This article lists major events that happened in 2018 in the Netherlands.

Incumbents Monarch: Willem-Alexander Prime Minister: Mark Rutte (VVD) Speaker of the House of Representatives: Khadija Arib (PvdA)"President of the House", House of Representatives. Retrieved 19 March 2017. President of the Senate: Ankie Broekers-Knol (VVD)"A. Broekers-Knol (VVD)", Senate. Retrieved 19 March 2017.

Events 6 February – Ronald Koeman takes over as coach of the Netherlands national football team 12 February – opening of Waddinxveen Triangel railway station 13 February – Halbe Zijlstra (VVD) resigns as Minister of Foreign Affairs 1 March – Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the United Nations Karel van Oosterom is appointed President of the United Nations Security Council for one month"Government aims to use Security Council 2018 term to contribute to peace and security" , Government of the Netherlands. Published 1 November 2017. 6 March – a mentally disturbed man armed with two knives tries to enter a school in Alphen aan den Rijn; a group of students chases him off by throwing bags at him before his arrest by police officers"Video: pupils chase knife waving man out of Alphen school, Netherlands Times, 7 March 2018. 21 March – 2018 Dutch municipal elections and 2018 Dutch Intelligence and Security Services Act referendum 22 March – a man attempts suicide by jumping off the public gallery of the House of RepresentativesAttempted suicide in Dutch parliament; note found on Facebook, Netherlands Times, 23 March 2018. 28 March – opening of Eemshaven railway station 15 April – PSV Eindhoven wins the 2017–18 EredivisiePSV voor 24e keer landskampioen na klinkende zege op Ajax, NU Sport (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 April 2018. 17 June – at the Pinkpop Festival in Landgraaf, one falls dead after a van crashed into a crowd; the driver turns himself in to the police the day afterPinkpop victime were sitting in the road, witnesses say, Netherlands Times, 17 June 2018. 19 June – police forces arrest three men in Rotterdam, Schinnen and Groningen suspected of planning a terrorism act;Three arrested in the Netherlands after dna links them to Paris IS safe house, Dutch News, 19 June 2018. two other men suspected of planning a terrorist attack had been arrested two days before in Rotterdam in an unrelated caseTwo arrested in Rotterdam suspected of preparing a terrorist act, NL Times. Published 22 June 2018. 11 July – Andries Heidema (CU) is appointed to be the King's Commissioner of Overijssel 12 July – Femke Halsema (GL) takes over as Mayor of Amsterdam 21 July – opening of the North–South Line (Route 52) of the Amsterdam Metro 31 August – 2018 Amsterdam stabbing attack, the Afghan perpetrator is arrested after wounding two American tourists 13 September – a woman disrupts an event in Schiedam attended by Queen Máxima, yelling about the situation of her handicapped son and holding a letter; she is held away by police officers before the Queen approached her to talk and take the letter"Máxima belaagd door vrouw" (in Dutch). De Telegraaf. 20 September – a Moroccan man previously convicted in the death of Richard Nieuwenhuizen and several other affairs is banned from the Netherlands for a period of 10 years, the Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND) stating that he represented a grave threat to public safety Mesepleger doodslag grensrechter Nieuwenhuizen moet het land verlaten, NOS. 20 September 2018. 9 October – Rob Jetten becomes leader of the Democrats 66 in the House of Representatives 14 October – Mayor Jos Wienen (VVD) gives a speech from the balcony of the City Hall of Haarlem, accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister Kajsa Ollongren, after Wienen received death threats 17–21 October – Amsterdam Dance Event, Dutch DJ Martin Garrix wins DJ Mag's Top 100 first place for the third time 1 November – Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert is appointed Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq; Thom de Graaf becomes Vice-President of the Council of State 19 November – NCTV Dick Schoof is appointed as new Director of the General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) 9 December – opening of Lansingerland-Zoetermeer railway station

See also 2017–18 Eredivisie List of Dutch Top 40 number-one singles of 2018 Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018

Deaths

2 January – Eugène Gerards, footballer (b. 1940)

12 January – Eddy Beugels, cyclist (b. 1944)

14 January – John Pierik, sports shooter (b. 1949)

15 January – Roderick Rijnders, rower (b. 1941)

19 January – Dik Abed, cricketer (b. 1944)

20 January – Antonius Jan Glazemaker, Roman Catholic archbishop (b. 1931)

22 January – Reinier Kreijermaat, footballer (b. 1935)

24 January – Jan Steeman, comics artist (b. 1933)

31 January – Hennie Hollink, footballer (b. 1931)

12 February – Martin van der Borgh, racing cyclist (b. 1934)

14 February – Ruud Lubbers, former Prime Minister (b. 1939)

26 February – Mies Bouwman, television presenter (b. 1929)

21 March – Rolf Leeser, footballer and fashion designer (b. 1929)

22 March – Johan van Hulst, school director, politician (b. 1911)

31 March – Jan Snoeck, sculptor and ceramist (b. 1927)

23 April – Henk Temming, footballer (b. 1923)

2 May – Herman Krebbers, violinist (b. 1923)

4 May – Renate Dorrestein, writer (b. 1954)

10 July – Mien Schopman-Klaver, athlete (b. 1911)Wilhelmina Henrika Schopman-Klaver

4 October – Bert Romp, Olympic equestrian, gold medalist (b. 1958).Voormalig springruiter Bert Romp overleden na trap van paard 20 October – Wim Kok, former Prime Minister (b. 1938)

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