This article lists major events that happened in 2017 in the Netherlands.
Incumbents Monarch: Willem-Alexander"King Willem-Alexander", Royal House of the Netherlands. Retrieved 19 March 2017. Prime Minister: Mark Rutte (VVD)"Mark Rutte", Government of the Netherlands. Retrieved 19 March 2017. Speaker of the House of Representatives: Khadija Arib (PvdA)"President of the House", House of Representatives. Retrieved 19 March 2017. President of the Senate: Ankie Broekers-Knol (VVD)"A. Broekers-Knol (VVD)", Senate. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
Events 21 January: Women's March in Amsterdam and The Hague. 26 January: Ard van der Steur (VVD) resigns as Minister of Security and Justice. 1 March: Arno Brok (VVD) is appointed to be the King's Commissioner of Friesland. 3 March: Prime Minister Mark Rutte refuses to allow Turkish authorities to organise a demonstration on Dutch territory as part of the campaign for the upcoming constitutional referendum; beginning of the 2017 Dutch–Turkish diplomatic incident. 11 March: 2017 Dutch–Turkish diplomatic incident. 15 March: Dutch general election, 2017. 17 March: Pauline Krikke (VVD) takes over as Mayor of The Hague. 9 May: Dick Advocaat assumes for the third time the position of coach of the Netherlands national football team. 14 May: Feyenoord wins the 2016–17 Eredivisie. 27 May: at Eindhoven Airport, a parking building under construction collapses; no workers are hurt as it happens on a Saturday.Nieuwe parkeergarage Eindhoven Airport ingestort, RTL News (in Dutch). 27 May 2017. July–August: 2017 fipronil eggs contamination. 1 September: Ahmed Marcouch (PvdA) becomes the new Mayor of Arnhem. 4 October: Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert (VVD) and Tom Middendorp resign from the Ministry of Defence. 5 October: death of the Mayor of Amsterdam, Eberhard van der Laan (PvdA), due to cancer. 18–22 October: Amsterdam Dance Event, Dutch DJ Martin Garrix wins DJ Mag's Top 100 first place for the second time. 26 October: installment of the Third Rutte cabinet.Clara van de Wiel, "Bewindslieden Rutte III zijn beëdigd" (in Dutch), NRC Handelsblad, 26 October 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2017. 1 November: King Willem-Alexander inaugurates the Rijnstraat 8 building in The Hague, new seat of both the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Infrastructure, Public Works and Water Management.Rijnstraat 8 (in Dutch), www.rijksvastgoedbedrijf.nl. 18 November: pro-Zwarte Piet locals occupy the A7 motorway near Dokkum, Friesland to block demonstrators from getting into town and disrupt the Sinterklaas festivities.Zwarte Piet supporters close a motorway to stop a demo as Sinterklaas arrives in Dokkum, dutchnews.nl, 2017/11/18. 29 November: Slobodan Praljak commits suicide in the courtroom of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, The Hague. 1 December: Jetta Klijnsma (PvdA) is appointed to be the King's Commissioner of Drenthe. 10 December: opening of Boskoop Snijdelwijk railway station. 13 December: Lilian Marijnissen succeeds to Emile Roemer as Leader of the Socialist Party.
See also 2016–17 Eredivisie List of Dutch Top 40 number-one singles of 2017 Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017
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