Amsterdam

Country

Dutch Republic

Coordinates

52.3667, 4.8833

History

• Amsterdam (–1384), Netherlands
• Amsterdam (1384–1481), Burgundian Netherlands
• Amsterdam (1481–1482), Netherlands
• Amsterdam (1482–1581), Habsburg Netherlands
• Amsterdam (1581–1795), Dutch Republic
• Amsterdam (1795–1806), Batavian Republic
• Amsterdam (1806–1810), Kingdom of Holland
• Amsterdam (1810–1813), France
• Amsterdam (1813–1815), Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands
• Amsterdam (1815–1839), United Kingdom of the Netherlands
• Amsterdam (1839–1940), Netherlands
• Amsterdam (1940–1945), Reichskommissariat Niederlande
• Amsterdam (1945–), Netherlands

Composers

• Cornelis Symonszoon Boscoop (1531–1573), died in Amsterdam
• Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562–1621), died in Amsterdam
• Nicolas Vallet (1583–1642), died in Amsterdam
• Dirk Janszoon Sweelinck (1591–1652), was born and died in Amsterdam
• Anthoni van Noordt (1619–1675), was born in Amsterdam
• David Petersen (1651–1737), died in Amsterdam
• Servaes de Koninck (1654–1701), died in Amsterdam
• Johannes Schenck (1660–1712), was born in Amsterdam
• Carlo Tessarini (1690–1766), died in Amsterdam
• Conrad Friedrich Hurlebusch (1691–1765), died in Amsterdam
• Pietro Locatelli (1695–1764), died in Amsterdam
• Carel Anton Fodor (1768–1846), died in Amsterdam
• Johann Wilhelm Wilms (1772–1847), died in Amsterdam
• Heinrich Praeger (1783–1854), was born in Amsterdam
• Richard Hol (1825–1904), was born in Amsterdam
• Edouard Silas (1827–1909), was born in Amsterdam
• Simon van Milligen (1849–1929), died in Amsterdam
• Amanda Röntgen-Maier (1853–1894), died in Amsterdam
• Bernard Zweers (1854–1924), was born and died in Amsterdam
• Catharina van Rennes (1858–1940), died in Amsterdam
• Alphons Diepenbrock (1862–1921), was born and died in Amsterdam
• Martinus Sieveking (1867–1950), was born in Amsterdam
• Cornelis Dopper (1870–1939), died in Amsterdam
• Anna Cramer (1873–1968), was born in Amsterdam
• Dirk Schäfer (1873–1931), died in Amsterdam
• Bertha Frensel Wegener (1874–1953), died in Amsterdam
• Willem Landré (1874–1948), was born in Amsterdam
• Elisabeth Kuyper (1877–1953), was born in Amsterdam
• Reine Colaço Osorio-Swaab (1881–1971), was born and died in Amsterdam
• Sem Dresden (1881–1957), was born in Amsterdam
• Willem Andriessen (1887–1964), died in Amsterdam
• Henriëtte Bosmans (1895–1952), was born and died in Amsterdam
• Sim Gokkes (1897–1943), was born in Amsterdam
• Leo Smit (1900–1943), was born in Amsterdam
• Emmy Wegener (1901–1973), was born in Amsterdam
• Karel Mengelberg (1902–1984), died in Amsterdam
• Emile Enthoven (1903–1950), was born in Amsterdam
• Guillaume Landré (1905–1968), died in Amsterdam
• Jan Koetsier (1911–2006), was born in Amsterdam
• Rudolf George Escher (1912–1980), was born in Amsterdam
• Cor de Groot (1914–1993), was born and died in Amsterdam
• Robert Heppener (1925–2009), was born in Amsterdam
• Frédéric Devreese (1929–2020), was born in Amsterdam
• Theo Loevendie (1930–), was born in Amsterdam
• Caecilia Andriessen (1931–2019), died in Amsterdam
• Maarten Bon (1933–2003), was born and died in Amsterdam
• Rob du Bois (1934–2013), was born in Amsterdam
• Misha Mengelberg (1935–2017), died in Amsterdam
• Peter Schat (1935–2003), died in Amsterdam
• Walter Hekster (1937–2012), was born and died in Amsterdam
• Reinbert de Leeuw (1938–2020), was born and died in Amsterdam
• Konrad Boehmer (1941–2014), died in Amsterdam
• Willem Breuker (1944–2010), was born and died in Amsterdam
• Tristan Keuris (1946–1996), died in Amsterdam
• Chiel Meijering (1954–), was born in Amsterdam
• Martijn Padding (1956–), was born in Amsterdam
• Caroline Ansink (1959–), was born in Amsterdam
• Theo Verbey (1959–2019), died in Amsterdam
• Ivo van Emmerik (1961–), was born in Amsterdam