2008 in the Netherlands
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This article lists some of the events that took place in the Netherlands in 2008.
Incumbents
- Monarch: Beatrix
- Prime Minister: Jan Peter Balkenende
Events
January
- January 1: Wim Deetman resigns as mayor of The Hague.
- January 12: Two soldiers of Uruzgan, Afghanistan
- January 15: House of Representatives, becoming the youngest member in history.[1]
- January 26: Bishop Wim Eijk of Groningen-Leeuwarden is installed as Archbishop of Utrecht.
February
- February 3: Natalee Holloway.[2]
May
June
- 4: The rebuilt Wilms' Boô is officially opened by Princess Margriet of the Netherlands.
- Undated:
- Sweet Empire, punk rock band from the Amsterdam is formed.
July
- 1: Most exceptions on the smoking ban are dropped.
- 10: The movie Hoe overleef ik mezelf? (How to survive myself?) gets a Gouden Filmfor getting 100.000 visitors.
September
- 24: Beginning of the Netherlands Film Festival.
- 28: The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourgwhom together get 49% of the stocks in their control.
- 30: The Gouden Griffel for the best children-book goes to Jan Paul Schutten for his book Children of Amsterdam (Kinderen van Amsterdam).
October
- 3: The Dutch branch of Dutch government.
- 5: Huge fire in a shopping mall in Spijkenisse.
- 8: The Maasvlakte Light is deactivated.
- 11: TV presenter Ernst-Paul Hasselbach (43) dies together with a female Belgian colleague in a traffic accident in Norway.
November
- 14: Friesland.
Sports
- January 1: Koninklijke HFC win the traditional New Year's match against former international footballers 6–1.
- January 2: The BC Omniworld of Almere out of the Eredivisie. The club had gone into administration.
- January 4: Jermo Ribbers (14), a member of the Dutch national youth ski jumping team, dies after a fall following a jump in Oberstdorf, Germany.
- March 26–30 Netherlands at the 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
- March 30: Ellen van Dijk becomes World Champion at the 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in the Women's scratch
- Ellen van Dijk won the gold medal in the Women's time trial, the only Dutch medal at the championships.
- August 8–24 Netherlands at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- September 3–7 Netherlands at the 2008 UEC European Track Championships
- The Netherlands won 6 medals: 2 gold, silver and 2 bronze medals. Ellen van Dijk won four of them including the two gold medals. She won gold in the Women's under-23 points race and the Women's under-23 scratch and silver in the Women's omnium and Women's under-23 individual pursuit.
- September 6–17 Netherlands at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
See also
- 2007–08 Eredivisie
- 2007–08 Eerste Divisie
- 2007–08 KNVB Cup
- 2008 Johan Cruijff Schaal
Deaths
January
- January 1: .
- January 4: Anton P. de Graaff, 79, author
- January 28: Ginty Vrede, Surinamese-Dutch kick-boxer
February
- February 7: Benny Neyman, 56, singer
- February 22: Brunaretail chain
March
- March 17: Ed Leeflang, 78, poet
- March 23: Apenheul
April
- April 6: Jeu Sprengers, 69, chairman of the Royal Dutch Football Association
August
- August 14: Percy Irausquin, 39, fashion designer.
See also
References
- ^ "Farshad Bashir". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-12-01.
- ^ "Joran van der Sloot remains at liberty - Radio Netherlands Worldwide - English". 2009-07-21. Archived from the original on 2009-07-21. Retrieved 2022-12-01.
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