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• Cornelia Anna Schraag (84), Den Burg
• ClaSina Pieters Stam (83), Egmond, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• A. Maria Michel (96), Hoepertingen, België
• Frank Boas (82), Honolulu, Hawaii
• Engelbertus Theodorus Maria Sessink (91), Dinxperlo
• Arie Matthijsse (98), Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Elisabeth Duynslaeger (95), Kortrijk
• Atze Comello (90), Heerenveen, Friesland, Nederland
• Catharina Margaretha Antonia Van Aarle (77)
• Arie Matthijsse (98), Grand Rapids,Michigan,Verenigde Staten

• 1989 » Shinji Kagawa, Japanese footballer
• 1990 » Hozier, Irish singer-songwriter and musician
• 1990 » Saina Nehwal, Indian badminton player
• 1991 » Jack De Belin, Australian rugby league player
• 1992 » John Boyega, English actor
• 1992 » Patrick Cantlay, American golfer
• 1993 » Matteo Bianchetti, Italian footballer
• 1994 » Dean Britt, Australian rugby league player
• 1995 » Ashley Taylor, Australian rugby league player
• 1997 » Katie Ledecky, American swimmer

• 2011 » Ferlin Husky, American country music singer (b. 1925)
• 2011 » Michael Gough, English actor (b. 1916)
• 2012 » Margaret Whitlam, Australian swimmer and author (b. 1919)
• 2012 » Shenouda III, pope of Alexandria (b. 1923)
• 2013 » A.B.C. Whipple, American journalist and historian (b. 1918)
• 2013 » Lawrence Fuchs, American scholar and academic (b. 1927)
• 2013 » William B. Caldwell III, American general (b. 1925)
• 2014 » Joseph Kerman, American musicologist and critic (b. 1924)
• 2014 » Marek Galiński, Polish cyclist (b. 1974)
• 2014 » Rachel Lambert Mellon, American gardener, philanthropist, art collector and political patron (b. 1910)

1. Levi
2. George
3. Noah
4. Willem
5. Ruben
6. Jesse
7. Jonathan
8. Bram
9. Thomas
10. Lucas
11. Benjamin
12. Sem
13. Milan
14. Max
15. Jack
16. Jan

1. Anna
2. Anne
3. Emma
4. Julia
5. Floortje
6. Lotte
7. Lisa
8. Olivia
9. Tess
10. Charlotte
11. Eva
12. Sanne
13. Lynn
14. Fenna
15. Sophie
16. Lieke

• 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 Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 16.8 million citizens.
• April 19 » Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev is killed in a shootout with police. His brother Dzhokhar is later captured hiding in a boat inside a backyard in the suburb of Watertown.
• April 20 » A 6.6-magnitude earthquake strikes Lushan County, Ya'an, in China's Sichuan province, killing more than 150 people and injuring thousands.
• June 7 » A gunman opens fire at Santa Monica College in Santa Monica, California, after setting a house on fire nearby, killing six people, including the suspect.
• September 2 » The Eastern span replacement of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opens at 10:15 PM at a cost of $6.4 billion, after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake damaged the old span.
• September 21 » Al-Shabaab Islamic militants attack the Westgate shopping mall in Kenya, killing at least 67 people.
• October 12 » Fifty-one people are killed after a truck veers off a cliff in Peru.

The temperature on March 17, 2013 was between 2.9 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (10%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.