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

• 13 January: Speaker of the House of Representatives election won by Khadija Arib
• 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, Overijssel
• 6 April: Dutch Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement referendum, 2016
• 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
• 15 May: Max Verstappen becomes the first Dutch F1-winner ever during the Spanish Grand Prix
• 26 August: opening of the Utrecht Vaartsche Rijn railway station
• 22 September: Thierry Baudet founds the Forum for Democracy political party
• 19–23 October: Amsterdam Dance Event
• 28 November–8 December: Labour Party leadership election won by Lodewijk Asscher

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