1994 Event Dennis Richardson sworn in as head of St. Maarten 1994 Event St. Maarten "Godfather" Claude Wathey sentenced to 1 years 1994 Death Maarten Vrolijk, Dutch soc-dem minister (CRM 1965-66), dies at 74 1978 Event Saint Maarten Patriotic Movement (SPM) forms under W James 1975 Birthday Maarten Kerkhof, soccer player, Vitesse, De Graafschap 1971 Birthday Maarten Atmodikoro, soccer player, Dordrecht '90, NAC 1963 Event Maarten Schmidt discovers enormous red shifts in quasars 1962 Birthday Maarten de Young, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen 1955 Death Maarten P Vrij, Dutch lawyer/criminologist/High Council, dies at 59 1945 Birthday Maarten van Traa, Dutch MP, PvdA 1944 Death Maarten Reuchlin, resistance fighter, executed 1943 Death Maarten van/of Gilse, resistance fighter, executed at 27 1943 Birthday Maarten B Engwirda, Dutch 2nd Chamber member, D66 1940 Event French mariners occupy St. Maarten 1929 Birthday Maarten Schmidt, Netherlands/U.S. astronomer, quasars 1919 Birthday Maarten Vrolijk, Dutch soc-dem party minister, CRM 1965-66 1917 Death Maria J "Marie" Bakker, actress/wife of Maarten Stranger, dies at 59 1895 Birthday Maarten P Vrij, Dutch lawyer/criminologist/member High Court 1877 Death Hendrik E van Rijgersma, Dutch governor (St. Maarten), dies at 42 1835 Birthday Hendrik E van Rijgersma, Dutch gouvernement doctor on Saint Maarten 1793 Event Netherlands captures French island of St. Maarten (held until 1795) 1691 Death Cornelis Tromp, admiral-general/son of Maarten T, dies at 61 1653 Death Maarten Harpertsz Tromp, Bestevaer, Lieutenant-Admiral, dies in battle at 55 1652 Event Sea battle at Dungeness: lt-admiral Maarten Tromp beats English fleet 1648 Event Dutch and French agree to divide St. Maarten, Leeward Islands 1639 Event Sea battle at Dunes: Lieutenant Admiral Maarten Tromp beats Spanish Armada 1629 Birthday Cornelis Tromp, Dutch Lieutenant-Admiral-General/son of Maarten Tromp 1612 Death Maarten van Valckenborch, Flemish painter, buried at about 77 1603 Death Maarten de Vos, Flemish painter, dies at about 71 1598 Birthday Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp, naval commander 1589 Death Maarten Schenck van Nideggen, Lieutenant Colonel (80 year war), dies at about 49 1589 Death Maarten Schenck Nideggen, Dutch army leader, drowned at about 49 1574 Death Maarten van Heemskerck, painter (Christ), dies 1555 Death Maarten van Rossum, Dutch army leader, dies at about 76 1542 Event French troops under Maarten van Rossem occupies Flanders 1529 Event Meeting between Maarten Luther and Huldrych Zwingli 1528 Event Utrecht governor Maarten van Rossum plunders The Hague 1521 Event Parliament of Worms: Cardinal Alexander questions Maarten Luther 397 Death Martinus, (St. Maarten), Roman bishop of Tours, dies at about 81
