Events in Maastricht History
- 1572-10-18 Spanish troops attack Maastricht
Siege of Maastricht
1574-02-09 Louis of Nassau ends siege of Maastricht
- 1576-10-20 Spanish troops occupy & plunder Maastricht
Capture of Maastricht
1632-08-22 Prince Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange occupies Maastricht
- 1673-07-06 French troops conquer Maastricht as part of the Franco-Dutch War
- 1748-05-07 French troops conquer Maastricht in the War of the Austrian Succession
- 1794-11-03 French troops conquer Maastricht
- 1853-10-23 Maastricht-Aken railway in Netherlands opens
- 1861-11-24 Luik-Visé-Maastricht railway opens
- 1865-11-06 Maastricht-Venlo railway opens in Netherlands
- 1902-04-02 Dutch football club Maatschappelijke Voetbal Vereniging (MVV) is established in Maastricht, Netherlands
- 1929-09-16 Police shoot at strikers in Maastricht, 2 killed
Juliana Canal
1934-05-07 Princess Juliana of the Netherlands opens Juliana Canal between Maastricht and Maasbracht
- 1942-08-25 SS begins transporting Jews of Maastricht
- 1944-02-18 Maastricht resistance fighter JAJ Janssen arrested
- 1944-08-19 Allied air raid on Maastricht, 80+ killed
- 1944-09-14 Gulpen, Meerssen & Maastricht freed
Maastricht Treaty
1992-02-07 The Maastricht Treaty is signed by 12 countries from the European Community (EC) to create the European Union (EU)
- 1992-09-20 France votes in favor of Maastricht treaty
- 1993-05-18 Danish people vote in favor of ratifying the Maastricht Treaty
- 1993-11-01 The Maastricht Treaty, the Treaty on European Union comes into effect
Famous People from Maastricht
- 1706-07-21 Pierre Lyonet, Dutch zoologist and cryptologist (Anatomy of Wilgehoutrups), born in Maastricht, Netherlands (d. 1789)
- 1737-07-02 François Léonard Rouwyzer, Dutch composer, born in Maastricht, Dutch Rebublic (d. 1827)
- 1768-08-27 Anne François Mellinet, French-Belgian general (Maastricht), born in Corbeil-Essonnes, France (d. 1852)
- 1782-09-07 Bernardus Johannes Dibbets, Dutch baron and general-major (Maastricht), born in Arnhem, Netherlands (d. 1839)
- 1791-04-13 Félix de Mérode, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister of War and Finance, born in Maastricht, Belgium (d. 1857)
- 1792-06-09 Frederic de Merode, Earl of Merode, Belgian revolutionary, born in Maastricht (d. 1830)
- 1797-04-30 Andreas Victor Michiels, Dutch military governor of West-Sumatra, Dutch East Indies, born in Maastricht, Netherlands (d. 1849)
- 1801-03-23 Peterus Laurentius Regout, Dutch industrialist (founder of crystal, and pottery firm P. Regout & Co.), born in Maastricht, Dutch Republic (d. 1878)
- 1806-01-05 André Henri Constant van Hasselt, Belgian poet (La Belgium), born in Maastricht, Meuse-Inférieure (d. 1874)
- 1863-06-04 Edmond Robert Hubert Regout, Dutch industrialist and politician, born in Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands (d. 1913)
- 1865-07-25 Jac[obus] P. Thijsse, Dutch biologist and educator (Contact with Plants), born in Maastricht, Netherlands (d. 1945)
- 1893-11-06 August Defresne, Dutch playwright and director (Uninhabited Island), born in Maastricht, Netherlands (d. 1961)
- 1928-08-14 Laurens van Deenen, Dutch biochemist, born in Maastricht, Germany (d. 1994)
- 1934-08-21 Paul Panhuysen, Dutch composer, visual and sound artist, born in Maastricht, Netherlands (d. 2015)
- 1946-08-22 Felix Meurders, Dutch radio host, born in Maastricht, Netherlands
- 1956-04-12 Doris Baaten, Dutch actress (Sesame Street, Fien), born in Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands
- 1990-11-11 Tom Dumoulin, Dutch road cyclist (Giro d'Italia 2017; World C'ship gold men's time trial 2017; Olympic silver road race 2016, 20), born in Maastricht, Netherlands
Abel Tasman
Abraham Kuyper
Anne Frank
Anthony Fokker
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Ard Schenk