAF off coordinator coach for the Amsterdam Admirals 1932 Event International Anti-War Committee forms in Amsterdam 1932 Event International anti-war congress opens in Amsterdam 1931 Event VARA begins experimental TV broadcast in Diamantbeurs Amsterdam 1929 Event Queen-mother Emma opens Antonie van Leeuwenhoek House in Amsterdam 1929 Event Venezuelan rebel Rafael Urbina overthrows Fort Amsterdam, Curaeao kidnap governor Fruytier 1929 Event Palace for People's industry in Amsterdam devastated by fire 1929 Event Loetafoon celluloid film system demonstrated in Amsterdam 1929 Birthday Bernard Haitink, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, conductor, London Philharmonic Orchestra 1969 - 1978 1929 Event Revolutionary Socialist Party forms in Amsterdam 1928 Event 9th Olympic Games close in Amsterdam 1928 Event Ray Barbuti saves U.S. team from defeat in Amsterdam Olympics track events by winning 400 m (47.8 sec) 1928 Event 9th Olympic Games open in Amsterdam 1928 Event 9th modern Olympic games opens in Amsterdam 1928 Event Netherlands and Belgium tie 1-1 (soccer match in Amsterdam) 1927 Event Netherlands beats Belgium 3-2 in soccer match in Amsterdam 1926 Event Josephine Baker goes up in Amsterdam 1926 Birthday Willy Alberti, Carel Verbrugge, singer and actor, Riffin in Amsterdam 1926 Event Bicyclists without bicycle-tax-stamp rounded up in Amsterdam 1926 Event Building of Olympian Stadium Amsterdam, begins 1925 Birthday Rijk de Gooyer, Dutch actor, Black Rider, Rififi in Amsterdam 1925 Event VARA, Vereniging van Workers Radio Amateurs forms in Amsterdam 1925 Birthday Gerard John Toorenaar, political commissar in Amsterdam, 1975-79 1925 Event Theater Museum of Amsterdam forms 1924 Event Fokker F-7 1st flight (Amsterdam to Batavia) 1924 Event Railroad worker strike ends in Amsterdam 1924 Event Workers at Werkspoor in Amsterdam strike against 3rd wage cut 1924 Birthday Johnny Jordaan, Jan van Musscher, Amsterdam folk vocalist 1924 Event Amsterdam's Netherlands Press Museum opens 1923 Death Michel de Klerk, architect (Amsterdam School), dies at 39 1923 Birthday Hicks B Waldron, Amsterdam, New York, CEO, Avon 1923 Event 80,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam against Fleet law 1923 Birthday Anton Kersjes, violinist and conductor, Amsterdam Philharmonic Orchestra 1923 Event Amsterdam taxi strike ended 1923 Event Taxi strike in Amsterdam begins (through March 9th) 1923 Event Typography strike in Amsterdam 1922 Event Queen Wilhelmina opens Dutch Historical Maritime museum in Amsterdam 1922 Event Prince Hendrik opens trade fair building in Amsterdam 1921 Event Amsterdam's Tuschinski movie theater opens 1921 Event Tuschinski Theater opens in Amsterdam 1921 Event Hadjememaar, Corn de Gelder, elected in Amsterdam 1921 Death Petrus Cuypers, architect (Amsterdam museum), dies at 93 1920 Event Amsterdam actors decide to strike for retirement benefits 1919 Event 15,000 men are cremated at Domela Newenhouse, Amsterdam 1919 Event Queen Wilhelmina opens 1st Air Fair in Amsterdam 1919 Event Vrije Vakbewegings Internationale (VVI) forms in Amsterdam 1919 Event Anthony Fokker's establishes airplane factory at Hamburg and Amsterdam 1918 Event Food riot in Amsterdam 1918 Event Socialist Youth AJC organizes in Amsterdam 1917 Event Potato entrepreneurs begins in Amsterdam 1917 Birthday Louis G "Lo" van Hensbergen, actor/author, Amsterdam Affair 1917 Birthday Johnny Guarnieri, born in New York City, jazz pianist, Morey Amsterdam Show 1916 Event 40,000 Amsterdam demonstrators demand general voting right 1916 Event Historic Shipport Museum opens in Amsterdam 1915 Event Antoni van Leeuwenhoek's Hospital in Amsterdam opens 1914 Death Gijsbert van Tienhoven, mayor (Amsterdam)/foreign minister, dies at 73 1914 Event Foxtrot 1st danced at New Amsterdam Roof Garden (NYC, by Harry Fox) 1914 Birthday Winand J Borgerhoff Mulder, court judge of Amsterdam 1913 Event Amsterdam reroutes sewage of canals to South Seas 1912 Birthday Morey Amsterdam, born in Chicago, Illinois, comedian, Buddy-Dick Van Dyke Show 1912 Birthday Izaak Samkalden, Dutch Minister of Justice, PvdA, mayor of Amsterdam 1911 Event Queen Wilhelmina opens Rembrandt house in Amsterdam 1911 Event Society of Dutch Composers forms in Amsterdam 1911 Event Dutch Scouts Organization established in Amsterdam 1910 Event 25,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam for general male/female suffrage 1910 Event Ex-president Theodore Roosevelt visits Amsterdam 1909 Event Amsterdam Social-Democratic Party (SDP) forms 1908 Event World congress for Woman's rights opens in Amsterdam 1907 Event German emperor Wilhelm II visits Amsterdam 1906 Birthday Louis Borell, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, actor, Over the Moon, Queer Cargo 1906 Event Republic museum opens Rembrandt hall in Amsterdam 1905 Event Albert Cuypstrat street market in Amsterdam inaugurated 1905 Event Operations begin uniting conservatory of Nature monument Amsterdam 1904 Event International Anti-Military Cooperation (IAMV) forms in Amsterdam 1904 Birthday Gijsbert van Hall, banker/mayor of Amsterdam, 1957-67 1904 Birthday Peter Van Steeden, born in Amsterdam Netherlands, orchestra leader, Break the Bank 1903 Event New Amsterdam Theater opens at 214 W 42nd St. New York City 1903 Event Queen Wilhelmina opens Berlages Merchants bureau in Amsterdam 1903 Event American Hotel opens in Amsterdam 1903 Event Harry Houdini escapes police station Halvemaansteeg in Amsterdam 1903 Event Harry Houdini performs at Rembrandt theater, Amsterdam 1903 Event Dutch Press museum opens in Amsterdam 1902 Birthday Arnold J d'Ailly, dir, Nederlandsche Bank, mayor, Amsterdam, 1946-56 1902 Event Blue-White United soccer team of Amsterdam forms 1902 Event Alphons Diepenbrock's "Te Deum" premieres (Amsterdam) 1901 Birthday Benjamin Merkelbach, architect/city builder of Amsterdam 1901 Birthday Willy Lages, German chief of Sicherheitsdienst in Amsterdam 1900 Event Herman Heijermans' "Hope of Blessing" premieres in Amsterdam 1900 Event Diamond workers in Amsterdam strike 1900 Birthday Leo Smit, born in Amsterdam, Holland, composer, killed in Poland during the Holocaust 1900 Event 1st edition of The Volk published in Amsterdam 1900 Event Ajax (Amsterdam Football Club), forms 1900 Event Ajax soccer team forms in Amsterdam 1898 Event Herman Heijermans' "Ghetto," premieres in Amsterdam 1897 Event Vincent d'Indy's "Istar" premieres in Amsterdam and Brussels 1895 Event Amsterdam's AFC soccer team forms 1894 Event Amsterdam Municipal theater opens 1894 Event Female suffrage organization in Amsterdam forms 1892 Event Amsterdam swim club renamed "The Y" 1892 Birthday Gijsbert Friedhoff, architect, tax office Wibautstraat, Amsterdam 1892 Birthday K Rudolf Mengelberg, composer/musicologist, Amsterdam Concert Hall 1891 Birthday Jan Wils, Holland, architect/designer, Amsterdam's Olympic Stadium 1890 Event Amsterdam Theater destroyed by fire 1890 Event 1st issue of Propria Cures, Amsterdam student-weekly newspaper 1889 Event Amsterdam Central Station officially opens 1888 Event Amsterdam: 1st concerto of Concert worker, under Willem Kes 1887 Event Amsterdam's Oscar Carres Circus Theater opens 1885 Event Amsterdam police attack meeting of social-democrats united 1884 Birthday Michel de Klerk, architect, Amsterdam School 1883 Event Amsterdam's Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky gets electric lights 1883 Event Amsterdam World's Fair opens 1883 Event 28 Surinamers depart to Amsterdam World's Fair 1882 Event Amsterdam Artis Zoo opens aquarium 1882 Event Social-Democratic Union forms in Amsterdam 1881 Birthday Piet L. Kramer, architect, Amsterdam School 1880 Event Amsterdam Free University opens 1880 Birthday Allard R Hulshoff, architect of Amsterdam, 1924 1878 Event Social-Democratic United forms in Amsterdam 1876 Event Riot abolishes fairs in Amsterdam, 2 killed 1875 Birthday Johan E Elias, historian, Amsterdam 1872 Event Karl Marx speaks in Amsterdam 1870 Event 1st-stone Amstel Brewery opens in Amsterdam 1869 Event Amsterdam typographer strike 1868 Birthday Marie van Regteren Altena, Dutch painter, Amsterdam's Joffers 1867 Event Amstel Hotel, "the dignified old lady" opens in Amsterdam 1867 Birthday Meijer Linnewiel, Prof Kokadorus, Amsterdam's pitchman 1867 Birthday Michael G de Boer, historian, Harbor of Amsterdam 1866 Death Samuel Sarphati, Amsterdam physician/social activist, dies at 53 1864 Event Palace for People's industry official opens in Amsterdam 1856 Event Amsterdam post office at Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal opens 1856 Birthday Hendrik P Berlage, architect, Stock exchange Amsterdam 1856 Birthday Willem Kes, Dutch violinist, composer and conductor, Parkorkest Amsterdam 1854 Event Amsterdam begins transferring drinking water out of the dunes 1849 Event Willem Alexander PFL crowned king Willem III in Amsterdam 1848 Event State of siege proclaimed in Amsterdam 1845 Event King Willem II opens Amsterdam Stock exchange 1841 Birthday Bert van Tienhoven, mayor, Amsterdam, foreign minister 1841 Birthday Gijsbert van Tienhoven, Dutch mayor, Amsterdam, foreign minister 1839 Event Salon of Varietes opens in Amsterdam 1830 Event General Trade Journal newspaper begins publishing in Amsterdam 1828 Event Casparus van Wooden patents chocolate milk powder (Amsterdam) 1828 Event 1st edition of Amsterdam General Trade Journal (Algemeen Handelsblad) 1827 Birthday Petrus J H Cuypers, architect, Amsterdam Museum, Central station 1823 Event Great North Holland Canal (Amsterdam) opens 1820 Birthday Multatuli, born in Amsterdam, Eduard Douwes Dekker, writer, named most important Dutch writer of all time, 2002, Society for Dutch literature 1813 Event Tax revolt in Amsterdam 1813 Birthday Samuel Sarphati, Amsterdam, physician/pharmacist/social activist 1810 Event French troops occupy Amsterdam 1804 Event Vice-Admiral William Bligh ends siege of Fort Amsterdam, Willemstad 1796 Event Riot after disagreement of patriotic demand in Amsterdam 1795 Event Amsterdam celebrates Revolution on the Dam; Square of Revolution 1795 Event Democratic revolution in Amsterdam ends oligarchy 1795 Event French admitted to Amsterdam without resistance 1793 Death Isaac Ouwater, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist, dies at 44 1791 Birthday Jan D Zocher, Jr., Dutch garden architect, Vondelpark, Amsterdam 1787 Event Amsterdam surrenders to Prussian invasion army 1787 Event Maagden House opens in Amsterdam 1787 Event Utrecht patriots flee to Amsterdam 1785 Death Egbert de Free Temminck, Amsterdam regent, dies at 84 1781 Death John Ekels, the Old, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist, dies at 57 1778 Event City Amsterdam signs trade agreement with U.S. rebels 1772 Event Amsterdam theater destroyed by fire, 18 killed 1771 Event West Indian Company and Amsterdam divide up Suriname 1770 Event Amsterdam buys Van Aerssens family 1/3 part of Suriname 1757 Death Willem Gideon Deutz, Amsterdam regent/banker/merchant, dies at 59 1754 Death Jacob de Wit, Amsterdam painter/decorater, dies at 58 1754 Event Riot at burial of doelist Daniel Raap in Amsterdam 1751 Event Amsterdam refuses establishment of Jewish ghetto 1748 Birthday Isaac Ouwater, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist 1748 Event Riot after public execution in Amsterdam, 200+ killed 1748 Death Marretje Arends, Matje of Nieuwendijk, Amsterdam plunderer, hanged 1748 Death Pieter van Dort, Amsterdam plunderer, hanged 1748 Event Amsterdam establishes municipal postal service 1736 Death Albert Seba, Amsterdam pharmacist, dies at 71 1724 Birthday John Ekels, the Old, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist 1722 Birthday Peter Camper, Leyden Holland, anatomist/professor, Amsterdam 1719 Death Jean Deutz, minster of Heemskerk/merchant/Amsterdam regent, dies at 64 1719 Death Steven J Vennekool, Amsterdam's master builder, buried 1717 Death Nicolaas Witsen, etcher/mayor (Amsterdam), dies 1717 Event German mob leader "Sjako" sentenced to death in Amsterdam 1709 Birthday John Wagenaar, Amsterdam merchant/historian, baptised 1704 Death John Hudde, 21x mayor of Amsterdam, dies at 76 1700 Birthday Egbert de Vrij Temminck, Amsterdam regent 1697 Birthday Willem Gideon Deutz, Amsterdam regent/banker/merchant 1696 Event Revolt of undertakers after funeral reforms (Amsterdam) 1693 Death Coenraad van Beuningen, mayor of Amsterdam/diplomat, dies at 71 1692 Death John Commelin, director of Hortus Botanist (Amsterdam), dies at 62 1689 Death Olfert Dapper, Amsterdam historian/geographer, buried 1689 Death Philipp von Zesen, German poet (Bescheibung of Amsterdam), dies at 70 1685 Birthday Cornelis Hop, Amsterdam regent/diplomat 1682 Event English earl of Shaftesbury flight to Amsterdam 1680 Event Amsterdam opera at Leidsegracht opens 1680 Death Gillis Valckenier, mayor of Amsterdam (1665..80), dies at about 57 1679 Death John van de Cappelle, Amsterdam landscape painter, dies at 53 1678 Death Andries de Graeff, mayor of Amsterdam (1657..71), dies at 67 1678 Death Philip Vingboons, Amsterdam's master builder, buried 1675 Event Storm hits about West-Europe: flood in Amsterdam 1675 Event Portuguese-Jewish synagogue opens in Amsterdam 1674 Death Claes P "Nicolas" Tulip, mayor of Amsterdam, dies at 80 1672 Event Joan Blaeus publishers destroyed by fire in Amsterdam 1668 Death Artus Quellinus, Flemish sculptor (Amsterdam townhall), dies 1667 Death John Fox, Amsterdam writer, buried 1667 Death Thomas de Keyser, Amsterdam master builder/painter, buried 1665 Event English rename New Amsterdam, New York, after Dutch pull out 1664 Event Dutch surrender New Amsterdam (NY) to 300 English soldiers 1664 Event Adriaen Pieck/Gerrit de Ferry patent wooden firespout in Amsterdam 1664 Event New Amsterdam renamed New York City 1660 Event 1st kosher butcher (Asser Levy) licensed in New York City (New Amsterdam) 1660 Event Asser Levy granted butchers license (kosher meat) in New Amsterdam 1658 Event 1st U.S. police corps forms (New Amsterdam) 1657 Death Jacob van Campen, painter/architect (Amsterdam Townhall), dies at 62 1657 Event 1st Quakers arrives in New Amsterdam (New York) 1656 Event Jews are denied the right to build a synagogue in New Amsterdam 1656 Event New Amsterdam granted a Jewish burial site 1655 Event New Amsterdam and Peter Stuyvesant bars Jews from military service 1655 Event Biggest townhall in the world opens in Amsterdam 1655 Event Jews of New Amsterdam petition for a Jewish cemetery 1655 Birthday Jean Deutz, merchant/Amsterdam regent 1655 Event Adriana Nooseman-van de Bergh is 1st actress in Amsterdam theater 1655 Event Dutch West Indies Co denies Peter Stuyvesant's desire to exclude Jews from New Amsterdam 1654 Death Cornelis Bicker, merchant/mayor of Amsterdam, dies at 61 1654 Event 1st Jewish immigrant to U.S., Jacob Barsimson arrives in New Amsterdam 1653 Event New Amsterdam becomes a city, later called New York City 1652 Event Fire on Dutch Dam, Amsterdam's city hall burns 1652 Event New Amsterdam (now New York City) passes 1st speed limit law in US 1652 Death Andries Bicker, merchant/Amsterdam regent, dies at 65 1651 Event South Sea dike in Amsterdam breaks after storm 1650 Event Viceroy Willem II and Amsterdam reach accord about standing army 1650 Event Prince Willem II occupies Amsterdam 1648 Event Cornerstone of Amsterdam townhall laid 1645 Event Dutch and Indians sign peace treaty (New Amsterdam (NY)) 1641 Birthday Nicolaas Witsen, etcher/mayor, Amsterdam 1639 Death John I Pontanus, physicist/historian (Amsterdam), dies at 68 1638 Event French queen-mother Maria de' Medici visits Amsterdam 1638 Death Jacob C van Neck, admiral/mayor of Amsterdam, dies at about 73 1638 Event Schouwburg Theater, the 1st in Amsterdam, opens 1632 Birthday Baruch "Benedict" de Spinoza, Amsterdam, rationalist philosopher 1630 Event New Amsterdam's governor buys Gull Island from Indians for cargo, renames it Oyster Island, it is later known as Ellis Island 1629 Birthday John Commelin, director, Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam 1626 Birthday John van de Cappelle, Amsterdam, landscape painter 1626 Death Cornelis Pieterse Hoft, Amsterdam merchant/regent, dies at 68 1624 Death Isaac Le Maire, Amsterdam ship owner, dies at about 66 1621 Death Henrick de Keyser, Amsterdam's master builder, dies at 56 1620 Event English language newspaper "Namloos" begins publishing in Amsterdam 1620 Death Roemer P Visscher, poet, buried in Amsterdam 1619 Birthday Philipp von Zesen, German poet and historian, Amsterdam 1619 Event Theatrum Anatomicum opens in Amsterdam 1618 Birthday Jan Six, Dutch mayor of Amsterdam 1614 Event Amsterdam Bank of Loan forms 1611 Birthday Andries de Graeff, mayor of Amsterdam, 1657..71 1609 Event Wisselbank of Amsterdam established 1603 Event 1st stones layed in Zuiderkerk Amsterdam 1596 Event Willem Barents leaves Amsterdam for Novaya Zemlya 1595 Death Reynier Cant, mayor of Amsterdam, dies at about 59 1595 Birthday Jacob van Campen, painter/architect, New Church, Amsterdam 1593 Birthday Claes P "Nicolaas" Tulip, anatomy/mayor of Amsterdam, 1654..71 1588 Death Joost Sybrantsz Buyck, Amsterdam merchant/regent, dies at about 82 1585 Event Amsterdam bans 45 roman catholics 1580 Event Prince Willem of Orange welcomed in Amsterdam 1577 Event Water Geuzen under Captain Slope enter Amsterdam 1571 Birthday John I Pontanus, physicist/historian, Amsterdam 1566 Event Beeldenstorm reaches Amsterdam 1565 Birthday Henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam 1540 Event Court of Holland names Amsterdam sheriff John Hubrechtsz a "heretic" 1535 Event 12 nude anabaptists run through Amsterdam streets 1531 Event "Women's Revolt" in Amsterdam: wool house in churchyard aborted 1523 Event Amsterdam bans assembly of heretics 1521 Event Emperor Charles V bans wooden buildings in Amsterdam 1387 Event Amsterdam buccaneer Herman of Kuinre sign peace 1345 Event Holy spirit glides above fire: "the miracle of Amsterdam" (legend)
