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
• 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 – 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

Rutger Hauer in 2018

Pim Verbeek in September 2008

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]

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

1. (in Dutch) Burgemeester twijfelt aan de vreugdevuren na bizarre vonkenregen in Scheveningen, NOS.
2. Vrienden: Slachtoffer schietpartij is rapper Feis (in Dutch)
3. Oud-schaatsster Paulien van Deutekom (37) overleden (in Dutch)
4. Cees Haast (80) overleden (in Dutch)
5. Oud-minister Koos Andriessen (90) overleden (in Dutch)
6. Oud-Kamervoorzitter Dick Dolman (83) overleden (in Dutch)
7. Oud-international Jurrie Koolhof (59) overleden (in Dutch)
8. Johnny Lion (77) overleden Archived 2 February 2019 at the Wayback Machine (in Dutch)
9. Holtense kunstenaar Kees Stoop (89) overleden (in Dutch)
10. "Voormalig minister en Eurocommissaris Frans Andriessen (89) overleden". nos.nl.
11. Oud-minister van Financiën Johan Witteveen (97) overleden
12. News & announcements
13. Morris, Chris (24 July 2019). "Rutger Hauer, 'Blade Runner' Co-Star, Dies at 75". Variety. Archived from the original on 24 July 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
14. Prinses Christina (72) overleden aan gevolgen van botkanker (in Dutch)
15. Fernando Ricksen
16. "Former Socceroos coach dead at 63". NewsComAu. 28 November 2019.