2009 in the Netherlands

This article lists some of the events that took place in the Netherlands in 2009.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Beatrix
 * Prime Minister: Jan Peter Balkenende

February

 * 10: The Postbank completely mergers into the ING Bank.
 * 25: Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 crashed during its approach to Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport.

March

 * 29: KLM stops flying to Aruba. Subsidiary Martinair takes over the 4 flights a week.

April

 * 30: 2009 attack on the Dutch royal family

May

 * 1: Adolescence, a work of Salvador Dalí is stolen from the Scheringa Museum of Realist Art.

June

 * 4: 2009 European Parliament election in the Netherlands

July

 * 1: The air-tax that was introduced on 1 July 2008 is abolished.
 * 30: 6 Dutch people die in a bus accident at Sant Pol de Mar, Spain. Dozens of other people are hurt.

August

 * 19: A family tragedy takes place in Kampen, Overijssel. During a fire in a house 4 young children die. The remaining family members, amongst them 10 other children, find a way out of the house in time.

September

 * 6: Dutch soldier Kevin van der Rijdt, corporal van het Corps Commando-troops, dies near Deh Rahwod. He's the 20th soldier to die since the beginning of the mission in Afghanistan.
 * 6:The HSL-Zuid is officially opened.
 * 7: The 21st soldier since the beginning of the mission in Afghanistan: Mark Leijsen, Sergeant-Major of the Pantsergenie, dies in Uruzgan in an assault with an improvised explosive.

October

 * 19: The DSB Bank is declared bankrupt.

December

 * 13: The Thalys starts driving on the Highspeed-line Schiphol - Antwerp.
 * 25: Northwest Airlines Flight 253, a passengers-flight Amsterdam to Detroit, is the target of a failed bombing attempt.

Sport

 * March 5–23: The Netherlands participated at the 2009 World Baseball Classic. The Netherlands lost to Puerto Rico in the Seeding game.
 * March 25–29 Netherlands at the 2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
 * July 1–5 Netherlands at the 2009 European Road Championships
 * The Netherlands won 2 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze medals.
 * Ellen van Dijk won gold in the Women's time trial and Chantal Blaak in the Women's road race


 * August 15–23 Netherlands at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics
 * September 23–27 Netherlands at the 2009 UCI Road World Championships
 * October 18: Gilbert Yegon wins the Amsterdam Marathon