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The first Amsterdam boroughs were created in 1981, with other boroughs created in later years. The last area to be granted the status of borough was Amsterdam-Centrum (2002). The existing system of seven boroughs, covering most parts of Amsterdam, is the result of a major borough reform in 2010.
Jan van Mekeren, rich Amsterdam wood buyer and benefactor. Samuel Wiselius (1769–1845), patriot, received 99 Nieuwe Herengracht from Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden . Jonas Daniel Meijer (1780–1834), first Jewish lawyer in the Batavian Republic to be admitted to the bar, lived at Nieuwe Herengracht 103.
In July 2010, Eberhard van der Laan (Labour Party) was appointed mayor of Amsterdam by the national government for a six-year term after being nominated by the Amsterdam municipal council. [4] After the 2014 municipal council elections, a governing majority of D66, VVD and SP was formed - the first coalition without the Labour Party since World ...
July: Allied bombings of Amsterdam-Noord. 1944 - 4 August: Frank family arrested. 1945 People celebrating the liberation of the Netherlands at the end of World War II on 8 May 1945. 18 January: Executions on the Fusilladeplaats Rozenoord begin. 5 May: German occupation ends. 7 May: Shooting on Dam square, Amsterdam. Filmtheater Kriterion opens ...
Femke Halsema (pronounced [ˈfɛmkə ˈɦɑlsəmaː] ⓘ; born 25 April 1966) is a Dutch politician and filmmaker.On 27 June 2018, she was appointed Mayor of Amsterdam and she began serving a six-year term on 12 July 2018.
Wat We Nog Weten. Amsterdamse Remonstranten in de 20ste eeuw. 375-jarig Bestaan Remonstrantse Gemeente Amsterdam, Amsterdam: Remonstrantse Gemeente Amsterdam; Barnard, T, 2006. Van verstoten kind tot belijdende kerk: de Remonstrantse Broederschap tussen 1850 en 1940, Amsterdam: De Bataafsche Leeuw; Barnard, T, en E Cossee, 2007.
To keep the city out of range of enemy artillery fire, it was decided to build a new line of fortifications around Amsterdam, at 15 to 20 kilometres' distance from the city centre. This Defence Line of Amsterdam ( Stelling van Amsterdam ), constructed in the years 1880-1914, was the most modern and largest-area circular fortification system in ...
At that time, Amsterdam was the third largest city in Europe and the financial center of the world (including with the Bank of Amsterdam and the family's private bank Deutz of Deutz van Assendelft). The Tulip mania from 1630 to 1637 was the first large speculative bubble, a house in Amsterdam was sold for only three tulip bulbs .