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]
  • Arthur van Dijk (VVD) is sworn in as the King's Commissioner of North Holland
• 1 February –
  • Hans Oosters (PvdA) becomes the King's Commissioner of Utrecht
  • Pieter-Jaap Aalbersberg is appointed Nationaal Coördinator Terrorismebestrijding en Veiligheid (NCTV)
• 6 February – John Berends (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^[2]
• 20 March – 2019 provincial elections
• 18 May – Duncan Laurence wins the Eurovision Song Contest 2019; the Netherlands' first victory since 1975^[3]
• 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^[4]
• 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 – Koen Schuiling (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

January

• 1 January – Feis Ecktuh, Dutch rapper (b. 1986)^[5]
• 2 January – Paulien van Deutekom, Dutch speed skater (b. 1981)^[6]
• 18 January – Cees Haast, Dutch cyclist (b. 1938)^[7]
• 22 January – Koos Andriessen, Dutch politician (b. 1928)^[8]
• 23 January – Dick Dolman, Dutch politician (b. 1935)^[9]
• 28 January – Jurrie Koolhof, Dutch footballer and manager (b. 1960)^[10]
• 31 January – Johnny Lion, Dutch singer and actor (b. 1941)^[11]

February

• 16 February – Kees Stoop, Dutch artist (b. 1929)^[12]

March

• 6 March – Lotte van der Zee, Dutch model (b. 1999)^[13]
• 22 March – Frans Andriessen, Dutch politician (b. 1929)^[14]

April

• 11 April – Max van Weezel, Dutch journalist (b. 1951)^[15]
• 17 April – Pieter Verhoeff, Dutch film director (b. 1938)^[16]
• 23 April – Johan Witteveen, Dutch politician and economist, Deputy Prime Minister (b. 1921)^[17]
• 26 April – Robbert de Greef, Dutch cyclist (b.1991)^[18]

May

• 15 May – Peer Mascini, Dutch actor and writer (b. 1941)^[19]

June

• 17 June – Clemens C. J. Roothaan, Dutch chemist and physicist, developer of Roothaan equations (b. 1918)^[20]

July

• 19 July – Rutger Hauer, Dutch actor, writer, and environmentalist (b. 1944)^[21]

August

• 16 August – Princess Christina of the Netherlands, Princess of the Netherlands (b. 1947)^[22]

September

• 18 September – Fernando Ricksen, Dutch professional footballer (b. 1976)^[23]

November

• 28 November – Pim Verbeek, Dutch footballer and manager (b. 1956)^[24]

December

• 4 December – Peter van Walsum, Dutch diplomat (b. 1934)^[25]

See also

• 2019 European Parliament election

References