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Events in Haarlem History

  • 1569-11-28 Duke of Alva forces Bishop of Haarlem Nicolaas van Nieuwland to resign due to the clergyman's alcoholism
  • 1572-11-11 Duke of Alva's son Don Fredrik begins siege of Haarlem
  • 1572-12-11 Spanish troops begin siege of Haarlem
  • 1572-12-17 Spanish army begins fires in Haarlem Netherlands
  • 1573-07-13 Haarlem surrenders after 7 months to Spanish army
  • 1656-01-08 Oldest surviving commercial newspaper, "Weeckelycke Courante van Europa", now known as "Haarlems Dagblad", still in printed circulation begins publication in Haarlem, Netherlands
  • 1690-10-23 Revolt in Haarlem after public ban on smoking
  • 1693-10-05 Haarlem people's revolution due to food shortages
  • 1750-01-03 Tax revolt in Haarlem, Netherlands
  • 1794-07-31 All Jacobin clubs gather in Haarlem
  • 1839-09-20 1st railroad in Netherland opens (Amsterdam-Haarlem)
  • 1856-07-16 Statue of Laurens Jansz Coster unveiled in Haarlem
  • 1867-09-02 1st girls School opens in Haarlem, The Netherlands
  • 1879-09-15 Pim Mulier forms Royal Haarlemsche Football Club based in Haarlem, Netherlands; oldest existing club in Dutch football
  • 1881-06-02 Haarlem-Zandvoort Railway opens
  • 1889-10-01 Dutch soccer club HFC Haarlem is founded; National champions 1946; bankrupt in 2010; merge with HFC Kennemerland, new club Haarlem Kennemerland

Fokker Goes for a Spin

1911-09-01 Anthony Fokker famously flies his aircraft "Spin" around the tower of the Grote Kerk in Haarlem

Aviation Pioneer Anthony Fokker
  • 1913-05-14 Frans Hals museum opens in Haarlem, Netherlands
  • 1932-04-23 153-year old De Adriaan Windmill in Haarlem, the Netherlands, burns down
  • 1941-01-31 Anti-German demonstration in Haarlem, Netherlands
  • 1943-01-30 WWII: German under officers shot down in Haarlem Netherlands
  • 1943-04-16 40 NZ bombers attack Haarlem, Netherlands (85 killed)
  • 1944-02-28 Arrests of the ten-Boom family in Nazi occupied Netherlands (Haarlem) through a Dutch collaborator on charges of hiding Jews
  • 1982-10-20 During the UEFA Cup match between FC Spartak Moscow and HFC Haarlem, 66 people are crushed to death in the Luzhniki disaster.

Famous People from Haarlem

  • 1510-06-09 Nicolaas van Nieuwland, Dutch clergyman (1st Catholic Bishop of Haarlem. 1561-69), born in Maartensdijk, Bishopric of Utrecht, Holy Roman Empire (now Netherlands) (d. 1580)
  • 1576-01-12 Peter Scriverius, Dutch lawyer and historian, born in Haarlem (d. 1660)
  • 1590-06-24 Samuel Ampzing, Dutch minister, poet, translator (Bijbel-poezije - Bible Poetry), and linguist (Taelbericht der Nederlandsche spellinge - Treatise on Dutch Selling), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1632)
  • 1595-02-02 Jacob van Campen, Dutch painter and architect (New Church, Amsterdam), born in Haarlem (d. 1657)
  • 1609-07-28 Judith Leyster, Dutch Golden Age painter, born and baptized in Haarlem, Dutch Republic (now the Netherlands) (d. 1660)
  • 1619-05-24 Philips Wouwerman, Dutch painter, born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1668)
  • 1620-10-01 Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, Dutch landscape painter and etcher, born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1683)
  • 1633-02-20 Jan de Baen, Dutch portrait painter and etcher, born in Haarlem, Dutch Republic (d. 1702)
  • 1634-07-18 Johannes Camphuys, Governor-General of Dutch-Indies (1684-91), born in Haarlem, Dutch Republic (d. 1695)
  • 1638-07-06 Gerrit Berckheyde, Dutch painter, born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1698)
  • 1645-09-10 Romeyn de Hooghe, Dutch painter and goldsmith, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1708)
  • 1660-04-24 Cornelis Dusart, Dutch painter and engraver, born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1704)
  • 1678-12-02 Nicolaas Kruik, Dutch hydraulic engineer (drained Haarlemmermeer), born in West-Vlieland, Netherlands (d. 1754)
  • 1683-07-25 Pieter Langendijk, Dutch painter, etcher and playwright (Wiskunstenaars), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1756)
  • 1702-03-25 Pieter Teyler Van der Hulst, Dutch silk merchant (founded Teyler's Museum), born in Haarlem, Dutch Republic (d. 1778)
  • 1706-10-06 Pieter Steyn, Dutch grand pensionary (1749-72), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1772)
  • 1721-11-25 Willem Crul, British admiral (West-Indies), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1781)
  • 1791-02-12 Jan David Zocher Jr., Dutch garden architect (Vondelpark, Amsterdam), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1870)
  • 1795-11-26 Cornelis Pieter Jacob Elout, Dutch military Major-General who served in Sumatra, born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1843)
  • 1800-02-15 Frederick Willem Conrad, Dutch hydraulic engineer and railway pioneer (Katwyk), born near Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1869)
  • 1814-09-13 Nicolas Beets [Hildebrand], Dutch writer (Camera Obscura) and theologian, born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1903)
  • 1820-11-09 Matthias de Vries, Dutch linguist (spelling), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1892)
  • 1833-11-14 Antonius von der Linde, Dutch-German librarian and historian (history of chess), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1897)
  • 1848-02-16 Hugo de Vries, Dutch botanist and geneticist who rediscovered Mendel's theory of heredity and for his work on genes (The Mutation Theory), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1935)
  • 1855-09-12 Jacobus of Looy, Dutch writer and painter (Death of My Cat), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1930)
  • 1857-05-10 Hendrik Zwaardemaker, Dutch physiologist (invented the olfactometer), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1930)
  • 1860-04-03 Frederik Willem van Eeden, Dutch utopian writer (Walden), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1932)
  • 1861-06-10 Joseph Cuypers, Dutch architect (St Bavo, Haarlem), born in Roermond, the Netherlands (d. 1949)
  • 1865-07-10 Johannes "Pa" van der Steur, Dutch missionary to the East Indies, philanthropist and humanitarian (established Oranje Nassau Orphanage), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1945)
  • 1873-03-14 Johannes Aengenent, Bishop of Haarlem (1928-35), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1935)
  • 1880-08-21 Johan H. Westerveld, Dutch WW II resistance fighter and leader of Order Service (OD), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1942)
  • 1887-10-25 Willem Andriessen, Dutch composer and pianist (Beethoven), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1964)
  • 1891-05-25 Robert Willem Pieter Peereboom, Dutch editor in chief (Haarlem Newspaper), born in Haarlem, North Holland, Netherlands (d. 1956)
  • 1891-10-13 Bernard IJzerdraat, Dutch resistance leader (De Geuzen), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1941)
  • 1892-07-21 Gijsbert Friedhoff, Dutch architect (Wibautstraat tax office, Amsterdam), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1970)
  • 1892-09-17 Hendrik Andriessen, Dutch organist and composer (Ballade of Merel; Te Deum), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1981)
  • 1892-10-27 Victor E. van Vriesland, Dutch poet (Mirror of Dutch Poetry), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1974)
  • 1896-05-28 Marius Monnikendam, Dutch choir composer, born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1977)
  • 1897-12-04 Mari Andriessen, Dutch sculptor (Dock Worker), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1979)
  • 1904-11-29 Piet Ketting, Dutch pianist, conductor and composer (Glorify Kokila), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1984)
  • 1905-05-05 Arnold Meijer, Dutch leader of fascist Dutch National & Black Front, born in Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands (d. 1965)
  • 1906-01-06 Jaap Wagemaker, Dutch sculptor, born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1972)
  • 1906-01-29 Frans Hin, Dutch yachtsman (Olympic gold 12' Dinghy 1920; aged 14 years 163 days), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1968)
  • 1907-05-27 Felix de Nobel, Dutch orchestra leader and pianist, born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1981)
  • 1907-06-02 Dorothy West, American writer of the Haarlem Renaissance (The Living is Easy), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1998)
  • 1907-11-07 Maurits Mok, Dutch author and poet (Cheese & Bread Game; The Railroad Strike), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1989)
  • 1909-11-22 Theodorus Zwartkruis, Dutch Bishop of Haarlem Netherlands (1966-83) (d. 1983)
  • 1911-08-23 Albert Alberts, Dutch writer and journalist (French battle), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1996)
  • 1911-09-20 Jan Mul, Dutch composer, born in Haarlem (d. 1971)
  • 1914-04-22 Jan de Hartog, Dutch-English writer (Holland's Glory), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 2002)
  • 1914-06-27 Alexander Pola [Abraham Polak], Dutch actor and writer (Cassata), born in Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Netherlands (d. 1992)
  • 1914-11-24 Elise Hoomans, Dutch director and actress (Jane Eyre, Barocco), born in Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Netherlands (d. 1991)
  • 1915-02-06 Derk Roemers, Dutch politician (Soc-Dem), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1983)
  • 1915-11-26 Herbert Joeks [Herman Hugten], Dutch actor (Snip & Snap, Pipo de clown), born in Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Netherlands (d. 1993)
  • 1917-05-12 Andries Antonie Rieu, Dutch conductor (Maastricht Symphony Orchestra, 1949-80), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1992)
  • 1917-10-04 Albert de Klerk, Dutch organist, composer, and conductor, born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1998)
  • 1920-04-05 Barend Biesheuvel, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1971-73), born in Haarlemmerliede, Netherlands (d. 2001)
  • 1920-09-16 Hannie Schaft, Dutch communist resistance fighter known as the "Girl with red hair", born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1945)
  • 1925-11-15 Jurriaan Andriessen, Dutch pianist and composer (Berkshire Symphonies; Les Cloches des Clochards), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1996)
  • 1927-07-29 Harry Mulisch, Dutch writer (Message to King Rat), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 2010)
  • 1937-03-31 Willem Duyn [Mouth], Dutch singer (Mouth & MacNeal), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 2004)
  • 1941-03-15 Dick Top, Dutch actor and director (Witch of Haarlem)
  • 1943-01-09 Rob Hoeke, Dutch pianist and singer (Drinking on My Bed), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1999)
  • 1944-10-27 Piet Oudolf, Dutch garden designer (New Perennial style, High Line NY), born in Haarlem, Netherlands
  • 1945-03-29 Willem Ruis, Dutch TV host (Willem Ruis Show), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1986)
  • 1946-08-14 Alexander Curly [Harm Breemer], Dutch artist, born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 2012)
  • 1947-04-06 Jan-Kees Wiebenga, Dutch politician (VVD), born in Haarlem, Netherlands
  • 1948-07-28 Ruud Geels, Dutch soccer striker (20 caps; Feyenoord, Go Ahead Eagles, Club Brugge, Ajax, Anderlecht, Sparta, PSV, NAC), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 2023)
  • 1950-06-14 Bart van Lier, Dutch classical trombonist (Metropole Orchestra., 1992-present), and educator, born in Haarlem. Netherlands
  • 1954-10-12 Tom Blomberg, Dutch radio host and producer (Evening Rush Hour), born in Haarlem, Netherlands
  • 1959-09-02 Esther Oosterbeek, Dutch pop singer (Dolly Dots - "Windsurfing"), born in Haarlem, Netherlands
  • 1959-12-19 Edward Metgod, Dutch soccer goalkeeper (1 cap; HFC Haarlem 329 games, Sparta Rotterdam 224 games), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • 1960-05-13 Dick van de Toorn, Dutch actor (Pastorale), born in Haarlem, Netherlands
  • 1961-11-28 Patty Zomer, Dutch pop singer (Dolly Dots - "Windsurfing"), born in Haarlem, The Netherlands

Yvonne van Gennip (60 years old)

1964-05-01 Dutch speed skater (Olympic gold 1,500m, 3,000m, 5,000m 1988), born in Haarlem, Netherlands

Yvonne van Gennip
  • 1970-12-28 Brenda Schultz-McCarthy, Dutch tennis player (95, 96 Oklahoma City), born in Haarlem, Netherlands
  • 1977-05-25 Giel Beelen, Dutch radio DJ (a Guinness World Record for the longest radio DJ marathon ever, lasting 198 hours of non-stop broadcasting), born in Haarlem, Netherlands

Famous Dutch People

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