Editing 2001 in the Netherlands (section)

==Events==
* 1 January – [[Volendam New Years fire|Fire]] at a New Years party in a bar in [[Volendam]] kills 14 young people and injures 200
* 18 January – Fire at [[Amsterdam Airport Schiphol|Schiphol]] airport leads to chaos<ref>{{citation|title=Fire at Schiphol airport|url=http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/01/18/schipol.fire/index.html|publisher=CNN|date=18 January 2001}}</ref>
* 26 January – Suspect of fireworks explosion in [[Enschede]] in May 2000 arrested
* 6 February – Foreign minister [[Jozias van Aartsen|Van Aartsen]] calls off visit to [[China|the People's Republic of China]] because of [[human rights]]
* 8 February – Eight [[Hells Angels]] are arrested in their club house in [[Amsterdam]]
* 14 February – Government Information Service declares that [[Beatrix of the Netherlands|Queen Beatrix]]'s second son [[Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau|Friso]] is not [[homosexuality|homosexual]]<ref>{{Cite news|date=2001-02-15|title=Prins Friso: Ik ben hetero, geen homo|language=nl|work=[[Trouw]]|url=https://www.trouw.nl/nieuws/prins-friso-ik-ben-hetero-geen-homo~b8fbc308/}}</ref>
* 14 February – The creator of the [[Anna Kournikova (computer virus)|Anna Kournikova computer virus]] turns himself in
* 21 March – First case of [[foot and mouth disease]] discovered<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-04-11|title=Weromblik: De tongblierútbraak yn Fryslân yn 2001|language=fy|work=[[Omrop Fryslân]]|url=https://www.omropfryslan.nl/nijs/1049515-weromblik-de-tongblierutbraak-yn-fryslan-yn-2001}}</ref>
* 30 March – Engagement of Crown Prince [[Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange|Willem Alexander]] and [[Máxima Zorreguieta]] announced<ref>{{Cite web|title=Marriage and family|url=https://www.royal-house.nl/members-royal-house/king-willem-alexander/marriage-and-family|url-status=live|website=Royal House of the Netherlands|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219090439/https://www.royal-house.nl/members-royal-house/king-willem-alexander/marriage-and-family |archive-date=19 February 2018 }}</ref>