1945 in the Netherlands

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See also:	Other events of 1945 History of the Netherlands

Events in the year 1945 in the Netherlands.

Incumbents[]

• Monarch: Wilhelmina
• Prime Minister: Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (until 25 June); Willem Schermerhorn (from 25 June)

Events[]

• Dutch famine of 1944–45
• 3 March – Bombing of the Bezuidenhout
• 5 April to 20 May – Georgian uprising on Texel
• 7 to 8 April – Operation Amherst
• 12 to 16 April – Liberation of Arnhem
• 17 April – Inundation of the Wieringermeer
• 13 May 1945 German deserter execution

Births[]

Rudi Lubbers

• 4 January – Jean Bessems, carom and artistic billiards player
• 6 January – Anja Meulenbelt, politician and writer
• 10 January – Henri Bol, still life painter (d. 2000)
• 25 January – Lennaert Nijgh, lyricist (d. 2002)
• 3 February – Willeke Alberti, singer and actress
• 16 February – Toon van Driel, cartoonist, comics writer and comics artist
• 16 February – L. H. Wiener, writer
• 17 February – Chris Dolman, martial artist and professional wrestler
• 3 March – Gee van Enst, rower.^[1]
• 14 March – René de Boer, sculptor
• 14 March – Herman van Veen, stage performer, actor, author, singer/songwriter and musician
• 28 March – Bert Groen, corporate director, civil servant and politician
• 29 March – Willem Ruis, game show presenter (d. 1986)
• 4 May – Jan Mulder, footballer, writer, columnist, and TV personality
• 8 May – Arthur Docters van Leeuwen, politician, jurist and civil servant
• 25 May – Nicolaas Matsier, novelist
• 12 June – Gaby Minneboo, cyclist
• 15 June – Corrie Bakker, track and field athlete.^[2]
• 16 June – Roy Ho Ten Soeng, politician
• 20 June – Jan Dietz, information systems researcher
• 9 July – Erik van der Wurff, pianist, composer, arranger, producer and conductor (d. 2014)
• 17 August – Rudi Lubbers, boxer.^[3]
• 27 August – Jan Sloot, electronics engineer (d. 1999)
• 28 September – Vincent Mentzel, photographer
• 24 October – Ernst Jansen Steur, neurologist
• 30 October – Fred Rompelberg, cyclist
• 2 November – Cees Stam, track cyclist
• 19 November – Hans Monderman, road traffic engineer and innovator (d. 2008)
• 27 November – Phil Bloom, artist, entertainer and actress

Full date missing[]

• Christian Dumolin, businessman
• Henk van der Flier, psychologist
• Jan Plas, kickboxer (d. 2010)
• Madelon Vriesendorp, artist

Deaths[]

Anne Frank

• 2 January – Arie Bijl, physicist (b. 1908)
• 30 January – Jur Haak, footballer (b. 1890)
• 1 February – Johan Huizinga, historian (b. 1972)
• 9 February – Piet Klijnveld, accountant (b. 1874)
• 12 February – Walraven van Hall, banker and resistance leader (b. 1906)
• 17 February – Gabrielle Weidner, resistance fighter (b. 1914)
• 1 April – Piet Tekelenburg, footballer (b. 1894)
• 15 April – Joannes Cassianus Pompe, pathologist (b. 1901)
• 17 April – Hannie Schaft, communist resistance fighter during World War II (b. 1920)
• 28 May – Lothar van Gogh, footballer (b. 1888)
• 16 August – Nico Richter, composer (b. 1915)
• 25 August – Henriëtte van der Meij, feminist (b. 1850)
• 7 September – Harry Kuneman, governor (b. 1886)
• 22 October – Jac. van Ginneken, linguist, priest and Jesuit (b. 1877)
• 13 November – Albert Heijn, entrepreneur (b. 1865)

Full date missing[]

• Anne Frank, diarist (b. 1929)
• Margot Frank (b. 1926)

See also[]

• Chronology of the liberation of Dutch cities and towns during World War II

References[]