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• A. Piebe Nauta (91), Middelburg
• Eugene Robert Sitzmann (55), Plymouth County, Iowa
• Florentina Rogiers (95), 3550 Zolder, Limburg, BE
• Jannetje van der Ende (92)
• Aaltsje Schilstra (94), Workum, Gem. Workum, Fryslân, Nederland
• Hendrika Berendina de Groot (96), Aurora, Ontario, Canada
• Geesje Stelpstra (81), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Emke Martje Feringa (74), Grootegast
• Carolina Hendrika Armirotto (84), Antwerpen, België
• Alexander van 't Noordende (5), Coin, Andalucië, Spanje

• 1990 » Maica García Godoy, Spanish water polo player
• 1990 » Paolo Campinoti, Italian footballer
• 1990 » Patrick Lambie, South African rugby player
• 1990 » Ronald González Tabilo, Chilean footballer
• 1990 » Saki Kumagai, Japanese footballer
• 1991 » Brenda Asnicar, Argentine actress
• 1992 » Keerthy Suresh, Indian actress
• 1992 » Sam Concepcion, Filipino musician and dancer
• 1993 » Kenneth Omeruo, Nigerian footballer
• 2001 » Thomas Strudwick, British motorcycle road racer

• 2013 » Arthur Maxwell House, Canadian neurologist and politician, 10th Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador (b. 1926)
• 2013 » Lou Scheimer, American animator, producer, and voice actor, co-founded the Filmation Company (b. 1928)
• 2013 » Mother Antonia, American-Mexican nun and activist (b. 1926)
• 2013 » Rene Simpson, Canadian-American tennis player (b. 1966)
• 2013 » Terry Fogerty, English rugby player and coach (b. 1944)
• 2014 » Berndt von Staden, German diplomat, German Ambassador to the United States (b. 1919)
• 2014 » Edwards Barham, American farmer and politician (b. 1937)
• 2014 » Masaru Emoto, Japanese author and activist (b. 1943)
• 2014 » Tom Shaw, American bishop (b. 1945)
• 2015 » Danièle Delorme, French actress and producer (b. 1926)

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.
• January 9 » An explosion at a Mitsubishi Materials chemical plant in Yokkaichi, Japan, kills at least five people and injures 17 others.
• March 20 » Four suspected Taliban members attack the Kabul Serena Hotel, killing at least nine people.
• April 14 » Twin bomb blasts in Abuja, Nigeria, kill at least 75 people and injures 141 others.
• July 17 » Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, a Boeing 777, crashes near the border of Ukraine and Russia after being shot down. All 298 people on board are killed.
• August 9 » Michael Brown, an 18-year-old African American male in Ferguson, Missouri, is shot and killed by a Ferguson police officer after reportedly assaulting the officer and attempting to steal his weapon, sparking protests and unrest in the city.
• October 22 » Michael Zehaf-Bibeau attacks the Parliament of Canada, killing a soldier and injuring three other people.

The temperature on October 17, 2014 was between 11.8 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.