2019 in the Netherlands

2019 in the Netherlands
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 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)
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)
See also
2019 European Parliament election
References
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Years of the 21st century in the Netherlands
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