2019 in the Netherlands

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Events from the year 2019 in the Netherlands.

Incumbents[]

• Monarch: Willem-Alexander
• Prime Minister: Mark Rutte (VVD)
• Speaker of the House of Representatives: Khadija Arib (PvdA)
• President of the Senate: Jan Anthonie Bruijn (VVD)

Events[]

• 1 January –
  • A celebratory fire on the beach in Scheveningen caused a spark rain over the surrounding neighbourhood, setting multiple buildings on fire^[1]
  • (VVD) is sworn in as the King's Commissioner of North Holland
• 1 February –
  • (PvdA) becomes the King's Commissioner of Utrecht
  • is appointed Nationaal Coördinator Terrorismebestrijding en Veiligheid (NCTV)
• 6 February – (CDA) takes over as the King's Commissioner of Gelderland
• 18 March – Three people are killed and seven others are injured in the 2019 Utrecht shooting
• 20 March – 2019 provincial elections
• 18 May – Duncan Laurence wins the Eurovision Song Contest 2019; the Netherlands' first victory since 1975
• 23 May – 2019 European Parliament election in the Netherlands
• 27 May – 2019 Senate election
• 11 June – Ankie Broekers-Knol (VVD) is appointed State Secretary for Justice and Security following the resignation of Mark Harbers
• 2 July – Jan Anthonie Bruijn (VVD) is elected President of the Senate
• 2 July – Groep Otten is formed in the Senate by former members of Forum for Democracy
• 4 July – Willem Holleeder is sentenced to life in prison
• 1 August – The burqa ban in schools, public transport, hospitals and government buildings voted by the States General comes into application
• 10 August – Part of AFAS Stadion's roof collapses; no one is wounded
• 23 August – Sybrand van Haersma Buma, who had left the office of Leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal in May, becomes Mayor of Leeuwarden
• 18 September – Murder of Derk Wiersum
• 30 September – (VVD) is appointed Mayor of Groningen
• 1 October – Beginning of the farmers protests
• 7 October – Pauline Krikke (VVD) resigns as Mayor of the Hague
• 16–20 October – Amsterdam Dance Event
• 15 December – Opening of Zwolle Stadshagen railway station
• 19 December – Ridouan Taghi, wanted for suspected involvement in at least ten murders (including Wiersum), is extradited from Dubai, where he was arrested three days earlier

Deaths[]

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January[]

• 1 January – Feis Ecktuh, Dutch rapper (b. 1986)^[2]
• 2 January – Paulien van Deutekom, Dutch speed skater (b. 1981)^[3]
• 18 January – Cees Haast, Dutch cyclist (b. 1938)^[4]
• 22 January – Koos Andriessen, Dutch politician (b. 1928)^[5]
• 23 January – Dick Dolman, Dutch politician (b. 1935)^[6]
• 28 January – Jurrie Koolhof, Dutch footballer and manager (b. 1960)^[7]
• 31 January – Johnny Lion, Dutch singer and actor (b. 1941)^[8]

February[]

• 16 February – Kees Stoop, Dutch artist (b. 1929)^[9]

March[]

• 22 March – Frans Andriessen, Dutch politician (b. 1929)^[10]

April[]

• 23 April – Johan Witteveen, Dutch politician and economist, Deputy Prime Minister (b. 1921)^[11]

May[]

June[]

• 17 June – Clemens C. J. Roothaan, Dutch chemist and physicist, developer of Roothaan equations (b. 1918)^[12]

July[]

• 19 July – Rutger Hauer, Dutch actor, writer, and environmentalist (b. 1944)^[13]

August[]

• 16 August – Princess Christina of the Netherlands, Princess of the Netherlands (b. 1947)^[14]

September[]

• 18 September – Fernando Ricksen, Dutch professional footballer (b. 1976)^[15]

November[]

• 28 November – Pim Verbeek, Dutch footballer and manager (b. 1956)^[16]

See also[]

• 2019 European Parliament election

References[]