| |||||
Decades: |
| ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
See also: |
This article lists some of the events that took place in the Netherlands in 2009.
Incumbents
- Monarch: Beatrix
- Prime Minister: Jan Peter Balkenende
Events
January
February
March
April
May
- 1: Adolescence, a work of Salvador Dalí is stolen from the Scheringa Museum of Realist Art.
June
July
- 1: The air-tax that was introduced on 1 July 2008 is abolished.
- 30: 6 Dutch people die in a bus accident at Sant Pol de Mar, Spain. Dozens of other people are hurt.
August
- 19: A family tragedy takes place in Kampen, Overijssel. During a fire in a house 4 young children die. The remaining family members, amongst them 10 other children, find a way out of the house in time.
September
- 6: Dutch soldier Kevin van der Rijdt, corporal van het Corps Commando-troops, dies near Deh Rahwod. He's the 20th soldier to die since the beginning of the mission in Afghanistan.
- 6:The HSL-Zuid is officially opened.
- 7: The 21st soldier since the beginning of the mission in Afghanistan: Mark Leijsen, Sergeant-Major of the Pantsergenie, dies in Uruzgan in an assault with an improvised explosive.
October
- 19: The DSB Bank is declared bankrupt.
November
December
Sport
- March 5–23: The Netherlands participated at the 2009 World Baseball Classic. The Netherlands lost to Puerto Rico in the Seeding game.[1]
- March 25–29 Netherlands at the 2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
- July 1–5 Netherlands at the 2009 European Road Championships
- The Netherlands won 2 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze medals.
- Ellen van Dijk won gold in the Women's time trial and Chantal Blaak in the Women's road race
- August 15–23 Netherlands at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics
- September 23–27 Netherlands at the 2009 UCI Road World Championships
- October 18: Gilbert Yegon wins the Amsterdam Marathon
See also
See also
References
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2009 in the Netherlands.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.