2018 in the Netherlands

This article lists major events that happened in 2018 in the Netherlands.

Incumbents

Events

6 February – Ronald Koeman takes over as coach of the Netherlands national football team
12 February – opening of Waddinxveen Triangel railway station
13 February – Halbe Zijlstra resigns as Minister of Foreign Affairs
1 March – Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the United Nations Karel van Oosterom is appointed President of the United Nations Security Council for one month
6 March – a mentally disturbed man armed with two knives tries to enter a school in Alphen aan den Rijn; a group of students chases him off by throwing bags at him before his arrest by police officers
21 March – 2018 Dutch municipal elections and 2018 Dutch Intelligence and Security Services Act referendum
22 March – a man attempts suicide by jumping off the public gallery of the House of Representatives
28 March – opening of Eemshaven railway station
15 April – PSV Eindhoven wins the 2017–18 Eredivisie
17 June – at the Pinkpop Festival in Landgraaf, one falls dead after a van crashed into a crowd; the driver turns himself in to the police the day after
19 June – police forces arrest three men in Rotterdam, Schinnen and Groningen suspected of planning a terrorism act; two other men suspected of planning a terrorist attack had been arrested two days before in Rotterdam in an unrelated case
11 July – Andries Heidema is appointed to be the King's Commissioner of Overijssel
12 July – Femke Halsema takes over as Mayor of Amsterdam
21 July – opening of the North–South Line of the Amsterdam Metro
31 August – 2018 Amsterdam stabbing attack, the Afghan perpetrator is arrested after wounding two American tourists
13 September – a woman disrupts an event in Schiedam attended by Queen Máxima, yelling about the situation of her handicapped son and holding a letter; she is held away by police officers before the Queen approached her to talk and take the letter
20 September – a Moroccan man previously convicted in the death of Richard Nieuwenhuizen and several other affairs is banned from the Netherlands for a period of 10 years, the Immigration and Naturalisation Service stating that he represented a grave threat to public safety
9 October – Rob Jetten becomes leader of the Democrats 66 in the House of Representatives
14 October – Mayor Jos Wienen gives a speech from the balcony of the City Hall of Haarlem, accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister Kajsa Ollongren, after Wienen received death threats
17–21 October – Amsterdam Dance Event, Dutch DJ Martin Garrix wins DJ Mag's Top 100 first place for the third time
1 November – Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert is appointed Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq; Thom de Graaf becomes Vice-President of the Council of State
19 November – NCTV Dick Schoof is appointed as new Director of the General Intelligence and Security Service
9 December – opening of Lansingerland-Zoetermeer railway station

Deaths

2 January – Eugène Gerards, footballer
12 January – Eddy Beugels, cyclist
14 January – John Pierik, sports shooter
15 January – Roderick Rijnders, rower
19 January – Dik Abed, cricketer
20 January – Antonius Jan Glazemaker, Roman Catholic archbishop
22 January – Reinier Kreijermaat, footballer
24 January – Jan Steeman, comics artist
31 January – Hennie Hollink, footballer
12 February – Martin van der Borgh, racing cyclist
14 February – Ruud Lubbers, former Prime Minister
26 February – Mies Bouwman, television presenter
21 March – Rolf Leeser, footballer and fashion designer
22 March – Johan van Hulst, school director, politician
31 March – Jan Snoeck, sculptor and ceramist
23 April – Henk Temming, footballer
2 May – Herman Krebbers, violinist
4 May – Renate Dorrestein, writer
10 July – Mien Schopman-Klaver, athlete
4 October – Bert Romp, Olympic equestrian, gold medalist.
20 October – Wim Kok, former Prime Minister