2005 in the Netherlands

Updated on Dec 18, 2024

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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

April

8: A referendum is held in Curaçao on independence vs. integration with The Netherlands.

May

31: A storage tank explodes in Warffum, Groningen killing 2 men and severely injuring another.

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

13: Talpa begins with the broadcasting of TV programs

September

11: Dennis van der Geest becomes world champion judo in Cairo judo in the open division.

13: The Public Ministry confesses in having made great mistakes in to their the 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.