1997 in the Netherlands

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See also:	Other events of 1997 History of the Netherlands

Events in the year 1997 in the Netherlands.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Beatrix
• Prime Minister: Wim Kok

Events

• 4 january - 15th (and last?) Elfstedentocht
• 6 to 14 September – The 1997 Men's European Volleyball Championship was held in the Netherlands, in the two cities of Den Bosch and Eindhoven.

Births

Solomonica de Winter

Maan de Steenwinkel

Yara Kastelijn

Suzanne Schulting

• 2 January – Gijs Blom, actor
• 4 January – Patrick Maneschijn, footballer
• 5 January – Thijs van Dam, field hockey player
• 7 January – Pablo Rosario, footballer
• 19 January – Marcel Bosker, speed skater
• 31 January – Arnaut Danjuma, footballer
• 8 February – Robin Ciric, kickboxer
• 8 February – Pascal Eenkhoorn, cyclist.
• 10 February – Maan de Steenwinkel, singer and actress
• 16 February – Thijmen Goppel, footballer
• 28 February – Joanne Koenders, water polo player
• 14 March – Harrie Lavreysen, track cyclist
• 17 March – Daniel Sprong, ice hockey player
• 28 March – Asad Zulfiqar, cricketer
• 18 April – Donny van de Beek, footballer
• 30 April – Sam Lammers, footballer
• 12 May – Frenkie de Jong, footballer
• 2 June – Michel Vlap, footballer
• 3 June – Solomonica de Winter, writer
• 3 July – Jeremy Helmer, footballer
• 8 July – Kevin Inkelaar, cyclist.
• 22 July – Terrence Bieshaar, basketball player
• 23 July – Fabian Plak, volleyball player
• 2 August – Esmee de Graaf, footballer
• 6 August – Rinka Duijndam, handball player.
• 9 August – Yara Kastelijn, racing cyclist.
• 5 September – Maartje Verhoef, fashion model
• 25 September – Suzanne Schulting, speed skater.
• 1 October – Stan van Bladeren, footballer
• 8 October – Steven Bergwijn, footballer
• 10 October – Tessa Polder, volleyball player
• 10 November – Joost Klein, musician
• 26 December – Nicole Oude Luttikhuis, volleyball player

Deaths

Ida Gerhardt

Coen van Vrijberghe de Coningh

• 5 January – Frans Piët, comics artist (b. 1905)
• 10 January – Julie van der Veen, visual artist (b. 1903)
• 21 January – Jan Dekkers, painter, designer and sculptor (b. 1919)
• 8 March – Niel Steenbergen, sculptor, painter and medalist (b. 1911)
• 26 May – Jack Jersey, singer, composer, arranger, lyricist and music producer (b. 1941)
• 10 June – Leo Fuld, singer (b. 1912)
• 8 July – Dick van Dijk, footballer (b. 1946)
• 6 August – Berend Hendriks, artist (b. 1918)
• 15 August – Ida Gerhardt, classicist and poet (b. 1905)
• 15 November – Coen van Vrijberghe de Coningh, actor, musician, composer, record producer and television presenter (b. 1950)
• 20 December – Jan van Stolk, ceramist (b. 1920)