2024 in the Netherlands

Events from the year 2024 in the Netherlands.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Willem-Alexander
 * Prime Minister: Mark Rutte (until 2 July); Dick Schoof (since 2 July)
 * Speaker of the House of Representatives: Vera Bergkamp / Martin Bosma
 * President of the Senate: Jan Anthonie Bruijn

January

 * 11 January – South Africa v. Israel (Genocide Convention): A two-day public hearing begins at the Peace Palace in The Hague regarding alleged violations by Israel of its obligations under the 1948 Genocide Convention and international law in relation to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
 * 5-7 January – 2024 European Speed Skating Championships
 * 5-13 January – 2024 Women's European Water Polo Championship
 * 10-14 January – 2024 UEC European Track Championships
 * 13-28 January – Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2024
 * 15–21 January – 2024 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship Division II A at Heerenveen
 * 26-27 January – 2024 Dutch Darts Masters

February

 * 3 February – 17 March – 2024 Rugby Europe Championship
 * 6 February – The Dutch owner of Yandex, a Russian multinational technology company and search engine, Yandex N.V, announces the sale of the company to a "fully-Russian owned entity" for 475 billion rubles ($5.2 billion), marking its withdrawal from the country.
 * 12-18 February – 2024 ABN AMRO Open
 * 21 February – 2024 Lochem bridge collapse: A bridge under construction collapses in Lochem, killing two workers and wounding two more.
 * 27 February – The Marengo trial concludes after six years. Of the 17 prosecuted people three are sentenced to life imprisonment, including Ridouan Taghi and Saïd Razzouki.
 * 29 February – Dutch international footballer Quincy Promes is detained in Dubai while on trip with Spartak Moscow and faces extradition to the Netherlands after having been recently convicted in absentia of drug trafficking and sentenced to six years in prison by a Dutch court.

March

 * 15-17 March – 2024 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships
 * 21 March – The Dutch Royal Marechaussee arrest three British soldiers of the HMS Prince of Wales after multiple incidents in Rotterdam.
 * 24 March – Female darts players Anca Zijlstra and Aileen de Graaf leave the Netherlands National Team to protest a trans woman playing on the team, citing a desire to have an equal playing field.
 * 30 March – In a six hour long hostage situation in Ede, over 150 people are evacuated after a man holds four people hostage in a nightclub and threatens to blow himself up. The suspect eventually releases the hostages and surrenders to police.

April

 * 11 April – The Netherlands increases its military budget to two percent of its GDP for the first time since 1994.

May

 * 11 May – Joost Klein, the Netherlands' contestant to the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmo, Sweden, is disqualified from the final round in disputed circumstances.
 * 16 May – An agreement is reached on forming a new governing coalition composed of the VVD, PvdA, the BBB, and the PVV.
 * 28 May – Dick Schoof, the former Director-General of the General Intelligence and Security Service, is nominated as prime minister by the incoming coalition government.
 * 29 May – One person is killed after falling inside an engine of a departing KLM aircraft at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport.

June

 * 6 June – 2024 European Parliament election: The GroenLinks–PvdA alliance emerges as the largest party in the Dutch contingent to the European Parliament.
 * 11 June – An agreement is reached to form a new cabinet of ministers in the incoming coalition government.
 * 12 June – A court convicts three people and sentences them to between 26 to 28 years imprisonment for the murder of journalist Peter R. de Vries in 2021.
 * 20 June – Outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte is selected to assume the NATO Secretariat for a term that begins on 2 October 2024.

July

 * 2 July – Dick Schoof is sworn in as prime minister by King Willem-Alexander.
 * 12 July – The Supreme Court of the Netherlands rules that same-sex marriage is legal in Aruba and Curaçao.

Art and entertainment

 * List of Dutch submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
 * 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam

Holidays
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 * 1 January - New Year's Day
 * 29 March - Good Friday
 * 31 March - Easter Sunday
 * 1 April - Easter Monday
 * 27 April - King's Day
 * 5 May - Liberation Day
 * 9 May - Ascension Day
 * 19–20 May - Pentecost
 * 25 December - Christmas Day
 * 26 December – Boxing Day

Deaths

 * 1 January - André Hissink, 104, World War II veteran (No. 320 Squadron).
 * 1 January - Hans Sleeswijk, 88, Olympic sailor (1960).
 * 26 January - Gerrit van Kouwen, 60, Formula Ford driver, winner of Formula Ford Festival (1984) and Formula Ford EuroCup (1983).
 * 30 January - Jan de Rooy, 80, rally driver, winner of Dakar Rally (1987) and Africa Eco Race (2009)
 * 26 April - Wim Kozijn, 83, mayor of 's-Graveland (1987–2002)
 * 12 July - Tonke Dragt, 93, children's author (The Letter for the King) and illustrator.