{"slug": "the-hague", "label": "The Hague", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hague", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36600", "qid": "Q36600", "description": "city and municipality in South Holland, Netherlands, seat of the Dutch government", "entries": 28, "years": 28, "span": [1392, 2002], "span_label": ["1392 CE", "2002 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 8}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 8}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 6}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 3}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 1}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}, {"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "dutch-republic", "label": "Dutch Republic", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "international-court-of-justice", "label": "International Court of Justice", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "international-criminal-tribunal-for-the-former-yugoslavia", "label": "International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "october", "label": "October", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "commonwealth-of-england", "label": "Commonwealth of England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "netherlands", "label": "Netherlands", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "belgium", "label": "Belgium", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "spanish-netherlands", "label": "Spanish Netherlands", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "israel", "label": "Israel", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "amsterdam", "label": "Amsterdam", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "antwerp", "label": "Antwerp", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "holland", "label": "Holland", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1392, "year_label": "1392 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "September 23", "text": "September 23 – Aleid van Poelgeest, the mistress of Count Albert of Holland, is found dead at the Altena Castle in The Hague, along with the Count's chamberlain, Willem Cuser, the victim of Hook nobles who were opposed to Count Albert.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360558319#July–September", "title": "1392", "revid": 1360558319, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1581, "year_label": "1581 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 26", "text": "July 26 – The Act of Abjuration is signed at The Hague by representatives of eight Dutch provinces as a declaration of independence from Spanish rule and a secession from the Union of Utrecht. The signing confirms a decision made in a July 22 meeting of the States General in Antwerp. King Philip II of Spain refuses to acknowledge the Abjuration.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362478489#July–September", "title": "1581", "revid": 1362478489, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1608, "year_label": "1608 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 7", "text": "February 7 – A peace conference opens at the Binnenhof at The Hague, in the Netherlands, to end a war between the Dutch Republic and the Spanish Netherlands (now Belgium).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352783723#January–March", "title": "1608", "revid": 1352783723, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1619, "year_label": "1619 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "May 13", "text": "May 13 – Dutch statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt is executed in The Hague, after having been convicted of treason.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369562130#April–June", "title": "1619", "revid": 1369562130, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1642, "year_label": "1642 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "February 23", "text": "February 23–March 11 – Henrietta Maria, queen consort of England, and her eldest daughter Mary, newly created Princess Royal, leave Falmouth, Cornwall, to go into exile at the Dutch court in The Hague.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350256188#January–March", "title": "1642", "revid": 1350256188, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1651, "year_label": "1651 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October", "text": "October – An English diplomatic team, headed by Oliver St John, goes to The Hague to negotiate an alliance between the Commonwealth of England and the Dutch Republic.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365975166#October–December", "title": "1651", "revid": 1365975166, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1666, "year_label": "1666 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 11", "text": "October 11 – The Sieur de Buat, Captain Henri de Fleury de Coulan of the Army of the Dutch Republic, is beheaded in public at The Hague after being convicted of attempting to overthrow Dutch leader Johan de Witt.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365988943#October–December", "title": "1666", "revid": 1365988943, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1672, "year_label": "1672 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "August 20", "text": "August 20 – Johan de Witt, Grand Pensionary of Holland and his brother Cornelis de Witt are killed by an Orangist mob in The Hague.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365992116#July–September", "title": "1672", "revid": 1365992116, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1699, "year_label": "1699 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "December 3", "text": "December 3 – Baron Jacob Hop is appointed as the treasurer-general of The Hague.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369560904#October–December", "title": "1699", "revid": 1369560904, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1787, "year_label": "1787 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 28", "text": "June 28 – Princess Wilhelmina of Orange, sister of King Frederick William II of Prussia, is captured by Dutch Republican patriots, taken to Goejanverwellesluis and not allowed to travel to The Hague.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370561702#April–June", "title": "1787", "revid": 1370561702, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1808, "year_label": "1808 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "The Rijksmuseum moves from The Hague to Amsterdam, where it is located temporarily at the Royal Palace.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369185588#Date_unknown", "title": "1808", "revid": 1369185588, 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Second Hague Peace Conference opens at The Hague.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373349351#June", "title": "1907", "revid": 1373349351, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1912, "year_label": "1912 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "January 23", "text": "January 23 – The First International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague to restrict exports.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373503730#January", "title": "1912", "revid": 1373503730, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1922, "year_label": "1922 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 15", "text": "February 15 – The inaugural session of the Permanent Court of International Justice (PCIJ) is held in The Hague.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369983934#February", "title": "1922", "revid": 1369983934, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1933, "year_label": "1933 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "April 5", "text": "April 5 – The International Court of Justice in The Hague decides that Greenland belongs to Denmark, and condemns Norwegian landings on eastern Greenland. Norway submits to the decision.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371108771#April", "title": "1933", "revid": 1371108771, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1944, "year_label": "1944 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "September", "text": "The first V-2 rocket attack on London takes place, launched from The Hague.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370022611#September", "title": "1944", "revid": 1370022611, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1946, "year_label": "1946 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 18", "text": "April 18 – The inaugural session of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) takes place at The Hague.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372058859#April", "title": "1946", "revid": 1372058859, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1948, "year_label": "1948 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 18", "text": "March 18 – The Round Table Conference convenes in The Hague, Netherlands, to prepare the decolonization process for the Caribbean island of Aruba and the other Dutch Colonies. Aruba presents the mandate of the Aruban People for Aruba to become an independent country, under the sovereignty of the House of Orange, based on Aruba's first state constitution presented officially since August 1947, and a (4th) member state of the future Dutch Commonwealth.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371784888#March", "title": "1948", "revid": 1371784888, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1952, "year_label": "1952 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 4", "text": "April 4 – At a tribunal in The Hague, Israel demands reparations worth $3 billion from West Germany.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373187098#March–April", "title": "1952", "revid": 1373187098, "section": "Events › March–April"}}, {"year": 1954, "year_label": "1954 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 14", "text": "May 14 – The Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict is adopted in The Hague, Netherlands.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369212684#May", "title": "1954", "revid": 1369212684, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1974, "year_label": "1974 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 13", "text": "September 13 – Japanese Red Army members seize the French Embassy in The Hague, Netherlands.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372602919#September–October", "title": "1974", "revid": 1372602919, "section": "Events › September–October"}}, {"year": 1980, "year_label": "1980 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "October 25", "text": "October 25 – Proceedings on the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction conclude at The Hague.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363797378#October", "title": "1980", "revid": 1363797378, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1991, "year_label": "1991 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "February 11", "text": "February 11 – The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) is formed in The Hague, Netherlands.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371487470#February", "title": "1991", "revid": 1371487470, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1996, "year_label": "1996 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "July 11", "text": "July 11 – Arrest warrants are issued for Bosnian Serb war criminals Radovan Karadžić and Ratko Mladić by the Russell Tribunal in The Hague.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371596794#July", "title": "1996", "revid": 1371596794, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1999, "year_label": "1999 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "May 27", "text": "May 27 – The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands indicts Slobodan Milošević and four others for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Kosovo.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369767946#May", "title": "1999", "revid": 1369767946, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 2002, "year_label": "2002 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "February 12", "text": "February 12 – The trial of Slobodan Milošević, the former president of Yugoslavia, begins at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372652846#February", "title": "2002", "revid": 1372652846, "section": "Events › February"}}]}