regional history

history of netherlands

Timeline of Events

Year	Month	Day	Event
1568	May	23	Spanish Netherlands Declare Independence
1573	Jul	13	Siege Of Harlem Ends
1579	Jan	23	Utrecht Forms Protestant Republic In Netherlands
1586	Sep	22	Spanish Defeat English And Dutch At Zutphen
1622	Jun	24	Dutch Fail To Capture Macau In Battle
1624	Jun	10	France And Netherlands Sign Treaty Of Compiegne
1654	Oct	12	More Than 100 Die In Delft Explosion
1665	Dec	10	Netherlands Founds Marine Corps
1672	May	11	Franco-Dutch War And Louis XIV
1717	Jan	04	Triple Alliance Signed By Britain And France In Netherlands
1771	Oct	09	The Vrouw Maria Sinks Near Finland
1815	Aug	24	The Modern Netherland Constitution Signed
1840	Oct	07	Willem II Becomes King Of The Netherlands
1863	Jul	01	Suriname Emancipation Day Marks Abolition Of Slavery
1888	Apr	11	Concertgebouw In Amsterdam Inaugurated
1920	Jan	23	Netherlands Refuses To Surrender Kaiser Wilhelm II
1940	May	10	Germany Invades Belgium, Netherlands And Luxembourg
1940	May	14	Netherland Battle Ends When It Surrenders To Germany
1944	Feb	14	Anti-Japanese Revolt On Java In World War II
1948	Sep	04	Netherlands Queen Wilhelmina Unhealthy; Abdicates
1948	Sep	06	Juliana Becomes Queen Of Netherlands
1954	Dec	15	The Charter Of The Netherlands Signed
1956	Sep	13	East Flevoland Dike Closed
1962	Jan	08	Netherlands Harmelen Train Disaster Kills 93 People
1975	Nov	25	Suriname Gains Independence From Holland
1980	Apr	30	Beatrix Becomes Queen Of The Netherlands
2001	Apr	01	Netherlands Legalizes Same-sex Marriage

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