Today in Dutch History - 1233-07-01 Earl Otto II van Gelre grants Arnhem state justice
- 1845-05-14 Utrecht-Arnhem Railway opens
- 1856-10-20 Arnhem-Oberhausen railway in Netherlands opens
- 1944-02-22 World War II: US Army Air Forces accidentally bomb Dutch town of Nijmegen, around 800 civilians die
- 1944-09-17 Operation Market Garden: In the largest airborne operation of WWII, Allied paratroopers land in the Netherlands in a failed attempt to capture the Arnhem bridge over the Rhine
- 1944-09-21 Operation Market Garden: Last British paratroopers at Arnhem Bridge surrender after several days of fighting
- 1944-09-25 Operation Market Garden ends in Allied failure as the last British and Polish paratroopers are evacuated from Oosterbeek, near the town of Arnhem
- 1944-09-26 World War II: Battle of Arnhem ends in Allied failure as German forces link up on both sides of the Lower Rhine river and mop up last British resistance
- 1945-04-13 Canadian soldier Léo Major single-handedly liberates Dutch town of Zwolle by fooling Germans into thinking a raid had begun
- 1945-04-16 World War II: Dutch town of Arnhem, site of failed Operation Market Garden, is freed by British and Canadian forces
- 1967-09-04 Train crash at Arnhem, Netherlands, kills 5
- 1971-02-27 Doctors in the first Dutch abortion clinic (the Mildredhuis in Arnhem) start to perform aborti provocati
- 1995-03-10 Chiel Meijering's "St Louis Blues" premieres in Arnhem
- 2018-12-03 Dutch court in Arnhem rejects man's request to legally be recognised 20 years younger
Famous People from Arnhem
- 1550-08-16 Carolus Gallus [Karel de Haan], Dutch lawyer, pastor and vicar, born in Arnhem, Netherlands (d. 1606)
- 1612-01-31 Henry Casimir I, Dutch count of Nassau-Dietz and Stadholder of Freisland, born in Arnhem (d. 1640)
- 1757-09-22 Herman Hendrik Vitringa, Dutch federalist politician (National Meetings), born in Arnhem (d. 1801)
- 1782-09-07 Bernardus Johannes Dibbets, Dutch baron and general-major (Maastricht), born in Arnhem, Netherlands (d. 1839)
- 1826-12-26 Martinus Nijhoff, Dutch publisher (Van Dale) and founder (Martinus Nijhoff Publishers), born in Arnhem, Netherlands (d. 1894)
- 1827-09-01 Jacobus Jan Cremer, Dutch author (Overbetuwsche Novellen), born in Arnhem, Netherlands (d. 1880)
- 1864-04-24 George August Alexander Alting von Geusau, Dutch Minister of War (1918-20), born in Arnhem, Netherlands (d. 1937)
- 1878-06-27 Jean François van Royen, Dutch graphic designer, bibliophile, and Secretary-General of Dutch PTT (Post, Telephone & Telegraph), born in Arnhem, Netherlands (d. 1942)
- 1894-07-18 Bernard Wagenaar, Dutch-American composer (3 Songs for Chinese), born in Arnherm, Netherlands (d. 1971)
- 1897-04-29 Bernard Verhoeven, Dutch poet (Pleidooi near een non), born in Arnhem, Netherlands (d. 1965)
- 1898-09-24 Charlotte van Pallandt, Dutch sculptress, born in Arnhem, Netherlands (d. 1997)
- 1901-09-03 Eduard van Beinum, Dutch musician and conductor, born in Arnhem, Netherlands (d. 1959)
- 1902-01-25 Gerard Knuvelder, Dutch literature historian (Vocation, Kitty), born in Arnhem, Netherlands (d. 1982)
- 1908-12-27 Louis de Bourbon, Dutch poet (Black Banners), born in Arnhem, Netherlands (d. 1975)
- 1910-08-02 Truus van Aalten [Geertruida van Aalten], Flemish actress (Girl in Blue Hat), born in Arnhem, Netherlands (d. 1999)
- 1912-08-10 Herman Strategier, Dutch organist, conductor, and composer (Rembrandt Cantata; Shadow Out of Time), born in Arnhem, Netherlands (d. 1988)
- 1912-08-16 Marga Klompé, Dutch 1st female minister (CRM), born in Arnhem, Netherlands (d. 1986)
- 1917-02-21 Victor Marijnen, Dutch politician (Prime Minister of the Netherlands 1963-65), born in Arnhem, Netherlands (d. 1975)
- 1920-09-05 Margaretha D. Ferguson-Wigerink, Dutch author (Anna & her Father), born in Arnhem, Netherlands (d. 1992)
- 1926-09-19 Pierre Janssen, Dutch art museum director, born in Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands (d. 2007)
- 1929-11-25 Theo Bruins, Dutch concert pianist and composer (Sei Studi; Syncope), born in Arnhem, Netherlands (d. 1993)
- 1930-05-19 Hans Kox, Dutch composer (Dorian Gray; Symphony No. 4 - "Tasmanian"), and educator, born in Arnhem, Netherlands (d. 2019)
- 1931-10-18 Ien Dales, Dutch politician (Minister of Internal minister 1989-94), born in Arnhem, Netherlands (d. 1994)
- 1941-09-06 Willibrord Frequin, Dutch television reporter, born in Arnhem, Netherlands
- 1967-08-02 Martin Laamers, Dutch soccer player (Vitesse), born in Arnhem, Netherlands
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