2019 in the Netherlands

Events from the year 2019 in the Netherlands.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Willem-Alexander
 * Prime Minister: Mark Rutte (VVD)
 * Speaker of the House of Representatives: Khadija Arib (PvdA)
 * President of the Senate: Jan Anthonie Bruijn (VVD)

Events

 * 1 January –
 * A celebratory fire on the beach in Scheveningen caused a spark rain over the surrounding neighbourhood, setting multiple buildings on fire
 * Arthur van Dijk (VVD) is sworn in as the King's Commissioner of North Holland
 * 1 February –
 * Hans Oosters (PvdA) becomes the King's Commissioner of Utrecht
 * Pieter-Jaap Aalbersberg is appointed Nationaal Coördinator Terrorismebestrijding en Veiligheid (NCTV)
 * 6 February – John Berends (CDA) takes over as the King's Commissioner of Gelderland
 * 18 March – Three people are killed and seven others are injured in the 2019 Utrecht shooting
 * 20 March – 2019 provincial elections
 * 18 May – Duncan Laurence wins the Eurovision Song Contest 2019; the Netherlands' first victory since 1975
 * 23 May – 2019 European Parliament election in the Netherlands
 * 27 May – 2019 Senate election
 * 11 June – Ankie Broekers-Knol (VVD) is appointed State Secretary for Justice and Security following the resignation of Mark Harbers
 * 2 July – Jan Anthonie Bruijn (VVD) is elected President of the Senate
 * 2 July – Groep Otten is formed in the Senate by former members of Forum for Democracy
 * 4 July – Willem Holleeder is sentenced to life in prison
 * 1 August – The burqa ban in schools, public transport, hospitals and government buildings voted by the States General comes into application
 * 10 August – Part of AFAS Stadion's roof collapses; no one is wounded
 * 23 August – Sybrand van Haersma Buma, who had left the office of Leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal in May, becomes Mayor of Leeuwarden
 * 18 September – Murder of Derk Wiersum
 * 30 September – Koen Schuiling (VVD) is appointed Mayor of Groningen
 * 1 October – Beginning of the farmers' protests
 * 7 October – Pauline Krikke (VVD) resigns as Mayor of the Hague
 * 16–20 October – Amsterdam Dance Event
 * 15 December – Opening of Zwolle Stadshagen railway station
 * 19 December – Ridouan Taghi, wanted for suspected involvement in at least ten murders (including Wiersum), is extradited from Dubai, where he was arrested three days earlier

January

 * 1 January – Feis Ecktuh, Dutch rapper (b. 1986)
 * 2 January – Paulien van Deutekom, Dutch speed skater (b. 1981)
 * 18 January – Cees Haast, Dutch cyclist (b. 1938)
 * 22 January – Koos Andriessen, Dutch politician (b. 1928)
 * 23 January – Dick Dolman, Dutch politician (b. 1935)
 * 28 January – Jurrie Koolhof, Dutch footballer and manager (b. 1960)
 * 31 January – Johnny Lion, Dutch singer and actor (b. 1941)

February

 * 16 February – Kees Stoop, Dutch artist (b. 1929)

March

 * 6 March – Lotte van der Zee, Dutch model (b. 1999)
 * 22 March – Frans Andriessen, Dutch politician (b. 1929)

April

 * 11 April – Max van Weezel, Dutch journalist (b. 1951)
 * 17 April – Pieter Verhoeff, Dutch film director (b. 1938)
 * 23 April – Johan Witteveen, Dutch politician and economist, Deputy Prime Minister (b. 1921)
 * 26 April – Robbert de Greef, Dutch cyclist (b.1991)

May

 * 15 May – Peer Mascini, Dutch actor and writer (b. 1941)

June

 * 17 June – Clemens C. J. Roothaan, Dutch chemist and physicist, developer of Roothaan equations (b. 1918)

July

 * 19 July – Rutger Hauer, Dutch actor, writer, and environmentalist (b. 1944)

August

 * 16 August – Princess Christina of the Netherlands, Princess of the Netherlands (b. 1947)

September

 * 18 September – Fernando Ricksen, Dutch professional footballer (b. 1976)

November

 * 28 November – Pim Verbeek, Dutch footballer and manager (b. 1956)

December

 * 4 December – Peter van Walsum, Dutch diplomat (b. 1934)