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Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population of 1,209,419 and a metropolitan population of 2,158,592...

Timeline of Events

1275

10.27.1275

Traditional founding of the city of Amsterdam.

1614

10.11.1614

Adriaen Block and 12 Amsterdam merchants petition the States General for exclusive trading rights in the New Netherland colony.

1687

9.26.1687

The city council of Amsterdam votes to support William of Orange's invasion of England, which became the Glorious Revolution.

1810

7.4.1810

The French occupy Amsterdam.

1883

8.12.1883

The last quagga dies at the Artis Magistra zoo in Amsterdam.

1888

4.11.1888

The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam is inaugurated.

1910

9.18.1910

In Amsterdam, 25,000 demonstrate for general suffrage.

1942

7.6.1942

Anne Frank and her family go into hiding in the "Secret Annexe" above her father's office in an Amsterdam warehouse.

1944

8.4.1944

The Holocaust: a tip from a Dutch informer leads the Gestapo to a sealed-off area in an Amsterdam warehouse where they find Jewish diarist Anne Frank and her family.

1945

6.15.1945

The General Dutch Youth League (ANJV) is founded in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

1960

5.3.1960

The Anne Frank House opens in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

1973

7.20.1973

Palestianian terrorists hijack a Japan Airlines jet en route from Amsterdam to Japan and force it down in Dubai.

1992

10.4.1992

El Al Flight 1862: an El Al Boeing 747-258F crashes into two apartment buildings in Amsterdam, killing 43 including 39 on the ground.