The Unofficial Dutch Royal Family Pages

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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 Stadhouder Willem V and  Princess Wilhelmina of Prussia

1791

October
01 - Married:  Willem I and Princess Wilhelmina

1792

December
06 - Born: Willem Frederik George Lodewijk (King Willem II), son of King Willem I and Queen Wilhelmina

1797

February
28 - Born: Willem Fredrik Karel (Frederik), son of King Willem I and Queen Wilhelmina

1810

May
09 - Born: Wilhelmina Frederika Louise Charlotte Marianne (Marianne), daughter of King Willem I and Queen Wilhelmina

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 (Willem Alexander Paul Frederik Lodewijk), son of King Willem II and Queen Anna (d.1890)

1818

June
17 - Born: Sophia Frederika Mathilde von Württemberg, wife of King Willem III

August
02 - Born: Willem Alexander Frederik Constantijn Nicolaas Michiel (Alexander), son of King Willem II and Queen Anna

1820

June
13 - Born: Willem Frederik Hendrik (Hendrik), son of King Willem II and Queen Anna

1822

May
21 - Born: Willem Alexander Frederik Ernst Casimier (Ernst Casimir), son of King Willem II and Queen Anna

October
22 - Died: Willem Alexander Frederik Ernst Casimier (Ernst Casimir), son of King Willem II and Queen Anna

1824

April
08 - Born: Wilhelmina Marie Sophie Louise (Sophie), daughter of King Willem II and Queen Anna

1830

September
14 - Married: Princess Marianne and Prince Albert of Prussia

1839

June
18 - Married: King Willem III and Princess Sophie von Württemberg

1840

September
04 - Born: Prince Willem Nicolaas Alexander Frederik Karel Hendrik), son of King Willem III and Queen Sophie (d.1879)

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

1842

October
08 - Married: Princess Sophie and Grand Duke Karel Alexander of Saksem-Weimar and Eisenach

1843

September
25 - Born: Prince Willem Frederik Maurits Alexander Hendrik Karel (Maurits), son of King Willem III and Queen Sophie (d.1850)

December
18 - Died: King Willem I

1848

February
20 - Died: Prince Alexander, son of King Willem II and Queen Anna

1849

March
17 - Died: King Willem II, succeeded by his son King Willem III

October
30 - Born: Johannes Willem, illegitimate son of Princess Marianne and Johannes van Rossem

1850

June
04 - Died: Prince Maurits, son of King Willem III and Queen Sophie (b.1843)

1851

August
25 - Born: Prince Willem Alexander Karel Hendrik Frederik (Alexander), son of King Willem III and Queen Sophie (d.1884)

1853

May
19 - Married: Prince Hendrik and Princess Amalia von Saksen-Weimar-Eisenach

1858

August
02 - Born: Queen Emma, second wife of King Willem III

1860

June
19 - Married: Louise of Orange-Nassau and King Charles XV of Sweden-Norway

1861

December
25 - Died: Johannes Willem, illegitimate son of Princess Marianne and Johannes van Rossem

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 (d.1934)

1877

June
03 - Died: Queen Sophie, wife of King Willem III

1879

January
07 - Married: King Willem III and Emma von Waldeck-Pyrmont
13 - Died: Willem Frederik Hendrik (Hendrik), son of King Willem II and Queen Anna

June
11 - Died: Prince Willem Nicolaas Alexander Frederik Karel Hendrik, son of King Willem III and Queen Sophie (b.1840)

1880

August
31 - Born: Queen Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Marie (Wilhelmina), daughter of King Willem III and Queen Emma (d.1962)

1881

September
08 - Died: Prince Frederik, son of King Willem I and Queen Wilhelmina

1883

May
29 - Died: Wilhelmina Frederika Louise Charlotte Marianne (Marianne), daughter of King Willem I and Queen Wilhelmina

1884

June
21 - Died: Prince Willem Alexander Karel Hendrik Frederik (Alexander), son of King Willem III and Queen Sophie (b.1851)

1890

November
20 - Queen Emma becomes Regent of The Netherlands
23 - Died: King Willem III, son of King Willem II and Queen Anna (b.1817)

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 Louise Emma Marie Wilhelmina (Juliana), daughter of Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Heinrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (d. 2004)

1911

June
29 - Born: Prince Bernhard, husband of Queen Juliana

1926

September
06 - Born: Prince Claus, husband of Queen Beatrix (d.2002)

1930

April
08 - Born: Carlos Hugo of Bourbon-Parma, ex-husband of Princess Irene

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 Wilhelmina Armgard (Beatrix), daughter of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard

1939

April
30 - Born: Mr Pieter van Vollenhoven, husband of Princess Margriet

August
05 - Born: Princess Irene Emma Elisabeth (Irene), daughter of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard

1943

January
19 - Born: Princess Margriet Francisca (Margriet), daughter of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard

1945

August
02 - Queen Juliana returns to The Netherlands after the war with Princesses Beatrix, Irene and Margriet

1946

August
01 - Born: Jorge Guillermo Pérez y Guillermo, ex-husband of Princess Christina

1947

February
18 - Born: Princess Maria Christina (Christina), daughter of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard

1948

September
04 - Queen Wilhelmina abdicates, succeeded by her daughter Queen Juliana

1962

November
28 - Died: Queen Wilhelmina (b.1880)

1964

April
29 - Married: Princess Irene and Prince Carlos Hugo de Bourbon Parma

1966

March
10 - Wedding Anniverary of Princess Beatrix and Claus von Amsberg

May
25 - Born: Princess Laurentien, wife of Prince Constantijn

June
19 - Born: Dr. Edwin de Roy van Zuydewijn, husband of Princess Margarita

1967

January
10 - Married: Princess Margriet and Pieter van Vollenhoven

1968

April
17 - Born: Prince Maurits Pieter Hendrik (Maurits), son of Princess Margriet and Mr Pieter van Vollenhoven

August
11 - Born: Princess Mabel, wife of Prince Johan Friso

September
25 - Born: Johan Friso Bernhard Christiaan David (Johan Friso), son of Queen Beatrix and Prince Claus

1969

October
11 - Born: Prince Constantijn Christof Frederik Aschwin (Constantijn), son of Queen Beatrix and Prince Claus

December
25 - Born: Prince Bernhard Lucas Emmanuel (Bernhard Jr), son of Princess Margriet and Mr Pieter van Vollenhoven

1970

January
27 - Born: Prince Carlos Javier Bernardo Sixta Maria of Bourbon-Parma, son of Princess Irene and Carlos Hugo

February
04 - Born: Princess Marilène, wife of Prince Maurits

1971

May
17 - Born: Princess Máxima, wife of Prince Willem-Alexander

1972

March
22 - Born: Prince Pieter Christiaan Michiel (Pieter-Christiaan), son of Princess Margriet and Mr Pieter van Vollenhoven

April
18 - Born: Princess Annette, wife of Prince Bernhard Jr.
27 - Born: Prince Willem Alexander Claus George Ferdinand (Willem-Alexander), son of Queen Beatrix and Prince Claus

October
13 - Born: Prince Jaime Bernardo of Bourbon-Parma (Jaime), son of Princess Irene and Carlos Hugo
13 - Born: Princess Margarita Maria Beatriz of Bourbon-Parma (Margarita), daughter of Princess Irene and Carlos Hugo

1974

June
23 - Born: Princess Maria Carolina Christina of Bourbon-Parma (Maria Carolina), daughter of Princess Irene and Carlos Hugo

1975

April
10 - Born: Prince Floris Frederik Martijn (Floris), son of Princess Margriet and Mr Pieter van Vollenhoven

June
28 - Married: Princess Christina and Jorge Guillermo

1977

June
17 - Born: Bernardo Federico Tomás Guillermo, son of Princess Christina and Jorge Guillermo Pérez

1979

July
06 - Born: Nicolás Daniel Mauricio Guillermo (Nicolás), son of Princess Christina and Jorge Guillermo Pérez

1980

April
30 - Queen Juliana abdicates, succeeded by her daughter Queen Beatrix

1981

October
08 - Born: Juliana Edenia Antonia Guillermo (Juliana), daughter of Princess Christina and Jorge Guillermo Pérez

1998

May
29 - Married: Prince Maurits and Marilène van den Broek

2000

July
06 - (Legal) Married: Prince Bernhard and Annette Sekrève
08 - (Church) Married: Prince Bernhard and Annette Sekrève

2001

April
15 - Born: Anastasia Margriet Joséphine (Anna), daughter of Prince Maurits and Marilène van den Broek

2002

February
02 - Married: Prince Willem Alexander and Máxima Zorreguieta

May
14 - Born: Isabella Lily Juliana (Isabella) van Vollenhoven, daughter of Prince Bernhard Jr and Princess Annette

June
08 - Born: Eloise Sophie Beatrix Laurence, daughter of Prince Constantijn and Princess Laurentien

October
06 - Died: Prince Claus, husband of Queen Beatrix
26 - Born: Lucas Maurits Pieter Henri, son of Prince Maurits and Marilène van den Broek (2002)

2003

December
07 - Born: Princess Catharina-Amalia Beatrix Carmen Victoria (Amalia), daughter of Prince Willem-Alexander and Princess Máxima

2004

March
20 - Died: Queen Juliana
21 - Born: Claus-Casimir Bernhard Marius Max (Claus-Casimir), son of Prince Constantijn and Princess Laurentien

April
24 - Married: Prince Johan Friso and Mabel Wisse-Smit

May
25 - Born: Samuel Bernhard Louis (Samuel), son of Prince Bernhard Jr and Princess Annette

December
01 - Died: Prince Bernhard, husband of Queen Juliana

2005

March
26 - Born: Emma Luana Ninette Sophie (Luana), daughter of Prince Johan Friso and Mabel Wisse-Smit

May
31 - Born: Felicia Juliana Bénedicte Barbara van Lippe-Biesterfeld van Vollenhoven, daughter of Prince Maurits and Princess Marilène

June
26 - Born: Princess Alexia Juliana Marcela Laurentien (Alexia), daughter of Prince Willem-Alexander and Princess Máxima

August
25 - Married: (civil ceremony) Prince Pieter-Christiaan and Anita van Eijck
27 - Married: (church ceremony) Prince Pieter-Christiaan and Anita van Eijck

2006

June
03 - Born: Countess Leonore Marie Irene Enrica, daughter of Prince Constantijn and Princess Laurentien
18 - Born: Countess Joanna Zaria Nicoline Milou (Zaria), daughter of Prince Johan-Friso and Princess Mabel

2007

April
10 - Born: Princess Ariane Wilhelmina Máxima Ines, daughter of Prince Willem-Alexander and Princess Máxima

October
09 - Born: Magali Margriet Eleonoor, daughter of Prince Floris and Princess Aimée