Events in the year 1996 in the Netherlands.
Incumbents Monarch: Beatrix Prime Minister: Wim Kok
Events 15 July – The 1996 Belgian Air Force Hercules accident at Eindhoven Airport resulted in the death of 34 passengers. 19 October – The Hague Convention on Parental Responsibility and Protection of Children was signed.
Births
3 January – Rianne van Rompaey, fashion model 11 February – Joris Nieuwenhuis, cyclist. 28 February – Marrit Jasper, volleyball player 20 March – Puck Moonen, cyclist. 25 March – Marloes Frieswijk, korfball player 12 April – Jip van den Bos, racing cyclist. 13 April – Birgit Kos, fashion model 25 April – Will Grands, record producer, singer and songwriter 14 May – Martin Garrix, DJ and record producer 24 June – Thomas Ouwejan, footballer 15 July – Vivianne Miedema, footballer 23 August – Berry van Peer, darts player 28 August – Sam van Dijk, basketball player 31 August – Fabio Jakobsen, cyclist. 3 September – Eva Vlaardingerbroek, political commentator, activist 9 September – Jaïro Riedewald, footballer 22 September – Jimme Nordkamp, politician 28 September – Arthur Jussen, pianist 5 October – Sevn Alias, rapper 5 October – Imaan Hammam, model 23 October – Julius van den Berg, cyclist. 26 October – Emma Wortelboer, television presenter 27 November – Mike Williams, DJ, record producer, musician and remixer
Deaths
5 January – Thung Sin Nio, women's rights activist, physician, economist and politician (b. 1902) 12 January – Bartel Leendert van der Waerden, mathematician (b. 1903) 4 February – John Hugo Loudon, business executive (b. 1905) 14 February – Gied Jaspars, television maker (b. 1939) 24 February – Piet Derksen, businessman (b. 1913) 27 February – Gerrit Berkhoff, chemist (b. 1901) 31 May – Ton de Leeuw, composer (b. 1926) 5 July – Piet Stam, swimmer (b. 1919). 11 July – Florrie Rodrigo, dancer, choreographer, and educator (b. 1893) 19 August – Jurriaan Andriessen, composer (b. 1925) 21 September – Henri Nouwen, Catholic priest, professor, writer and theologian (b. 1932) 24 September – Jannes van der Wal, draughts player (b. 1956) 2 October – Emiel van Lennep, official (treasurer general), diplomat and Minister of State (b. 1915) 3 October – Bertus Enklaar, chess player (b. 1943) 23 October – Bernardus Weber, sculptor, draughtsman, and pastellist (b. 1912) 4 December – Albert Winsemius, economist (b. 1910)
Full date missing Hilbrand J. Groenewold, theoretical physicist, pioneer of the phase-space formulation of quantum mechanics (b. 1910)
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