1944 in the Netherlands
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Events in the year 1944 in the Netherlands.
Incumbents
Events
- 17 to 20 September – Battle of Nijmegen
- 17 to 26 September – Battle of Arnhem
- 30 September to 18 October – Battle of Overloon
- 3 October to 8 November – Battle of the Scheldt
- 27 to 30 November – Battle of Broekhuizen
- Dutch famine of 1944–45
Births
- 2 January – Willy Dobbe, television presenter and announcer
- 23 January – Rutger Hauer, actor, writer and environmentalist (d. 2019)
- 16 March – Pieter de Zwart, sailor.[1]
- 1 April – Theo Hiddema, lawyer, media personality and politician
- 5 April – Willeke van Ammelrooy, actress and director
- 26 April – Huib Ruijgrok, footballer
- 20 May – Boudewijn de Groot, singer-songwriter
- 24 May – Heleen Sancisi-Weerdenburg, ancient historian (d. 2000)
- 10 June – Eegje Schoo, politician and diplomat
- 15 July – Klaas de Vries, composer
- 27 July – Philip Freriks, journalist, columnist and television presenter
- 3 August – Willem H. Vanderburg, engineer
- 11 August – Bean van Limbeek, sport shooter (d. 2014).[2]
- 30 August – Freek de Jonge, cabaret performer and writer
- 13 September – Gerrit Jan van Ingen Schenau, biomechanist (d. 1998)
- 23 September – Jan Dijkema, politician, sociologist and sports director
- 15 October – Vilma Henkelman, sculptor, ceramist, and photographer
- 29 October – Robbie van Leeuwen, musician
- 5 December – Jeroen Krabbé, actor and film director
Full date missing
- Max Bolleman, jazz drummer, audio engineer and record producer
- Kommer Damen, businessman
- Tim Griek, musician and producer (d. 1988)
- Sytse Strijbos, academic
- Tjebbe van Tijen, sculptor, performance artist, curator, net artist, archivist, and media theorist
Deaths
- 1 February – Piet Mondrian, painter and theoretician (b. 1872)
- 2 February – Tjapko van Bergen, rower and SS Rottenführer (b. 1903).[3]
- 8 February – Joop Kolkman, journalist and diplomat (b. 1896)
- 20 February – Albert Heijnneman, sprinter (b. 1896).[4]
- 29 February – Abraham Mok, gymnast (b. 1888).[5]
- 6 March – Eva and Abraham Beem, Jewish siblings and victims of the Holocaust (b. 1932 and 1934)
- 6 March – Simon Okker, fencer (b. 1881).[6]
- 9 March – Casper ten Boom, helped many Jews and resisters escape the Nazis during the Holocaust of World War II (b. 1859)
- 6 April – W. F. Gisolf, geologist (b. 1884)
- 13 April – Friedrich Gutmann, banker and art collector (b. 1886)
- 30 May – Marinus Adrianus Koekkoek the Younger, painter (b. 1873)
- 10 June – Willem Jacob van Stockum, mathematician (b. 1910)
- 10 June – Gerrit van der Veen, sculptor (b. 1902)
- 18 July – Wim Anderiesen, footballer (b. 1903)
- 31 July – Settela Steinbach, holocaust victim (b. 1934)
- 4 August – Hans Mossel, clarinetist and saxophonist (b. 1905)
- 7 August – Johannes Scheuter, sport shooter (b. 1880).[7]
- 11 August – Joop Westerweel, schoolteacher and World War II resistance leader (b. 1899)
- 18 August – Dirk Boonstra, resistance membe (b. 1920)
- 2 September – Hendrikus Albertus Lorentz, explorer and diplomat (b. 1871)
- 3 September – Ernst de Jonge, lawyer, Olympic rower and member of the Dutch resistance (b. 1914).[8]
- 6 September – Lion van Minden, fencer (b. 1880).[9]
- 8 September – Jan van Gilse, composer and conductor (b. 1881)
- 9 September – Dirk Boonstra, police commander (b. 1893)
- 15 September – Walter Middelberg, rower (b. 1875).[10]
- 19 September – Jan van Hoof, resistance member (b. 1922)
- 4 October – Maurits van Löben Sels, fencer (b. 1876).[11]
- 7 October – Jacobus Kann, banker (b. 1872)
- 18 October – Juda Lion Palache, linguist (b. 1886)
- 21 October – Adri Bleuland van Oordt, artist and draftswoman (b. 1862)
- 5 November – Willy Dols, linguist (b. 1911)
- 6 December – Boy Ecury, resistance member (b. 1922)
- 16 December – Betsie ten Boom, resistance member (b. 1885)
- 18 December – M. H. J. Schoenmaekers, mathematician (b. 1875)
- 28 December – Tjeerd Pasma, modern pentathlete (b. 1904).[12]
See also
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Pieter de Zwart". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bean van Limbeek". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tjapko van Bergen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Albert Heijnneman". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Abraham Mok". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Simon Okker". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Johannes Scheuter". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ernst, Jonkheer de Jonge". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Lion van Minden". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Walter Middelberg". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Maurits van Löben Sels". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tjeerd Pasma". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
