Today in Dutch History - 1813-11-12 Allied troops occupy Zwolle, Netherlands
- 1910-06-12 Dutch soccer club PEC forms in Zwolle; renamed FC Zwolle in 1990 and back to PEC Zwolle in 2012
- 1945-04-13 Canadian soldier Léo Major single-handedly liberates Dutch town of Zwolle by fooling Germans into thinking a raid had begun
- 1945-04-16 World War II: Dutch town of Arnhem, site of failed Operation Market Garden, is freed by British and Canadian forces
- 1982-07-01 PEC Zwolle '82 soccer club renamed when purchased by Dutch businessman Marten Eibrink
Famous People from Zwolle
- 1644-07-22 Arnold Moonen, Dutch vicar, linguist (Nederduitsche Spraekkunst), poet, and lexicographer, born in Zwolle, Netherlands (d. 1711) [O.S. birthday July 12]
- 1750-01-24 Wybo Fijnje, Dutch politician, and journalist, born in Zwolle, Netherlands (d. 1809)
- 1753-02-07 Rhijnvis Feith, Dutch poet and writer (Thirsci), born in Zwolle (d. 1824)
- 1796-07-24 Herman van Sonsbeeck, Dutch lawyer and statesman, born in Zwolle, Netherlands (d. 1865)
- 1798-01-14 Johan Rudolph Thorbecke, Premier of Netherlands (Lib-1849..72), born in Zwolle, Netherlands (d. 1872)
- 1808-06-17 Everhardus Johannes Potgieter, Dutch writer and publisher (The Guide), born in Zwolle, Netherlands (d. 1875)
- 1815-09-04 Andreas Ignatius Schaepman, Archbishop of Utrecht (1868-82), born in Zwolle, Netherlands (d. 1882)
- 1845-06-17 Hendrik Peter Staal, Dutch military officer, administrator (Minister of War, 1905-07), and politician (Member of the Senate, 1907-20), born in Zwolle, Netherlands (d. 1920)
- 1847-06-30 Jacob Theodoor Cremer, Dutch tobacco magnate and administrator for the Deli Company in Sumatra, born in Zwolle, Netherlands (d. 1923)
- 1854-09-08 Willem Marinus van Rossum, Dutch cardinal and prefect of Propaganda File, born in Zwolle, Overijssel, Netherlands (d. 1932)
- 1856-06-30 Gerrit Kalff, Dutch professor (history of Dutch writers), born in Zwolle, Netherlands (d. 1923)
- 1856-12-29 Thomas J Stieltjes, Dutch mathematician (Stieltjes integral), born in Zwolle, Netherlands (d. 1894)
- 1865-01-30 Samuel Pierre l'Honoré Naber, Dutch rear-admiral and librarian, born in Zwolle, Netherlands (d. 1936)
- 1869-04-17 Johannes Marinus Meulenhoff, Dutch publisher, born in Zwolle, Netherlands (d. 1939)
- 1895-12-02 Klaas Voskuil, Dutch journalist, born in Zwolle, Netherlands (d. 1975)
- 1901-02-07 Bob den Doolaard [Cornelis Spoelstra], Dutch writer and journalist (Grape Pickers), born in Zwolle, Netherlands (d. 1994)
- 1910-08-25 J. B. Charles [Willem H. Nagel], Dutch criminologist and writer, born in Zwolle, Netherlands (d. 1983)
- 1920-09-12 Jan W. Schulte Nordholt, Dutch poet and historian (Blossoming Stone), born in Zwolle, Netherlands (d. 1995)
- 1924-12-21 Johan W "Jo" van Marle, KNVB-chairman (1980-93), born in Zwolle, Netherlands (d. 1995)
- 1933-05-12 (Antoni) "Ton" Hartsuiker, Dutch pianist, composer, broadcaster, and educator, born in Zwolle, Netherlands (d. 2015)
- 1944-10-02 Ton Koopman, Dutch conductor (Royal Conservatory of the Hague), born in Zwolle, Netherlands
- 1946-11-05 Herman Brood, Dutch painter and pianist (Sleepin' Bird), born in Zwolle, Netherlands (d. 2001)
- 1947-01-01 Peter Lankhorst, Dutch politician (PPR), born in Zwolle, Netherlands
- 1971-12-03 Henk Timmer, Dutch soccer goalkeeper (7 caps; Zwolle, Feyenoord), born in Hierden, Netherlands
- 1973-02-01 Yuri Landman, Dutch instrument inventor and musician, born in Zwolle, Netherlands
Famous Dutch People
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Abraham Kuyper
Anne Frank
Anthony Fokker
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Ard Schenk