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Events in The Hague History

Dutch History

1629-11-03 Prince Frederick Henry festival in The Hague

1659-05-31 Netherlands, England and France sign Treaty of The Hague
1660-05-07 Isaack B Fubine of Savoy, in The Hague, patents macaroni
1661-08-06 The Treaty of The Hague is signed whereby the Dutch Republic sells New Holland (Brazil) for 63 tonnes of gold to Portugal

The Murder of Johan de Witt

1672-08-20 Former Grand Pensionary of Holland Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis are brutally murdered and their livers supposedly cooked and eaten by an angry mob in The Hague

Statesman and Advisor of Holland Johan de Witt

1691-01-18 English King William III travels to The Hague
1699-12-03 Baron Jacob Hop appointed treasurer-general of the Hague

Adams Secures Dutch Recognition

1782-04-19 John Adams secures Dutch Republic's recognition of the United States as an independent government, a house he purchased in The Hague becomes America's first embassy

2nd US President and Founding Father John Adams

1787-09-20 William V Prince of Orange returns to The Hague
1796-03-01 1st National Meeting in the Hague
1798-11-19 Dutch Rijksmuseum founded in the Hague (moved to Amsterdam 1808)
1804-04-30 The New Hague Theater opens in The Hague, Netherlands

Statue of William the Silent

1848-06-05 Statue of prince William the Silent, Prince of Orange by Lodewyk Royer unveiled in The Hague's Het Plein

Leader of the Dutch Revolt William I of Orange

1864-06-25 Horse tramway in The Hague, Netherlands opens
1900-09-15 A Boer delegation issues an appeal at the Hague, Netherlands, that the major powers intervene in the war in South Africa

US, Mexico Agree Arbitration

1902-05-22 US President Theodore Roosevelt signs a treaty with Mexico under which both countries agree to submit a long-standing dispute over interest payments to the Court of Arbitration at The Hague

1904-02-22 The Hague Tribunal gives its decision in claims against Venezuela; it sets the sum to be paid by Venezuela and gives preferential treatment to the three powers that initiated the block - Britain, Germany, and Italy

Carnegie's Peace Palace

1904-05-11 Andrew Carnegie donates $1.5m to build the Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands, an international law administrative building and home for the Permanent Court of Arbitration [1]

Industrialist and Philanthropist Andrew Carnegie

1905-02-01 Dutch soccer club ADO Den Haag forms in The Hague; ADO represents the amateur branch of the club
1908-10-01 1st Dutch electric railway in use (Rotterdam-The Hague)
1910-09-07 In the Hague, the International Court arbitrates a fishing-rights dispute between the US and Newfoundland (still separate from Canada)
1912-01-23 The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague
1913-03-24 Dutch soccer forward Huug de Groot scores twice as Netherlands score first ever victory over England; 2-1 at HBS, The Hague

Peace Palace Opens

1913-08-28 Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands opens the Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands, an international law administrative building housing the Permanent Court of Arbitration [1]

Queen of the Netherlands Wilhelmina of the Netherlands

1920-12-13 League of Nations establishes the International Court of Justice in The Hague
1921-04-16 Liberal Freedom League forms in The Hague, Netherlands
1923-03-03 US Senate rejects membership of the International Court of Justice, The Hague
1925-10-15 Willem Landré's opera "Beatrice" premieres in The Hague
1926-03-24 The Beehive in the Hague opens 1st escalator in Netherlands
1931-11-23 Nationally Crisis Committee forms in The Hague
1940-05-29 Arthur Seyss-Inquart installed as Reich commissar of The Hague, Netherlands
1941-02-24 43 Geuzen resistance fighter trial opens in the Hague
1941-03-04 18 Geuzen resistance fighters sentenced to death in The Hague
1942-07-19 German occupiers confiscate bicycles in Rotterdam and The Hague
1944-04-11 RAF bombs census bureau in The Hague
1944-04-29 Raid by Dutch Resistance on the National Printing Office in The Hague to procure 10,000 Dutch identity cards.
1945-03-03 RAF bombing error hits The Hague killing 511
1945-03-05 Allies bombs The Hague, Netherlands
1945-05-07 Princess Irene Brigade moves into The Hague, Netherlands

Eisenhower Visits The Hague

1945-10-06 US General Eisenhower welcomed in The Hague (on Hitler's train)

34th US President and WWII General Dwight D. Eisenhower

1946-04-18 International Court of Justice opens at The Hague Netherlands
1948-05-04 The Hague Court of Justice convicts Nazi SS officer in the Netherlands Hans Rauter of Crimes against Humanity (executed 24 March 1949)

Churchill in The Hague

1948-05-10 Winston Churchill visits The Hague, Netherlands

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill

1949-11-02 The Netherlands recognizes its former colony Indonesia as a sovereign state at conclusion of the Round Table Conference at the Hague, Netherlands
1964-08-08 1st Rolling Stones concert in Netherlands at The Kurhaus of Scheveningen, in The Hague
1968-03-03 Greek, Portuguese & Spanish embassies bombed in the Hague
1975-12-04 6 South Molukkans occupy Indonesian consulate in The Hague, 1 dead
1976-01-29 Zeiss planetarium in the Hague destroyed by fire
1976-04-03 21st Eurovision Song Contest: Brotherhood of Man for United Kingdom wins singing "Save Your Kisses for Me" in The Hague
1977-04-23 ADO Den Haag soccer team forms in The Hague, Netherlands
1979-03-22 Provisional Irish Republican Army assassinates Richard Sykes, the British ambassador to the Netherlands, in The Hague
1980-04-19 25th Eurovision Song Contest: Johnny Logan for Ireland wins singing "What's Another Year" in The Hague
1991-02-11 Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) forms in The Hague, Netherlands
1992-04-10 Floriade (Flower Show) opens at The Hague, Netherlands

United Nations

2002-02-12 The trial of former President of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milošević begins at the United Nations war crimes tribunal in The Hague. He eventually dies four years later before its conclusion.

President of Serbia and Yugoslavia Slobodan Milošević

2003-02-27 Former Bosnian Serb leader Biljana Plavsic is sentenced by the U.N. tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands, to 11 years in prison
2003-03-11 The International Criminal Court holds its inaugural session in The Hague.

Event of Interest

2017-06-03 Largest-ever exhibition of works by Piet Mondrian opens at the Gemeentemuseum in The Hague, Netherlands to mark centenary of De Stijl movement

Butcher of Bosnia Convicted

2017-11-22 Ratko Mladic the "Butcher of Bosnia" is convicted of genocide and other atrocities during the Bosnian war and jailed for life in The Hague

Serbian General and War Criminal Ratko Mladić

2017-11-29 Bosnian war criminal Slobodan Praljak commits suicide by poison in court at The Hague after 20 year prison term read out
2019-01-30 Continuous 24 hr church mass lasting 97 days to prevent deportation of Armenian asylum seekers ends after Dutch authorities reconsider at Protestant Bethel Church in The Hague
2019-07-08 Congolese general and rebel leader Bosco Ntaganda convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court in the Hague
2021-01-29 Nigerian farmers win landmark case against Shell at Court of Appeal of the Hague - held accountable for oil spills and ordered to carry out a clean-up in Delta region [1]

Dutch Apologise for Slave Trade

2022-12-19 Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte formally apologies for the slave trade on behalf of the Dutch state in a speech at the national archives in The Hague [1]

Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte

2024-01-11 South Africa begins its case accusing Israel of genocidal acts against Palestinians in Gaza and violating the 1948 genocide convention at the International Court of Justice in The Hague [1]

Famous People from The Hague

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1210-08-24 Floris IV, Count of Holland, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1234)
1511-11-14 Janus Secundus, Dutch born new Latin poet (Basia), born in The Hague (d. 1536)
1579-11-22 Johannes Stalpaert van der Wiele, Dutch lawyer, pastor and lyricist, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1630)
1596-09-04 Constantijn Huygens, Dutch diplomat and poet, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1687)
1622-04-07 Louise Hollandine, Abbess and painter, daughter of King Frederik V of the Palatinate and Elizabeth Stuart, born in Noordeinde Palace, The Hague (d. 1709)
1626-05-27 William II, Prince of Orange and stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, born in The Hague, Dutch Republic (d. 1650)
1627-12-07 Louise Henriette, daughter of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1667)
1628-03-10 Constantine Huygens Jr., Dutch poet, painter and cartoonist, born in The Hague, Dutch Republic (d. 1697)

Christiaan Huygens (1629-1695)

1629-04-14 Dutch mathematician, astronomer (discovered Saturn's rings) and scientist (dynamics), born in The Hague, Netherlands

1630-10-14 Sophia of Hanover, Princess Palatine and Electress of Saxony, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1714)
1634-01-25 Gaspar Fagel, Dutch statesman and writer, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1688)
1634-04-09 Albertine Agnes, princess of Orange-Nassau, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1696)
1637-02-10 Henriette Catharina van Nassau, Dutch princess consort of Anhalt-Dessau and daughter of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, born in The Hague (d. 1708)
1637-08-20 Cornelis Van Aerssen, Dutch governor of Suriname (1638-88), born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1688)
1638-03-23 Frederik Ruysch, Dutch anatomist and botanist (developed techniques for preserving specimens), born in The Hague, Dutch Republic (d. 1731)