First U.S. Embassy Established

Date: April 19, 1782 • Location: The Hague, Netherlands

The States General of the Dutch Republic received John Adams, and the house he had purchased in The Hague became the first United States embassy.

The States General of the Netherlands is the supreme bicameral legislature of the Netherlands consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives. Both chambers meet at the Binnenhof in The Hague, the oldest parliament building in the world still in use.