481 notable events in the Netherlands — murders, wars and natural disasters. Page 2 of 5.
- HMS Cressy (1899)
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Hendrik Marsman
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- German submarine U-25 (1936)
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Palingoproer
1886 · War & armed conflict
- Feis (rapper)
date unknown · Murder & homicide
- 2025 Drents Museum heist
Jan 25, 2025 · Crime & justice
- HMS Aboukir (1900)
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Allied bombing of Rotterdam in World War II
Mar 31, 1943 · War & armed conflict
- Leiden gunpowder disaster
Jan 12, 1807 · Bombing & explosion
- Killings of Nick Spanos and Stephen Melrose
May 27, 1990 · Murder & homicide
- Massacre of Naarden
Dec 1, 1572 · Massacre
- Zaandam fitting room murder
Nov 30, 1984 · Murder & homicide
- Murder of Derk Wiersum
Sep 18, 2019 · Murder & homicide
- Scholtenhuis
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- Attack on Hanns Rauter
Mar 7, 1945 · Murder & homicide
- MV Fremantle Highway
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Siege of Maastricht (1579)
Mar 12, 1579–Jul 1, 1579 · War & armed conflict
- Murder of Maja Bradarić
Nov 17, 2003 · Crime & justice
- SM U-88
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Arumer Zwarte Hoop
1515 · Riot & unrest
- 1999 Bovenkarspel legionellosis outbreak
Feb 25, 1999 · Epidemic & disease
- Murder of Milly Boele
Mar 10, 2010 · Murder & homicide
- St. Felix's flood
from Nov 5, 1530 · Natural disaster
- Murder of Theo Mastwijk
Jan 1, 1960 · Murder & homicide
- Special Jurisdiction (Netherlands)
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- Urgenda Foundation v State of the Netherlands
date unknown · Crime & justice
- Disappearance of Marjo Winkens
date unknown · Disappearance
- Patrick Soultana
Jan 1, 2010–Jan 1, 2011 · Murder & homicide
- 1943 Amsterdam civil registry office bombing
Mar 27, 1943 · War & armed conflict
- Passage (liquidation trial)
date unknown · Crime & justice
- 2023 Rotterdam shootings
Sep 28, 2023 · Shooting
- Blonde Dolly
date unknown · Murder & homicide
- 1996 Texel Douglas DC-3 crash
Sep 25, 1996 · Aviation accident
- Culemborg fireworks disaster
Feb 14, 1991 · Bombing & explosion
- Flood of San Marcello (1219)
Jan 16, 1219 · Natural disaster
- Longtail Aviation Flight 5504
Feb 20, 2021 · Aviation accident
- Operation Oyster
Dec 6, 1942–Apr 14, 1969 · War & armed conflict
- Venlo gang
date unknown · Murder & homicide
- 2024 The Hague explosion
Dec 7, 2024 · Bombing & explosion
- Double murder Weiteveen, Netherlands 2024
Jan 16, 2024 · Murder & homicide
- National Coordinator for Security and Counterterrorism
date unknown · Terrorism
- 2021 Dutch curfew riots
Jan 23, 2021–Jan 26, 2021 · Riot & unrest
- Klaas Annink
Jan 1, 1770–Jan 1, 1774 · Murder & homicide
- Milieudefensie v Royal Dutch Shell
date unknown · Crime & justice
- 1947 Dutch coup plot
Apr 24, 1947 · War & armed conflict
- 2023 Voorschoten train crash
Apr 4, 2023 · Rail accident
- 2025 Amsterdam stabbing attack
Mar 27, 2025 · Attack (other)
- Arnhem villa murder
Sep 2, 1998 · Murder & homicide
- Facebook murder
Jan 14, 2012 · Murder & homicide
- Marietje Kessels murder
Aug 22, 1900 · Murder & homicide
- Disappearance of Germa van den Boom
Jul 29, 1984 · Disappearance
- Posbank murder
Jan 20, 2003 · Crime & justice
- SS Elbe (1881)
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Homicide of Anneke van der Stap
Jul 11, 2005 · Murder & homicide
- Disappearance of Willeke Dost
Jan 15, 1992 · Disappearance
- Hotel Cosmopolite attack
Mar 29, 1986 · Attack (other)
- 1978 Dutch province hall hostage crisis
Mar 14, 1978 · Kidnapping & hostage
- Women's International War Crimes Tribunal on Japan's Military Sexual Slavery
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- Murder of Bernadett Szabó
Feb 20, 2009 · Murder & homicide
- Epe incest case
date unknown · Crime & justice
- Ballpoint pen affaire
May 25, 1991 · Murder & homicide
- Saxon feud
Jan 17, 1514–1517 · War & armed conflict
- Afrikaanderwijk riots
Aug 9, 1972–Aug 14, 1972 · Riot & unrest
- Murder of Jesse Dingemans
Dec 1, 2006 · Murder & homicide
- 1917 Potato riots
Jun 28, 1917–Jul 5, 1917 · Riot & unrest
- Bombing of Middelburg
May 17, 1940 · War & armed conflict
- De Punt fire
May 9, 2008 · Fire
- Death of Richard Nieuwenhuizen
Dec 2, 2012 · Death & funeral
- Ten of Renesse
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- Evacuation of the River Land
Jan 31, 1995 · Natural disaster
- 2025 Arnhem city fire
Mar 6, 2025 · Fire
- Murder of Milica van Doorn
Jun 8, 1992 · Murder & homicide
- 1989 De Meer nail bombs
Oct 22, 1989 · Bombing & explosion
- Dutch manure crisis
date unknown · Crisis
- 1988 IRA attacks in the Netherlands
May 1, 1988 · Terrorism
- Allied bombings of Amsterdam-Noord
Jul 17, 1943 · War & armed conflict
- Weesp train disaster
Sep 13, 1918 · Rail accident
- Hostage-taking at the NOS building on 29 January 2015
Jan 29, 2015 · Kidnapping & hostage
- Murder of Marion and Romy van Buuren
Jun 8, 1997 · Murder & homicide
- Bombing of Amsterdam
May 11, 1940 · War & armed conflict
- Death of Meindert Tjoelker
date unknown · Crime & justice
- Frans Hooijmaijers
Jan 1, 1970–Jan 1, 1975 · Murder & homicide
- Killing of Mitch Henriquez
Jun 27, 2015 · Murder & homicide
- Bombardment of Eindhoven
Sep 19, 1944 · War & armed conflict
- Benno L. case
date unknown · Crime & justice
- Vlieter incident
Aug 30, 1799 · War & armed conflict
- Operation Ramrod 16
until May 8, 1945 · War & armed conflict
- SS Berlin (1894)
date unknown · Rail accident
- Amsterdam Westerpark train collision
Apr 21, 2012 · Rail accident
- Twente riots of 1961
1961 · Riot & unrest
- Disappearance of Jaïr Soares
Aug 4, 1995 · Disappearance
- Car trunk murder
Mar 31, 2017 · Murder & homicide
- HMS Ivanhoe (D16)
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Death of Savannah Dekker and Romy Nieuwburg
Jun 2017 · Crime & justice
- St Julian flood
Feb 16, 1164–Feb 17, 1164 · Natural disaster
- Hamont train accident
Nov 18, 1918 · Rail accident
- DSM disaster
Nov 7, 1975 · Bombing & explosion
- Massacre of the Usipetes and Tencteri
55 BC · Massacre
- Breda restaurant murder
Jul 4, 1993 · Murder & homicide
- Groningen epidemic
1826 · Epidemic & disease