2004 in the Netherlands

Incumbents

• Monarch: Beatrix
• Prime Minister: Jan Peter Balkenende

  Events

January

• January 13 – A 17-year-old student shoots and kills vice principal Hans van Wieren at the Terra College in The Hague.
• January – The second highest residential tower of The Netherlands is finished in Tilburg.

  February

March

• March 20 – Queen Juliana dies age 94 in Soestdijk Palace.

  April

• April 1 – An attempt is made to overrun politician Jozias van Aartsen with a car.

  May

June

July

August

September

October

• October 2 – An estimate 200.000 people demonstrate in Amsterdam against the plans of the government. The demonstration is organized by the platform Keer het Tij and "Nederland verdient beter".
• October 27 – Official edition of the New Bible translation by the most important Dutch church fellowships.

  November

• November 2 – Film-director Theo van Gogh is murdered in Amsterdam by Muslim-extremist Mohammed Bouyeri. The Syrian Redouan al-Issar, clerical leader of the Hofstad Network leaves the country on a false passport.
• November 10 — Police raid in Laakkwartier, The Hague.
• November 15 – The assassinated politician Pim Fortuyn is announced as The Greatest Dutchman.
• November 17 – Hella Haasse receives the Prijs der Nederlandse Letteren.

  December

• December 1 – Prince Bernhard dies in Utrecht.
• December 26 – 36 Dutch people are among the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.

  Sport

• August 13–29 Netherlands at the 2004 Summer Olympics
• September 17–28 Netherlands at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
• September 27 - October 3 Netherlands at the 2004 UCI Road World Championships
• October 17: Robert Cheboror wins the Amsterdam Marathon

  Births

• 21 March - Count Claus-Casimir of Orange-Nassau, Jonkheer van Amsberg

  Deaths