Rotterdam
City
Major port city in the Netherlands at the mouth of the Rhine and Meuse, whose centre was destroyed by German bombing in May 1940.
Held by
- 1789 – January 18, 1795 Dutch Republic
- May 16, 1795 – June 4, 1806 Batavian Republic
- June 5, 1806 – July 9, 1810 Kingdom of Holland
- July 9, 1810 – April 12, 1814 France
- since November 21, 1813 Netherlands
- May 13, 1940 – June 21, 1940 Germany Military occupation
- June 6, 1944 – May 4, 1945 Germany Military occupation
Events here 2
- May 14, 1940 German bombing of Rotterdam
- September 10, 1998 Rotterdam Convention