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Jacob Dircksz de Graeff (1570–1638), Amsterdam burgomaster and regent, statesman; Lenaert Jansz de Graeff (around 1525/30-before 1578), one of the leaders of the Protestant Reformation in Amsterdam, captain of the Sea Beggars; Pieter de Graeff (1638–1707), Amsterdam patrician, politician; brother-in-law of Johan de Witt; Glennis Grace (born ...
Franco-Swedish War (1805–1810) France Spanish Empire Holland: Sweden United Kingdom Prussia: Victory: Ashanti–Fante War (1806–1807) Ashanti Empire Batavian Republic: Fante Confederacy United Kingdom: Victory: War of the Fourth Coalition (1806–1807) French Empire French satellites: Confederation of the Rhine: Bavaria Württemberg; Saxony [1]
Dano-Dutch War (1661-1665) Dutch West India Company Denmark–Norway England: Defeat: First Tondano War (1661–1664) Dutch Republic: Minahasan peoples: Victory: Trịnh–Nguyễn War (1627–1672)-(1774–1777) Trịnh lords Dutch East India Company Tây Sơn rebellion: Nguyễn lords Portugal: Victory: Makassar War (1666–1669) Dutch ...
Shooting incident on Dam Square in Amsterdam. [6] Arrest of Mussert. [6] 8 May: Entry of the two divisions of the 1st Canadian Army Corps in Amsterdam, The Hague, and Rotterdam. [6] General Kruis, Chief of Staff Military Authority, arrives in The Hague. [6] An Allied vanguard arrives in Oslo. Second 'general' German capitulation in Berlin. [6]
1968 Protest against the Vietnam War in Amsterdam, April 1968. Art & Project gallery opens. Theaterschool founded. [42] 1969 March: Bed-In for Peace held. [43] May: Student protest occurs at the University of Amsterdam Maagdenhuis . [4] STEIM cultural venue established. 1970 - Population: 807,095. 1971 - Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA railway station ...
Anne Frank (1929–1945), diarist in World War II Amsterdam; Harry Gideonse (1901–1985), American President of Brooklyn College, and Chancellor of the New School for Social Research; Alfred Henry (Freddy) Heineken (1923–2002), commercial mastermind of the Heineken Imperium; grandson of the founder of Heineken; Mata Hari (1876–1917), spy
There are also articles about the Eighty Years' War (the Dutch revolt against Spain) and the Anglo-Dutch Wars. A concise broader picture is painted in History of the Netherlands. People are listed here per category in order of year of birth. Note: Many Dutchmen from this period had a middle name ending in szoon, which means son of.
People from Amsterdam, North Holland, capital of the Netherlands. Subcategories. This category has the following 15 subcategories, out of 15 total. Burials ...