2019 in the Netherlands

Incumbents

• Monarch: Willem-Alexander
• Prime Minister: Mark Rutte
• Speaker of the House of Representatives: Khadija Arib
• President of the Senate: Jan Anthonie Bruijn

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 is sworn in as the King's Commissioner of North Holland
• 1 February –
• * Hans Oosters becomes the King's Commissioner of Utrecht
• * Pieter-Jaap Aalbersberg is appointed Nationaal Coördinator Terrorismebestrijding en Veiligheid
• 6 February – John Berends 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 is appointed State Secretary for Justice and Security following the resignation of Mark Harbers
• 2 July – Jan Anthonie Bruijn 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 is appointed Mayor of Groningen
• 1 October – Beginning of the farmers' protests
• 7 October – Pauline Krikke 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, is extradited from Dubai, where he was arrested three days earlier
• 20 December - The Supreme Court of the Netherlands upheld a lower court's ruling in the Urgenda Foundation v State of the Netherlands climate case

Deaths

January

• 1 January – Feis Ecktuh, Dutch rapper
• 2 January – Paulien van Deutekom, Dutch speed skater
• 18 January – Cees Haast, Dutch cyclist
• 22 January – Koos Andriessen, Dutch politician
• 23 January – Dick Dolman, Dutch politician
• 28 January – Jurrie Koolhof, Dutch footballer and manager
• 31 January – Johnny Lion, Dutch singer and actor

February

• 16 February – Kees Stoop, Dutch artist

March

• 6 March – Lotte van der Zee, Dutch model
• 22 March – Frans Andriessen, Dutch politician

April

• 11 April – Max van Weezel, Dutch journalist
• 17 April – Pieter Verhoeff, Dutch film director
• 23 April – Johan Witteveen, Dutch politician and economist, Deputy Prime Minister
• 26 April – Robbert de Greef, Dutch cyclist

May

• 15 May – Peer Mascini, Dutch actor and writer

June

• 17 June – Clemens C. J. Roothaan, Dutch chemist and physicist, developer of Roothaan equations

July

• 19 July – Rutger Hauer, Dutch actor, writer, and environmentalist

August

• 16 August – Princess Christina of the Netherlands, Princess of the Netherlands

September

• 18 September – Fernando Ricksen, Dutch professional footballer

November

• 28 November – Pim Verbeek, Dutch footballer and manager

December

• 4 December – Peter van Walsum, Dutch diplomat