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• Eliza Naomi Brouwer († 2014)

• Harmen Kielstra (86), Opeinde, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Cornelis Johannes van Vilsteren (77), Raalte
• Harmen Kielstra (86), Opeinde
• Alijda Gijsberta van den Broek (98)
• Henricus Anthonius Valentijn (89), Ter Aar (Langeraar)
• Henk Teekman (73), Dronten, Flevoland, Nederland
• Hendrik (Henk) Frederiks (89), Boxmeer, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonia Wilhelmina van Dam (100), Dedemsvaart
• Dirk Korevaar (66), Benschop, Utrecht, Nederland
• Geertje Veenstra (87), Rhenen

• 1989 » Joe Jonas, American singer-songwriter
• 1990 » Jennifer Lawrence, American actress
• 1991 » Petja Piiroinen, Finnish snowboarder
• 1992 » Baskaran Adhiban, Indian chess player
• 1993 » Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, English footballer
• 1993 » Clinton N'Jie, Cameroonian footballer
• 1994 » Kosuke Hagino, Japanese swimmer
• 1994 » Lasse Vigen Christensen, Danish footballer
• 1995 » Chief Keef, American rapper
• 1999 » Paola Reis, BMX rider

• 2011 » Rick Rypien, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1984)
• 2012 » Altamiro Carrilho, Brazilian flute player and composer (b. 1924)
• 2012 » Bob Birch, American bass player and saxophonist (b. 1956)
• 2012 » Harry Harrison, American author and illustrator (b. 1925)
• 2013 » Marich Man Singh Shrestha, Nepali politician, 28th Prime Minister of Nepal (b. 1942)
• 2013 » Rosalía Mera, Spanish businesswoman, co-founded Inditex and Zara (b. 1944)
• 2013 » Sławomir Mrożek, Polish-French author and playwright (b. 1930)
• 2014 » Licia Albanese, Italian-American soprano and actress (b. 1909)
• 2015 » Hamid Gul, Pakistani general (b. 1936)
• 2015 » Julian Bond, American academic and politician (b. 1940)

1. Lucas
2. Daley
3. Daan
4. Boaz
5. Gijs
6. Tim
7. Liam
8. Jan
9. Milan
10. Thomas
11. Ruben
12. Levi
13. Julian
14. Hugo
15. Siem
16. Finn

1. Sophie
2. Eva
3. Emma
4. Lynn
5. Anna
6. Isa
7. Noa
8. Mila
9. Roos
10. Sara
11. Cato
12. Elise
13. Mia
14. Zoë
15. Zita
16. Evi

• Koning Willem-Alexander (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 2013 up to present prince from the Netherlands (also called 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 21 » The American city of Flint, Michigan switches its water source to the Flint River, beginning the ongoing Flint water crisis which has caused lead poisoning in up to 12,000 people, and 15 deaths from Legionnaires disease, ultimately leading to criminal indictments against 15 people, five of whom have been charged with involuntary manslaughter.
• August 3 » A 6.1 magnitude earthquake kills at least 617 people and injures more than 2,400 in Yunnan, China.
• October 30 » Sweden is the first European Union member state to officially recognize the State of Palestine.
• October 31 » During a test flight, the VSS Enterprise, a Virgin Galactic experimental spaceflight test vehicle, suffers a catastrophic in-flight breakup and crashes in the Mojave Desert, California
• November 12 » The Philae lander, deployed from the European Space Agency's Rosetta probe, reaches the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.
• December 15 » A gunman takes 18 hostages inside a café in Martin Place for 16 hours in Sydney. Monis and two hostages are killed when police raid the café the following morning.

The temperature on August 15, 2014 was between 12.0 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (60%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.