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Events on Wednesday 30 April 1980 2
1948 – 1980JulianaQueen of the NetherlandsQueen Juliana presided over postwar reconstruction and decolonization.
1980Accession of Queen BeatrixModern monarchyQueen Beatrix accedes to the throne, reigning until her abdication in 2013 in favour of her son Willem-Alexander, the first Dutch king in over a century.