← 1987 1986 1985 1988 in the Netherlands → 1989 1990 1991
Decades:	1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
See also:	Other events of 1988 History of the Netherlands

Events in the year 1988 in the Netherlands.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Beatrix
• Prime Minister: Ruud Lubbers

Events

• 30 April — Queen's Day. During this day: Queen Beatrix kissed by a bystander.
• 1 May – 1988 IRA attacks in the Netherlands
• 25 June - Dutch national soccer team wins UEFA Euro 1988 in West Germany.

Births

• 6 January – Marly van der Velden, actress and fashion designer
• 18 February – Stefan Struve, mixed martial artist
• 16 March – Johim Ariesen, cyclist
• 30 March – Ruben Lenten, professional kite surfer
• 4 May – Nycke Groot, handball player.^[1]
• 17 June – Marit Bouwmeester, competitive sailor.^[2]
• 5 August – Stefanie Joosten, model, singer and actress
• 9 August – Etienne Bax, sidecarcross rider
• 18 October – Jorina Baars, kickboxer
• 18 October – Tessa Schram, actress and director
• 15 December – Amber Arcades, singer-songwriter
• 15 December – Boaz van de Beatz, record producer and DJ

Full date missing

• Rutger Bregman, historian
• Jan-Willem Breure, media producer and festival director

Deaths

• 4 January – Leo de Block, politician (b. 1904)
• 29 January – Rogier van Otterloo, composer and conductor (b. 1941)
• 13 February – Tim Griek, musician and producer (b. 1944)
• 13 May – Caecilia Loots, teacher and antifascist resistance member (b. 1903)
• 14 May – Willem Dreesm politician (b. 1886)
• 1 July – Willem Drees, composer (b. 1919)
• 10 August – Paul Lodewijkx, motorcycle road racer (b. 1947)
• 4 December – Jan Mesdag, singer and cabaret artist (b. 1953)
• 25 December – Cornelis Eecen, competitive rower (b. 1898).^[3]

Full date missing

• Josef Santen, painter (b. 1926)