# 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
** 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 10 murders (including Wiersum), is extradited from Dubai, where he was arrested three days earlier

## Deaths
### January

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

### February

* 16 February – Kees Stoop, Dutch artist (b. 1929)

### March

* 6 March – Lotte van der Zee, Dutch model (b. 1999)
* 22 March – Frans Andriessen, Dutch politician (b. 1929)

### April

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

### May

* 15 May – Peer Mascini, Dutch actor and writer (b. 1941)

### June

* 17 June – Clemens C. J. Roothaan, Dutch chemist and physicist, developer of Roothaan equations (b. 1918)

### July

* 19 July – Rutger Hauer, Dutch actor, writer, and environmentalist (b. 1944)

### August

* 16 August – Princess Christina of the Netherlands, Princess of the Netherlands (b. 1947)

### September

* 18 September – Fernando Ricksen, Dutch professional footballer (b. 1976)

### November

* 28 November – Pim Verbeek, Dutch footballer and manager (b. 1956)

### December

* 4 December – Peter van Walsum, Dutch diplomat (b. 1934)