— about 55 years ago
Date | Event |
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1275-10-27 |
Traditional founding of the city of Amsterdam. |
1345-03-16 |
Holy spirit glides above fire: "the miracle of Amsterdam" (legend) |
1387-10-26 |
Amsterdam buccaneer Herman of Kuinre sign peace |
1521-10-25 |
Emperor Charles V bans wooden buildings in Amsterdam |
1523-11-30 |
Amsterdam bans assembly of heretics |
1531-05-31 |
"Women's Revolt" in Amsterdam: wool house in churchyard aborted |
1535-02-10 |
12 nude anabaptists run through Amsterdam streets |
1540-03-19 |
Court of Holland names Amsterdam sheriff John Hubrechtsz a "heretic" |
1566-08-23 |
Beeldenstorm reaches Amsterdam |
1577-11-23 |
Water Geuzen under capt Slope enter Amsterdam |
1580-03-17 |
Prince Willem of Orange welcomed in Amsterdam |
1585-07-25 |
Amsterdam bans 45 roman catholics |
1596-05-18 |
Willem Barents leaves Amsterdam for Novaya Zemlya |
1603-08-22 |
1st stones layed in Zuiderkerk Amsterdam |
1609-01-31 |
Wisselbank of Amsterdam established |
1613-01-24 |
Amsterdam merchant Hans Bontemantel baptized |
1614-04-25 |
Amsterdam Bank of Loan forms |
1614-10-11 |
Adriaen Block and 12 Amsterdam merchants petition the States General for exclusive trading rights in the New Netherland colony. |
1619-04-19 |
Theatrum Anatomicum opens in Amsterdam |
1620-12-02 |
English language newspaper "Namloos" begins publishing in Amsterdam |
1630-07-12 |
New Amsterdam's governor buys Gull Island from Indians for cargo, renames it Oyster Island, it is later known as Ellis Island |
1638-01-03 |
Schouwburg Theater, the 1st in Amsterdam, opens |
1638-09-01 |
-4] French queen-mother Maria de' Medici visits Amsterdam |
1645-08-30 |
Dutch & Indians sign peace treaty (New Amsterdam (NY)) |
1647-05-11 |
Peter Stuyvesant arrives in New Amsterdam. |
1648-01-20 |
Cornerstone of Amsterdam townhall laid |
1650-07-30 |
Prince Willem II occupies Amsterdam |
1650-08-03 |
Viceroy Willem II & Amsterdam reach accord about standing army |
1651-03-05 |
South Sea dike in Amsterdam breaks after storm |
1652-06-27 |
New Amsterdam (now New York City) enacts first speed limit law in North America |
1652-07-06 |
Fire on Dutch Dam (Amsterdam's city hall burns) |
1653-02-02 |
New Amsterdam becomes a city (later renamed New York) |
1654-08-22 |
Jacob Barsimson arrives in New Amsterdam (modern day Manhattan) aboard the Peartree, one ot the first Jewish colonists |
1655-04-26 |
Dutch West Indies Co denies Peter Stuyvesant's desire to exclude Jews from New Amsterdam |
1655-06-13 |
Adriana Nooseman-van de Bergh is 1st actress in Amsterdam theater |
1655-07-27 |
Jews of New Amsterdam petition for a Jewish cemetery |
1655-07-29 |
Biggest townhall in the world opens in Amsterdam |
1655-08-28 |
New Amsterdam & Peter Stuyvesant bars Jews from military service |
1656-02-22 |
New Amsterdam granted a Jewish burial site |
1656-03-13 |
Jews are denied the right to build a synagogue in New Amsterdam |
1657-06-01 |
1st Quakers arrives in New Amsterdam (NY) |
1658-08-12 |
1st American police force forms (New Amsterdam) |
1660-10-15 |
Asser Levy granted butcher's license (kosher meat) in New Amsterdam |
1660-11-15 |
First kosher butcher (Asser Levy) licensed in New Amsterdam (now New York City) |
1664-08-29 |
Adriaen Pieck/Gerrit de Ferry patent wooden firespout in Amsterdam |
1664-09-08 |
Dutch surrender New Amsterdam (NY) to 300 English soldiers |
1665-06-12 |
New Amsterdam legally becomes British and renamed New York after English Duke of York |
1672-02-23 |
Joan Blaeus publishers destroyed by fire in Amsterdam |
1675-08-10 |
Portuguese-Jewish synagogue opens in Amsterdam |
1675-11-04 |
Storm hits Western Europe: flood in Amsterdam |
1680-12-31 |
Amsterdam opera at Leidsegracht opens |
1682-12-02 |
English Earl of Shaftesbury flees to Amsterdam |
1687-09-26 |
The city council of Amsterdam votes to support William of Orange's invasion of England, which became the Glorious Revolution. |
1696-01-31 |
Revolt by undertakers after funeral reforms (Amsterdam) |
1717-01-14 |
German mob leader "Sjako" sentenced to death in Amsterdam |
1748-06-03 |
Amsterdam establishes municipal postal service |
1748-06-28 |
Riot after public execution in Amsterdam, 200+ killed |
1751-09-12 |
Amsterdam refuses establishment of Jewish ghetto |
1754-01-15 |
Riot at burial of doelist Daniel Raap in Amsterdam |
1770-04-19 |
Amsterdam buys Van Aerssens family 1/3 part of Suriname |
1771-07-31 |
Paul Potters "Great ossendrift" sold for Ÿ9050 in Amsterdam |
1771-11-16 |
West Indian Company & Amsterdam divide up Suriname |
1772-05-11 |
Amsterdam theater destroyed by fire, 18 killed |
1778-09-04 |
City of Amsterdam signs trade agreement with American rebels |
1787-09-15 |
-16] Utrecht patriots flee to Amsterdam |
1787-10-02 |
Maagden House opens in Amsterdam |
1787-10-10 |
Amsterdam surrenders to Prussian invasion army |
1795-01-18 |
French admitted to Amsterdam without resistance |
1795-01-19 |
Democratic revolution in Amsterdam ends oligarchy |
1795-03-05 |
Amsterdam celebrates Revolution on the Dam; Square of Revolution |
1796-05-10 |
Riot after disagreement of patriotic demand in Amsterdam |
1804-02-26 |
Vice-admiral William Bligh (of Bounty fame) ends siege of Fort Amsterdam, Willemstad |
1810-07-04 |
French troops occupy Amsterdam |
1813-11-15 |
Tax revolt in Amsterdam |
1823-11-12 |
Great North Holland Canal (Amsterdam) opens |
1828-01-05 |
1st edition of Amsterdam General Trade Journal (Algemeen Handelsblad) |
1828-04-04 |
Casparus van Wooden patents chocolate milk powder (Amsterdam) |
1830-10-01 |
General Trade Journal newspaper begins publishing in Amsterdam |
1839-09-02 |
Salon of Varietes opens in Amsterdam |
1839-09-20 |
1st railroad in Netherland opens (Amsterdam-Haarlem) |
1843-12-06 |
Amsterdam-Utrecht railway opens |
1845-09-10 |
King Willem II opens Amsterdam Stock exchange |
1848-03-24 |
State of siege proclaimed in Amsterdam |
1849-05-12 |
Willem Alexander PFL crowned king Willem III in Amsterdam |
1851-05-18 |
Amsterdam-Nieuwediep telegraph connection linked |
1854-05-01 |
Amsterdam begins transferring drinking water out of the dunes |
1856-11-16 |
Amsterdam post office at Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal opens |
1864-08-16 |
Palace for People's industry official opens in Amsterdam |
1867-07-16 |
Amstel Hotel, "the dignified old lady" opens in Amsterdam |
1869-06-28 |
Amsterdam typographer strike |
1870-06-11 |
1st-stone Amstel Brewery opens in Amsterdam |
1872-09-10 |
Karl Marx speaks in Amsterdam |
1876-08-24 |
Riot abolishes fairs in Amsterdam, 2 killed |
1876-11-01 |
King Willem III opens North Sea Canal (Amsterdam-IJmuiden) |
1878-07-07 |
Social-Democratic United forms in Amsterdam |
1880-10-20 |
Amsterdam Free University opens |
1882-02-12 |
Social-Democratic Union forms in Amsterdam |
1882-12-02 |
Amsterdam Artis Zoo opens aquarium |
1883-04-24 |
28 Surinamers depart to Amsterdam World's Fair |
1883-05-01 |
Amsterdam World's Fair opens |
1883-08-01 |
Amsterdam's Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky gets electric lights |
1883-08-12 |
The last quagga (zebra subspecies) dies at the Artis Magistra zoo in Amsterdam. |
1885-11-23 |
Amsterdam police attack meeting of social-democrats united |
1887-12-02 |
Amsterdam's Oscar Carrés Circus Theater opens |
1888-04-11 |
The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam is inaugurated. |
1888-11-03 |
Amsterdam: 1st concerto of Concert worker, under Willem Kes |
1889-10-15 |
Amsterdam Central Station officially opens |
1890-01-21 |
1st issue of Propria Cures, Amsterdam student-weekly newspaper |
1890-02-20 |
Amsterdam Theater destroyed by fire |
1892-08-04 |
Queen Wilhelmina & Emma open Merwede Canal between Amsterdam and the Rhine |
1892-09-16 |
Amsterdam swim club renamed "The Y" |
1894-02-05 |
Female suffrage organization in Amsterdam forms |
1894-09-02 |
-3] Amsterdam Municipal theater opens |
1895-01-18 |
Amsterdam's AFC soccer team forms |
1897-01-10 |
Vincent d'Indy's "Istar" premieres in Amsterdam & Brussels |
1898-12-24 |
Herman Heijermans' "Ghetto" premieres in Amsterdam |
1900-02-18 |
Ajax soccer team forms in Amsterdam |
1900-03-18 |
Ajax (Amsterdam Football Club), forms |
1900-03-26 |
1st edition The (Free) People (Neth, probably Amsterdam) |
1900-04-02 |
1st edition of The Volk published (Amsterdam) |
1900-08-07 |
Diamond workers in Amsterdam strike |
1900-12-24 |
Herman Heijermans' "Hope of Blessing" premieres in Amsterdam |
1902-01-10 |
Alphons Diepenbrock's "Te Deum" premieres (Amsterdam) |
1902-06-01 |
Blue-White United soccer team of Amsterdam forms |
1903-01-06 |
Dutch Press museum opens in Amsterdam |
1903-01-12 |
Harry Houdini performs at Rembrandt theater, Amsterdam |
1903-01-21 |
Harry Houdini escapes from Halvemaansteeg police station in Amsterdam |
1903-03-26 |
American Hotel opens in Amsterdam |
1903-05-27 |
Queen Wilhelmina opens Berlages Merchants bureau in Amsterdam |
1903-11-02 |
New Amsterdam Theater opens at 214 W 42nd St NYC |
1904-06-28 |
International Anti-Military Cooperation (IAMV) forms in Amsterdam |
1905-04-22 |
Operations begin uniting conservatory of Nature monument Amsterdam |
1905-09-14 |
Albert Cuypstrat street market in Amsterdam inaugurated |
1906-07-15 |
Republic museum opens Rembrandt hall in Amsterdam |
1907-12-13 |
German emperor Wilhelm II visits Amsterdam |
1908-06-15 |
World congress for Women's rights opens in Amsterdam |
1909-03-14 |
Amsterdam Social-Democratic Party (SDP) forms |
1910-04-29 |
Ex-president Theodore Roosevelt visits Amsterdam |
1910-09-18 |
25,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam for general male/female suffrage |
1911-01-07 |
Dutch Scouts Organization established in Amsterdam |
1911-02-05 |
Society of Dutch Composers forms in Amsterdam |
1911-06-10 |
Queen Wilhelmina opens Rembrandt house in Amsterdam |
1912-05-01 |
Amsterdam-North soccer team DWV forms |
1913-09-02 |
Amsterdam reroutes sewage of canals to South Seas |
1914-07-28 |
Foxtrot 1st danced at New Amsterdam Roof Garden (NYC, by Harry Fox) |
1915-01-17 |
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek's Hospital in Amsterdam opens |
1916-05-10 |
Historic Shipport Museum opens in Amsterdam |
1916-09-17 |
40,000 Amsterdam demonstrators demand general voting right |
1917-06-28 |
Potato entrepreneurs begins in Amsterdam |
1918-03-18 |
Socialist Youth AJC organizes in Amsterdam |
1918-04-04 |
Food riot in Amsterdam |
1919-07-21 |
Anthony Fokker's establishes airplane factory at Hamburg & Amsterdam |
1919-07-28 |
Vrije Vakbewegings Internationale (VVI) forms in Amsterdam |
1919-08-01 |
Queen Wilhelmina opens 1st Air Fair in Amsterdam |
1919-10-07 |
First London-Amsterdam airline service (British Aerial Transport & KLM) |
1919-11-22 |
15,000 men are cremated at Domela Newenhouse, Amsterdam |
1920-01-04 |
Amsterdam actors decide to strike for retirement benefits |
1920-02-12 |
-Apr 26] 14,000 Rotterdam/Amsterdam harbor workers strike |
1921-04-14 |
Prince Henry opens Rotterdam-Amsterdam-Bremen-Hamburg air route |
1921-04-27 |
Hadjememaar, [Corn de Gelder] elected in Amsterdam |
1921-10-21 |
Tuschinski Theater opens in Amsterdam |
1921-10-28 |
Amsterdam's Tuschinski movie theater opens |
1922-03-31 |
Prince Hendrik opens trade fair building in Amsterdam |
1922-11-01 |
Queen Wilhelmina opens Dutch Historical Maritime museum in Amsterdam |
1923-01-08 |
Typography strike in Amsterdam |
1923-01-23 |
Taxi strike in Amsterdam begins (through March 9th) |
1923-03-09 |
Amsterdam taxi strike ended |
1923-09-23 |
80,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam against Fleet law |
1924-02-01 |
Amsterdam's Netherlands Press Museum opens |
1924-05-08 |
Workers at Werkspoor in Amsterdam strike against 3rd wage cut |
1924-07-10 |
Railroad worker strike ends in Amsterdam |
1924-10-01 |
Fokker F-7 1st flight (Amsterdam to Batavia) |
1925-02-28 |
Theater Museum of Amsterdam forms |
1925-11-01 |
VARA, Vereniging van Workers Radio Amateurs forms in Amsterdam |
1926-02-10 |
Building of Olympic Stadium Amsterdam, begins |
1926-04-13 |
Bicyclists without bicycle-tax-stamp rounded up in Amsterdam |
1926-12-11 |
Josephine Baker goes up in Amsterdam |
1927-05-01 |
Netherlands beats Belgium 3-2 in soccer match in Amsterdam |
1928-03-11 |
Netherlands & Belgium tie 1-1 (soccer match in Amsterdam) |
1928-05-17 |
9th modern Olympic games opens in Amsterdam |
1928-07-28 |
9th Olympic Games open in Amsterdam |
1928-08-03 |
Ray Barbuti saves US team from defeat in Amsterdam Olympics track events by winning 400 m (47.8 sec) |
1928-08-12 |
9th Olympic Games close in Amsterdam |
1929-02-03 |
Revolutionary Socialist Party forms in Amsterdam |
1929-04-11 |
Loetafoon celluloid film system demonstrated in Amsterdam |
1929-04-18 |
Palace for People's industry in Amsterdam devastated by fire |
1929-06-08 |
Venezuelan rebel Rafael Urbina overthrows Fort Amsterdam, Curacao kidnap governor Fruytier |
1929-09-25 |
Queen-mother Emma opens Antonie van Leeuwenhoek House in Amsterdam |
1931-01-22 |
VARA begins experimental TV broadcast in Diamantbeurs Amsterdam |
1932-08-27 |
International anti-war congress opens in Amsterdam |
1932-08-29 |
International Anti-War Committee forms in Amsterdam |
1933-01-09 |
Amsterdam confectionery worker go on strike against wage reduction |
1933-12-14 |
Josephine Baker performs in Amsterdam |
1934-01-08 |
Jaap Speyers "Bluejackets" premieres in Amsterdam |
1934-07-04 |
Jordanians revolt in Amsterdam after reduction in employment |
1935-02-28 |
Amsterdam Hotel of the Red Lion gets sidewalk permit |
1935-06-26 |
SDAP & CPH achieve majority in city council in Amsterdam |
1935-07-01 |
Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau (ANP, General Ducth Press Agency) forms in Amsterdam |
1935-07-18 |
Amsterdam city council accept city growth plan through the year 2000 |
1935-11-25 |
International Institute for Social History (IISG) forms in Amsterdam |
1936-04-06 |
ANP begins telex service in Amsterdam |
1936-07-01 |
Watchfulness Committee forms in Amsterdam |
1936-10-02 |
Amsterdam's Calvinist Churches reject nazism |
1937-10-07 |
Johan Wagenaar's "Feestmars" premieres in Amsterdam |
1938-05-10 |
Banning speech on anti-fascism demonstration in Amsterdam |
1940-05-15 |
German troops occupy Amsterdam, Gen Winkelman surrenders |
1940-05-19 |
Amsterdam time becomes MET (Middle European Time) |
1940-07-15 |
Nazi occupiers seize library of IISG Amsterdam |
1940-08-15 |
1st edition of Jewish Weekly newspaper in Amsterdam (under Nazis) |
1941-02-09 |
Nazi collaborators destroy pro-Jewish café Alcazar Amsterdam (Alcazar refused to hang "No Entry for Jews" signs in front of cafe) |
1941-02-12 |
Jewish Council for Amsterdam forms, under Ascher/Cohen |
1941-02-19 |
Nazi police attacked & driven away from Koco, Amsterdam (by young Jews) |
1941-02-19 |
Nazi raid Amsterdam & round up 429 young Jews for deportation |
1941-02-22 |
Nazi SS begin rounding up Jews of Amsterdam |
1941-02-24 |
Anti nazi meeting at Noordermarkt Amsterdam |
1941-02-25 |
February strike against persecution of Jews, in Amsterdam |
1941-06-11 |
2nd great raid on Jews of Amsterdam |
1941-06-27 |
Nazi manifest against the Jews in Amsterdam |
1942-06-12 |
Anne Frank gets her diary as a birthday present (Amsterdam) |
1942-07-06 |
Anne Frank's family goes into hiding in After House, Amsterdam |
1942-07-14 |
1st transport of Amsterdam Jews to Westerbork |
1942-07-14 |
Riots against Jews in Amsterdam |
1943-01-15 |
1st transport of Jews from Amsterdam to concentration camp Vught |
1943-02-05 |
Amsterdam resistance group CS-6 shoots nazi general Seyffardt |
1943-02-10 |
Van der Veen Resistance starts fire in Amsterdam employment bureau |
1943-03-01 |
Jewish old age home for disabled in Amsterdam raided |
1943-05-01 |
1st edition of illegal "The Free Artist" appears in Amsterdam |
1943-05-26 |
Jews riot against Germany in Amsterdam |
1943-06-18 |
SS Police in Amsterdam sentence for 12 resistance fighter to death (Jewish, communists, homosexuality) at the census bureau |
1943-06-20 |
German round up Jews in Amsterdam |
1943-07-25 |
RAF bombs Fokker airplane factory in Amsterdam |
1943-07-29 |
Nazi's evacuate Hollandsche Theater in Amsterdam |
1943-09-29 |
German riots at Amsterdam Jews |
1944-05-01 |
Surprise attack on Weteringschans Amsterdam, fails |
1944-07-14 |
Attempt to liberate prisoners in Amsterdam fails, John Post arrested |
1944-08-02 |
Amsterdam soccer team "The Volewijckers" plays in orange shirts |
1944-08-04 |
Anne Frank arrested in Amsterdam by German Security Police (Grüne Polizei) following a tip-off from an informer who was never identified |
1944-10-09 |
German occupiers turn off electricity in Amsterdam |
1944-10-23 |
First Central Kitchen opens in Amsterdam |
1944-10-25 |
Gas output stopped in Amsterdam |
1944-11-20 |
Amsterdam: Vondelpark closed because of kappen of trees |
1944-12-18 |
Nazi occupiers of Amsterdam destroy electricity plants |
1945-01-04 |
Germans execute resistance fighters in Amsterdam |
1945-01-05 |
Surprise attack on Liese-Aktion-office on Marnix St, Amsterdam |
1945-05-07 |
SS open fire on crowd in Amsterdam, killing 22 |
1945-05-08 |
Canadian troops move into Amsterdam |
1945-06-06 |
"Free People" premieres in Amsterdam |
1945-06-15 |
Dutch political party ANJV established in Concert building, Amsterdam |
1946-02-17 |
Humanistic Covenant forms in Amsterdam |
1946-05-19 |
Dutch Cooperation for Sexual Reform (NVSH) forms in Amsterdam |
1946-07-02 |
Harbor workers end strike at Rotterdam & Amsterdam |
1947-04-25 |
Trial against WW II mayor of Amsterdam Edward Voete begins |
1947-10-29 |
Trial of art forger Han van Meegeren begins in Amsterdam |
1948-05-31 |
Tommy Lasorda strikes out 25 Amsterdam Rugmakers (in 15 innings) |
1949-10-31 |
Dutch Nazi Henri 'Hakkie' Holdert, director of Amsterdam paper De Telegraaf and member of the SS, sentenced to 12 years imprisonment |
1952-05-21 |
Dutch Queen Juliana opens Amsterdam-Rhine Canal |
1954-02-01 |
Scapino Ballet Studio in Amsterdam destroyed by fire |
1954-04-01 |
1st Dutch motorway, Amsterdam-Utrecht, opens |
1955-04-01 |
Armed military action taken against bureaucratic strike in Amsterdam |
1955-05-18 |
Queen Juliana opens E55 fair in Amsterdam |
1956-05-04 |
Queen Juliana unveils National Monument to Dams in Amsterdam |
1956-05-18 |
Queen Juliana opens Rembrandt fairs in Amsterdam |
1957-02-01 |
Gijsbert of Hall appointed mayor of Amsterdam |
1957-05-04 |
Anne Frank Foundation forms in Amsterdam |
1957-09-18 |
Electric train joining in Amsterdam-Brussels |
1960-01-14 |
Tuindorp-Oostzaan in Northern Amsterdam, flooded |
1960-05-03 |
The Anne Frank House opens in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. |
1961-02-02 |
Prince Bernhard opens new RAI building in Amsterdam |
1961-08-31 |
Amsterdam National Ballet forms |
1962-04-14 |
Demonstration for sovereign status of New-Guinea in Amsterdam |
1963-02-16 |
C & A Building in Amsterdam burns down |
1964-06-07 |
Beatles travel canals of Amsterdam |
1964-08-08 |
Dutch Opera forms in Amsterdam |
1965-03-20 |
Civil and Women's Rights Activist Dorothy Height has her first column published in the weekly African-American newspaper called the "New York Amsterdam News" |
1965-09-25 |
Children find trunk with corpse in Amsterdam canal |
1965-12-12 |
Vivian Beaumont Theater opens at 65th St & Amsterdam Ave NYC |
1966-06-21 |
Queen Juliana opens Coen tunnel in Amsterdam |
1966-10-25 |
6 youths sentenced in "Johnson murderer!" in Amsterdam |
1966-12-13 |
1st battle for Bijlmer flats Amsterdam |
1967-04-04 |
Amsterdam Marines chase out "nozems" of Central Station |
1967-04-04 |
Marines chase "Nozems" out of Amsterdam Central Station |
1967-05-09 |
Gijsbert van Hall resigns as mayor of Amsterdam |
1967-08-01 |
Izaak Samkalden becomes mayor of Amsterdam |
1968-10-30 |
Queen Juliana opens IJ tunnel in Amsterdam |
1969-03-25 |
John & Yoko stage their 1st bed-in for peace (Amsterdam) |
1969-05-16 |
Students occupies Magden House Amsterdam |
1970-01-02 |
Dutch premiere of musical "Hair" in Amsterdam |
1970-01-23 |
Dolle Mina's burns her bra in Amsterdam |
1970-03-13 |
100 year Beehive anniversary ends in brawl in Amsterdam |
1970-07-02 |
1st Boeing 747 to land in Amsterdam & Brussels |
1970-07-13 |
Building begins of Amsterdam metro |
1973-01-17 |
City of Amsterdam decides to support Hanoi |
1973-10-04 |
Hans of Manens ballet "Adagio Hammerklavier" premieres in Amsterdam |
1975-02-14 |
Bomb explodes at annex of Amsterdam metro station |
1975-09-14 |
Rembrandts "Nightwatch" slashed & damaged in Amsterdam |
1976-06-13 |
Bob Marley performs in Amsterdam |
1976-09-08 |
Fons Rademakers' film "Max Havelaar" premieres in Amsterdam |
1977-02-28 |
Harbor strike in Rotterdam/Amsterdam ends |
1977-05-09 |
Hotel Poland in Amsterdam destroyed by fire, 33 killed |
1977-06-15 |
Wim Polak becomes mayor of Amsterdam |
1977-09-29 |
Peter Schats circus opera "Houdini" premieres in Amsterdam |
1977-10-14 |
Princess Beatrice opens Amsterdam metro |
1977-10-27 |
Amsterdam businessman M Caransa kidnapped |
1977-11-10 |
Amsterdam: Red Army Faction terrorists Gert Schneider/Christof Wackernagel arrested |
1977-12-14 |
War criminal Pieter Menten sentenced in Amsterdam to 15 years |
1978-03-19 |
50,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam against neutron bomb |
1981-05-20 |
Ipswich Town wins 10th UEFA Cup at Amsterdam |
1981-11-21 |
400,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam against cruise missiles |
1982-07-03 |
Riot at building Stopera Amsterdam (damages Ÿ1 million) |
1982-10-11 |
Riot in Amsterdam as tram catches fire |
1983-11-09 |
Amsterdam brewer Freddie Heineken kidnapped |
1983-11-30 |
Police free kidnapped beer magnate Alfred Heineken in Amsterdam |
1985-02-19 |
ADM of Amsterdam declares bankruptcy |
1985-10-08 |
"Rembrandt & Hitler or Me" premieres in Amsterdam |
1986-01-16 |
Police arrested 3 IRA-terrorists in Amsterdam |
1988-04-11 |
Royal Concert building in Amsterdam reopens |
1989-02-14 |
African National Congress (ANC) opens office in Amsterdam |
1989-09-25 |
Archaeologists open Titus of Rhine grave in Amsterdam |
1990-06-16 |
Nelson & Winnie Mandela visit Leidseplein, Amsterdam |
1991-02-28 |
"Les Miserables" opens at Theatre Carre, Amsterdam |
1992-09-17 |
Amsterdam stock exchange hits record Ÿ8.8 billion |
1992-10-04 |
El Al cargo plane crashes at Amsterdam Bijlmer, 43 die |
1993-03-18 |
Amsterdam stock exchange hits record Ÿ12.2 billion |
1993-04-02 |
1st test flight of Fokker 70 (Amsterdam) |
1994-04-22 |
Schelto Patijn appointed mayor of Amsterdam |
1997-05-18 |
"King David" opens at New Amsterdam Theater NYC |
1997-05-23 |
"King David" closes at New Amsterdam Theater NYC |
1998-08-01 |
-8] Gay & Lesbian Games #5 open in Amsterdam |
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Date | Event |
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1565-05-15 |
Henrick de Keyser, architect/master builder of Amsterdam |
1571-01-21 |
John I Pontanus, physicist/historian (Amsterdam) |
1593-10-11 |
Claes P "Nicolaas" Tulip, anatomy/mayor of Amsterdam (1654..71) |
1595-02-02 |
Jacob van Campen, painter/architect (New Church, Amsterdam) |
1611-02-19 |
Andries de Graeff, mayor of Amsterdam (1657..71) |
1618-01-14 |
Jan Six, Dutch mayor of Amsterdam |
1619-10-08 |
Philipp von Zesen, German poet/historian (Amsterdam) |
1626-01-25 |
John van de Cappelle, Amsterdam, landscape painter |
1629-04-23 |
John Commelin, director (Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam) |
1632-11-24 |
Baruch "Benedict" de Spinoza, Amsterdam, rationalist philosopher |
1637-02-12 |
Jan Swammerdam, Amsterdam, Dutch anatomist/entomologist (Bible of Nature) |
1641-05-08 |
Nicolaas Witsen, etcher/mayor (Amsterdam) |
1655-06-26 |
Jean Deutz, merchant/Amsterdam regent |
1685-06-03 |
Cornelis Hop, Amsterdam regent/diplomat |
1697-09-06 |
Willem Gideon Deutz, Amsterdam regent/banker/merchant |
1700-12-22 |
Egbert de Vrij Temminck, Amsterdam regent |
1709-10-25 |
John Wagenaar, Amsterdam merchant/historian, baptised |
1722-05-11 |
Peter Camper, Leyden Holland, anatomist/professor (Amsterdam) |
1724-11-21 |
John Ekels, the Old, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist |
1748-07-31 |
Isaac Ouwater, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist |
1791-02-12 |
Jan D Zocher Jr, Dutch garden architect (Vondelpark, Amsterdam) |
1813-01-31 |
Samuel Sarphati, Amsterdam, physician/pharmacist/social activist |
1827-05-16 |
Petrus J H Cuypers, architect (Amsterdam Museum, Central station) |
1841-02-12 |
Gijsbert van Tienhoven, Dutch mayor (Amsterdam) and Prime Minister of the Netherlands 1891-1894 |
1856-02-16 |
Willem Kes, Dutch violinist/composer/conductor (Parkorkest Amsterdam) |
1856-02-21 |
Hendrik P Berlage, architect (Stock exchange Amsterdam) |
1867-03-18 |
Michael G de Boer, historian (Harbor of Amsterdam) |
1867-03-22 |
Meijer Linnewiel, [Prof Kokadorus], Amsterdam's pitchman |
1868-12-28 |
Marie van Regteren Altena, Dutch painter (Amsterdam's Joffers) |
1872-08-28 |
Piet Köhler, Op stap door Amsterdam |
1875-08-18 |
Johan E Elias, historian (Amsterdam) |
1876-9-13 |
Gusta Chrispijn-Mulder, Amsterdam bij nacht |
1878-06-15 |
Eduard Verkade, De duivel in Amsterdam |
1878-07-21 |
Daan Nieuwenhuizen, Op stap door Amsterdam |
1880-05-19 |
Allard R Hulshoff, architect of Amsterdam (1924) |
1881-07-01 |
Piet[er] L Kramer, architect (Amsterdam School) |
1883-03-15 |
Siem Nieuwenhuizen, Op stap door Amsterdam |
1883-12-19 |
Louis Davids, Koning 'Kziezoowat in Amsterdam |
1884-11-24 |
Michel de Klerk, architect (Amsterdam School) |
1887-05-26 |
Willem van der Veer, Amsterdam bij nacht |
1888-05-19 |
W.H. van Eemlandt, Rififi in Amsterdam |
1891-02-22 |
Jan Wils, Holland, architect/designer (Amsterdam's Olympic Stadium) |
1892-02-01 |
K Rudolf Mengelberg, composer/musicologist (Amsterdam Concert Hall) |
1892-07-21 |
Gijsbert Friedhoff, architect (tax office Wibautstraat, Amsterdam) |
1901-10-05 |
Willy Lages, German chief of Sicherheitsdienst in Amsterdam |
1901-10-13 |
Benjamin Merkelbach, architect/city builder of Amsterdam |
1902-06-22 |
Arnold J d'Ailly, dir (Nederlandsche Bank)/mayor (Amsterdam, 1946-56) |
1904-04-03 |
Peter Van Steeden, Amsterdam Neth, orchestra leader (Break the Bank) |
1904-04-21 |
Gijsbert van Hall, banker/mayor of Amsterdam (1957-67) |
1906-10-06 |
Louis Borell, Amsterdam Neth, actor (Over the Moon, Queer Cargo) |
1907-05-10 |
Piet Rienks, Amsterdam bij nacht |
1908-12-14 |
Morey Amsterdam, American comedian and actor (d. 1996) |
1908-12-14 |
Morey Amsterdam, Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol |
1912-08-10 |
Izaak Samkalden, Dutch Minister of Justice (PvdA)/mayor of Amsterdam |
1912-12-14 |
Morey Amsterdam, Chicago Ill, comedian (Buddy-Dick Van Dyke Show) |
1914-02-11 |
Winand J Borgerhoff Mulder, court judge of Amsterdam |
1915-9-13 |
Reg Johnson, Operation Amsterdam |
1916-12-09 |
Kirk Douglas, [Issur Danielovitch], Amsterdam, New York, American actor (Gunfight at OK Corral) |
1917-02-27 |
Michael McCarthy, Operation Amsterdam |
1917-03-23 |
Johnny Guarnieri, NYC, jazz pianist (Morey Amsterdam Show) |
1917-05-01 |
Louis G "Lo" van Hensbergen, actor/author (Amsterdam Affair) |
1923-02-21 |
Lucille Bremer, Amsterdam, New York, American actress/dancer (Meet Me in St. Louis, Ziegfeld Follies) |
1923-08-17 |
Anton Kersjes, violinist/conductor (Amsterdam Philharmonic Orch) |
1923-10-31 |
Hicks B Waldron, Amsterdam NY, CEO (Avon) |
1924-02-07 |
Johnny Jordaan, [Jan van Musscher], Amsterdam folk vocalist |
1925-05-30 |
Gerard John Toorenaar, political commissar in Amsterdam (1975-79) |
1925-12-17 |
Rijk de Gooyer, Dutch actor (Black Rider, Rififi in Amsterdam) |
1926-10-14 |
Willy Alberti, [Carel Verbrugge], singer/actor (Riffin in Amsterdam) |
1926-10-14 |
Willy Alberti, Rififi in Amsterdam |
1928-08-15 |
Maxim Hamel, Rififi in Amsterdam |
1929-03-04 |
Bernard Haitink, Amsterdam Neth, conductor (London Phil Orch 1969-78) |
1932-12-22 |
Joe Clark, LA Ca, WLAF off coordinator coach (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1933-01-21 |
Itzhak Fuks, Israeli El Al captain, crashed in Amsterdam |
1934-08-16 |
Ed van Thijn, (Jewish) Dutch foreign min/mayor (Amsterdam, 1983-94) |
1935-06-04 |
Hendrikus C "Henk" Admiraal, Dutch actor (Rififi in Amsterdam) |
1940-02-24 |
Theo Bosch, Dutch humanist/architect (Nieuwmarkt, Amsterdam) |
1941-06-01 |
Edo de Waart, Amsterdam Holland, conductor (Houston Opera-1976) |
1942-03-07 |
Al[bert] Tanara, WLAF defensive coach (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1944-04-05 |
Willeke van Ammelrooy, Amsterdam, actress (Cidke de Rat, Antonia) |
1946-11-13 |
Al Luginbill, Pomona California, WLAF head coach (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1947-04-25 |
Johan Cruyff, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Dutch soccer player/coach (Ajax/Barcelona) |
1947-10-18 |
Job Cohen, Dutch politician, mayor of Amsterdam |
1949-02-07 |
Fransjoris de Graaf, Lost in Amsterdam |
1949-05-22 |
Harry de Winter, Tina Turner: Live in Amsterdam |
1950-08-29 |
Mark McHale, WLAF offensive line coach (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1953-01-26 |
Bert Heerink, Amsterdam, rock vocalist |
1953-05-08 |
Alex Van Halen, Amsterdam The Netherlands, Dutch drummer (Van Halen) |
1953-07-08 |
Rob Rombout, Amsterdam Stories USA |
1954-01-31 |
Adrian Vandenberg, Amsterdam Neth, rock guitarist (Whitesnake) |
1954-07-14 |
Jos Zoomer, Amsterdam Neth, rock drummer (Vandenberg) |
1956-05-05 |
Dick Kemper, Amsterdam Neth, rock vocalist/bassist (Vandenberg) |
1959-09-30 |
Hans Werdekker, Dutch soccer player (Ajax, RKC/Amsterdam Admirals) |
1960-05-07 |
Arnon Ohad, co-pilot (El Al) plane that crashed on Bijlmer Amsterdam |
1963-11-01 |
Brian Forde, WLAF linebacker (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1963-12-16 |
Silvio Diliberto, WLAF kicker (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1964-07-03 |
Louis Clark, NFL receiver (Seattle)/WLAF coach (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1964-12-04 |
Bill Peterson, Smithfield NC, WLAF general mgr (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1965-01-22 |
Tim Prukop, WLAF linebacker-secondary coach (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1965-12-30 |
Tony Jones, WLAF receiver (Amsterdam Admirals, Frankfurt Galaxy) |
1966-04-12 |
Theo Blanco, WLAF receiver (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1966-08-17 |
Cedric Figaro, WLAF linebacker (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1967-02-06 |
Mike Evans, WLAF defensive tackle (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1967-04-29 |
Roemer Lievaart, Happy End (48 Hours Amsterdam) 2012 |
1967-06-02 |
Mike Evans, WLAF DL (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1967-06-08 |
Willie Williams, WLAF tight end (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1967-11-15 |
Harvey Franklin, WLAF WR (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1967-11-29 |
Marcus Muler, WLAF adm asst (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1968-01-06 |
Jerry Crafts, NFL/WLAF tackle (Philadelphia Eagles, Amsterdam Admirals) |
1968-01-10 |
Malcolm Showell, WLAF defensive end (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1968-01-25 |
Roosevelt Collins, WLAF DL (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1968-05-02 |
Will Furrer, WLAF quarterback (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1968-06-01 |
Jerry Crafts, WLAF tackle (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1968-06-20 |
Garry Howe, WLAF nose tackle (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1968-07-21 |
Johnnie Barnes, NFL wide receiver (Pittsburgh Steelers, Amsterdam Admirals) |
1968-08-24 |
Arnold Galesloot, WLAF tight end (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1968-11-09 |
David Jones, WLAF tight end (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1969-03-29 |
Darren Chandler, WLAF receiver (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1969-05-06 |
Pascall Davis, WLAF linebacker (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1969-05-10 |
Dennis Bergkamp, Amsterdam Neth, soccer player (Ajax) |
1969-06-26 |
Barry Kloeth, WLAF wide receiver (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1969-07-23 |
Reyhan Agaoglu, WLAF safety (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1969-09-19 |
Candy Dulfer, Amsterdam Holland, saxophonist (Lily Was Here) |
1969-10-28 |
Troy Ridgley, WLAF defensive tackle (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1969-12-18 |
T C Wright, WLAF running back (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1969-9-19 |
Candy Dulfer, Candy Dulfer: Live in Amsterdam |
1970-01-20 |
Ron Carpenter, NFL/WLAF safety (NY Jets, Amsterdam Admirals) |
1970-02-03 |
Alonza Barnett, WLAF safety (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1970-02-26 |
Meeno Peluce, Amsterdam Netherlands, actor (Bad News Bears) |
1970-04-03 |
Keith Franklin, WLAF linebacker (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1970-04-23 |
Frank Temming, WLAF running back (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1970-09-24 |
Mario Cristobal, WLAF guard (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1970-10-08 |
Carlos Etheredge, WLAF tight end (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1970-10-11 |
Kelly Sims, WLAF cornerback (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1970-10-20 |
Ralph Dawkins, WLAF running back (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1970-11-20 |
Trevor Cobb, WLAF running back (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1970-11-21 |
Jorgen Gustafsson, WLAF guard (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1970-12-30 |
Robert Hall, WLAF wide reciever (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1971-01-01 |
Beno Bryant, WLAF running back (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1971-01-02 |
Robert O' Neal, WLAF DB (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1971-01-07 |
Bobby Hamilton, NFL/WLAF defensive end (Amsterdam Admirals, NY Jets) |
1971-01-07 |
Masato Itai, WLAF wide receiver (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1971-01-24 |
John Reece, WLAF/NFL cornerback (Amsterdam Admirals, Dallas Cowboys) |
1971-01-25 |
Tommie Jones, WLAF cornerback (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1971-01-26 |
Lamar Mills, WLAF DE (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1971-01-30 |
Brent Moss, WLAF running back (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1971-02-01 |
Robert O'Neal, WLAF safety (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1971-02-21 |
Jey Phillips, WLAF safety (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1971-02-22 |
Rico Mack, WLAF linebacker (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1971-04-03 |
Kevin Farkas, WLAF tackle (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1971-05-12 |
Tommy Johnson, WLAF cornerback (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1971-06-12 |
Phillip Bobo, WLAF receiver (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1971-09-28 |
Marcus Spears, NFL/WLAF guard/tackle (Chic Bears, Amsterdam Admirals) |
1971-09-29 |
Derrick Davis, WLAF cornerback (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1971-10-08 |
Jim Hanna, WLAF defensive tackle (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1971-10-12 |
Bronzel Miller, WLAF linebacker (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1971-10-27 |
Matt Brown, WLAF guard (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1971-12-12 |
John Sacca, WLAF quarterback (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1971-12-21 |
Jey Phillips, WLAF DB (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1971-12-29 |
Jay Fiedler, Long Island, New York, American NFL quarterback (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1972-01-04 |
Mike McCoy, WLAF quarterback (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1972-02-18 |
Marc Lillibridge, WLAF linebacker (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1972-03-08 |
Takuro Abe, WLAF linebacker (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1972-04-01 |
Mike McCoy, WLAF quarterback (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1972-04-11 |
Avo Avetisyan, WLAF defensive linesman (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1972-04-14 |
Zev Lumelski, WLAF guard (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1972-08-14 |
Brian Gragert, WLAF punter (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1972-08-30 |
Ryan Leahy, WLAF OL (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1972-10-12 |
Jeroen Egge, WLAF offensive linesman (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1972-10-30 |
Trevor Wilmot, NFL linebacker (Indianapolis Colts, Amsterdam Admirals) |
1972-11-17 |
Ron Lewis, WLAF OL (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1972-12-12 |
Oliver Quass, WLAF kicker (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1972-12-28 |
Adam Vinatieri, WLAF punter/kicker (Amsterdam Admirals, NE Patriots) |
1973-01-31 |
Latario Rachal, WLAF/NFL receiver (Amsterdam Admirals, San Diego Chargers) |
1973-02-19 |
Masafumi Kawaguchi, WLAF linebacker (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1973-03-13 |
Eloy de Jong, Das perfekte Promi-Dinner in Amsterdam |
1973-05-14 |
John Davis, WLAF tight end (Amsterdam Admirals, Tampa Bay Buccaneers) |
1973-06-05 |
Clay Williams, WLAF OL (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1973-07-15 |
Donald Willis, WLAF corner (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1973-08-31 |
Earl Scott, WLAF OL (Amsterdam Admirals) |
1975-06-25 |
Jeroen Post, Amsterdam Heavy |
1975-08-23 |
Hugh Jordan, Private Black Label 33: Amsterdam Sex Games |
1975-12-26 |
Marcelo Rios, Santiago Chile, tennis star (1995 Amsterdam) |
1980-07-10 |
Jolie, Private Black Label 33: Amsterdam Sex Games |
1982-07-04 |
Herman Otten, Alex in Amsterdam |
1983-11-14 |
Dorien Rose Duinker, Amsterdam Heavy |
1985-05-21 |
Alison Carroll, Amsterdam Heavy |
1987-03-05 |
Chloé Henry, Amsterdam Heavy |
1988-10-21 |
Sander van Amsterdam, Bloedbroeders |
2173-04-05 |
Harcourt Fenton "Harry" Mudd, New Amsterdam, Arcturus (Star Trek) |
Date | Event |
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1895-07-11 |
Dutch exotic dancer, courtesan, and accused spy Mata Hari (18) weds Dutch colonial army Captain Rudolph MacLeod in Amsterdam |
1966-03-10 |
Dutch Crown Princess Beatrix (Queen Beatrix) marries German aristocrat Claus von Amsberg in Amsterdam |
2006-11-11 |
Dutch Formula One racer Christijan Albers (27) weds Liselore Kooijman at The Grand in Amsterdam |
2010-11-07 |
Supermodel and who's also the face of L'Oreal Paris Doutzen Kroes (25) weds DJ Sunnery James in Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Date | Event |
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1588-02-10 |
Joost Sybrantsz Buyck, Amsterdam merchant/regent, dies at about 82 |
1595-12-10 |
Reynier Cant, mayor of Amsterdam, dies at about 59 |
1620-02-19 |
Roemer P Visscher, poet, buried in Amsterdam |
1621-05-15 |
Henrick de Keyser, Amsterdam's master builder, dies at 56 |
1624-09-20 |
Isaac Le Maire, Amsterdam ship owner, dies at about 66 |
1626-01-01 |
Cornelis Pieterse Hoft, Amsterdam merchant/regent, dies at 68 |
1638-03-08 |
Jacob C van Neck, admiral/mayor of Amsterdam, dies at about 73 |
1639-10-07 |
John I Pontanus, physicist/historian (Amsterdam), dies at 68 |
1652-06-24 |
Andries Bicker, merchant/Amsterdam regent, dies at 65 |
1654-09-15 |
Cornelis Bicker, merchant/mayor of Amsterdam, dies at 61 |
1657-09-13 |
Jacob van Campen, painter/architect (Amsterdam Townhall), dies at 62 |
1667-06-07 |
Thomas de Keyser, Amsterdam master builder/painter, buried |
1667-07-11 |
John Fox, Amsterdam writer, buried |
1668-08-23 |
Artus Quellinus, Flemish sculptor (Amsterdam townhall), dies |
1674-09-12 |
Claes P "Nicolas" Tulip, mayor of Amsterdam, dies at 80 |
1678-02-10 |
Philip Vingboons, Amsterdam's master builder, buried |
1678-11-30 |
Andries de Graeff, mayor of Amsterdam (1657..71), dies at 67 |
1679-12-26 |
John van de Cappelle, Amsterdam landscape painter, dies at 53 |
1680-11-05 |
Gillis Valckenier, mayor of Amsterdam (1665..80), dies at about 57 |
1689-11-13 |
Philipp von Zesen, German poet (Bescheibung of Amsterdam), dies at 70 |
1689-12-29 |
Olfert Dapper, Amsterdam historian/geographer, buried |
1692-01-19 |
John Commelin, director of Hortus Botanist (Amsterdam), dies at 62 |
1693-10-26 |
Coenraad van Beuningen, mayor of Amsterdam/diplomat, dies at 71 |
1704-04-12 |
John Hudde, 21x mayor of Amsterdam, dies at 76 |
1717-08-10 |
Nicolaas Witsen, etcher/mayor (Amsterdam), dies |
1719-03-07 |
Steven J Vennekool, Amsterdam's master builder, buried |
1719-11-19 |
Jean Deutz, minster of Heemskerk/merchant/Amsterdam regent, dies at 64 |
1736-05-02 |
Albert Seba, Amsterdam pharmacist, dies at 71 |
1748-06-28 |
Marretje Arends, [Matje of Nieuwendijk], Amsterdam plunderer, hanged |
1748-06-28 |
Pieter van Dort, Amsterdam plunderer, hanged |
1754-11-12 |
Jacob de Wit, Amsterdam painter/decorater, dies at 58 |
1757-06-27 |
Willem Gideon Deutz, Amsterdam regent/banker/merchant, dies at 59 |
1781-11-22 |
John Ekels, the Old, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist, dies at 57 |
1785-06-27 |
Egbert de Free Temminck, Amsterdam regent, dies at 84 |
1793-03-04 |
Isaac Ouwater, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist, dies at 44 |
1866-06-23 |
Samuel Sarphati, Amsterdam physician/social activist, dies at 53 |
1883-08-12 |
Last Quagga, (zebra with less slashes), dies in Amsterdam zoo |
1914-10-10 |
Gijsbert van Tienhoven, mayor (Amsterdam)/foreign minister, dies at 73 |
1921-03-03 |
Petrus Cuypers, architect (Amsterdam museum), dies at 93 |
1923-11-24 |
Michel de Klerk, architect (Amsterdam School), dies at 39 |
1934-05-27 |
Meijer Linnewiel, [Prof Kokadorus], Amsterdam street hawker, dies |
1934-08-12 |
Hendrik P Berlage, architect (Stock exchange Amsterdam), dies at 78 |
1936-04-29 |
Florentinus M Wibaut, Amsterdam social alderman, dies at 76 |
1939-07-01 |
Louis Davids, Koning 'Kziezoowat in Amsterdam |
1941-03-03 |
Ernst Cahn, owner of Amsterdam Koco ice cream parlor, executed |
1942-10-22 |
Sybren Tulip, NSBer/supt of police in Amsterdam (1941-42), dies |
1943-10-09 |
Gerard W Kerncamp, historian/editor-in-chief (Green Amsterdam), dies |
1947-01-09 |
Lambertus Zijl, sculptor (Merchant Exchange-Amsterdam), dies at 80 |
1949-01-20 |
Josephus T J Cuypers, architect (Amsterdam Stock Exchange), dies at 87 |
1951-11-28 |
Piet Köhler, Op stap door Amsterdam |
1955-06-17 |
Gusta Chrispijn-Mulder, Amsterdam bij nacht |
1955-11-01 |
W.H. van Eemlandt, Rififi in Amsterdam |
1956-01-12 |
John Raedecker, Dutch sculptor (WW II Monument Amsterdam), dies at 70 |
1956-04-27 |
Daan Nieuwenhuizen, Op stap door Amsterdam |
1958-05-15 |
Michael G the Boer, historian (Harbor of Amsterdam), dies at 91 |
1959-05-07 |
Michael McCarthy, Operation Amsterdam |
1959-10-13 |
K Rudolf Mengelberg, Dutch composer (Concert Amsterdam), dies at 67 |
1959-11-19 |
Gerard J Arbous, actor/publicist (Bohemian Amsterdam), dies at 83 |
1960-06-21 |
Willem van der Veer, Amsterdam bij nacht |
1961-02-11 |
Eduard Verkade, De duivel in Amsterdam |
1961-10-19 |
Benjamin Merkelbach, architect/city builder of Amsterdam, dies at 60 |
1967-11-24 |
Arnold J d'ailly, mayor of Amsterdam (1946-56), dies at 65 |
1972-02-11 |
Jan Wils, architect (Olympian Stadium, Amsterdam), dies at 80 |
1977-05-22 |
Gijsbert van Hall, banker/mayor of Amsterdam (1957-67), dies at 73 |
1979-12-07 |
Mari Andriessen, sculptor (Docker), Amsterdam, dies at 82 |
1985-01-07 |
Johnny Guarnieri, jazz pianist (Morey Amsterdam Show), dies at 67 |
1985-02-18 |
Willy Alberti, Rififi in Amsterdam |
1987-07-20 |
Richard Egan, actor (Big Cube, Amsterdam Kill), dies at 63 |
1990-08-04 |
Piet Rienks, Amsterdam bij nacht |
1991-09-29 |
Gijsbert Perlee, Amsterdam's organ builder/grinder (Arabian), dies |
1993-05-29 |
Tiny Hofman, Amsterdam activist (Nieuwmarkt), dies at 68 |
1993-09-19 |
Bruce Ferden, US conductor (NY, Washington, Amsterdam), dies at 44 |
1993-10-15 |
Ken E Jones, musician (New Amsterdam Symph Orch), dies of AIDS at 34 |
1993-12-05 |
Arthur Staal, Dutch architect (Shell Tower Amsterdam), dies at 86 |
1993-12-31 |
Arthur Dreifuss, director/producer (Murder in Amsterdam), dies at 85 |
1994-03-11 |
Reg Johnson, Operation Amsterdam |
1994-04-06 |
Theo Bosch, humanist/architect (Amsterdam), dies at 54 |
1994-09-13 |
Pieter Zaanen, architect (Musical Trade scholarship, Amsterdam), dies |
1994-11-25 |
Gerard John Toorenaar, Amsterdam police commissar, dies at 69 |
1995-01-24 |
Wim H Sinnige, Amsterdam PvdA alderman of Finance, dies at 60 |
1995-02-05 |
Judith Fluks, Amsterdam's activist, dies |
1996-10-28 |
Morey Amsterdam, comedian (Dick Van Dyke Show), dies at 87 |
1996-10-28 |
Morey Amsterdam, Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol |
2001-02-20 |
Maxim Hamel, Rififi in Amsterdam |