1996 in the Netherlands

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See also:	Other events of 1996 History of the Netherlands

Events in the year 1996 in 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]
• 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)

References

1. "Joris Nieuwenhuis". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
2. "Puck Moonen". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
3. "Jip van den Bos". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
4. "Fabio Jakobsen". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
5. "Julius van den Berg". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
6. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Piet Stam". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2019.