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Historical Events
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1572-10-18 - Spanish troops attack Maastricht
1574-02-09 - Louis of Nassau ends siege of Maastricht
1576-10-20 - Spanish troops occupies & plunder Maastricht
1632-08-22 - Prince Frederik Hendrik occupies Maastricht
1673-07-06 - French troops conquer Maastricht as part of the Franco-Dutch War
1748-05-07 - French troops conquer Maastricht in the War of the Austrian Succession
1794-11-03 - French troops conquer Maastricht
1853-10-23 - Maastricht-Aken railway in Neth opens
1861-11-24 - Luik-Visé-Maastricht railway opens
1865-11-06 - Maastricht-Venlo railway in Neth opens
1902-04-02 - Soccer team MVV '02 forms in Maastricht
1929-09-16 - Police shoots at strikers at Maastricht, 2 killed
1942-08-25 - SS begins transporting Jews of Maastricht Neth
1944-02-18 - Maastricht resistance fighter JAJ Janssen arrested
1944-08-19 - Allied air raid on Maastricht, 80+ killed
1944-09-14 - Gulpen, Meerssen & Maastricht freed
1978-05-01 - MVV soccer team forms in Maastricht
1991-12-12 - Maastricht Treaty signed to create a European Community
1992-09-20 - Frances votes in favor of Maastricht treaty
1993-05-18 - Danish people vote in favor of ratifying the Maastricht Treaty
Famous Birthdays
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1768-08-27 - Anne-Francois Mellinet, French/Belgian general (Maastricht)
1782-09-07 - Bernardus JC Dibbets, Dutch baron/general-major (Maastricht)
1801-03-23 - Peterus D Regout, Dutch industrialist (Sphinx, Maastricht)
Famous Deaths
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0599-07-16 - Monulphus, bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht (St Servaaskerk), dies
0727-05-30 - Hubertus, bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht/saint, dies at about 72
1788-11-28 - Charles C of Nassau-Weilburg, governor of Maastricht, dies at about 53
1839-03-29 - Bernardus JC Dibbets, Dutch baron/gen-major (Maastricht), dies at 56
1878-02-18 - Peter D Regout, industrialist (Sphinx, Maastricht), dies at 76
