This article lists some of the events from 1951 related to the Netherlands.
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Incumbents
- Monarch: Juliana
 - Prime Minister: Willem Drees
 
Events
- 3 March: The Islands Regulation of the Netherlands Antilles is enacted by royal decree, describing the autonomy of the island territories of the Netherlands Antilles.[1]
 - 18 April: Moises Frumencio da Costa Gomez becomes Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles.
 - date unknown: Broadcasting time is officially allocated to television by the national broadcasting companies in the Netherlands.[2]
 
Sports
Births
- 12 March: Harry Dijksma, politician[3]
 - 6 April: Bert Blyleven, Major League Baseball player
 - 17 September: Piet Kleine, speed skater and coach
 - 15 October: A. F. Th. van der Heijden, author
 - 15 December: Jacob ter Veldhuis, composer
 - 14 December: Jan Timman, chess player
 
Undated
- Paul Schellekens, civil servant and diplomat
 
Deaths
- 21 March: Willem Mengelberg, conductor (b. 1871)[4]
 - 21 April: Lambertus Johannes Toxopeus, lepidopterist (b. 1894)[5]
 
References
- ↑ Overheid.nl – KONINKLIJK BESLUIT van 3 maart 1951, houdende de eilandenregeling Nederlandse Antillen
 - ↑ Kees van der Haak; Joanna Spicer (1977). Broadcasting in the Netherlands. Routledge and K. Paul. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-7100-8780-5.
 - ↑ (in Dutch) People's Party for Freedom and Democracy Flevoland People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
 - ↑ Oscar Thompson; Nicolas Slonimsky (1956). The International Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians. Dodd, Mead. p. 2389.
 - ↑ Thornton, Ian W. B. (1997). Krakatau: the destruction and reassembly of an island ecosystem (reprint, illustrated ed.). Harvard University Press. p. 307. ISBN 978-0-674-50572-8. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
 
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