1934 in the Netherlands

Events in the year 1934 in the Netherlands.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Wilhelmina
 * Prime Minister: Hendrikus Colijn

Events

 * 1 September – The Netherlands education minister, Henri Marchant, accepts the "Kollewijn" proposals for standardizing the spelling of the Dutch language.
 * unknown date – The Netherlands Antilles national football team (as Curaçao) plays its first international match, against Suriname

Films

 * Bleeke Bet, directed by Alex Benno and Richard Oswald
 * Op Hoop van Zegen, directed by Alex Benno and based on a play by Herman Heijermans

Births

 * 5 January – Eddy Pieters Graafland, football goalkeeper (d. 2020)
 * 8 January – Piet Dankert, politician (d. 2003)
 * 16 August – Ed van Thijn, politician
 * 28 October – Martin van der Borgh, cyclist (d. 2018)
 * 30 October – Frans Brüggen, musician (d. 2014)
 * 19 December – Rudi Carrell, singer and entertainer (d. 2006)

Deaths

 * 10 January – Marinus van der Lubbe, communist convicted of setting fire to the Reichstag (executed) (b. 1909)
 * 20 March – Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont, former queen consort and regent (b. 1858)
 * 12 August – Hendrik Petrus Berlage, architect (b. 1856)
 * 29 October – Lou Tellegen, actor (b. 1881)
 * 20 November – Willem de Sitter, mathematician, physicist and astronomer (b. 1872)