Events in the year 1998 in the

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

Incumbents

Monarch A monarch () is a head of stateWebster's II New College Dictionary. "Monarch". Houghton Mifflin. Boston. 2001. p. 707. Life tenure, for life or until abdication, and therefore the head of state of a monarchy. A monarch may exercise the highest ...

Beatrix Beatrix is a Latin feminine given name, most likely derived from ''Viatrix'', a feminine form of the Late Latin name ''Viator'' which meant "voyager, traveller" and later influenced in spelling by association with the Latin word ''beatus'' or "ble ...

Prime Minister A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. A prime minister is not the head of state, but r ...

Wim Kok Willem Kok (; 29 September 1938 – 20 October 2018) was a Dutch politician and trade union leader who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 22 August 1994 until 22 July 2002.1998 Dutch general election General elections were held in the Netherlands on 6 May 1998.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1396 The elections saw the purple coalition of social democrats and liberals (left and right) strength ...

*4 to 11 October – The

1998 UCI Road World Championships The 1998 UCI Road World Championships took place in Valkenburg aan de Geul, Netherlands, between 4 and 11 October 1998. The event consisted of a road race and a time trial for men, women, men under 23, junior men and junior women. Competitors A ...

took place in

Valkenburg aan de Geul Valkenburg aan de Geul (; ) is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality situated in the southeastern Dutch Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Limburg (Netherlands), Limburg. The name refers to the central town in the municipality, ...

. *18 November – The Dutch Far Right Nationalist party

Centre Party '86 The Centre Party '86 ( Dutch: ''Centrumpartij '86''; abbr. CP’86), briefly known as the National People's Party/CP'86 ( Dutch:''Nationale Volkspartij/CP’86'') was a Dutch far-right political party which existed between 1986 and 1998. The part ...

was banned by the Amsterdam court, becoming one of the first parties banned in the Netherlands.

Births

*6 January –

Merel Freriks Merel Freriks (born 6 January 1998) is a Dutch female handball player for Danish club Team Esbjerg and the Netherlands women's national handball team, Dutch national team. She was a part the Netherlands team that won the 2019 World Women's Hand ...

, handball player. *23 January

Nils Eekhoff Nils Eekhoff (born 23 January 1998) is a Dutch cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Career Eekhoff joined in 2017, notably winning Paris–Roubaix Espoirs. In August 2019, Eekhoff joined UCI WorldTeam as a stagiaire for the second h ...

, cyclist. *4 February – Luna Bijl, fashion model *6 February – Ide Schelling, cyclist. *13 March –

Jay-Roy Grot Jay-Roy Jornell Grot (born 13 March 1998) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a striker or right winger for Nordicbet Liga club Odense BK. He also played for Netherlands U21s. Career NEC Grot played in Vitesse 1892's youth and the ...

, footballer *18 June – Sarah Nauta, singer and actress *8 July –

Koen Huntelaar Koen Huntelaar (born 8 July 1998) is a Dutch ex-footballer who played as a midfielder. He is the nephew of Klaas-Jan Huntelaar. Club career Huntelaar made his professional debut in the Eerste Divisie for De Graafschap on 22 August 2016 in a ga ...

, footballer *10 July – Yasmin Wijnaldum, fashion model *4 September –

Geert Nentjes Geert Nentjes (born 4 September 1998) is a Dutch professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation events. He won 4 titles on the PDC Development Tour. Career Geert Nentjes played on the PDC Development Tour for the first ti ...

, darts player *3 October ** Pleun Bierbooms, singer ** Katja Stam, beach volleyball player *31 October – Hawijch Elders, violinist *2 December –

Sophie Francis Sophie Bongers (born ), better known by her stage name Sophie Francis, is a Dutch record producer, DJ and musician. Biography Early life Sophie was born on 2 December 1998 in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands but she used to live in St Francis Bay, S ...

, record producer *9 December –

Famke Louise Famke Jantina Louise Meijer (; born 9 December 1998), better known as Famke Louise, is a Dutch YouTuber, model and singer from Amsterdam. She took part in the 19th season of the Dutch television series '' Expeditie Robinson''. Life and career ...

, You Tuber *30 December –

Jutta Leerdam Jutta Monica Leerdam (; born 30 December 1998) is a Dutch speed skater specializing in long-track sprint events. She is the 2022 World Sprint Champion in the 500 and 1000 metres combined. In the 1000 metres, she is the 2020 and 2023 World Sin ...

, speed skater

Deaths

*1 January – Alfred Lagarde, voice actor (b. 1948) *23 January –

Violette Cornelius Violette Cornelius (17 March 1919, Batavia, Dutch East Indies – 23 January 1998, Saint-Maximin, France) was a Dutch photographer and resistance fighter during World War II. During the war, she joined an artist's resistance group and contribut ...

, photographer and resistance fighter (b. 1919) *14 February –

Gien de Kock Clasina Gien de Kock (21 February 1908 – 14 February 1998) was a Dutch athlete who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. Biography De Kock won the British WAAA Championships titles in the shot put and javelin throw events at the 1933 W ...

, athlete (b. 1908). *2 April –

Gerrit Jan van Ingen Schenau Gerrit Jan van Ingen Schenau (13 September 1944, Leiden – 2 April 1998, Weteringbrug) was a Dutch biomechanist. He made large contributions to the field of biomechanics, particularly muscle coordination, energetics of movement, and the fun ...

, biomechanist (b. 1944) *22 April – Edward Brongersma, politician (b. 1911) *30 April – Jopie Selbach, freestyle swimmer (b. 1918). *11 May **

Willy Corsari Wilhelmina Angela Schmidt (26 December 1897 – 11 May 1998), known by her stage name and pen name Willy Corsari, was a Dutch writer, actress and composer. She is noted for her detective fiction and has been termed the Dutch Agatha Christie. Bo ...

, Dutch author of detective fiction (b. 1897). ** Hans van Zon, serial killer (b. 1941) *27 June –

Alfred Kossmann Alfred Kossmann (31 January 1922 – 27 June 1998) was a Dutch poet and prose writer. Kossmann and his brother Ernst Kossmann, a distinguished Dutch historian, were twins. Biography Born in Leiden, Kossmann was the son of the erudite librar ...

, poet (b. 1922) *7 October – Cees de Vreugd, butcher, strongman and powerlifter (b. 1952) *6 November – Johfra Bosschart, artist (b. 1919) *29 November – Maus Gatsonides, rally driver and inventor (b. 1911) *13 December – Willem den Toom, politician (b. 1911) *24 December – Daan Kagchelland, sailor (b. 1914).

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Emmy van Deventer Emmy van Deventer-Molt (2 February 1915, in Voorburg – 1998) was a Dutch ceramist, and lecturer at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie, and the AKV St. Joost.

, ceramist (b. 1915) * Aat de Peijper, industrialist and philatelist *

Pi Vèriss Pi Vèriss, born Piet Visser, was a Dutch songwriter and composer probably best known for writing the Johnny Jordaan hit " Geef mij maar Amsterdam", an immensely popular '' Jordaanlied''. He was awarded the Golden Harp in 1986 for his entire body of ...

, songwriter and composer (b. 1916)

References

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