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* Other events of 1997
* History of the Netherlands

Events in the year 1997 in the Netherlands.

## Incumbents

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* Monarch: Beatrix
* Prime Minister: Wim Kok

## Events

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* 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

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Solomonica de Winter Rinka Duijndam 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
* 31 January – Thijs Dekker, footballer
* 7 February – Jan Verduijn, footballer
* 8 February – Robin Ciric, kickboxer
* 8 February – Pascal Eenkhoorn, cyclist.[1]
* 10 February – Maan de Steenwinkel, singer and actress
* 16 February – Thijmen Goppel, footballer
* 17 February – Lugman Bezzat, footballer
* 28 February – Joanne Koenders, water polo player
* 14 March - Harrie Lavreysen, track cyclist[citation needed]
* 17 March – Daniel Sprong, ice hockey player
* 28 March – Asad Zulfiqar, cricketer
* 18 April – Donny van de Beek, footballer
* 30 April – Sam Lammers, footballer
* 4 May – Wietse van Lankveld, footballer
* 12 May – Frenkie de Jong, footballer
* 2 June – Michel Vlap, footballer
* 3 June – Solomonica de Winter, writer
* 26 June – Joost Meendering, footballer
* 3 July – Jeremy Helmer, footballer
* 8 July – Kevin Inkelaar, cyclist.[2]
* 22 July – Terrence Bieshaar, basketball player
* 23 July – Jelle de Louw, footballer
* 23 July – Fabian Plak, volleyball player
* 2 August – Esmee de Graaf, footballer
* 6 August – Rinka Duijndam, handball player.[3]
* 9 August – Yara Kastelijn, racing cyclist.[4]
* 5 September – Maartje Verhoef, fashion model
* 25 September – Suzanne Schulting, speed skater.[5]
* 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

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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)

## References

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1. ^ "Pascal Eenkhoorn". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
2. ^ "Kevin Inkelaar". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
3. ^ "Rinka Duijndam". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
4. ^ "Yara Kastelijn". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
5. ^ "Suzanne Schulting". isu.html.infostradasports.com. Retrieved 25 December 2019.

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