Historical place archive

Amsterdam in History

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

4 records4 event labels3 people1969–1997

Historical events in Amsterdam

1969

21 March 1969
Demonstrations
John Winston Lennon · Popular Music

Lennon & Yoko Ono stage their "Beds in Peace" at the Amsterdam Hilton on honeymoon

1970

November 1970
Marriage
John Winston Lennon · Popular Music

Yoko Ono and John Lennon celebrate their honeymoon by staging a "bed-in" for peace in Amsterdam

1997

June 1997
Social Chapter
Tony Blair · Labour Party Government

Accepts the European Union Social Chapter after Labour wins office.

16 June 1997
Conference of Amsterdam
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair · Labour Party Government

Minor amendments are agreed to the European treaties

Provenance

About these place records

These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Great Britain 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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