1991 in the Netherlands

Incumbents

• Monarch: Beatrix
• Prime Minister: Ruud Lubbers

  Events

• 14 February – Culemborg fireworks disaster
• 16 to 20 July – The 1991 European Women's Cricket Championship was held in Haarlem

  Births

• 5 January – Anne Terpstra, cross-country cyclist
• 24 January – Jett Rebel, singer-songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist and recording artist
• 29 January – Rachel de Haze, handball player.
• 31 January – Nicole Koolhaas, volleyball player
• 13 February – Glenn Coldenhoff, motocross racer
• 23 February – Chatilla van Grinsven, basketball player
• 16 March – Catharina van der Sloot, water polo player
• 12 April – Rozanne Slik, racing cyclist.
• 14 April – Melisa Aslı Pamuk, beauty pageant titleholder, actress and model
• 5 May – Robin de Kruijf, volleyball player
• 7 May – Wouter ter Maat, volleyball player
• 13 June – Ricardo van Rhijn, footballer
• 28 July – Isabelle Jongenelen, handball player.
• 5 August – Daniëlle van de Donk, footballer
• 21 August Tess Gaerthé, singer
• 27 August – Robbert de Greef, cyclist.
• 8 September – Luis Tavares, kickboxer
• 19 September – Michael Kok, basketball player
• 8 October – Bakermat, DJ and music producer
• 13 November – Jeffrey Bruma, footballer
• 20 November – Jeanine Stoeten, volleyball player
• 19 December – Steven Berghuis, footballer
• 25 December – Gaite Jansen, actress

  Full date missing

• Mano Bouzamour, novelist and columnist

  Deaths

• 24 March – Adrie Zwartepoorte, cyclist.
• 5 June – Frederik Belinfante, physicist
• 27 June – Klaas Bruinsma, drug lord
• 1 July – Joost Baljeu, painter, sculptor and writer
• 5 September – Peter Slaghuis, DJ and music producer
• 11 September – Jan van Gemert, painter, graphic artist, sculptor, glass artist and ceramist
• 22 September – Fons Steuten, cyclist.

  Full date missing

• Jan Kagie, painter