This article lists some of the events that took place in the Netherlands in 2010.
Incumbents Monarch: Beatrix Prime Minister: Jan Peter Balkenende until October 14. After October 14 Mark Rutte
Events January February 20: The question of to extend the mission in Afghanistan causes the fall of the 4th Balkenende administration.
March 10: 12 year old Milly Boele from Dordrecht is missing. Later on she turns out to have been murdered by neighbour and police officer Sander Vreeswijk. On March 17 her body is found in his garden. 16–19: Prince Willem-Alexander visits the Dutch soldiers of Task Force Uruzgan in Afghanistan. 24: Former SS member Heinrich Boere is sentenced to a lifetime imprisonment for his involvement in the assassination 3 Dutch citizens during World War II.
April May 4: The national Remembrance of the Dead is interrupted during the 2 minutes of silence; 63 people get injured during the chaos and confusion that followed.
June 1-3: Queen Beatrix brings a state-visit to Norway. She arrives in harbor of Oslo with the Air-defense- and Command-frigate Hr. Ms. Tromp and is welcomed by salute shots.
July August 1: Operation Task Force Uruzgan ends in Afghanistan and is succeeded by coalition partners.
September October 1: the squatting ban goes into effect. 10: The Dutch Antilles are absolved: Curaçao and Sint Maarten continue as autonomous countries within the kingdom, the BES-islands (Saba, Saint Eustatius and Bonaire) become Dutch municipalities. 14: Installment of the Rutte I administration.
November 29: Snowfall causes the biggest evening peak traffic jam ever in the country, with a total length of 884 kilometers.
December 4: The Herziene Statenvertaling is officially presented in the Grote Kerk, Dordrecht
Elections January 22:Netherlands Antilles general election, 2010. Twenty-two members of the Estates were elected. March 3: Dutch municipal elections, 2010. June 9: Dutch general election, 2010. Mark Rutte became prime minister.
Sports April 25 - May 6: 2009–10 KNVB Cup finals. May 2: FC Twente wins the Eredivisie for the first time by beating NAC Breda. June 11 - July 11: Netherlands national football team 2010 participated in the 2010 FIFA World Cup. They lost the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final to Spain. July 31: 2010 Johan Cruijff Schaal August 8: Ellen van Dijk wins the 2010 Sparkassen Giro August 16: Merab Jordania becomes the new owner of soccer club SBV Vitesse from Arnhem. October 17: Getu Feleke wins the Amsterdam Marathon October 24: Feyenoord suffers its worst defeat (10-0) ever at the hands of PSV Eindhoven. October 31: The Dutch national korfball team win the European Championship korfball by beating Belgium in the final with 25–21. See also 2009–10 Eredivisie 2009–10 Eerste Divisie 2009–10 KNVB Cup 2010 Johan Cruijff Schaal
Deaths 8 January - Gerrit de Ruiter, 82, hockey player 1 February - Jaap van der Poll, 95, Olympic javelin thrower (1936 Summer Olympics). 11 March - Hans van Mierlo, 78, Dutch politician, Minister of Defence (1981–1982), Minister of Foreign Affairs (1994–1998), Deputy Prime Minister (1994–1998). 4 April - Rudy Kousbroek, 80, essayist. 9 May - Hans Dijkstal, 67, politician, Minister of the Interior and Deputy Prime Minister (1994–1998), cancer. 3 July - Cle Jeltes, 86, sailor.Clemens Henricus Jeltes 11 August - Ger Lagendijk, 68, footballer (Hermes DVS) and football agent, heart attack.De netste voetbalmakelaar van Nederland 1 September - Jean Nelissen, 74, cycling journalist. 5 October - Karel Hardeman, 96, Olympic rower. 1 December - Adriaan Blaauw, 96, astronomer.
See also Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010 List of Dutch Top 40 number-one singles of 2010 2010 Dutch cabinet formation Netherlands at the 2010 Winter Olympics 2010 in Dutch television
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