Historical place archive

Amsterdam in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Amsterdam in Belgium. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

6 records4 event labels5 people1648–1997

Historical events in Amsterdam

1648

1648
Chemical Medicine Treatise
Jan Baptista van Helmont · Medicine

Presents influential ideas concerning gases, digestion and chemical processes.

1648
Ortus Medicinae
Jan Baptista van Helmont · Medicine

His collected medical and chemical writings are published posthumously.

1977

11 May 1977
Cup Winners' Cup Final Runner-Up
Raymond Goethals · Football

Manages Anderlecht in the European Cup Winners' Cup final, where Hamburg win 2-0.

1997

2 October 1997
Treaty of Schengen
Erik Derycke · Government of Belgium

Derycke backs the shift from separate Schengen machinery to cooperation through EU institutions. Belgian policy links freer movement with close Benelux cooperation.

2 October 1997
Treaty of Schengen
Jean-Luc Dehaene · Government of Belgium

During the Schengen process, Dehaene supports Amsterdam's decision to bring the Schengen acquis inside the European Union framework. Belgian officials favour gradual implementation backed by shared security measures.

2 October 1997
Treaty of Schengen
Johan Vande Lanotte · Government of Belgium

In Belgium, Vande Lanotte supports uninterrupted border, police and justice cooperation during the move into EU law. Brussels also stresses coordinated policing and external-border safeguards.

Provenance

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These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Belgium and Amsterdam. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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