Permanent year factsheet

Netherlands in 1994

Historical records for Netherlands in 1994, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

9Records
8Events
8Named people
3Places
4Categories

Historical records

January

18 January 1994Acting Mayor of AmsterdamFrank de Grave

Amsterdam · Government / Amsterdam Regency

Takes office as Acting Mayor of Amsterdam.

18 January 1994End of Mayoral TermEd van Thijn

Amsterdam · Government / Amsterdam Regency

Leaves office as Mayor of Amsterdam.

February

4 February 1994Death of Han JansenHan Jansen

Arts / Art

Death of Han Jansen

June

1 June 1994End of Acting Mayoral TermFrank de Grave

Amsterdam · Government / Amsterdam Regency

Leaves office as Acting Mayor of Amsterdam.

1 June 1994Mayor of AmsterdamSchelto Patijn

Amsterdam · Government / Amsterdam Regency

Takes office as Mayor of Amsterdam.

July

9 July 1994World Cup Quarter-FinalDick Advocaat

Dallas · Sport / Football

Guides the Netherlands to the World Cup quarter-final, where Brazil wins 3-2.

August

August 1994Ajax First-Team DebutPatrick Kluivert

Amsterdam · Sport / Football

Makes his Ajax first-team debut as a teenager and quickly establishes himself as a prolific striker.

December

December 1994Treaty of SchengenWim Kok

The Hague · Government / Government of Netherlands

Kok oversees preparations for the planned operational removal of internal Schengen border controls. The Netherlands links free movement with practical law-enforcement cooperation.

December 1994Treaty of SchengenWinnie Sorgdrager

The Hague · Government / Government of Netherlands

In Netherlands, Sorgdrager coordinates legal, policing and information-system preparations before full Schengen implementation. Dutch officials favour shared information systems alongside open internal borders.

Names involved

Dick AdvocaatEd van ThijnFrank de GraveHan JansenPatrick KluivertSchelto PatijnWim KokWinnie Sorgdrager

Places involved

AmsterdamDallasThe Hague

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.