LOCATION

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

Population:
469,059 (2004)

ORCHESTRA

Orchestra	Founded
Residentie Orchestra	1904

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Company	Founded
Aegon	1983
Royal Dutch Shell	1907

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Ivo Daalder	Diplomat	20-Mar-1960		US Ambassador to NATO
Philip Dorn	Actor	30-Sep-1901	9-May-1975	Random Harvest
Samuel Goudsmit	Physicist	11-Jul-1902	4-Dec-1978	Conceived idea of Quantum Spin
Christiaan Huygens	Physicist	14-Apr-1629	8-Jul-1695	Wave theory of light
Princess Juliana	Royalty	30-Apr-1909	20-Mar-2004	Crown Princess of the Netherlands
Gustav Krupp	Business	7-Aug-1870	16-Jan-1950	Industrialist, Nazi war criminal
William of Orange	Royalty	14-Nov-1650	8-Mar-1702	Conquered England, Scotland, Ireland
Jan Tinbergen	Economist	12-Apr-1903	9-Jun-1994	Economic Policy
Nikolaas Tinbergen	Zoologist	15-Apr-1907	21-Dec-1988	Grand Master of Ethology
Ernest van den Haag	Scholar	15-Sep-1914	21-Mar-2002	Punishing Criminals
Simon van der Meer	Physicist	24-Nov-1925	4-Mar-2011	Co-Discovered W and Z particles
Wilhelmina	Royalty	31-Aug-1880	28-Nov-1962	Queen of the Netherlands, 1890-1948

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Tobias Asser	Activist	28-Apr-1838	29-Jul-1913	Hague Court of Arbitration
Constantin Brunner	Philosopher	27-Aug-1862	17-Aug-1937	German Jewish philosopher
Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit	Physicist	24-May-1686	16-Sep-1736	Thermometrist
Jan Josephs van Goyen	Painter	13-Jan-1596	27-Apr-1656	Landscape painter at The Hague
Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft	Poet	16-Mar-1581	21-May-1647	Dutch History
Christiaan Huygens	Physicist	14-Apr-1629	8-Jul-1695	Wave theory of light
Jozef Israëls	Painter	27-Jan-1824	12-Aug-1911	Dutch scene painter
Piet de Jong	Head of State	3-Apr-1915	27-Jul-2016	Prime Minister of the Netherlands, 1967-71
Maurice of Nassau	Royalty	13-Nov-1567	23-Apr-1625	Prince of Orange
Slobodan Milosevic	Head of State	29-Aug-1941	11-Mar-2006	Deposed President of Yugoslavia
Anna Pavlova	Dancer	12-Feb-1881	22-Jan-1931	Early 20th century Russian ballerina
Gerard Philips	Business	9-Oct-1858	25-Jan-1942	Founder of Philips Electronics
Baruch de Spinoza	Philosopher	24-Nov-1632	21-Feb-1677	Rationalist, lensmaker
Simon Stevin	Mathematician	1548	1620	Founder of hydrostatics
Max van der Stoel	Politician	3-Aug-1924	23-Apr-2011	Two-time Dutch Foreign Minister
Jan Tinbergen	Economist	12-Apr-1903	9-Jun-1994	Economic Policy
Johan de Witt	Politician	24-Sep-1625	20-Aug-1672	Leader of Holland, 1653-72

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