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• Zoë Schonewille († 2013)
• Sofie Eleanora de Kruijs, Zaanstad († 2009)

• Arnoldus Martinus Johannes van der Weijden (78), Enschede
• Aalt Koetsier (79)
• Berdina Huisman (90), Krimpen aan de Lek (Zuid-Holland), de Dertienhuizen nr. 41
• Cornelis Dijkhuizen (68), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anthony J. Stone (81), Bronx, Bronx, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Chester Emmert Forry (93), Clarksville, Butler County, Iowa
• Agnes Wulfekamp (92)
• August Jozef Lodewijk Maria Julia Lanslot (75), Merksplas, België
• Cornelis Adrianus Jacobus Duijndam (94), Wateringen
• Camille Fernande Griselin (89), Tupigny, Friesland, Nederland

• 1984 » Alastair Cook, English cricketer
• 1984 » Chris Cahill, Samoan footballer
• 1985 » Martin Mathathi, Kenyan runner
• 1985 » Rusev, Bulgarian-American professional wrestler
• 1987 » Ceyhun Gülselam, Turkish footballer
• 1987 » Demaryius Thomas, American football player
• 1988 » Eric Gordon, American basketball player
• 1988 » Joãozinho, Brazilian footballer
• 1988 » Lukas Hinds-Johnson, German rugby player
• 1992 » Mitakeumi Hisashi, Japanese sumo wrestler

• 2006 » James Brown, American singer-songwriter (b. 1933)
• 2007 » Des Barrick, English cricketer (b. 1927)
• 2007 » Jim Beauchamp, American baseball player and coach (b. 1939)
• 2008 » Eartha Kitt, American singer and actress (b. 1927)
• 2009 » Vic Chesnutt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1964)
• 2010 » Carlos Andrés Pérez, Venezuelan politician, 66th President of Venezuela (b. 1922)
• 2011 » Giorgio Bocca, Italian journalist (b. 1920)
• 2011 » Jim Sherwood, American saxophonist (b. 1942)
• 2011 » Simms Taback, American author and illustrator (b. 1932)
• 2012 » Erico Aumentado, Filipino journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1940)

1. Sebastiaan
2. Thijs
3. Lucas
4. Jesse
5. Daan
6. Ruben
7. Thomas
8. Tobias
9. Levi
10. Jan
11. Tim
12. Lars
13. Luuk
14. Mitchel
15. Jayden
16. Milan

1. Emma
2. Lieke
3. Anna
4. Sophie
5. Babette
6. Julia
7. Eva
8. Sanne
9. Noor
10. Anne
11. Charlotte
12. Lisa
13. Isa
14. Lotte
15. Delphine
16. Evi

• 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 16.5 million citizens.
• May 1 » Same-sex marriage is legalized in Sweden.
• June 5 » After 65 straight days of civil disobedience, at least 31 people are killed in clashes between security forces and indigenous people near Bagua, Peru.
• June 19 » Mass riots involving over 10,000 people and 10,000 police officers break out in Shishou, China, over the dubious circumstances surrounding the death of a local chef.
• July 4 » The first of four days of bombings begins on the southern Philippine island group of Mindanao.
• September 9 » The Dubai Metro, the first urban train network in the Arabian Peninsula, is ceremonially inaugurated.
• December 30 » A segment of the Lanzhou–Zhengzhou–Changsha pipeline ruptures in Shaanxi, China, and approximately 150,000l (40,000USgal) of diesel oil flows down the Wei River before finally reaching the Yellow River.

The temperature on December 25, 2009 was between 0.2 °C and 4.6 °C and averaged 2.5 °C. There was 15.0 mm of rain during 14.2 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.