This article lists some of the events from 2016 related to the Netherlands.
Incumbents Monarch: Willem-Alexander Prime Minister: Mark Rutte (VVD) Speaker of the House of Representatives: Khadija Arib (PvdA) President of the Senate: Ankie Broekers-Knol (VVD)
Events 29 January: the Netherlands join the American-led intervention in the Syrian Civil War February: plastic contaminates chocolate manufactured at a Mars Nederland factory in Veghel 23 February: Dalfsen train crash, one dead 1 March: official inauguration of the new seat of the Supreme Court of the Netherlands in The Hague 28 March: special forces raid an apartment in Rotterdam and arrest four men suspected of plotting a terrorist attackFour terrorism suspects arrested, ammunition found in Rotterdam, Netherlands Times, 28 March 2016. 6 April: 2016 Dutch Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement referendum 12 April: Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is partially evacuated after a Polish drunk man indicated he was a terroristHomeless Pole was responsible for Schiphol security scare, dutchnews.nl, 2016/04. 18 April: René Paas is appointed to be the King's Commissioner of Groningen 8 May: PSV Eindhoven wins the 2015–16 Eredivisie 15 May: Max Verstappen becomes the first Dutch F1-winner ever during the Spanish Grand Prix, after the crash of Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg 6–10 July: the 2016 European Athletics Championships is held in Amsterdam 27 July: death of former Prime Minister Piet de Jong 26 August: opening of the Utrecht Vaartsche Rijn railway station 13 September: John Jorritsma takes over as Mayor of Eindhoven 22 September: Thierry Baudet founds the Forum for Democracy political party 19–23 October: Amsterdam Dance Event, Dutch DJ Martin Garrix wins DJ Mag's Top 100 first place 28 November–8 December: 2016 Labour Party leadership election won by Lodewijk Asscher 9 December: MP and Party for Freedom Leader Geert Wilders is found guilty of inciting racial discriminationWilders found guilty, abc.com, 9 Dec. 2016. 14 December: Sylvana Simons founds the political party Artikel 1
Deaths 13 December – Hebe Charlotte Kohlbrugge, theologian (born 1914)
See also 2015–16 Eredivisie List of Dutch Top 40 number-one singles of 2016 2016 in Dutch television Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016
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