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January
07 - Married: Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard von Lippe Biesterfeld (1937)
Married: King Willem III and Emma von Waldeck-Pyrmont (1879)
10 - Married: Princess Margriet and Pieter van Vollenhoven (1967)
13 - Death of Willem Frederik Hendrik (Hendrik), son of King Willem II and Queen Anna (1879)
19 - Born: Princess Margriet Francisca (Margriet), daughter of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard (1943)
27 - Born: Prince Carlos Javier Bernardo Sixta Maria of Bourbon-Parma, son of Princess Irene and Carlos Hugo (1970)
31 - Born: Queen Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard (Beatrix), daughter of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard (1938)
February
02 - Married: Crown Prince Willem Alexander and Máxima Zorreguieta (2002)
04 - Born: Princess Marilène, wife of Prince Maurits (1970)
05 - Born: René of Chalôn, Prince of the House of Orange (1519)
07 - Married: Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Hendrik von Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1901)
17 - Married: King Willem I and Countess Henriette d'Oultremont de Wégimont (1841)
18 - Born: Princess Maria Christina (Christina), daughter of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard (1947)
19 - Born: King Willem III (Willem Alexander Paul Frederik Lodewijk), son of King Willem II and Queen Anna (1817, d.1890)
20 - Died: Prince Alexander, so of King Willem II and Queen Anna (1848)
Died: Prince Philip William, Prince of Orange (1618, born 1554)
21 - Married: King Willem II and Grand Duchess Anna Paulowna of Russia (1816)
28 - Born: Willem Fredrik Karel (Frederik), son of King Willem I and Queen Wilhelmina (1797)
March
01 - Death of Queen Anna Paulowna Romanov, wife of King Willem II (1865)
10 - Married: Princess Beatrix and Claus von Amsberg (1966)
16 - Sovereign Willem I becomes King Willem I of The Netherlands (1815)
17 - Death of King Willem II, succeeded by his son King Willem III (1849)
20 - Death of Queen Juliana (2004)
Death of Queen Emma, second wife of King Willem III (1934)
21 - Born: Claus-Casimir Bernhard Marius Max (Claus-Casimir), son of Prince Constantijn and Princess Laurentien (2004)
22 - Born: Prince Pieter Christiaan Michiel (Pieter-Christiaan), son of Princess Margriet and Mr Pieter van Vollenhoven (1972)
26 - Born: Countess Emma Luana Ninette Sophie (Luana), daughter of Prince Johan Friso and Mabel Wisse-Smit (2005)
April
08 - Born: Carlos Hugo of Bourbon-Parma, ex-husband of Princess Irene (1930)
Born: Wilhelmina Marie Sophie Louise (Sophie), daughter of King Willem II and Queen Anna (1824)
10 - Born: Princess <name stillunknown>, daughter of Prince Willem-Alexander and Princess Maxima (2007)
Born: Prince Floris Frederik Martijn (Floris), son of Princess Margriet and Mr Pieter van Vollenhoven (1975)
15 - Born: Anastasia Margriet Joséphine (Anna), daughter of Prince Maurits and Marilène van den Broek (2001)
17 - Born: Prince Maurits Pieter Hendrik (Maurits), son of Princess Margriet and Mr Pieter van Vollenhoven (1968)
18 - Born: Princess Annette, wife of Prince Bernhard Jr. (1972)
19 - Born: Prince Hendrik of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, husband of Queen Wilhelmina (1876, d.1934)
23 - Died: Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange (1625, born 1567)
24 - Married: Prince Johan Friso and Mabel Wisse-Smit (2004)
Born: William I (The Silent) of Orange (1533, died 1584)
27 - Born: Crown Prince Willem Alexander Claus George Ferdinand (Willem-Alexander), son of Queen Beatrix and Prince Claus (1972)
29 - Married: Princess Irene and Prince Carlos Hugo de Bourbon Parma (1964)
30 - Queen Juliana abdicates, succeeded by her daughter Queen Beatrix (1980)
Born: Mr Pieter van Vollenhoven, husband of Princess Margriet (1939)
Born: Queen Juliana Louise Emma Marie Wilhelmina (Juliana), daughter of Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Heinrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1909, d. 2004))
May
09 - Born: Wilhelmina Frederika Louise Charlotte Marianne (Marianne), daughter of King Willem I and Queen Wilhelmina (1810)
14 - Born: Isabella Lily Juliana (Isabella) van Vollenhoven, daughter of Prince Bernhard Jr and Annette Sekrève (2002)
17 - Born: Crown Princess Máxima, wife of Crown Prince Willem-Alexander (1971)
19 - Married: Prince Hendrik and Princess Amalia von Saksen-Weimar-Eisenach (1853)
21 - Born: Willem Alexander Frederik Ernst Casimir (Ernst Casimir), son of King Willem II and Queen Anna (1822, d.1822))
25 - Born: Samuel Bernhard Louis (Samuel), son of Prince Bernhard Jr and Annette Sekrève (2004)
Born: Princess Laurentien, wife of Prince Constantijn (1966)
27 - Born: William II, Prince of Orange (1626, died 1650)
29 - Married: Prince Maurits and Marilène van den Broek (1998)
Death of Wilhelmina Frederika Louise Charlotte Marianne (Marianne), daughter of King Willem I and Queen Wilhelmina (1883)
31 - Born: Felicia Juliana Bénedicte Barbara van Lippe-Biesterfeld van Vollenhoven, daughter of Prince Maurits and Princess Marilène (2005)
June
03 - Born: Countess Leonore Marie Irene Enrica, daughter of Prince Constantijn and Princess Laurentien (2006)
Died: Queen Sophie, wife of King Willem III (1877)
04 - Died: Prince Maurits, son of King Willem III and Queen Sophie (1850, b.1843)
08 - Born: Eloise Sophie Beatrix Laurence, daughter of Prince Constantijn and Princess Laurentien (2002)
11 - Died: Prince Willem Nicolaas Alexander Frederik Karel Hendrik, son of King Willem III and Queen Sophie (1879, b.1840)
13 Born: Willem Frederik Hendrik (Hendrik), son of King Willem II and Queen Anna (1820)
17 - Born: Bernardo Federico Tomás Guillermo, son of Princess Christina and Jorge Guillermo Pérez (1977)
Born: Sophia Frederika Mathilde von Württemberg, wife of King Willem III (1818)
18 - Born: Countess Joanna Zaria Nicoline Milou (Zaria), daughter of Prince Johan-Friso and Princess Mabel (2006)
Married: King Willem III and Princess Sophie von Württemberg (1839)
19 - Born: Dr. Edwin de Roy van Zuydewijn, husband of Princess Margarita (1966)
Married: Louise of Orange-Nassau and King Charles XV of Sweden-Norway (1860)
21 - Death of Prince Willem Alexander Karel Hendrik Frederik (Alexander), son of King Willem III and Queen Sophie (1884, d.1851)
23 - Born: Princess Maria Carolina Christina of Bourbon-Parma (Maria Carolina), daughter of Princess Irene and Carlos Hugo (1974)
26 - Born: Princess Alexia Juliana Marcela Laurentien (Alexia), daughter of Prince Willem-Alexander and Princess Máxima (2005)
28 - Married: Princess Christina and Jorge Guillermo (1975)
29 - Born: Prince Bernhard, husband of Queen Juliana (1911, died 2004)
July
03 - Died: Prince Hendrik of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, husband of Queen Wilhelmina (1934, b.1876)
06 - (Legal) Married: Prince Bernhard and Annette Sekrève (2000)
Born: Nicolás Daniel Mauricio Guillermo (Nicolás), son of Princess Christina and Jorge Guillermo Pérez (1979)
08 - (Church) Married: Prince Bernhard and Annette Sekrève (2000)
10 - Died: William I of Orange, assassinated in his home in Delft by Balthasar Gérard (1584)
26 - Plakkaat van Verlatinghe (Oath of Abjuration) - the declaration of independence of the Northern Low Countries from Spain (1581)
August
01 - Princess (now Queen) Beatrix announces her engagement to Claus von Amsberg (1965)
Born: Jorge Guillermo Pérez y Guillermo, ex-husband of Princess Christina (1946)
02 - Queen Juliana returns to The Netherlands after the war with Princesses Beatrix, Irene and Margriet (1945)
Born: Willem Alexander Frederik Constantijn Nicolaas Michiel (Alexander), son of King Willem II and Queen Anna (1818)
Born: Queen Emma, second wife of King Willem III (1858)
05 - Born: Princess Irene Emma Elisabeth (Irene), daughter of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard (1939)
06 - Queen Wilhelmina is the first reigning queen to address a joint session of the United States Congress (1942)
11 - Born: Princess Mabel, wife of Prince Johan Friso (1968)
24 - Born: King Willem I, son of Stadhouder Willem V and  Princess Wilhelmina of Prussia (1772)
Married: William of Orange and Anna of Saxon (1561)
25 - Married: (civil ceremony) Prince Pieter-Christiaan and Anita van Eijck (2005)
Born: Prince Willem Alexander Karel Hendrik Frederik (Alexander), son of King Willem III and Queen Sophie (1851, d.1884)
27 - Married: (church ceremony) Prince Pieter-Christiaan and Anita van Eijck (2005)
31 - Wilhelmina becomes Queen on her 18th birthday, succeeding her mother Queen Emma who acted as regent until then (1898)
Born: Queen Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Marie (Wilhelmina), daughter of King Willem III and Queen Emma (1880 d.1962)
September
01 - Born: William IV, Prince of Orange (1711, died 1759)
04 - Queen Wilhelmina abdicates, succeeded by her daughter Queen Juliana (1948)
Born: Prince Willem Nicolaas Alexander Frederik Karel Hendrik, son of King Willem III and Queen Sophie (1840, d.1879)
06 - Born: Prince Claus, husband of Queen Beatrix (1926, d.2002)
08 - Death of Prince Frederik, son of King Willem I and Queen Wilhelmina (1881)
14 - Married: Princess Marianne and Prince Albert of Prussia (1830)
25 - Born: Johan Friso Bernhard Christiaan David (Johan Friso), son of Queen Beatrix and Prince Claus (1968)
Born: Prince Willem Frederik Maurits Alexander Hendrik Karel (Maurits), son of King Willem III and Queen Sophie (1843, d.1850)
October
01 - Married: King Willem I and Princess Wilhelmina (1791)
06 - Death of Prince Claus, husband of Queen Beatrix (2002)
07 - King Willem I abdicates (1840), succeeded by his son King Willem II
08 - Born: Juliana Edenia Antonia Guillermo (Juliana), daughter of Princess Christina and Jorge Guillermo Pérez (1981)
Married: Princess Sophie and Grand Duke Karel Alexander of Saksem-Weimar and Eisenach (1842)
09 - Born: Magali Margriet Eleonoor, daughter of Prince Floris and Princess Aimée (2007)
11 - Born: Prince Constantijn Christof Frederik Aschwin (Constantijn), son of Queen Beatrix and Prince Claus (1969)
13 - Born: Prince Jaime Bernardo of Bourbon-Parma (Jaime), son of Princess Irene and Carlos Hugo (1972)
Born: Princess Margarita Maria Beatriz of Bourbon-Parma (Margarita), daughter of Princess Irene and Carlos Hugo (1972)
20 - Married: Civil wedding of Prince Floris and Aimée Söhngen (2005)
22 - Married: Church wedding of Prince Floris and Aimée Söhngen (2005)
26 - Born: Lucas Maurits Pieter Henri, son of Prince Maurits and Marilène van den Broek (2002)
30 - Born: Johannes Willem, illegitimate son of Princess Marianne and Johannes van Rossem (1849)
November
20 - Queen Emma becomes Regent of The Netherlands (1890)
23 - Death of King Willem III, son of King Willem II and Queen Anna (1890, b.1817)
28 - Born: Emma Francisca Catherina, daughter of Prince Pieter-Christiaan and Princess Anita (2006)
Death of Queen Wilhelmina (1962, b.1880)
December
01 - Death of Prince Bernhard, husband of Queen Juliana (2004)
02 - King Willem I created first Sovereign of The Netherlands (1813)
06 - Born: Willem Frederik George Lodewijk, son of King Willem I and Queen Wilhelmina (1792)
07 - Born: Princess Catharina-Amalia Beatrix Carmen Victoria (Amalia), daughter of Prince Willem-Alexander and Princess Máxima (2003)
12 - Death of King Willem I (1843)
25 - Born: Prince Bernhard Lucas Emmanuel (Bernhard Jr), son of Princess Margriet and Mr Pieter van Vollenhoven (1969)
Death of Johannes Willem, illegitimate son of Princess Marianne and Johannes van Rossem (1861)

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