2019 in the Netherlands
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Events from the year 2019 in the Netherlands.
Events
- 1 January –
- A celebratory fire on the beach in Scheveningen caused a spark rain over the surrounding neighbourhood, setting multiple buildings on fire[1]
- 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[2]
- 20 March – 2019 provincial elections
- 18 May – Duncan Laurence wins the Eurovision Song Contest 2019; the Netherlands' first victory since 1975[3]
- 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[4]
- 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 10 murders (including Wiersum), is extradited from Dubai, where he was arrested three days earlier
- 20 December - The Supreme Court of the Netherlands upheld a lower court's ruling in the Urgenda Foundation v State of the Netherlands climate case
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