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Events in Dordrecht History

  • 1407-01-03 Bloody battles between Hoeksen & Kabeljauwen in Dordrecht

Event of Interest

1498-02-14 Treaty of Dordrecht establishes an anti-French alliance between Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I and King Henry VII of England

King of the Romans and Holy Roman Emperor Emperor Maximilian I
King of England Henry VII
  • 1559-03-14 Storm floods ravage Gorinchem, Dordrecht & Woudrichem, Netherlands

Stadtholder William I of Orange

1572-07-18 Provincial States of Holland recognize William I of Orange as Stadtholder of Holland, Friesland and Utrecht at a gathering in Dordrecht

Leader of the Dutch Revolt William I of Orange

Johan de Witt Pensionary of Dordrecht

1650-12-21 Johan de Witt installed as Dutch Pensionary of Dordrecht

Statesman and Advisor of Holland Johan de Witt
  • 1883-08-16 Dutch soccer club FC Dordrecht is established in Dort in the Western Netherlands (KNVB Cup 1914, 32)

Famous People from Dordrecht

  • 1558-08-19 Paulus Merula, Dutch lawyer and historian (Historia Belgica), born in Dordrecht, Netherlands (d. 1607)
  • 1589-02-07 Jacob de Witt, Dutch politician (Mayor of Dordrecht), and mathematician (d. 1674)
  • 1599-10-10 Jacob Aertsz Colom, Dutch publisher (Consolation of the Sea), born in Dordrecht, Netherlands (d. 1673)
  • 1620-10-20 Aelbert Cuyp, Dutch painter, born in Dordrecht, Dutch Republic (d. 1691)
  • 1623-06-15 Cornelis de Witt, Dutch politician and naval commander (Raid on the Medway - Chatham Dockyard), born in Dordrecht, Dutch Republic (d. 1672)

Johan de Witt (1625-1672)

1625-09-24 Dutch statesman and Grand Pensionary of Holland (1653-72), born in Dordrecht, Netherlands

Johan de Witt
  • 1627-08-02 Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter, born in Dordrecht, Netherlands (d. 1678)
  • 1645-10-26 Aert de Gelder, Dutch painter (King David), born in Dordrecht, Netherlands (d. 1727)
  • 1660-03-28 Arnold Houbraken, Dutch painter and writer, born in Dordrecht, Netherlands (d. 1719)
  • 1664-01-14 Simon van Slingelandt, Dutch grand pensionary (1727-36), born in Dordrecht, Netherlands (d. 1736)
  • 1666-04-17 François Valentijn, Dutch vicar and writer (Old and New East-India), born in Dordrecht, Netherlands (d. 1727)
  • 1669-12-16 Arnold Boonen, Dutch portrait painter, born in Dordrecht, Dutch Republic (d. 1729)
  • 1698-12-25 Jacobus Houbraken, Dutch engraver and illustrator, born in Dordrecht, (d. 1789)
  • 1735-02-09 Adriaan Kluit, Dutch scholar and historian, born in Dordrecht, Netherlands (d. 1807)
  • 1756-10-02 Jacob van Strij, Dutch cartoonist and graphic artist, born in Dordrecht, Dutch Republic (d. 1815)
  • 1773-01-05 Pieter Fontijn, Dutch painter and drawer, born in Dordrecht, Netherlands (d. 1839)
  • 1795-02-10 Ary Scheffer, Dutch-French Romantic painter, etcher and sculptor, born in Dordrecht, Netherlands (d. 1858)
  • 1816-06-29 Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt, Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs (1852-53), born in Dordrecht, Netherlands (d. 1890)
  • 1850-08-14 Earnest [Bachigaloupi] Tourniaire, Dutch actor (Inkwartiering, Kloris & Roses), born in Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland (d. 1921)
  • 1856-02-16 Willem Kes, Dutch violinist, composer and conductor (Concertgebouw Orchestra), born in Dordrecht, Netherlands (d. 1934)
  • 1857-09-29 Conrad Theodor van Deventer, Dutch author, lawyer and politician (Ethical Policy Movement), born in Dordrecht, Netherlands (d. 1915)
  • 1859-06-10 Jacques Perk, Dutch poet (Iris, Wood Song), born in Dordrecht, Netherlands (d. 1881)
  • 1864-05-18 Jan P. Veth, Dutch painter, etcher, lithographer and art historian, born in Dordrecht. Netherlands (d. 1925)
  • 1867-04-11 John Paulus Lotsy, Dutch botanist and geneticist (Resumptio Genetics), born in Dordrecht, Netherlands (d. 1931)
  • 1878-03-24 Top Naeff, Dutch writer (School Idylls), born in Dordrecht, Netherlands (d. 1953)
  • 1880-03-03 Anne Cornelis Veth, Dutch cartoonist and art critic, born in Dordrecht, Netherlans (d. 1962)
  • 1887-12-15 Pieter Geyl, Dutch historian (History of the Dutch Tribe), born in Dordrecht, Netherlands (d. 1966)
  • 1918-08-07 C. Buddingh', Dutch poet, born in Dordrecht, Netherlands (d. 1985)
  • 1931-08-01 Cor van der Gijp, Dutch soccer striker (13 caps; SC Emma Dordrecht, Feyenoord Rotterdam, Blauw Wit Amsterdam), born in Dordrecht, Netherlands (d. 2022)
  • 1939-04-13 Wijnie Jabaaij, Dutch politician (PvdA), born in Dordrecht, Netherlands (d. 1995)
  • 1943-12-15 Lucien den Arend, Dutch geometric abstract sculptor, born in Dordrecht, Netherlands
  • 1958-12-25 Joop Hiele, Dutch soccer goalkeeper (7 caps; Feyenoord 318 games, SVV, FC Dordrecht '90, Go Ahead Eagles), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands
  • 1959-08-24 Michel Valke, Dutch soccer player (Sparta, Dordrecht '90), born in Zwijndrecht, Netherlands
  • 1961-03-13 Cor Lems, Dutch soccer player (ADO The Hague/Dordrecht '90), born in Rotterdam, Netherlansds
  • 1964-12-24 Marcel van der Net, Dutch soccer player (FC Utrecht), born in Dordrecht, Netherlands
  • 1965-10-07 Juul Ellerman, Dutch soccer player (PSV, FC Twente), born in Dordrecht, Netherlands
  • 1967-01-12 Marco Boogers, Dutch soccer player (RKC, Sparta, West Ham United), born in Dordrecht, Netherlands
  • 1967-02-19 Roel Liefden, Dutch soccer player (Dordrecht '90, FC Groningen)
  • 1970-12-24 Romeo Wouden, Dutch soccer player (Dordrecht '90, Heerenveen), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • 1971-02-04 Maarten Atmodikoro, soccer player (Dordrecht '90, NAC)
  • 1971-06-09 Romano Sion, Dutch soccer player (Dordrecht '90/FC Groningen), born in Paramaribo, Suriname
  • 1972-01-31 Reinier Robbemond, Dutch soccer player (Dordrecht '90), born in Dordrecht, Netherlands
  • 1972-09-19 Eric van de Merwe, Dutch soccer player (Dordrecht '90), born in Dordrecht, Netherlands
  • 1973-07-26 Peter Heijstek, Dutch soccer player (DFC/Dordrecht '90)
  • 1975-05-23 Vincent Goossens, soccer player (Dordrecht '90)
  • 1975-10-13 Leo Koswal, Dutch soccer player (Dordrecht '90), born in Breda, Netherlands
  • 1989-01-15 Celinde Schoenmaker, Dutch stage singer and actress, born in Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands

Famous Dutch People

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