LOCATION

Official Website:
http://www.amsterdam.nl/

Population:
742,209 (2005)

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
University of Amsterdam	1632

MUSEUM

Museum	Founded
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam	1874
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam	1800

ORCHESTRA

Orchestra	Founded
Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra	1985
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra	1888

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Company	Founded
Gemalto	2006
Euronext	2000
CNH Global	1999
Head NV	1998
ABN AMRO	1991
ING	1991
KPMG	1987
Royal Ahold	1973
Philips	1891
Heineken	1864
De Nederlandsche Bank	1814
Layar
Akzo Nobel

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Tobias Asser	Activist	28-Apr-1838	29-Jul-1913	Hague Court of Arbitration
Adriaan Blaauw	Astronomer	12-Apr-1914	1-Dec-2010	Evolving galaxies
Johan Cruijff	Soccer	25-Apr-1947	24-Mar-2016	Dutch football great
Paul J. Crutzen	Physicist	3-Dec-1933		Ozone depletion
Isaac da Costa	Poet	14-Jan-1798	28-Apr-1860	De Verlossing van Nederland
Gerbrand van den Eeckhout	Painter	19-Aug-1621	29-Sep-1674	Imitator of Rembrandt
Max Geldray	Jazz Musician	12-Feb-1916	2-Oct-2004	Conks of The Goon Show
Bernard Haitink	Conductor	4-Mar-1929		Conductor, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Gerard Heineken	Business	1841	18-Mar-1893	Founder of Heineken NV
Meindert Hobbema	Painter	1638	7-Dec-1709	Dutch landscape master
Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft	Poet	16-Mar-1581	21-May-1647	Dutch History
Thomas Hope	Designer	30-Aug-1769	3-Feb-1830	Anastasius
Hendrik S. Houthakker	Economist	31-Dec-1924	15-Apr-2008	Council of Economic Advisers, 1969-71
Famke Janssen	Actor	5-Nov-1965		X-Men, Bond Girl
Thomas de Keyser	Painter	1596	7-Jun-1667	Dutch portrait painter
Jeroen Krabbé	Actor	5-Dec-1944		The Discovery of Heaven
Meeno Peluce	Actor	26-Feb-1970		Voyagers!
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer	Politician	3-Apr-1948		NATO Secretary General, 2004-09
Rockwell Schnabel	Diplomat	30-Dec-1936		US Ambassador to the EU, 2001-05
Baruch de Spinoza	Philosopher	24-Nov-1632	21-Feb-1677	Rationalist, lensmaker
Nicholas J. Spykman	Geographer	13-Oct-1893	26-Jun-1943	Godfather of Containment
Kees J. Storm	Business	1942		CEO of AEGON NV, 1993-2002
Jan Swammerdam	Naturalist	12-Feb-1637	15-Feb-1680	Biblia Naturae
Anneliese van der Pol	Actor	23-Sep-1984		Chelsea Daniels on That's So Raven
Alex Van Halen	Drummer	8-May-1953		Drummer for Van Halen
Robert F. W. Van Oordt	Business	26-Mar-1936		CEO of Rodamco, 2000-01
Jaap van Zweden	Conductor	12-Dec-1960		Music Director, Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Paul Verhoeven	Film Director	18-Jul-1938		Starship Troopers
Hans Vonk	Conductor	18-Jun-1942	29-Aug-2004	Director, St. Louis Symphony, 1996-2002
Frits Zernike	Physicist	16-Jul-1888	10-Mar-1966	Phase-contrast microscope

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Chet Baker	Jazz Musician	23-Dec-1929	13-May-1988	Jazz trumpeter, The Chet Baker Quartet
Fanny Blankers-Koen	Track and Field	26-Apr-1918	25-Jan-2004	Four gold medals in 1948
Ferdinand Bol	Painter	24-Jun-1616	25-Aug-1680	Dutch painter, student of Rembrandt
Solomon Burke	Singer/Songwriter	21-Mar-1936	10-Oct-2010	Self-styled King of Rock and Soul
John Amos Comenius	Educator	28-Mar-1592	15-Nov-1670	Education reformer, millenarian
Isaac da Costa	Poet	14-Jan-1798	28-Apr-1860	De Verlossing van Nederland
Joop den Uyl	Head of State	9-Aug-1919	24-Dec-1987	Prime Minister of the Netherlands, 1973-77
Gerbrand van den Eeckhout	Painter	19-Aug-1621	29-Sep-1674	Imitator of Rembrandt
Miep Gies	Activist	15-Feb-1909	11-Jan-2010	Sheltered the family of Anne Frank
Theo Van Gogh	Film Director	23-Jul-1957	2-Nov-2004	Controversial Director of Submission
Gerard Heineken	Business	1841	18-Mar-1893	Founder of Heineken NV
Meindert Hobbema	Painter	1638	7-Dec-1709	Dutch landscape master
Pieter de Hooch	Painter	1629	c. 1684	Dutch painter, Delft school
Jacobus C. Kapteyn	Astronomer	19-Jan-1851	18-Jun-1922	Star streaming
Karl Kautsky	Politician	16-Oct-1854	17-Oct-1938	Proponent of Marxism
Sylvia Kristel	Actor	28-Sep-1952	17-Oct-2012	Emmanuelle
Rembrandt	Painter	15-Jul-1606	4-Oct-1669	Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp
George Sluizer	Film Director	25-Jun-1932	20-Sep-2014	The Vanishing
Jan Swammerdam	Naturalist	12-Feb-1637	15-Feb-1680	Biblia Naturae
Hans Vonk	Conductor	18-Jun-1942	29-Aug-2004	Director, St. Louis Symphony, 1996-2002
Gerhard Johann Vossius	Scholar	1577	19-Mar-1649	Dutch classical scholar
Johannes Diderik van der Waals	Physicist	23-Nov-1837	9-Mar-1923	Investigated states of matter
Nicol Williamson	Actor	14-Sep-1938	16-Dec-2011	Merlin in Excalibur
Pieter Zeeman	Physicist	25-May-1865	9-Oct-1943	Discovered Zeeman Effect

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