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Historical Events
Results 1 - 64 of 64
1340-06-07 - Rotterdam Netherlands founded
1699-09-22 - People of Rotterdam strike over high cost of butter
1740-08-13 - Hunger strike in Rotterdam
1816-05-10 - English steamship "Defiance" arrives at Rotterdam harbor
1823-06-16 - King Willem I opens shipyard at Rotterdam-Antwerp
1844-01-01 - 1st edition of New Rotterdam's Daily (3x per week)
1847-05-31 - Rotterdam-Hague Railway opens
1855-05-03 - Antwerp-Rotterdam railway opens
1855-07-20 - 1st train from Rotterdam to Utrecht in Netherlands
1855-08-03 - Rotterdam-Gouda railway opens
1864-02-15 - Fire in Rotterdam Neth damages Museum Boymans
1874-10-01 - Rotterdam opens drink water pipes
1878-04-02 - 1st issue of Rotterdam's Newspaper
1888-04-01 - Soccer team Sparta forms in Rotterdam
1902-07-03 - Excelsior soccer team forms in Rotterdam
1905-09-18 - Electric tramline opens in Rotterdam
1905-11-04 - Harbor strike against importing grain elevators in Rotterdam
1908-07-19 - Feyenoord soccer team forms in Rotterdam
1908-10-01 - 1st Dutch electric railway in use (Rotterdam-The Hague)
1920-02-12 - -Apr 26] 14,000 Rotterdam/Amsterdam harbor workers strike
1920-09-01 - New townhall of Rotterdam opens
1921-04-14 - Prince Henry opens Rotterdam-Amsterdam-Bremen-Hamburg air route
1922-01-09 - Rotterdam metal strike ends
1922-10-07 - Oud-burgem of Rotterdam Zimmerman becomes High Comm's of Austria
1928-05-01 - Rotterdam soccer team Black White '28 forms
1935-07-06 - Rotterdam architect A van de Steurs Museum Boymans opens
1937-03-27 - Feyenoord-stadium official opens in Rotterdam
1938-11-29 - Mayor Oud of Rotterdam forbids soccer match between Neth-Germany
1940-05-14 - Nazi bombs Rotterdam (600-900 dead), Netherlands surrender to Germany
1942-02-14 - Rotterdam's Maas tunnel opens
1942-07-19 - German occupiers confiscate bicycles in Rotterdam & Hague
1942-08-07 - Resistance bombs Rotterdam railway
1943-03-31 - US errantly bombs Rotterdam, kills 326
1944-10-24 - Rotterdam Passage fight frees 46 prisoners
1944-11-10 - German riots in Rotterdam/Schiedam 52,000 men sent to Germany
1944-11-28 - 400 Rotterdammers attack coal warehouse
1945-10-05 - Queen Wilhelmina visits Rotterdam
1946-04-16 - NSB mayor of Rotterdam Neth, FE Muller sentence to 100 years in jail
1946-05-13 - Winston Churchill welcomed in Rotterdam
1946-07-02 - Harbor workers end strike at Rotterdam & Amsterdam
1950-08-15 - Rotterdam harbor strike begins
1950-08-22 - Rotterdam harbor strike end
1953-05-15 - Osip Zadkines monument to "The destroyed city" unveiled in Rotterdam
1956-10-01 - Zestienhoven airport at Rotterdam official opens
1958-09-13 - Queen Juliana christens passenger ship Rotterdam
1960-02-27 - Oil pipe line from Rotterdam to Ruhrgebied opens
1960-06-27 - Oil pipe line from Rotterdam-Ruhrgebied opens
1962-06-04 - Lee Harvey Oswald departs Rotterdam on SS Maasdam to US
1963-05-15 - Tottenham Hotspur wins 3rd Europe Cup II at Rotterdam
1965-02-01 - Dutch Queen Juliana opens Brienenoord Bridge in Rotterdam
1968-02-09 - Rotterdam metro opened by princess Beatrix
1968-05-23 - AC Milan wins 8th Europe Cup II in Rotterdam
1970-09-15 - Rotterdam harbor strikes end
1972-05-31 - Ajax wins Europe Cup 1 in Rotterdam
1974-10-18 - Andre van de Louw appointed mayor of Rotterdam
1977-02-28 - Harbor strike in Rotterdam/Amsterdam ends
1981-07-01 - Prince Willem Alexander opens Willems Bridge in Rotterdam
1982-05-26 - Aston Villa wins 27th Europe Cup 1 of Rotterdam
1982-06-12 - Paul Simon & Art Garfunkel perform in Rotterdam
1985-05-15 - Everton wins 25th Europe Cup II at Rotterdam
1987-08-25 - Madonna sings in Rotterdam
1991-04-02 - Rotterdam Daily Newspaper begins publishing
1991-05-15 - Manchester United wins 31th Europe Cup II at Rotterdam
1994-09-15 - "Sound of Motown," premieres in Rotterdam
Famous Birthdays
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1619-11-03 - Willem Kalf, Rotterdam Neth, painter (still lifes)
1753-07-06 - John H Midderigh, Rotterdam patriot, baptized
1756-11-04 - Anthony van Hoboken, Rotterdam merchant/ship owner
1852-02-02 - Teunis Stoel, actor/director (Small Theater, Rotterdam)
1869-01-19 - Alfred R Zimmerman, mayor (Rotterdam 1906-22)/Dir (League of Nations)
1873-04-29 - Alida J M Tartaud-Klein, actress/stage star (Rotterdam Stage)
1879-04-11 - Leendert Round, Dutch sculptor (entrance Rotterdam Zoo)
1880-11-01 - Karel Paul van der Mandele, financier/director (Rotterdamsche Bank)
1884-07-06 - Willem Dudok, Dutch architect (town hall Hilversum/Beehive Rotterdam)
1886-12-05 - Pieter J Old, lawyer/minister of Finance/mayor of Rotterdam (1945-52)
1889-02-18 - Sybold van Ravesteyn, architect (Blijdorp, CS Rotterdam, Utrecht)
1902-06-26 - Antonia Brico, Rotterdam Holland, conductor/pianist (Antonia)
1904-04-24 - Willem De Kooning, Rotterdam Netherland, artist (North Atlantic Light)
1905-08-29 - Martinus A Jansen, Bishop of Rotterdam (1956-70)
1906-04-17 - M Rooi, editor-in-chief (New Rotterdam Daily)
1933-02-08 - Elly Ameling, Rotterdam Holland, soprano (Ilya-Idomeneo)
1936-09-28 - Robert Wolders, Rotterdam Holland, actor (Erik Hunter-Laredo)
1970-11-15 - Karin van Breeschoten, Rotterdam Holland, playmate (Sept, 1989)
1970-11-15 - Mirjam van Breeschoten, Rotterdam Holland, playmate (Sept, 1989)
1973-12-16 - Kristie Boogert, Rotterdam Neth, tennis star (1996 Paris)
1974-03-18 - Petra Kamstra, Rotterdam Holland, tennis star (1995 Surabaya doubles)
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 17 of 17
1581-04-03 - Huibert Duifhuis, Roman Catholic pastor (Rotterdam/Utrecht), dies
1686-10-08 - Adriaen Paets, Rotterdams regent/diplomat, dies at about 55
1693-07-31 - Willem Calf, Rotterdams still life painter, dies at 73
1773-09-20 - Pieter de Swart, architect (Delfts Port Rotterdam), dies at 63
1800-04-30 - John H Midderigh, Rotterdam patriot, dies at 46
1846-06-20 - Pieter Adams, architect of Rotterdam, dies at about 67
1850-01-14 - Anthony van Hoboken, Rotterdam merchant/ship owner, dies at 93
1938-02-18 - Alida JM Tartaud-Little, actress (Rotterdam Stage), dies at 64
1939-07-02 - Alfred R Zimmerman, mayor of Rotterdam (1906-22), dies
1959-04-13 - Rigardus "Rijn" Rijnhout, Giant of Rotterdam (2.375m), dies at 38
1968-08-12 - Pieter J Auld, mayor of Rotterdam (1945-52), dies at 81
1975-01-23 - Karel Paul van der Mandele, director (Rotterdam Bank), dies at 94
1983-03-28 - Martinus A Jansen, bishop of Rotterdam (1956-70), dies at 77
1986-01-07 - M Rooi, editor-in-chief (New Rotterdam Daily), dies at 79
1992-03-18 - Cornelis B Vaandrager, [C Vaan], poet (Giant of Rotterdam), dies at 56
1992-12-02 - Loek Elfferich, Dutch journalist/historian (Treason in Rotterdam), die
1995-01-22 - Nico Adriaans, founder of Rotterdam Junkiebond, dies of AIDS at 37
