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9 unusual facts about Tilburg


1994 in association football

April 20 – Edgar Davids makes his debut for the Dutch national team in the friendly match against the Republic of Ireland (0–1) in Tilburg.

2012 Dutch Figure Skating Championships

The competition took place between 17 December and 18 December in Tilburg.

After Forever

Doro Pesch - vocals on song "Who I Am" (Release Party @ Tivoli 17. April 2007 Tilburg)

Anthony Abela

He was principal investigator of the European Values Study in Malta, Member of the European Values Steering Committee at Tilburg in the Netherlands, and served as Evaluator and Reviewer of social research projects for the European Commission.

De Koningshoeven Brewery

De Koningshoeven Brewery (Brouwerij de Koningshoeven) is a Dutch Trappist brewery founded in 1884 within the walls of the abbey Onze Lieve Vrouw van Koningshoeven in Berkel-Enschot (near Tilburg).

Francis Janssens

Francis Janssens was born in Tilburg, North Brabant, to Cornelius John and Josephine Anne (née Dams) Janssens.

Netherlands Marine Corps

They distinguished themselves in combat near the Dutch city of Tilburg in the autumn of 1944.

Odyssice

The interest lad to an invitation to perform at a Sym-Infos festival at 't Noorderligt in Tilburg on 16 June 1989.

Patrick Bantamoi

He made his international debut for Sierra Leone on November 16, 2009 in friendly international friendly match against Dutch club Willem II in Tilburg, Netherland.


2011 European Cross Country Championships

Five European Athletics permit meetings preceded the championships on the weekend of 26–27 November: the Skanzen meeting in Budapest, the Cross de l'Acier in Leffrinckoucke, the Warandecross in Tilburg, the Lotto CrossCup van West-Vlaanderen in Roeselare, and the Cross Internacional Valle de Llodio in Llodio.

Attera Orbis Terrarum – Part I

As well as consisting of two shows recorded at Tilburg, Netherlands, and Paris, France, on the European leg of Dark Funeral's Attera Orbis Terrarum tour in 2006, it includes a recording of a concert in Katowice, Poland, in 2005, and various amateur footage such as that of the band's debut concert in the Metal Nights Festival in Oslo, Norway, in 1994.

Jackie Groenen

On 6 March 2010 she won the gold medal in the under 17 age group in Tilburg, Netherlands and on the European level at the European championships in June 2010 in Teplice she won the bronze medal of the under 17 age group, weight class -40 kg.

Jacques Drèze

The next steps in the theoretical research came with the work of John Roberts on supply-constrained equilibria at competitive prices, and then with the dissertation of Jean-Jacques Herings at Tilburg (1987, 1996).

Jan-Arie van der Heijden

In January 2010, Ajax team mate Mitchell Donald joined Van der Heijden on loan from Ajax at the Tilburg club, His playing style has been compared to A.C. Milan star Clarence Seedorf.

Jewish Tilburg

A continuous Jewish presence in Tilburg did not start until 1767, when a Jewish citizen of the town Oisterwijk was given permission to settle in Tilburg, despite objections from the city council.

In contrast to other Jewish communities in the so-called "mediene" (the Jewish communities outside the major cities in the western part of the country, such as Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague), the community did not decrease in numbers due to the favorable economic position of Tilburg.

Johannes Zwijsen

On 17 April 1842, he was consecrated Titular bishop of Gerra and Coadjutor of the Apostolic vicar of s-Hertogenbosch, at Church of Saint Denis in Tilburg, by baron Cornelius Ludovicus van Wijkerslooth, ordaining bishop for the Netherlands.

Maia Chiburdanidze

She has attempted to regain the world title but, with the rise of the Chinese women and the formidable Polgár sisters, this has proved difficult and her best performance since 1991 has been 1st in the Tilburg Candidates tournament of 1994, losing the playoff to Zsuzsa Polgár by 5½–1½.

Neurotic Deathfest

Formerly known as the Rotterdam Deathfest, it was created by Neurotic Records and has since been relocated to Tilburg.

Robert Hübner

At his strongest in the mid-seventies to early eighties, Hübner participated in many of the elite tournaments of the day, such as Tilburg 1978 and Montreal 1979 (The Tournament of Stars), playing alongside Anatoly Karpov, Mikhail Tal, and Jan Timman.

Stan Storimans

Stanislaus N.I.M. (Stan) Storimans (January 8, 1969 Tilburg – August 12, 2008 Gori, Georgia) was a Dutch RTL TV veteran cameraman.


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