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1942 - Most of Maastricht's more than 500 Jews deported and killed in German concentration and extermination camps. 1944, 13/14 September - Liberation of Maastricht : US troops of 30th Infantry Division ("Old Hickory") liberate the city. 1944/45 - Maastricht serves as 'rest center' for allied forces. Maastricht Aachen Airport begins operating.
14 September: Maastricht, Gulpen, Meerssen 16 September: Simpelveld liberated by the 803rd tank destroyer battalion 17 September: Sint-Oedenrode, Veghel, Son en Breugel 18 September: Eindhoven
Maastricht painters were praised by Wolfram von Eschenbach in his Parzival. Around the same time, the poet Henric van Veldeke wrote a legend of Saint Servatius, one of the earliest works in Dutch literature. The two main churches acquired a wealth of relics and the septennial Maastricht Pilgrimage became a major event that drew up to 100,000 ...
The Blockade of Maastricht of 1814 was a military blockade of the then French fortified city Maastricht by the allied troops led by General Bernadotte.The blockade took place from late January to early May 1814 during the War of the Sixth Coalition between France and the other European powers, ending on May 5 of that year with the capitulation of Maastricht and the departure of the French.
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This is a list of mayors of the city of Maastricht, ... Netherlands. Period Name of Mayor Party ... Timeline of Maastricht;
Liberation of Maastricht [1] The first attempt by the Canadians to enter West Zeelandic Flanders is repelled [1] Establishment of the Militair Gezag (Military authority) [2] 15 or 16 Sep: Hitler orders the utmost fanaticism in the defense of German territory [1] 16 Sep: The illegal 'Delta Center' begins operating in Amsterdam [1]
This is a list of wars involving the Dutch Republic, which emerged from the Habsburg Netherlands during the Eighty Years' War (c. 1566–1648). The set of "United Provinces" that would later become the Dutch Republic proclaimed its independence in 1581.