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3 unusual facts about Hague


Hague, North Dakota

St. Mary's Catholic Church in Hague features works by artist Count Berthold von Imhoff.

Minnesota Building

The building's architect, Charles H. Hausler, has several other buildings listed on the NRHP: St. Anthony Park Branch Library, Arlington Hills Library, Riverview Branch Library, also in Ramsey County, Minnesota, as well as the St. Mary's Church Non-Contiguous Historic District in Hague, North Dakota.

Visby

Visby gave its name to the 1968 Visby Amendments, which were an amendment of the Hague Rules of shipping law, leading to the Hague-Visby Rules.


Abdullahi Ibrahim

He is a Notary Public, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at the Hague and Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee.

Abiathar Peak

The peak was named by members of the 1885 Hague Geological Survey to honor Charles Abiathar White, a geologist and paleontologist who had participated in early western geological surveys.

Abraham Capadose

In 1831, Capadose set up in Scherpenzeel before, two years later, moving to the Hague, where he remained for the rest of his life (barring a one year trip to Switzerland in 1836/37, during which his wife died).

American Service-Members' Protection Act

The Dutch MEP Wim van de Camp suggested in July 2009 that if the Netherlands should accept previous inmates of Guantanamo Bay the The Hague Invasion Act should be taken into account in the negotiations.

Ann Claire Williams

For several years, Williams has also served as a member of international training delegations that have traveled to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in Arusha, Tanzania, and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) at the Hague.

Arthur Christmas

Eva Longoria as Chief De Silva, head of UNFITA, The Hague (United Northern Federal International Treaty Alliance)

Billy Hague

William "Billy" Robert Hague (born April 9, 1885 in London, England - September 9, 1969) was a professional ice hockey goaltender.

Bombing of the Bezuidenhout

At the time, the neighbourhood was more densely populated than usual with evacuees from The Hague and Wassenaar; tens of thousands were left homeless and had to be quartered in the Eastern and Central Netherlands.

Child laundering

The Central Authority (CA) was also established in order to ensure Guatemala's compliance with Hague Convention rules; children who have been legally approved for adoptions (by a judge) are matched with a prospective adoptive family by a team made up of a CA social worker and a psychologist.

Count Julius von Zech-Burkersroda

He remained at the Hague for the next decade, during which Adolf Hitler gained power in Germany.

Cyprus–United Kingdom relations

An agreement to lift the restrictions in developing properties within the British bases areas was signed in London between Foreign Minister of Cyprus Ioannis Kasoulides and Foreign Secretary William Hague at Carlton House in the presence of President Nicos Anastasiades.

Damien Ricketson

degree at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music in 1995, he continued his studies for two years at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague with the Dutch composer Louis Andriessen.

David Hague

After playing for the Portland, where Hague was nominated for rookie of the year, Hague went to Uruguay to play for Danubio F.C. It was decided that Soccer did not deserve David and he quit instead.

David Young Cameron

His etchings, which examined light and shade, again show the influence of the Hague School as well as Whistler and Rembrandt.

Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore

Another stay in Japan during the Russo-Japanese War became the basis for Scidmore's only known work of fiction, As the Hague Ordains (1907).

First Tower United F.C.

The clubs home is in the grounds of La Hague Manor, which is also the site of St George's Preparatory School, in the parish of St Peter.

Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907

An American missionary, Homer Hulbert, also travelled to The Hague to argue against the treaty.

Hague Initiative for Law and Armed Conflict

The Hague Initiative for Law and Armed Conflict is an initiative of the Netherlands Red Cross and the T.M.C. Asser Instituut.

Hermann, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen

Maria Antonia Philippine, (* 8 February 1781 in Dagstuhl; † 25 December 1831 The Hague) ∞ 12 July 1803 Count Friedrich Ludwig von Waldburg-Capustigall ( 25 October 1776; † 18 August 1844)

Hilbrand J. Groenewold

After a visit to Cambridge to interact with John von Neumann (1934-5) on the links between classical and quantum mechanics, and a checkered career working with Frits Zernike in Groningen, then Leiden, the Hague, De Bilt, and several addresses in the North of Holland during World War II, he earned his Ph.D. degree in 1946, under the tutelage of Léon Rosenfeld at Utrecht University.

Hofvijver

Located next to the Vijverberg are several museums, like the Mauritshuis, the Gevangenpoort (Prison Gate), the Hague Historical Museum and the Gallery Prince William V.

'Jantje' probably refers to John I, Count of Holland who died at the age of 15 years, and features in a well known Dutch children's song about The Hague.

Index of Netherlands Antilles-related articles

Antillenhuis, the cabinet of the minister plenipotentiary of the Netherlands Antilles in the Hague

International child abduction in the United States

Poland has been cited in the compliance Reports for every year from 2000 to 2008 as either a "country of concern," having "enforcement problems" or "demonstrating patterns of noncompliance" with the Hague Abduction Convention resulting in an on-going dialogue between the Polish Consul General and the Office of Children's Issues Director in Washington, D.C. and U.S. Embassy officials and Ministry of Justice officials in Warsaw.

Irvine Arditti

He has appeared with many distinguished orchestras and ensembles which include the Bayerische Rundfunk, BBC Symphony, Berlin Radio Symphony, Royal Concertgebouw, Junge Deutsche Philharmonie, Munich Philharmonic, Orchestre National de Paris, Het Residentie den Hague, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Asko Ensemble, Ensemble Contrechamps, London Sinfonietta, Nieuw Ensemble, Nouvel Ensemble Modern, Oslo Sinfonietta, Schoenberg Ensemble.

Johannes Meursius

Johannes Meursius (van Meurs) (February 9, 1579, Loosduinen, near the Hague – September 20, 1639, Sorø), was a Dutch classical scholar and antiquary.

Kevin Figes

Other highlights were playing with John Critchinson, the big bands of Dave Stapleton and Andy Hague and performing a great new piece by Keith Tippett in the Colston Hall, Bristol.

Kevin Hague

Hague was a member of the select committee looking at Labour MP Louisa Wall's Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Bill.

Kumari Jayawardena

She also taught in the Women and Development Masters Course at the Institute of Social Studies in the Hague, Netherlands from 1980 to 1982, and was an Affiliated Fellow of the Bunting Institute at Radcliffe College from 1987 to 1988.

Leidschendam

However, at about 10 miles distance there are both the Delft University of Technology and Leiden University, and a number of applied science and art universities in The Hague (granting bachelor degrees only), all easily accessible.

Leidschendam-Voorburg

There are a number of stations on the Rotterdam-Amsterdam line on the border of The Hague and Voorburg, including Den Haag Mariahoeve and Den Haag Laan van NOI.

Martha Escutia

She holds certificates in Advanced International Legal Studies of Trade and Tariffs from the World Court at The Hague, Netherlands, and in Foreign Investment from the National Autonomous University in Mexico City.

Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui

In December 2012, he was acquitted of war crimes at the Hague by Judge Bruno Cotte on the grounds that the prosecution had not proven beyond reasonable doubt that he was responsible for the crimes committed, a decision which led to criticism of the ICC.

Omega-class destroyer

The patrol aspect of its mission appears to be why, in the earlier season 2 episode, "All Alone In The Night", General Hague (played by Robert Foxworth) was able to call the Agamemnon (which was in the area) to help in the search of the captain who had been abducted by a group of aliens named the Streib.

Philips of Marnix, Lord of Saint-Aldegonde

His complete works, edited by Lacroix and Quinet, were published at Brussels in 7 volumes (1855–1859), and his religious and theological writings, edited by Van Toorenenbergen, at The Hague, in 4 volumes (1871–1891).

Posh Boy Records

Its releases enjoyed substantial airplay on Rodney Bingenheimer's show on KROQ-FM, and some of them, notably the Fields-produced version of "Amoeba" by The Adolescents and the Stephen Hague-produced synth rock classic "Are You Ready for the Sex Girls" by Sparks offshoot Gleaming Spires, made it into regular programming on the station.

Roman Hinderer

He laboured with Anne-Marie de Mailla and Jean-Baptiste Régis on the mapping of the provinces of Ho-nan, Kiang-nan, Che-kiang and Fu-kien (cfr. Du Halde, "Description de la Chine", The Hague, 1736, I, pref., xliii; and Richthofen, "China," Berlin, 1877, I, 682).

Simon Henry, Count of Lippe

On 15 September 1666, Simon Henry married in The Hague with Baroness Amalia of Dohna-Vianen, Burgravine of Utrecht, heiress of Vianen and Ameide (2 February 1644 in The Hague – 11 March 1700), a daughter of General Christian Albert of Dohna.

Solomon Dayrolles

He was secretary to Lord Chesterfield during the peer's second embassy to The Hague (1745), and when his patron somewhat later in the year entered on his duties as lord-lieutenant of Ireland, Dayrolles accompanied him in the same capacity, and was nominated by him gentleman usher of the black rod in the Irish House of Lords (2 September 1745), a sinecure.

Steven Paulsen

Author entries (with Sean McMullen) for Conrad Aiken, Gary Crew, Terry Dowling, G. M. Hague, Robert Hood, Victor Kelleher, Rick Kennett, Isaac Bashevis Singer and Rosemary Timperley – St. James Guide to Horror, Ghost & Gothic Writers (St. James Press), ed.

Surinamestraat 20, The Hague

Surinamestraat 20 in The Hague is the location of the house where the Dutch writer Louis Couperus wrote his novel Eline Vere.

The Hague Institute for Global Justice

Dr. Abiodun Williams, former Senior Vice President at the U.S. Institute of Peace and former Director of Strategic Planning for United Nations Secretaries-General Kofi Annan and Ban Ki-moon, is the president of The Hague Institute.

The Hague University of Applied Sciences

The Hague University of Applied Sciences’ building on the Delft University of Technology campus opened in 2009.

Théophile de Bock

Although many painters were members of both organizations, the Art Circle offered the generation after 1850 an alternative to the Pulchri Studio, in which the renowned Hague School artists such as Mesdag, Israëls, and Jacob Maris were members.

Treaty of The Hague

Treaty of The Hague (1428)- better known as Treaty of Delft, the suburb of The Hague

Treaty of The Hague (1697) - better known as Treaty of Rijswick, the suburb of The Hague

Wang Ch'ung-hui

He was a close associate of the republic's founding father, Sun Yat-sen, an active member of the Kuomintang ("Chinese Nationalist Party"), and a judge on the Permanent Court of International Justice in the Hague.

Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange

Frederika Luise Wilhelmina (28 November 1770 in The Hague – 15 October 1819 in The Hague), married in The Hague on 14 October 1790 to Karl, Hereditary Prince of Brunswick (1766–1806), a son of Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg and Princess Augusta of Great Britain, without issue.


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