2001 in the Netherlands

This article lists some of the events that took place in the Netherlands in 2001.

Incumbents

1 January - Fire at a New Years party in a bar in Volendam kills 14 young people and injures 200
18 January - Fire at Schiphol airport leads to chaos
26 January - Suspect of fireworks explosion in Enschede in May 2000 arrested
6 February - Foreign minister Van Aartsen calls off visit to the People's Republic of China because of human rights
8 February - Eight Hells Angels are arrested in their club house in Amsterdam
14 February - Government Information Service declares that Queen Beatrix's second son Friso is not homosexual
14 February - The creator of the Anna Kournikova computer virus turns himself in
21 March - First case of foot and mouth disease discovered
30 March - Engagement of Crown Prince Willem Alexander and Máxima Zorreguieta announced

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

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

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

Years in the Netherlands

1980s 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990s 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000s 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010s 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

2001 in Europe

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States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Northern Cyprus South Ossetia Transnistria

Dependencies, colonies and other territories	Åland Faroe Islands Gibraltar Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey

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