2016 in the Netherlands

13 January: 2016 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, 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^[1]
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^[2]
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 Mag's 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^[3]
14 December: Sylvana Simons founds the political party Artikel 1

2016 in the Netherlands

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