Historical place archive

The Hague in History

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

5 records5 event labels5 people1620–1969

Historical events in The Hague

1620

1620
Exile of Rupert of the Rhine
Rupert of the Rhine · Military

Exiled after the Battle of the White Mountain ends fathers reign as King of Bohemia

1698

11 October 1698
Treaty of Partition
Joseph Ferdinand Bavaria · House of Wittelsbach

Joseph Ferdinand is named heir to the Spanish throne under the First Partition Treaty.

1872

September 1872
Hague Congress
Karl Heinrich Marx · Philosophy

Marx participates in the International's Hague Congress during conflict with the anarchist faction.

1969

1 December 1969
Hague European Summit
Willy Brandt · European Economic Community (EEC)

Represents Germany as leaders open the Hague summit on completion, deepening and enlargement of the European Communities.

2 December 1969
Hague Enlargement Decision
Walter Scheel · European Economic Community (EEC)

Supports the Hague agreement to open enlargement negotiations with applicant countries including Britain, Denmark and Ireland.

Provenance

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These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Germany and The Hague. 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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