1996 in the Netherlands

Events in the year 1996 in the Netherlands.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Beatrix
 * Prime Minister: Wim Kok

Events

 * 15 July – The 1996 Belgian Air Force Hercules accident at Eindhoven Airport resulted in the death of 34 passengers.
 * 19 October – The Hague Convention on Parental Responsibility and Protection of Children was signed.

Births



 * 3 January – Rianne van Rompaey, fashion model
 * 11 February – Joris Nieuwenhuis, cyclist.
 * 28 February – Marrit Jasper, volleyball player
 * 20 March – Puck Moonen, cyclist.
 * 25 March – Marloes Frieswijk, korfball player
 * 12 April – Jip van den Bos, racing cyclist.
 * 13 April – Birgit Kos, fashion model
 * 25 April – Will Grands, record producer, singer and songwriter
 * 14 May – Martin Garrix, DJ and record producer
 * 24 June – Thomas Ouwejan, footballer
 * 15 July – Vivianne Miedema, footballer
 * 23 August – Berry van Peer, darts player
 * 28 August – Sam van Dijk, basketball player
 * 31 August – Fabio Jakobsen, cyclist.
 * 9 September – Jaïro Riedewald, footballer
 * 22 September – Jimme Nordkamp, politician
 * 28 September – Arthur Jussen, pianist
 * 5 October – Sevn Alias, rapper
 * 5 October – Imaan Hammam, model
 * 23 October – Julius van den Berg, cyclist.
 * 26 October – Emma Wortelboer, television presenter
 * 27 November – Mike Williams, DJ, record producer, musician and remixer

Deaths



 * 5 January – Thung Sin Nio, women's rights activist, physician, economist and politician (b. 1902)
 * 12 January – Bartel Leendert van der Waerden, mathematician (b. 1903)
 * 4 February – John Hugo Loudon, business executive (b. 1905)
 * 14 February – Gied Jaspars, television maker (b. 1939)
 * 24 February – Piet Derksen, businessman (b. 1913)
 * 27 February – Gerrit Berkhoff, chemist (b. 1901)
 * 31 May – Ton de Leeuw, composer (b. 1926)
 * 5 July – Piet Stam, swimmer (b. 1919).
 * 11 July – Florrie Rodrigo, dancer, choreographer, and educator (b. 1893)
 * 19 August – Jurriaan Andriessen, composer (b. 1925)
 * 21 September – Henri Nouwen, Catholic priest, professor, writer and theologian (b. 1932)
 * 24 September – Jannes van der Wal, draughts player (b. 1956)
 * 2 October – Emiel van Lennep, official (treasurer general), diplomat and Minister of State (b. 1915)
 * 3 October – Bertus Enklaar, chess player (b. 1943)
 * 23 October – Bernardus Weber, sculptor, draughtsman, and pastellist (b. 1912)
 * 4 December – Albert Winsemius, economist (b. 1910)

Full date missing

 * Hilbrand J. Groenewold, theoretical physicist, pioneer of the phase-space formulation of quantum mechanics (b. 1910)