2005 in the Netherlands
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This article lists some of the events that took place in the Netherlands in 2005.
Incumbents
- Monarch: Beatrix
- Prime Minister: Jan Peter Balkenende
Events
April
- 8: A referendum is held in Curaçao on independence vs. integration with The Netherlands.
May
June
- 1: The Dutch electorate reject in a referendum the Constitutional Treaty for Europe.
- 28: The stockholders of Koninklijke Olie and Shell agree to a complete merger. The new enterprise is called Royal Dutch Shell, is designed after English law and has her headquarters in The Hague.
August
September
- 11: Dennis van der Geest becomes world champion judo in Cairo judo in the open division.[3]
- 13: The Public Ministry confesses in having made great mistakes in their Schiedamse park murder investigation.
October
- 27: Eleven soon to be deported asylum seekers die in a fire at the Schiphol-East detention center.
November
- 2: John Mieremet is assassinated in Thailand and Kees Houtman a real estate agent related to the criminal underworld is also assassinated in Amsterdam
- 14: Domino Day 2005 sparrow - A house sparrow, Passer domesticus, was shot and killed during preparations for Domino Day 2005.
- 15: Political activist, publicist and journalist Louis Sévèke is shot and killed in the center of Nijmegen.
- 25: Severe weather creates the longest evening peak traffic jam in The Netherlands ever: there is 802 kilometer traffic jam at 18.00 o'clock. Only at 05.20 o'clock, the next morning, all traffic jams are resolved. Hundreds of travelers (also by train) spend the night in shelters.
December
- 5: Start of the trail against the members of the Hofstad Network.
Sport
Births
- 26 June – Princess Alexia of the Netherlands
See also
References
- ↑ "Two dead in gas explosion". Retrieved 2017-06-23.
- ↑ "De Mol christens new television station 'Talpa'". Retrieved 2017-06-23.
- ↑ "Dennis van der Geest, Judoka, JudoInside". www.judoinside.com. Retrieved 2017-06-23.
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