1996 in the Netherlands

Incumbents

• Monarch: Beatrix
• Prime Minister: Wim Kok

Events

• 15 July – The 1996 Belgian Air Force Hercules accident at Eindhoven Airport resulted in the death of 34 passengers.
• 19 October – The Hague Convention on Parental Responsibility and Protection of Children was signed.

Births

• 3 January – Rianne van Rompaey, fashion model
• 11 February – Joris Nieuwenhuis, cyclist.
• 28 February – Marrit Jasper, volleyball player
• 20 March – Puck Moonen, cyclist.
• 25 March – Marloes Frieswijk, korfball player
• 12 April – Jip van den Bos, racing cyclist.
• 13 April – Birgit Kos, fashion model
• 25 April – Will Grands, record producer, singer and songwriter
• 14 May – Martin Garrix, DJ and record producer
• 24 June – Thomas Ouwejan, footballer
• 15 July – Vivianne Miedema, footballer
• 23 August – Berry van Peer, darts player
• 28 August – Sam van Dijk, basketball player
• 31 August – Fabio Jakobsen, cyclist.
• 3 September – Eva Vlaardingerbroek, political commentator, activist
• 9 September – Jaïro Riedewald, footballer
• 22 September – Jimme Nordkamp, politician
• 28 September – Arthur Jussen, pianist
• 5 October – Sevn Alias, rapper
• 5 October – Imaan Hammam, model
• 23 October – Julius van den Berg, cyclist.
• 26 October – Emma Wortelboer, television presenter
• 27 November – Mike Williams, DJ, record producer, musician and remixer

Deaths

• 5 January – Thung Sin Nio, women's rights activist, physician, economist and politician
• 12 January – Bartel Leendert van der Waerden, mathematician
• 4 February – John Hugo Loudon, business executive
• 14 February – Gied Jaspars, television maker
• 24 February – Piet Derksen, businessman
• 27 February – Gerrit Berkhoff, chemist
• 31 May – Ton de Leeuw, composer
• 5 July – Piet Stam, swimmer.
• 11 July – Florrie Rodrigo, dancer, choreographer, and educator
• 19 August – Jurriaan Andriessen, composer
• 21 September – Henri Nouwen, Catholic priest, professor, writer and theologian
• 24 September – Jannes van der Wal, draughts player
• 2 October – Emiel van Lennep, official, diplomat and Minister of State
• 3 October – Bertus Enklaar, chess player
• 23 October – Bernardus Weber, sculptor, draughtsman, and pastellist
• 4 December – Albert Winsemius, economist

Full date missing

• Hilbrand J. Groenewold, theoretical physicist, pioneer of the phase-space formulation of quantum mechanics