1996 in the Netherlands

Events in the year 1996 in the Netherlands.

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See also:	Other events of 1996 History of 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

Puck Moonen

Vivianne Miedema

• 3 January – Rianne van Rompaey, fashion model
• 11 February – Joris Nieuwenhuis, cyclist.^[1]
• 28 February – Marrit Jasper, volleyball player
• 20 March – Puck Moonen, cyclist.^[2]
• 25 March – Marloes Frieswijk, korfball player
• 12 April – Jip van den Bos, racing cyclist.^[3]
• 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.^[4]
• 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.^[5]
• 26 October – Emma Wortelboer, television presenter
• 27 November – Mike Williams, DJ, record producer, musician and remixer

Deaths

Bartel Leendert van der Waerden

• 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).^[6]
• 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)