2016 in the Netherlands

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 attack
• 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 terrorist
• 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 Mags 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 discrimination
• 14 December: Sylvana Simons founds the political party Artikel 1