2001 in the Netherlands

See also: 2000 in the Netherlands, other events of 2001, 2002 in the Netherlands and the list of 'years in the Netherlands'.

Events:

• January 1 - Fire at a New Year party in a bar in Volendam kills 13 young people and injures 140
• January 18 - Fire at airport Schiphol leads to chaos
• January 26 - Suspect of fireworks explosion in Enschede in May 2000 arrested
• February 6 - Foreign minister Van Aartsen calls off visit to the People's Republic of China because of human rights
• February 8 - Eight Hells Angels are arrested in their club house in Amsterdam
• February 14 - Government Information Service declares that Queen Beatrix's second son Friso is not homosexual
• February 14 - The creator of the Anna Kournikova computer virus turns himself in
• March 21 - First case of foot and mouth disease discovered
• March 30 - Engagement of Crown Prince Willem Alexander and Máxima Zorreguieta announced

Arts and Literature

• March 26 - Michael Dudok de Wit wins an Academy Award (Short film/animated) for Father and Daughter

Sports

• February 11 - Rintje Ritsma wins the world all-round speed skating title.
• April 28 - Erik Dekker wins the Amstel Gold Race.
• May 6 - PSV Eindhoven secures the Dutch football title in the Eredivisie by beating SC Heerenveen 3-0.
• May 24 - FC Twente wins the Amstel Cup after beating PSV Eindhoven in the penalty shootout
• June 16 - HC Den Bosch clinches the Dutch men's field hockey title by beating Oranje Zwart of Eindhoven in the play-offs.
• June 23 - The women of HC Den Bosch clinch the Dutch women's field hockey title by beating HC Rotterdam in the play-offs.
• August 26 - The women of Argentina beat the Netherlands to win the Champions Trophy, held at the Wagener stadium in Amstelveen.

Births

April 15 - Anna van Lippe-Biesterfeld van Vollenhoven, daughter of Prince Maurits and Princess Marilène

Deaths

• January 8 - Johan van der Keuken (1938), documentary film-maker
• October 5 - Egbert van 't Oever speed skater and coach