1975 in the Netherlands

This article lists some of the events from 1975 related to the Netherlands.

← 1974 1973 1972 1975 in the Netherlands → 1976 1977 1978
Decades:	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
See also:	Other events of 1975 History of the Netherlands

Incumbents

• Monarch: Juliana (1948—1980)^[1]
• Prime Minister: Joop den Uyl (1973–1977)

Events

November

• November 7 – A vapor cloud explosion at a petroleum cracking facility in Geleen, Netherlands leaves 14 dead and 109 injured, with fires lasting for five days.^[2]
• November 25 – Suriname gains independence from the Kingdom of the Netherlands.^[3]

Undated

• AGS (motorcycle manufacturer) is established.^[4]

Births

• 2 January – Robert Westerholt, musician^{[citation needed]}
• 22 January – Hanneke Boerma, diplomat and politician
• 4 March – Myrna Veenstra, field hockey player
• 9 March – Roy Makaay, footballer^[5]
• 29 March – Jan Bos, speed skater^[6]
• 8 April – Anouk, singer-songwriter and producer
• 23 May – Michiel van den Bos, video game composer
• 24 June – Remco van der Ven, cyclist
• 14 July – Flore Zoé, photographer
• 23 September – Ilse Saris, politician
• 22 December – Gerben de Knegt, cyclist

Deaths

• April 5 – Victor Marijnen, Dutch politician and jurist, 40th Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1917)^[7]