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{{Year in the Netherlands|2001}}

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

==Incumbents==
* Monarch: [[Beatrix of the Netherlands|Beatrix]]
* Prime Minister: [[Wim Kok]]

==Events==
* 1 January – [[Volendam New Years fire|Fire]] at a New Years party in a bar in [[Volendam]] kills 14 young people and injures 200
* 18 January – Fire at [[Amsterdam Airport Schiphol|Schiphol]] airport leads to chaos<ref>{{citation|title=Fire at Schiphol airport|url=http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/01/18/schipol.fire/index.html|publisher=CNN|date=18 January 2001}}</ref>
* 26 January – Suspect of fireworks explosion in [[Enschede]] in May 2000 arrested
* 6 February – Foreign minister [[Jozias van Aartsen|Van Aartsen]] calls off visit to [[China|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 [[Beatrix of the Netherlands|Queen Beatrix]]'s second son [[Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau|Friso]] is not [[homosexuality|homosexual]]<ref>{{Cite news|date=2001-02-15|title=Prins Friso: Ik ben hetero, geen homo|language=nl|work=[[Trouw]]|url=https://www.trouw.nl/nieuws/prins-friso-ik-ben-hetero-geen-homo~b8fbc308/}}</ref>
* 14 February – The creator of the [[Anna Kournikova (computer virus)|Anna Kournikova computer virus]] turns himself in
* 21 March – First case of [[foot and mouth disease]] discovered<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-04-11|title=Weromblik: De tongblierútbraak yn Fryslân yn 2001|language=fy|work=[[Omrop Fryslân]]|url=https://www.omropfryslan.nl/nijs/1049515-weromblik-de-tongblierutbraak-yn-fryslan-yn-2001}}</ref>
* 30 March – Engagement of Crown Prince [[Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange|Willem Alexander]] and [[Máxima Zorreguieta]] announced<ref>{{Cite web|title=Marriage and family|url=https://www.royal-house.nl/members-royal-house/king-willem-alexander/marriage-and-family|url-status=live|website=Royal House of the Netherlands|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219090439/https://www.royal-house.nl/members-royal-house/king-willem-alexander/marriage-and-family |archive-date=19 February 2018 }}</ref>

==Arts and literature==
* 26 March – [[Michael Dudok de Wit]] wins an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] (Short film/animated) for [[Father and Daughter]]

==Sports==
* 11 February – [[Rintje Ritsma]] wins the world all-round [[long track speed skating|speed skating]] title.
* 21 April – [[FC Den Bosch]] wins the [[2000–01 Eerste Divisie|Eerste Divisie]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2001-04-27|title=FC Den Bosch (27/04/2001)|url=https://www.vi.nl/nieuws/fc-den-bosch-27042001|website=[[Voetbal International]]|language=nl}}</ref>
* 28 April – [[Erik Dekker]] wins the [[Amstel Gold Race (men's race)|Amstel Gold Race]].
* 6 May – [[PSV Eindhoven]] secures the Dutch [[Association football|football]] title in the [[2000–01 Eredivisie|Eredivisie]] by beating [[SC Heerenveen]] 3–0.
* 24 May – [[FC Twente]] wins the [[2000–01 KNVB Cup|KNVB Cup]] after beating [[PSV Eindhoven]] in the [[Penalty shootout (association football)|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 (hockey)|Champions Trophy]], held at the [[Wagener stadium]] in [[Amstelveen]].
* 21 October – [[Driss El Himer]] wins the [[Amsterdam Marathon]]

==Births==
* 7 February – [[Cheick Touré (footballer)|Cheick Touré]], Soccer player
* 15 April – [[Anna van Lippe-Biesterfeld van Vollenhoven]], daughter of [[Prince Maurits of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven|Prince Maurits]] and [[Marilène van den Broek|Princess Marilène]]
* 30 August – [[Daan Hartemink]], Malaysian footballer 
* 19 November – [[Aidan Mikdad]], Pianist

==Deaths==

===January===
* 8 – [[Johan van der Keuken]] (1938), documentary film-maker

===March===
* 1 – [[Hannie Termeulen]] Swimmer
* 12 – [[Victor Westhoff]] Botanist
* 21 – [[Wim van der Kroft]] Canoeist

===April===
* 4 – [[Wim van der Linden]]
* 18 – [[Hans Dirk de Vries Reilingh]] Geographer
* 20 – [[Steven Blaisse]] Rower
* 29 – [[Barend Biesheuvel]] 44th Prime Minister of the Netherlands

===May===
* 27 – [[Bram van Leeuwen]] Entrepreneur

===June===
* 11 – [[Cornelis Verhoeven]] Philosopher and Writer
* 27 – [[Kees Stip]] Poet

===July===
* 9 – [[Arie van Vliet]] Cyclist
* 11 – [[Herman Brood]] Musician
* 12 – [[Ron Kroon]] Swimmer
* 27 – [[Piet Bromberg]] Field hockey player
* 31 – [[Joris Tjebbes]] Swimmer

===August===
* 4 – [[Jan van der Jagt]] Politician
* 6 – [[Wina Born]] Culinary journalist
* 8 – [[Noud van Melis]] Soccer player
* 20 – [[Sylvia Millecam]] Actress and comedian
* 23 – [[Herman Fokker]] Politician
* 28 – [[Theo Blankenauw]] Cyclist

===September===
* 7 – [[Jan Baas]] Baseball player

===October===
* 5 – [[Egbert van t Oever|Egbert van 't Oever]] Speed skater and Coach
* 22 – [[Ed Vijent]] Soccer player
* 28 – [[Gerard Hengeveld]] Pianist and Composer

===November===
* 29 – [[Jan van Beekum]] Composer

===December===
* 1 – [[Stan Haag]] Radio host
* 2 – [[Max Rood]] Politician
* 14 – [[Elisabeth Augustin]] Writer and Poet
* 19 – [[Hans Warren]] Poet
* 23 – [[Jelle Zijlstra]] 42nd Prime Minister of the Netherlands

==See also==
* [[2001 in Dutch television]]

==References==
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