With general elections in the Netherlands due on March 15 next year, Geert Wilders is set to play kingmaker | Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images The next big ‘Trump moments’ A calendar of possible populist victories.

Donald Trump's shock victory in the U.S. presidential elections comes only months after Brits voted to leave the EU in June. Populism is now the name of the game. The coming year could hold many more surprises for Europe — and not just the bigger countries. Here are Europe's next big "Trump moments."

November 13: Anti-NATO, pro-Moscow former air force general set to become Bulgaria's president

Trump may find a friend in Rumen Radev, a former air force general who won the first round of Bulgaria's presidential race Sunday as the Socialist Party's candidate. With zero experience in politics and a reputation for being too close to the Russian arms lobby, he's expected to receive the backing of a coalition of far-right parties, including ATAKA, which launched its European election campaign in 2014 from Moscow. A second-round win for Radev on November 13 would likely trigger fresh parliamentary elections, with Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, a former security guard, already facing pressure from all sides.

December 4: Austria is about to have its first far-right president

Despite having narrowly lost Austria's presidential election earlier this year, the far-right Freedom Party's Norbert Hofer is getting a second chance on December 4. Since the results of the first election were scrapped because of irregularities in the counting of mail-in ballots, the mood has hardened against immigrants, with borders closing throughout central and eastern Europe. The shift is bound to benefit the Freedom Party candidate.

December 4: Italy's two Trumps set to humiliate Renzi

"Now it's our turn," tweeted Matteo Salvini, leader of the far-right Lega Nord in response to Trump's victory. His party and Beppe Grillo's 5-Star Movement are campaigning against Prime Minister Matteo Renzi's constitutional referendum, which takes place on December 4. "After Trump, it is the time of our European allies," said Salvini, pointing to far-right populist parties in Holland, Austria, Germany and France. Grillo took aim at the media, saying Trump's victory was "an apocalypse of information, TV, the biggest newspapers, intellectuals and journalists."

In the coming months: Snap elections in Denmark likely to benefit hard-right Danish People's Party

Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen's government is wobbling, with rumors of a snap election being called in the coming months. Kristian Thulesen Dahl, the leader of the opposition Danish People's Party, saw Trump's victory as a snub to the establishment and globalization. "[It's a] huge snub to almost all opinion leaders, for the elite," he wrote in his weekly newsletter. Americans rejected the idea that "the nation state will have less and less importance; that you do not control immigration; that inequality is growing dramatically."

March 15: Dutch far-right set to perform well in elections

"The people are taking their country back," said Geert Wilders, leader of the Party for Freedom, on Twitter, after Trump's victory was confirmed. "So will we." With general elections in the Netherlands due on March 15 next year, Wilders is set to play kingmaker, with his party polling at roughly equal with Prime Minister Mark Rutte's People's Party for Freedom and Democracy. Not only does his blond mane rival Trump's hairdo, Wilders also uses similar rhetoric: "Look at our country. We have single-handedly created this unique and beautiful land. We are the only people in the world living in a country which for the largest part we created ourselves. A great achievement."

April 23: Marine Le Pen on course to win first round of presidential elections

"Congratulations to the new President of the US, Donald Trump, and the American people – free!" said Marine Le Pen, as Trump edged closer to securing victory in the U.S. electoral college. Her right-hand man, Florian Philippot, tweeted alongside a heavily airbrushed image of Le Pen: "Their world is collapsing. Ours is being built." All eyes are on the French presidential elections, with the first round in April.

August 27: German Bundestag set for significant far-right voice

The biggest political issue in German right now is the million or so refugees who entered the country before Chancellor Angela Merkel closed the borders, and the main beneficiary is the Alternative for Germany. "The Americans have opted for a political fresh start and against sleaze and corruption — this opportunity is historic," tweeted Frauke Petry, the AfD's leader. Her party is set to enter the Bundestag after elections due next year.

By September 2017: Catalans to vote on independence

In October, pro-independence parties in Catalonia voted narrowly to hold a "binding" and "clear" referendum by the end of September 2017. If they win, elections would be triggered for the following March. The bill passed in the Catalan parliament says the referendum will go ahead even if the Spanish government disagrees. "We have to prepare for an extremely complicated and uncertain time," tweeted Catalan President Carles Puigdemont. The subject was Trump's victory, but it could just as easily have been his own moves to break with Spain.

October 2017: Czech populists heading for a win

Having just triumphed in regional elections, media magnate and Finance Minister Andrej Babiš is set to become the Czech Republic's prime minister. The party he founded in 2011, Action of Dissatisfied Citizens, better known by its Czech acronym ANO 2011, is polling around 10 points ahead of the Social Democrats. Seen as a local version of Silvio Berlusconi, his business interests are so sprawling that parliament decided to pass a law that would force him to divest due to fears of conflicts of interest.