Wilhelmina I Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Wilhelmina I, based on 4 World History Database records associated with Netherlands.

4 records1890–19404 events1 places

Chronological biography

1890

Succession1890

House / House of Orange · Queen

Succeeds as Queen of The Netherlands

1940

Capture of Amsterdam13 May 1940

Warfare / World War, 2nd · Queen · Amsterdam

Germany completes the capture of Holland

Exile of Wilhelmina I13 May 1940

Warfare / World War, 2nd · Queen · Amsterdam

The British send a destroyer to help Wilhelmina to leave Holland

Invasion of Netherlands, The13 May 1940

Warfare / World War, 2nd · Queen · Amsterdam

Leaves the Hague-Amsterdam redoubt. Asks the British to send extra fighters to defend Holland but is turned down

Titles and roles

Queen

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.