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• Femke Charlotte Biesboer, Nootdorp
• Levi Postema

• Christiane Rita Kerremans (62), Bornem
• Eduard Leo Janssen (77), 's Gravenhage
• Adriana Cornella Soeters (74), Nieuw-Lekkerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Dekker (92)
• Doreen Synolda Tower Butler (90)
• Lundquist (85)
• Elizabeth Jacoba Buth (95), Middelharnis, Nederland
• Adrianus Cobussen (75), Overbetuwe, Nederland
• Derk Pilon (78), Zuidlaren, Tynaarlo, Drenthe, The Netherlands
• Cornelia Bernarda Elisabeth Graafmans (84), Eindhoven

• 1988 » Ismaïl Aissati, Moroccan footballer
• 1989 » Moussa Sissoko, French footballer
• 1989 » Wang Hao, Chinese race walker
• 1990 » Godfrey Oboabona, Nigerian footballer
• 1991 » José Eduardo de Araújo, Brazilian footballer
• 1992 » Diego Schwartzman, Argentinian tennis player
• 1993 » Cameron Monaghan, American actor and model
• 1996 » Caeleb Dressel, American swimmer
• 1997 » Greyson Chance, American musician
• 1999 » Karen Chen, American figure skater

• 2005 » Frère Roger, Swiss monk and mystic (b. 1915)
• 2005 » Tonino Delli Colli, Italian cinematographer (b. 1922)
• 2005 » Vassar Clements, American fiddler (b. 1928)
• 2005 » William Corlett, English novelist and playwright (b. 1938)
• 2006 » Alfredo Stroessner, Paraguayan general and dictator; 46th President of Paraguay (b. 1912)
• 2007 » Bahaedin Adab, Iranian engineer and politician (b. 1945)
• 2008 » Dorival Caymmi, Brazilian singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1914)
• 2008 » Masanobu Fukuoka, Japanese farmer and author (b. 1913)
• 2008 » Ronnie Drew, Irish musician, folk singer and actor (b. 1934)
• 2010 » Dimitrios Ioannidis, Greek general (b. 1923)

1. Thomas
2. Benjamin
3. Gijs
4. Ruben
5. Lucas
6. Pieter
7. Daan
8. Ashton
9. Jan
10. Sem
11. Lars
12. Noah
13. Thijs
14. Sam
15. Albert
16. Milan

1. Marieke
2. Emma
3. Julia
4. Femke
5. Anna
6. Sanne
7. Sophie
8. Lieke
9. Lotte
10. Jasmijn
11. Sanneke
12. Fleur
13. Maria
14. Eva
15. Milou
16. Nina

• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 16.4 million citizens.
• February 17 » Kosovo declares independence from Serbia.
• March 19 » GRB 080319B: A cosmic burst that is the farthest object visible to the naked eye is briefly observed.
• May 2 » Cyclone Nargis makes landfall in Burma killing over 138,000 people and leaving millions of people homeless.
• September 12 » The 2008 Chatsworth train collision in Los Angeles between a Metrolink commuter train and a Union Pacific freight train kills 25 people.
• December 9 » The Governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich, is arrested by federal officials for crimes including attempting to sell the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by President-elect Barack Obama.
• December 11 » Bernard Madoff is arrested and charged with securities fraud in a $50 billion Ponzi scheme.

The temperature on August 16, 2008 was between 6.8 °C and 22.8 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (74%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.