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Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population of 1,209,419 and a metropolitan population of 2,158,592...
Timeline of Events
1275
10.27.1275
Traditional founding of the city of Amsterdam.
1614
10.11.1614
Adriaen Block and 12 Amsterdam merchants petition the States General for exclusive trading rights in the New Netherland colony.
1687
9.26.1687
The city council of Amsterdam votes to support William of Orange's invasion of England, which became the Glorious Revolution.
1810
7.4.1810
The French occupy Amsterdam.
1883
8.12.1883
The last quagga dies at the Artis Magistra zoo in Amsterdam.
1888
4.11.1888
The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam is inaugurated.
1910
9.18.1910
In Amsterdam, 25,000 demonstrate for general suffrage.
1942
7.6.1942
Anne Frank and her family go into hiding in the "Secret Annexe" above her father's office in an Amsterdam warehouse.
1944
8.4.1944
The Holocaust: a tip from a Dutch informer leads the Gestapo to a sealed-off area in an Amsterdam warehouse where they find Jewish diarist Anne Frank and her family.
1945
6.15.1945
The General Dutch Youth League (ANJV) is founded in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
1960
5.3.1960
The Anne Frank House opens in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
1973
7.20.1973
Palestianian terrorists hijack a Japan Airlines jet en route from Amsterdam to Japan and force it down in Dubai.
1992
10.4.1992
El Al Flight 1862: an El Al Boeing 747-258F crashes into two apartment buildings in Amsterdam, killing 43 including 39 on the ground.