Amsterdam 750 Years

Koen Kleijn is the editor-in-chief of Ons Amsterdam. He previously published The Canals of Amsterdam (2013). He has also written about the history of the University Library, the Port of Amsterdam, and the gardens in the canal belt.|Jitske Hell is an editor at Ons Amsterdam. She previously served as an editor at the history platform Utrecht Time Machine.|Janna Toepoel is an editor at Ons Amsterdam and has written for 7Days, Het Parool, and Over Multatuli.

“So much history, so many stories, so many lives: Amsterdam 750 years is the city’s most exciting treasure trove.” – Geert Mak

• FOREWORD, PREFACE, ROMANS ON THE AMSTEL, 1100 THE CITY SEAL, 1105 WOLFGER, 1225 THE BL ACKSMITH ON NIEUWENDIJK, 1275 THE TOLL PRIVILEGE OF FLORIS V, 1280 THE CASTLE OF AEMSTEL, 1300 CHARTER AND RIGHT, 1310 THE HERON FOREST, 1342 THE L ATIN SCHOOL, 1345 THE MIRACLE, 1390 CARTHUSIANS, 1414 SAINT LUCIA’S MONASTERY, 1421 THE GREAT FIRE OF 1421, 1460 THE FRIARS MINOR, 1488 THE EARLY YEARS OF THE WAAG, 1489 MAXIMILIAN SELLS HIS CROWN, 1508 AMSTERDAM REPELS AN ATTACK BY GELRE, 1515 JACOB CORNELIS VAN OOSTSANEN, 1529 REINOUD OF BREDERODE GAMBLES AWAY HIS LANDS, 1531 WOMEN DEFEND SACRED GROUND, 1542 DANCING WITH THE DEVIL, 1573 WOMEN SPYING FOR THE GEUZEN, 1573 ALVA DEPARTS, 1578 BAERDESEN SEIZES POWER, 1578 THE CONTRABAND OF CORNELIS BAM, 1585 ELISABETH BAS, 1590 THE FIRST DIAMOND MERCHANTS, 1602 ISAAC LE MAIRE OPPO SES THE VOC, 1611 “THE FILTHY FOLK”, 1608 SAMUEL PALLACHE SETTLES IN AMSTERDAM, 1647 ELEPHANT FALLS THROUGH BRIDGE, 1650 REMBRANDT’S BLACK NEIGHBOURS, 1656 THE STRUGGLE FOR GHANA LOPES, 1660 AMSTERDAM ACQUIRES URK, 1672 PANIC AND FEAR, 1675 DEDICATION OF THE ESNOGA, 1682 SURINAMESE KINGS, 1686 THE WORLD’S FIRST YIDDISH NEWSPAPER, 1690 ESCAPED FROM FRENCH GALLEYS, 1696 A KINGFISHER MEDAL, 1714 AN ARMENIAN QUARREL, 1718 THE REAL JACO, 1746 “NEFARIOUS DECEPTIONS”, 1754 A BLACK NEW YORKER IN THE JORDAAN, 1760 ABANDONED SLAVES, 1764 GREEK AMS TERDAMMERS FOUND A CHURCH, 1764 POULTRY DEALER DIES AS ODOMITE, 1766 MOZART CELEBRATES HIS BIRTHDAY, 1780 INNKEEPERS FROM SURINAME, 1782 HIJACKING OF A SHIP ON THE HAARLEMMERMEER, 1787 CAPTAIN PIETER CLOCKENER RESIGNS, 1793 CHINESE SAILORS, 1813 COSSACKS CHASE AWAY THE FRENCH, 1816 JOHAN WILMS COMPOSES THE NATIONAL ANTHEM, 1840 CHIMNEYSWEEPS, 1848 HOP, HOP, HOP! HANG THE BURGOMA STER! 1858 ASSAULT IN THE SCOTTISH MISSION CHURCH, 1860 ‘JAPPANEZE’ VISIT AMSTERDAM FOR THE FIRST TIME, 1873 SPIRITS AT HENDRIK JAN SCHIMMEL’S HOUSE, 1883 “A DISPLAY OF HUMAN FLESH”, 1885 BATTLE IN CAFÉ ZINCKEN, 1892 BEDOUINS ON THE WEESPERZIJDE, 1892 THE TOWN HALL OF NIEUWER -AMSTEL, 1900 A FRISIAN WOMAN IN ATJEHSTRAAT, 1911 CHINESE CHARACTERS, 1914 BELGIAN REFUGEES, 1921 THE TR AITOR OF SLOTEN, 1921 THE FIRST AJAX-FEYENOORD, 1926 SS KARADENIZ, 1932 THE GREAT RENT STRIKE, 1933 EXIL-ARTISTS, 1936 ‘NEGRO CABARETS’, 1939 RAPENBURGERSTRAAT, 1940 THE “ THIRD FIVE” IN TIME OF WAR, 1943 WOMEN ON THE TRAM, 1944 JAAP KNOL PREVENTS DEPORTATION OF SINTI AND ROMA, 1944 KEESJE BRIJDE, 1945 LIBERATION CELEBRATIONS, 1945 SURINAMESE SISTERS, 1950 MOLUCCAN SAILORS, 1966 STRESS IN THE FLAT, 1967 HAI IN THE RAI 1967 TIMIDLY OUT OF THE CLOSET, 1971 THE LAST BEGUINE DIES 1974 DRUGS DEN IN SPUIS TRAAT, 1977 DANCING AT JANSEN, 1977 A WEDDING AND A SHOOTING, 1980 TANKS IN EERSTE CONSTANTIJN HUYGENSSTRAAT, 1986 THE RECOVERY OF ZEEDIJK, 2022 WATER, BEER AND GIN FROM WEESP.