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• Arend Jan "Jan" Grijsen (91), Winterswijk, Gemeente Winterswijk, Gelderland, The Netherlands
• Cornelia Cornlsdr HouwaarD (80), Noordwijk
• Edward Whitley (77), Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Arie van Bruchem (82)
• André Stoelinga (41), Geleen, Limburg, Netherlands
• Anna Maria "Mieke" (Leo Algra) Gröniger (89), DR, Netherlands
• Elsa Ruth FORBES DE TIMMERMAN (89), Erie, PA, VS
• ? ? (99)
• Anna van den Nieuwenhof (82), Venlo, Li.NL
• Anna Maria (Mieke) Gröniger (89), Drenthe

• 1988 » Jorge Torres Nilo, Mexican footballer
• 1988 » Nicklas Bendtner, Danish footballer
• 1991 » Matt Duchene, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1993 » Amandine Hesse, French tennis player
• 1993 » Hannes Anier, Estonian footballer
• 1994 » Chris Smith, Australian rugby league player
• 1995 » Mikaela Turik, Australian-Canadian cricketer
• 1996 » Kim Jennie, Korean singer
• 1998 » Cameron Murray, Australian rugby league player
• 2003 » Adriana Hernández, Mexican rhythmic gymnast

• 2013 » André Cassagnes, French technician and toy maker, created the Etch A Sketch (b. 1926)
• 2013 » Wayne D. Anderson, American baseball player and coach (b. 1930)
• 2014 » Dave Madden, Canadian-American actor (b. 1931)
• 2014 » Gary Arlington, American author and illustrator (b. 1938)
• 2014 » Hiroo Onoda, Japanese lieutenant (b. 1922)
• 2014 » Ruth Duccini, American actress (b. 1918)
• 2015 » Miriam Akavia, Polish-Israeli author and translator (b. 1927)
• 2015 » Yao Beina, Chinese singer (b. 1981)
• 2016 » Joannis Avramidis, Greek sculptor (b. 1922)
• 2016 » Ted Marchibroda, American football player and coach (b. 1931)

• 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 16.9 million citizens.
• January 9 » The perpetrators of the Charlie Hebdo shooting in Paris two days earlier are both killed after a hostage situation; a second hostage situation, related to the Charlie Hebdo shooting, occurs at a Jewish market in Vincennes.
• February 17 » Eighteen people are killed and 78 injured in a stampede at a Mardi Gras parade in Haiti.
• May 3 » Two gunmen launch an attempted attack on an anti-Islam event in Garland, Texas, which was held in response to the Charlie Hebdo shooting.
• August 26 » Two U.S. journalists are shot and killed by a disgruntled former coworker while conducting a live report in Moneta, Virginia.
• October 3 » Forty-two are killed and 33 go missing in the Kunduz hospital airstrike.
• November 21 » The government of Belgium imposed a security lockdown on Brussels, including the closure of shops, schools, public transportation, due to potential terrorist attacks.

The temperature on January 16, 2015 was between 2.7 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.