1944 in the Netherlands

none 1944 Events in the year 1944 in the Netherlands. Incumbents Monarch: Wilhelmina Prime Minister: Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy Events Timeline of the Netherlands during World War II 1944 yes Births thumb |right |100 px | Willeke van Ammelrooy thumb |right |100 px | Heleen Sancisi-Weerdenburg 2 January – Willy Dobbe, television presenter and announcer 23 January – Rutger Hauer, actor, writer and environmentalist (d. 2019) 20 February – Willem van Hanegem, football player and coach 16 March – Pieter de Zwart, sailor.https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/pieter-de-zwart-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200417172203/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/pieter-de-zwart-1.html dead 17 April 2020 Pieter de Zwart 20 December 2019 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).https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/bean-van-limbeek-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200418112524/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/bean-van-limbeek-1.html dead 18 April 2020 Bean van Limbeek 20 December 2019 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 16 December – Roeland Nolte, chemist (d. 2024)Former CE&C Professor Roeland Nolte passed away 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 thumb |right |100 px | Piet Mondrian 1 February – Piet Mondrian, painter and theoretician (b. 1872) 2 February – Tjapko van Bergen, rower and SS Rottenführer (b. 1903).https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/tjapko-van-bergen-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200418112455/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/tjapko-van-bergen-1.html dead 18 April 2020 Tjapko van Bergen 20 December 2019 8 February – Joop Kolkman, journalist and diplomat (b. 1896) 20 February – Albert Heijnneman, sprinter (b. 1896).https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/he/albert-heijnneman-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200418011442/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/he/albert-heijnneman-1.html dead 18 April 2020 Albert Heijnneman 20 December 2019 29 February – Abraham Mok, gymnast (b. 1888).https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/abraham-mok-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200418123707/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/abraham-mok-1.html dead 18 April 2020 Abraham Mok 20 December 2019 6 March – Eva and Abraham Beem, Jewish siblings and victims of the Holocaust (b. 1932 and 1934) 6 March – Simon Okker, fencer (b. 1881).https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ok/simon-okker-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200418050631/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ok/simon-okker-1.html dead 18 April 2020 Simon Okker 20 December 2019 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).https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sc/johannes-scheuter-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200418055310/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sc/johannes-scheuter-1.html dead 18 April 2020 Johannes Scheuter 20 December 2019 11 August – Joop Westerweel, schoolteacher and World War II resistance leader (b. 1899) 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).https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/ernst-jonkheer-de-jonge-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200418002124/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/ernst-jonkheer-de-jonge-1.html dead 18 April 2020 Ernst, Jonkheer de Jonge 20 December 2019 6 September – Lion van Minden, fencer (b. 1880).https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/lion-van-minden-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200418112452/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/lion-van-minden-1.html dead 18 April 2020 Lion van Minden 20 December 2019 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).https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mi/walter-middelberg-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200418090041/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mi/walter-middelberg-1.html dead 18 April 2020 Walter Middelberg 20 December 2019 19 September – Jan van Hoof, resistance member (b. 1922) 4 October – Maurits van Löben Sels, fencer (b. 1876).https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/maurits-van-loben-sels-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200418112127/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/maurits-van-loben-sels-1.html dead 18 April 2020 Maurits van Löben Sels 20 December 2019 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).https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/tjeerd-pasma-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200418092734/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/tjeerd-pasma-1.html dead 18 April 2020 Tjeerd Pasma 20 December 2019 See also Chronology of the liberation of Dutch cities and towns during World War II References 1944 Category:1940s in the Netherlands Category:Years of the 20th century in the Netherlands Netherlands Netherlands