Juliana of the Netherlands - Juliana of the Netherlands Juliana Louise Emma Marie Wilhelmina, (born April 30, 1909) is the former Queen of the Netherlands. Queen Juliana She was born in The Hague, the daughter of Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Hendrik. Juliana spent her childhood at Het Loo Palace in Apeldoorn, and at Noordeinde Palace and Huis ten Bosch Palace in The Hague. A small class was formed at Huis ten Bosch Palace on the advice of the educator Jan Ligthart so that, from the age of six, the princess could receive her primary education with children of her own age. As the Dutch constitution specified that she should be ready to succeed to the throne by the age of eighteen, Princess Juliana's education proceeded at a faster pace than that.
Hendrik of the Netherlands - Hendrik of the Netherlands His Grand Ducal and Royal Highness Heinrich, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, (April 19, 1876 - July 3, 1934), Prince of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange-Nassau, was the husband of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands. He was born in Schwerin. He was created Prince Henrik of the Netherlands on February 6, 1901 and married Queen Wilhelmina on February 7, 1901 at the Hague. They had one child, Princess Juliana, in whose favor her mother abdicated on September 4, 1948. He died at The Hague..
Beatrix of the Netherlands - Beatrix of the Netherlands Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard of Orange-Nassau (born January 31, 1938) is the Queen of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, having acceded to the throne in 1980. Beatrix is the daughter of Queen Juliana and her husband, Bernhard von Lippe-Biesterfeld. When Beatrix was a young girl, the Dutch royal family fled the German invasion of the Netherlands in World War II, moving to Great Britain in May 1940 and then to Ottawa, Canada. They returned home in 1945. Queen Beatrix In Canada, Princess Beatrix had attended nursery and primary school. On her return to the Netherlands, she continued her primary education at The Workshop (De Werkplaats), Kees Boeke's progressive school in Bilthoven. In April 1950, Princess Beatrix entered the Incrementum, part of Baarns Lyceum, where.
Soest, Netherlands - Soest, Netherlands Soest (population: 44,686) is a town in the central Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht. It is located about 6 km west of Amersfoort. The municipality covers an area of 46.17 km². The municipality of Soest also includes the following towns, villages and townships: Soestduinen, Soestdijk and Soesterberg. Soestdijk gives its name to Paleis Soestdijk, the residence of Princess Juliana, which actually lies in the municipality of Baarn. Soest can be reached by train (every half hour) from Utrecht and Baarn. There are many farmlands inside Soest, the biggest are in the center of the town, on a hill, and are called 'de Eng'. A nice small street is 'het Kerkepad'. The Soesterduinen, in the South, sanddunes, are worth visiting. There is also a Soest.
Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands - Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands (born June 29, 1911) is a former Prince Consort of the Netherlands and is the spouse of Queen Juliana, the mother of the current monarch, Queen Beatrix. Bernhard was born Bernhard Leopold Friedrich Eberhard Julius Kurt Karl Gottfried Peter zu Lippe-Biesterfeld in Jena, Germany, the elder son of Prince Bernhard von Lippe and Baroness Armgard von Sierstorpff-Cramm. After World War I, the Prince's father lost his German municipality and the revenue that came with it. The Prince spent his early years at Reckenwalde, the family's new estate in East Prussia (now Woynovo in Poland ), near the city of Züllichau (Sulechow). The Prince received his early education at home. When he was twelve, he was sent to board.
Princess Irene of the Netherlands - Princess Irene of the Netherlands Princess Irene Emma Elisabeth of the Netherlands (born August 5, 1939) is the second child of then Princess Juliana of the Netherlands (later Queen Juliana) and Prince Bernhard, a former prince of Lippe-Biesterfeld. She was born in Soestdijk Palace. She is the sister of the current Queen of the Netherlands, Beatrix. Because of the Nazi invasion of the Netherlands during World War II the Dutch Royal family was forced to live in exile in Canada where Irene attended public school. As a teenager, she was dubbed by the Dutch press as "the glamorous Princess of the Netherlands." Princess Irene studied at the University of Utrecht then went to Madrid to learn the Spanish language. There, she met Prince Carlos Hugo de Bourbon-Parma, Duke.
Princess Christina of the Netherlands - Princess Christina of the Netherlands Princess Christina of the Netherlands (born February 18, 1947) is the youngest of Queen Juliana’s four daughters. She was born Marijke Christina on at Soestdijk Palace, The Netherlands. Her mother had contracted German measles during her pregnancy and as a result, the Princess was born nearly blind. Over time, advances in medicine allowed for treatments that, with the aid of special glasses, brought about an improvement in her vision so that she could attend school and live a relatively normal life. Despite this initial handicap, she was a brilliant and happy child, with a very considerable talent for music. Too, she had a capacity for languages and as a young girl delighted the visiting French President René Coty, by conversing fluently with him.
Princess Margriet of the Netherlands - Princess Margriet of the Netherlands Princess Margriet Francisca of the Netherlands (born January 19, 1943) is the third daughter of Princess Juliana of the Netherlands and Prince Bernhard, the former Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld. The Princess was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, where the family had been living since June 1940 after the German occupation of the Netherlands. The premises on which Princess Margriet was born were placed temporarily outside the jurisdiction of Canadian law so that she would have exclusively Dutch, and not dual, nationality. She was named after the marguerite, the flower worn during the war as a symbol of the resistance to Nazi Germany.(See also the book When Canada Was Home, the Story of Dutch Princess Margriet, by Albert VanderMey, Vanderheide.) It was not until.
Wilhelmina of the Netherlands - Wilhelmina of the Netherlands Queen Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Orange-Nassau (August 31, 1880 - November 28, 1962) was Queen of the Netherlands from 1890 to 1948. Wilhelmina, the young Queen She was the daughter of King William III and his second wife Queen Emma. Her childhood was characterized by a close relationship with her parents, especially with her father who was already 63 years of age when she was born. King William III died on November 23, 1890 and a special law had to be passed to allow a female to ascend to the throne. However, according to the Dutch Constitution, her mother Emma became Regent for the young Wilhelmina until her 18th birthday. On August 31, 1898, Wilhelmina was crowned in the New Church in Amsterdam. Although.
List of people on stamps of the Netherlands - List of people on stamps of the Netherlands This is a list of people on stamps of the Netherlands. (continue with 1980) Baudouin of Belgium (1964) Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands (1971) Saint Boniface (1954) Louis Braille (1975) Charlotte of Luxembourg (1964) Janus Dousa (1950) Erasmus (1969) Cornelis Evertsen (1943) Cornelis Evertsen de Jongste (1943) Johan Evertsen (1943) Willem van Ghent (1943) J.C.F.A. Graaf van der Duyn van Maasdam (1963) L. Graaf van Limburg Stirum (1963) Piet Hein (1943) G.K. van Hogendorp (1963) Juliana of the Netherlands (1948, 1953, 1969, 1973, 1979) E.M. Meijers (1970) Guillaume van Prinsterer (1976) Michiel de Ruyter (1907, 1943, 1957, 1976) J.C. Schroeder van der Kolk (1960) Albert Schweitzer (1975) Jan Steen (1979) Cornelis Tromp (1943) Maarten Tromp (1943) Eduard Rutger Verkade (1978) Gisbertius.
Knights of the Garter (after 1899) - Viceroy of India, Foreign Secretary, Chancellor of the University of Oxford (1931) Victor Alexander George Robert Bulwer-Lytotn, 2nd Earl of Lytton (1933) James Richard Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope (1934) Charles Alfred Worlsey Pelham, 4th Earl of Yarborough (1935) King Leopold III of the Belgians (1935) Queen Elizabeth, consort of King George VI (1936) George Herbert Hyde Villiers, 6th Earl of Clarendon (1937) Bernard Marmaduke Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk (1937) William Thomas Cecil, 5th Marquess of Exeter (1937) Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, father-in-law of King George VI (1937) Henry Hugh Arthur Fitzroy Somerset, 10th Duke of Beaufort (1937) Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, Prime Minister, Chancellor of Cambridge University (1937) King George II of Greece (1938) King Carol II of Romania (1938) Prince Paul,.
History of Indonesia - 17th centuries, and, currently, there are large communities of both religions on these islands. Colonial era Beginning in 1602, the Dutch slowly established themselves as rulers of what is now Indonesia, exploiting the fractionality of the small kingdoms that had replaced that of Majapahit. The only exception was Portuguese Timor, which remained under Portuguese rule until 1975 when it became East Timor. During 300 years of Dutch rule, the Dutch developed the Dutch East Indies into one of the world's richest colonial possessions. During the first decade of the 20th century, an Indonesian independence movement began and expanded rapidly, particularly between the two World Wars. Its leaders came from a small group of young professionals and students, some of whom had been educated in the Netherlands. Many, including Indonesia's first president,.
House of Orange-Nassau - a family that has played a central role in the political life of the Netherlands since William I of Orange (also known as "William the Silent" and "Father of the Fatherland") organised the Dutch revolt against Spanish rule, which after the Eighty Years' War led to an independent Dutch state. Several members of the house served during this war and after as governor or stadtholder (Dutch stadhouder). However, in 1815, after a long period as a republic, the Netherlands became a monarchy under the House of Orange-Nassau. The dynasty was established as a result of the marriage between Hendrik III of Nassau-Breda from Germany and Claudia of Châlon-Orange from French Burgundy. Their son René of Châlon first adopted the new family name "Orange-Nassau". William I was his nephew and successor. In.
Ferry - routes, succeeding hovercraft on the route mentioned above where the ferries now compete against the Shuttle and Eurostar trains that use the Channel Tunnel. Very short distances may be operated by a cable ferry, where the ferry is propelled and steered by cables connected to each shore. Sometimes the cable ferry is human powered by someone on the boat. Some cable ferries use the perpendicular force of the current as a source of power. Free ferries operate in some parts of the world, such as at Woolwich in London, England (across the River Thames) and in Amsterdam, Netherlands (across the IJ waterway). On October 11, 1811 inventor John Stevens' ship the Juliana, began operation as the first steam-powered ferry (service was between New York, New York, and Hoboken, New Jersey). Coin.
Dutch monarchy - Dutch monarchy The Netherlands have been an independent monarchy since 1815, and have been governed by members of the House of Orange-Nassau since. History The first king of the Netherlands, from 1806 until 1810, was French. Napoleon set up his brother Louis Napoleon as king over what was then called the Kingdom of Holland, but this was virtually a puppet state. The present monarchy was established in 1815 at the Congress of Vienna as part of the re-arrangement of Europe after the fall of Napoleon Bonaparte. The house of Orange-Nassau were given the modern-day Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg to rule, to become known as the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. Previous to the Napoleonic wars, the Netherlands had stadtholders from the same family, although the state was formally.
December 27 - play Peter Pan premiers in London. 1932 - Radio City Music Hall opens 1945 - The World Bank is created with the signing of an agreement by 28 nations. 1945 - Korea is divided 1947 - Howdy Doody, a children's television program, makes its debut (NBC). 1949 - Queen Juliana of the Netherlands grants Indonesia sovereignty. 1968 - The long-running radio program The Breakfast Club signs off for the last time (ABC radio). 1978 - Spain becomes a democracy after 40 years of dictatorship. 1979 - The Soviet Union seizes control of Afghanistan and Babrak Karmal replaces overthrown and executed President Hafizullah Amin. 1985 - Palestinian guerrillas kill twenty people inside Rome and Vienna airports. 1985 - American naturalist Dian Fossey is found murdered in Rwanda. 1996 - Taliban forces retake.
1909 - (†1943) February 9 - Dean Rusk, United States Secretary of State (†1994) February 9 - Carmen Miranda, actress, singer (†1955) February 11 - Joseph Mankiewicz, filmmaker (†1993) February 11 - Max Baer (The Livermore Larruper), American boxer/actor (†1959) February 15 - Guillermo Gorostiza Paredes, Spanish football player (†1966) February 15 - Miep Gies (Hermine Santrouschitz), Anne Frank friend, biographer February 24 - August Derleth, American writer (†1971) February 26 - King Talal, King of Jordan (†1972) March 1 - David Niven, actor (†1983) March 2 - Mel Ott, Baseball Hall of Famer March 4 - Harry Helmsley, real estate entrepreneur (†1997) March 19 - Louis Hayward, actor (†1985) March 22 - Gabrielle Roy, author (†1983) March 24 - Clyde Barrow,.
1949 - Bethesda Naval Hospital, James Forrestal commits suicide, under circumstances that seem suspicious to many. May 23 - The Federal Republic of Germany is established. August 5 - In Ecuador an earthquake destroys 50 towns and kills more than 6000. August 8 - Bhutan becomes independent August 29 - Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb. September 6 - Allied military authorities relinquish control of former Nazi Germany assets back to German control. September 29 - First Plenary Session of the National People's Congress approves design for the Flag of the People's Republic of China. September 29 - Mrs. Iva Toguri D'Aquino is found guilty of brodcasting for Japan as "Tokyo Rose" during World War II. October 1 - Birth of the People's Republic of China. November 26 - The Indian Constituent.
1948 - 15 - Egypt, Transjordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia attack Israel. May 16 - Chaim Weizmann is elected as the first President of Israel. May 26 - The United States Congress passes Public Law 557 which permanently establishes the Civil Air Patrol as the auxiliary of the United States Air Force. July 5 - British National Health Service Act enacted. July 20 - Cold War: President Harry S. Truman issues the first peacetime military draft in the United States amid increasing tensions with the Soviet Union. July 26 - U.S. President signs Executive Order 9981, ending segregation in the United States Armed Forces July 31 - At Idlewild Field in New York, New York International Airport (later renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport) is dedicated. September 4 - Queen Wilhelmina.
1967 - activist Tom Hayden. November 17 - Vietnam War: Acting on optimistic reports he was given on November 13, US President Lyndon B. Johnson tells his nation that, while much remained to be done, "We are inflicting greater losses than we're taking...We are making progress." (two months later the Tet Offensive made him regret his words). November 21 - Vietnam War: American General William Westmoreland tells news reporters: "I am absolutely certain that whereas in 1965 the enemy was winning, today he is certainly losing." November 22 - UN Security Council Resolution 242 is adopted by the UN Security Council, establishing a set of the principles aimed at guiding negotiations for an Arab-Israeli peace settlement. November 29 - Vietnam War: US Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara announces his pending resignation and that.
