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Events in Nijmegen History

1473-07-17 Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, conquers city of Nijmegen

1927-10-27 Queen Wilhelmina opens the Maas–Waal Canal between Nijmegen and Heumen

1943-04-12 Dutch Catholic University Nijmegen closed
1944-02-22 World War II: US Army Air Forces accidentally bomb Dutch town of Nijmegen, around 800 civilians die
1944-09-20 Nijmegen is liberated from German occupation
1945-03-15 Catholic University of Nijmegen reopens
1979-08-28 Train crash at Nijmegen, 7 die

1521-05-08 Saint Peter Canisius, Dutch Jesuit priest, born in Nijmegen, Habsburg Netherlands (d. 1597)
1566-12-01 Philip, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, governor of Ft Gorinchem and Nijmegen (d. 1695)
1659-07-23 Antonius Schultingh [Schultingius], Dutch lawyer, born in Nijmegen, Netherlands (d. 1734)
1762-09-06 Theodorus Frederik van Capellen, Dutch naval officer (Bombardment of Algiers), born in Nijmegen, Dutch Republic (d. 1824)
1762-10-12 Jan Willem Janssens, Dutch nobleman, military officer, and Governor-General of Cape colony and Dutch-Indies, born in Nijmegen, Netherlands (d. 1838)
1804-08-06 Justinus van der Brugghen, Dutch lawyer and minister of Justice (1856-58), born in Nijmegen, Netherlands (d. 1863)
1898-11-18 Joris Ivens, Dutch director (A Tale of the Wind, Rain), born in Nijmegen, Netherlands (d. 1989)
1911-01-10 Tjalie Robinson [Jan Boon], Dutch East Indies writer and journalist (Tong Tong), born in Nijmegen, Netherlands (d. 1974)
1913-09-07 Wim van der Grinten, Dutch lawyer and KVP politician (State Secretary of Economic Affairs), born in Nijmegen, Netherlands (d. 1994)
1913-09-12 Ben Polak, Dutch physician, communist and resistance fighter, born in Nijmegen, Netherlands (d. 1993)
1924-04-12 Julius Moormann, Dutch student and resistance fighter (WWII), born in Nijmegen, Netherlands (d. 1944)
1926-11-05 Leo Derksen, Dutch journalist (De Telegraaf), born in Nijmegen, Netherlands (d. 2002)

1955-01-26 Dutch-American rock guitarist (Van Halen - "You Really Got Me"; "Jump"), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands

1958-07-25 Henk Wanders, Dutch bassist (Frank Boeijen Group), born in Nijmegen, Netherlands
1969-12-25 Bernhard Jr., Prince of Netherlands, born in Nijmegen, Netherlands
1972-10-13 Prince Jaime, Count of Bardi, third child of Princess Irene of the Netherlands and Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma, born in Nijmegen, Netherlands
1972-10-13 Princess Margarita Maria Beatriz of Bourbon-Parma, Countess of Colorno, daughter of Princess Irene of the Netherlands and Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma, born in Nijmegen, Netherlands
1975-04-10 Floris, Prince of Netherlands, son of Princess Margriet of the Netherlands and Pieter van Vollenhoven, born in Nijmegen, Netherlands