1934 in the Netherlands
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Events in the year 1934 in the Netherlands.
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Incumbents
Events
- 1 September â The Netherlands education minister, Henri Marchant, accepts the "Kollewijn" proposals for standardizing the spelling of the Dutch language.[1]
- unknown date â The Netherlands Antilles national football team (as Curaçao) plays its first international match, against Suriname
Films
- Bleeke Bet, directed by Alex Benno and Richard Oswald
- Op Hoop van Zegen, directed by Alex Benno and based on a play by Herman Heijermans
Births
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- 5 January â Eddy Pieters Graafland, football goalkeeper (d. 2020)
- 8 January â Piet Dankert, politician (d. 2003)
- 16 August â Ed van Thijn, politician (d. 2021)
- 25 October â Simon Groot, agronomist (d. 2025)
- 28 October â Martin van der Borgh, cyclist (d. 2018)
- 30 October â Frans Brüggen, musician (d. 2014)
- 19 December â Rudi Carrell, singer and entertainer (d. 2006)
Deaths
- 10 January â Marinus van der Lubbe, communist convicted of setting fire to the Reichstag (executed) (b. 1909)[2]
- 20 March â Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont, former queen consort and regent (b. 1858)
- 12 August â Hendrik Petrus Berlage, architect (b. 1856)[3]
- 29 October â Lou Tellegen, actor (b. 1881)
- 20 November â Willem de Sitter, mathematician, physicist and astronomer (b. 1872)