1988 in the Netherlands

Events in the year 1988 in the Netherlands.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Beatrix
 * Prime Minister: Ruud Lubbers

Events

 * 30 April — Queen's Day. During this day: Queen Beatrix kissed by a bystander.
 * 1 May – 1988 IRA attacks in the Netherlands
 * 25 June - Dutch national soccer team wins UEFA Euro 1988 in West Germany.

Births



 * 6 January – Marly van der Velden, actress and fashion designer
 * 18 February – Stefan Struve, mixed martial artist
 * 16 March – Johim Ariesen, cyclist
 * 30 March – Ruben Lenten, professional kite surfer
 * 4 May – Nycke Groot, handball player.
 * 17 June – Marit Bouwmeester, competitive sailor.
 * 5 August – Stefanie Joosten, model, singer and actress
 * 9 August – Etienne Bax, sidecarcross rider
 * 18 October – Jorina Baars, kickboxer
 * 18 October – Tessa Schram, actress and director
 * 15 December – Amber Arcades, singer-songwriter
 * 15 December – Boaz van de Beatz, record producer and DJ

Full date missing

 * Rutger Bregman, historian
 * Jan-Willem Breure, media producer and festival director

Deaths

 * 4 January – Leo de Block, politician (b. 1904)
 * 29 January – Rogier van Otterloo, composer and conductor (b. 1941)
 * 13 February – Tim Griek, musician and producer (b. 1944)
 * 13 May – Caecilia Loots, teacher and antifascist resistance member (b. 1903)
 * 14 May – Willem Dreesm politician (b. 1886)
 * 1 July – Willem Drees, composer (b. 1919)
 * 10 August – Paul Lodewijkx, motorcycle road racer (b. 1947)
 * 4 December – Jan Mesdag, singer and cabaret artist (b. 1953)
 * 25 December – Cornelis Eecen, competitive rower (b. 1898).

Full date missing

 * Josef Santen, painter (b. 1926)