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Dutch Royal Timeline
1519
February
05 - Born: René of Chalôn, Prince of the House of Orange
1533
April
24 - Born: William I (The Silent) of Orange (Died 1584)
1581
July
26 - Plakkaat van Verlatinghe (Oath of Abjuration) - the declaration of independence of the Northern Low Countries from Spain
1584
July
10 - Died: William I of Orange, assassinated in his home in Delft by Balthasar Gérard
1618
February
20 - Died: Prince Philip William, Prince of Orange (Born 1554)
1625
April
23 - Died: Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange (Born 1567)
1626
May
27 - Born: William II, Prince of Orange (Died 1650)
1772
August
24 - Born: King Willem I, son of Stadholder Willem V and Princess Wilhelmina of Prussia
1791
October
01 - Married: Willem I and Princess Wilhelmine of Prussia
1792
December
06 - Born: King Willem II
1813
December
02 - Willem I crowned as Sovereign of the Netherlands
1815
March
16 - Sovereign Willem I becomes King Willem I of The Netherlands
1816
February
21 - Married: King Willem II and Grand Duchess Anna Paulowna of Russia
1817
February
19 - Born: King Willem III
1839
June
18 - Married: King Willem III and Princess Sophie von Württemberg
1840
October
07 - King Willem I abdicates, succeeded by his son King Willem II
1841
February
17 - Married: King Willem I and Countess Henriette d'Oultremont de Wégimont
1843
December
18 - Died: King Willem I
1849
March
17 - Died: King Willem II, succeeded by his son King Willem III
1858
August
02 - Born: Queen Emma (neé Princess Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont),second wife of King Willem III
1865
March
01 - Died: Queen Anna Paulowna Romanov, wife of King Willem II
1876
April
19 - Born: Prince Hendrik of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, husband of Queen Wilhelmina
1877
June
03 - Died: Queen Sophie, wife of King Willem III
1879
January
07 - Married: King Willem III and Princess Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont
1880
August
31 - Born: Queen Wilhelmina
1890
November
20 - Queen Emma becomes Regent of The Netherlands
23 - Died: King Willem III
1898
August
31 - Wilhelmina becomes Queen on her 18th birthday, succeeding her mother Queen Emma who acted as regent until then
1901
February
07 - Married: Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Hendrik von Mecklenburg-Schwerin
1909
April
30 - Born: Queen Juliana
1911
June
29 - Born: Prince Bernhard, husband of Queen Juliana
1926
September
06 - Born: Prince Claus, husband of Queen Beatrix
1934
March
20 - Died: Queen Emma, second wife of King Willem III
July
03 - Died: Prince Hendrik of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, husband of Queen Wilhelmina (b.1876)
1937
January
07 - Married: Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard von LippeBiesterfeld
1938
January
31 - Born: Queen Beatrix
1945
August
02 - Queen Juliana returns to The Netherlands after the war with Princesses Beatrix, Irene and Margriet
1948
September
04 - Queen Wilhelmina abdicates, succeeded by her daughter Queen Juliana
1962
November
28 - Died: Queen Wilhelmina
1966
March
10 - Married: Princess Beatrix and Claus von Amsberg
1967
April
27 - Born: Prince Willem Alexander Claus George Ferdinand (Willem-Alexander), son of Queen Beatrix and Prince Claus
1968
September
25 - Born: Prince Friso, son of Queen Beatrix and Prince Claus
1969
October
11 - Born: Prince Constantijn, son of Queen Beatrix and Prince Claus
1971
May
17 - Born: Princess Máxima Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti, wife of Prince Willem-Alexander
1980
April
30 - Queen Juliana abdicates, succeeded by her daughter Queen Beatrix
2002
February
02 - Married: Prince Willem Alexander and Máxima Zorreguieta
October
06 - Died: Prince Claus, husband of Queen Beatrix
2003
December
07 - Born: Princess Catharina-Amalia, daughter of Prince Willem-Alexander and Princess Máxima
2004
March
20 - Died: Queen Juliana
December
01 - Died: Prince Bernhard, husband of Queen Juliana
2005
June
26 - Born: Princess Alexia, daughter of Prince Willem-Alexander and Princess Máxima
2007
April
10 - Born: Princess Ariane, daughter of Prince Willem-Alexander and Princess Máxima