2023 in the Netherlands

Events from the year 2023 in the Netherlands.

Incumbents

Events

15 March –
* 2023 Dutch provincial elections
* 2023 Dutch water board elections
* 2023 Dutch electoral college elections
* 2023 Dutch island council elections
4 April – 2023 Voorschoten train crash: One person is killed and 50 others are injured, nineteen of them hospitalized, when a train derails in Voorschoten, South Holland.
30 May – 2023 Dutch Senate election
1 July - The Future Pensions Act comes into law.
7 July – Dutch cabinet collapses because of disagreement over migration law.
10 July – Prime Minister Mark Rutte announces his retirement from politics following the collapse of his cabinet.
16 August – The Netherlands' statistics office reports the country has entered a recession after the economy declined by 0.3% in the second quarter with exports and household spending falling despite rising interest rates intended to lower inflation.
28 September:
* 2023 Rotterdam shootings: Three people are killed in shootings and arson attacks at a teaching hospital and a nearby private home in Rotterdam.
* A bluetongue disease outbreak in the Netherlands has spread to 319 sheep and cattle farming companies.
3 October – Former army officer Pierre-Claver Karangwa is arrested in the Netherlands for his role in the genocide in Mugina, Rwanda, where, in April 1994, thousands of people were killed.
15 October – Protesters in Amsterdam call on the EU to take a stand against Israel's bombardment of Gaza, condemning European leaders for their silence on the violence Israel is committing in Gaza.
18 October – Dutch serial killer Joran van der Sloot confesses in a U.S. federal court that he killed Natalee Holloway.
23 October – A new species of prehistoric millipedes named Lauravolsella willemeni is discovered in the Netherlands, of a new genus named Lauravolsella.
22 November – 2023 Dutch general election

Deaths

1 January - Bob Jongen, 95, footballer
4 January - Manfred Krikke, 90, cycling team manager
8 January - Sietse Bosgra, 87, political activist
9 January - Simone Kramer, 83, author
12 January - Toos Grol-Overling, 91, politician
14 January - Lieuwe Westra, 40, cyclist
15 January - Jan Krol, 60, actor
15 January - Piet van Heusden, 93, cyclist
15 January - Fons Panis, 90, mayor
17 January - Cornelius Rogge, 90, artist
19 January - Rudy Englebert, 72, bassist
20 January - Arno van der Heyden, 61, comedian and actor
22 January - Lenie de Nijs, 83, swimmer
23 January - Peter Maas, 69, mayor
1 February - Hans Sleven, 86, footballer
4 February - Geert-Jan Laan, 79, journalist
6 February - Ger Thijs, 74, actor and director
9 February - Marijke Merckens, 83, actress
7 March - Harry de Winter, 73, television producer and presenter, mesothelioma.
4 May - Joop van den Berg, 81, politician, MP.
12 June - Meindert Fennema, 77, political scientist.
13 June - Stef Tijs, 86, mathematician and game theorist.
18 June - Jellie Brouwer, 59, journalist and radio presenter, cancer.
23 June -, 88, actor and singer.
29 June -, 81, television presenter.
30 June -, 87, composer, pianist and orchestra leader.
1 July - Dilano van 't Hoff, 18, racing driver, race collision.
2 July - Theo Pahlplatz, 76, footballer.
4 July - Jan Sierhuis, 94, painter.
5 July - Rob Agerbeek, 85, pianist.
10 July - Marga Minco, 103, journalist and writer.
15 July - Leonard Retel Helmrich, 63, cinematographer, film director and screenwriter.
20 July - Theo Smit, 72, racing cyclist.
27 July - Margriet Heymans, 90, writer and illustrator.
3 August - Bram Moolenaar, 61–62, computer programmer.
9 August - Harrij Notenboom, 96, politician, MP and MEP.
12 August - Henk Tiesinga, 73–74, politician, senator.
13 August - Theo Meijer, 76, politician, MP.
19 August -, 84, author, lyricist and columnist.
22 August - Mathilde van den Brink, 82, politician, MEP.
22 August - Chrisje Comvalius, 75, actress.
25 August - Rob Fruithof, 71, actor and television presenter.
31 August - Jan Jongbloed, 82, footballer.
31 August - Clairy Polak, 67, journalist and radio and television presenter.
16 September - Wimie Wilhelm, 62, actress.
17 September - Louis Gooren, 79, endocrinologist.
20 September - Erwin Olaf, 64, photographer, complications from a lung transplant and emphysema.
24 September - Reiky de Valk, 23, actor.
25 September - Anneke Uittenbosch, 93, harpsichordist.
26 September -, 79, actor.
6 October -, 78, footballer.
7 October - Tjerk Westerterp, 92, politician, four-time MP, minister of transport and water management, and MEP.
16 October - Toon Greebe, 35, darts player.
17 October - Kalle Oranen, 77, footballer.
4 November - Hans Melchers, 85, businessman.
6 November - Berend-Jan van Voorst tot Voorst, 79, politician, Queen's commissioner of Limburg, state secretary for defence and foreign affairs.
7 November - Roel Luynenburg, 78, rower, Olympic bronze medalist.
8 November - Frank Houben, 84, politician, Queen's commissioner of North Brabant.
9 November - Fred van Dorp, 85, Olympic water polo player.
14 November -, 72, journalist and television presenter.
17 November - Ellen Jens, 83, television producer and director.
18 November - Ruud Geels, 75, footballer.
18 November - Rob Kerkhoven, 86, Olympic swimming coach.
19 November - Wim van der Leegte, 76, businessman and billionaire.
20 November - Jan Westdorp, 89, racing cyclist.
23 November - Harald Hasselbach, 56, football player, Super Bowl champion, mucinous adenocarcinoma.
23 November -, 78, actor, stage director and playwright.
1 December - Burny Bos, 79, film producer, scenarist and children's book writer, mesothelomia.
3 December - Peter d'Hamecourt, 77, journalist.
6 December - Cilly Dartell, 66, television presenter and actress.
13 December - Paul Litjens, 76, Olympic field hockey player.
13 December - Dick Tommel, 81, politician, MP.
14 December - Ernst Jansen Steur, 78, neurologist, pneumonia.
16 December - Bert Peletier, 86, mathematician.
16 December - Mathieu Segers, 47, historian, colorectal cancer.
17 December - Linda van Dyck, 75, actress.
20 December - Harrie Smeets, 63, Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Roermond, brain tumour.
28 December -, 69, historian and television presenter, pancreatic cancer.