Events in the year 1934 in the Netherlands.
Incumbents Monarch: Wilhelmina Prime Minister: Hendrikus Colijn
Events 1 September – The Netherlands education minister, Henri Marchant, accepts the "Kollewijn" proposals for standardizing the spelling of the Dutch language. unknown date – 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
5 January – Eddy Pieters Graafland, football goalkeeper (d. 2020) 8 January – Piet Dankert, politician (d. 2003) 16 August – Ed van Thijn, politician (d. 2021) 25 October – Simon Groot, agronomist (d. 2025) 28 October – Martin van der Borgh, cyclist (d. 2018) 30 October – Frans Brüggen, musician (d. 2014) 19 December – Rudi Carrell, singer and entertainer (d. 2006)
Deaths
10 January – Marinus van der Lubbe, communist convicted of setting fire to the Reichstag (executed) (b. 1909) 20 March – Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont, former queen consort and regent (b. 1858) 12 August – Hendrik Petrus Berlage, architect (b. 1856) 29 October – Lou Tellegen, actor (b. 1881) 20 November – Willem de Sitter, mathematician, physicist and astronomer (b. 1872)
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