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• Jan Pater, Ermelo/Nunspeet († 2015)
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• Cornelia Maria Essenberg (91), Den Haag
• Elisabeth Annes Bok (90)
• Elziena Pepping (95)
• Bertus Duin (87), Heemskerk
• Carla Auguste Vehmeyer (76), Hoofddorp, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alys Feikema (101), Sheldon, O'Brien County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Catharina Suzanna de Jonge (86), IJzendijke, Zeeland, NL
• Christiaan Blokland (91)
• Cornelis Johannes Veldhuijzen (93), Zoetermeer (ZH, NLD)
• Anna Catharina ter Kuile (91), Enschede

• 1995 » Nguyễn Công Phượng, Vietnamese footballer
• 1995 » Yulia Belorukova, Russian cross-country skier
• 1996 » Aldo Kalulu, French footballer
• 1996 » Cristian Pavón, Argentine footballer
• 1996 » Marco Asensio, Spanish footballer
• 1997 » Jeremy Shada, American actor, musician and singer
• 1998 » Borna Sosa, Croatian footballer
• 1999 » Rubina Ali, Indian actress
• 2003 » Natalie Garcia, rhythmic gymnast
• 2004 » Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway, 2nd in line for the Norwegian throne

• 2011 » Dennis Oppenheim, American sculptor and photographer (b. 1938)
• 2011 » Theoni V. Aldredge, Greek-American costume designer (b. 1922)
• 2013 » Ahmet Mete Işıkara, Turkish geophysicist and academic (b. 1941)
• 2013 » Chumpol Silpa-archa, Thai academic and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1940)
• 2013 » Michael Winner, English director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1935)
• 2015 » Johnnie Lewis, Liberian lawyer and politician, 18th Chief Justice of Liberia (b. 1946)
• 2015 » Leon Brittan, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (b. 1939)
• 2015 » Marcus Borg, American scholar, theologian, and author (b. 1942)
• 2016 » Bill Johnson, American skier (b. 1960)
• 2016 » Mrinalini Sarabhai, a 1992-Padma Bhushan award winner Indian classical dancer, choreographer and instructor. (b. 1918)

• 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.
• January 15 » The Swiss National Bank abandons the cap on the franc's value relative to the euro, causing turmoil in international financial markets
• February 11 » A university student was murdered as she resisted an attempted rape in Turkey, sparking nationwide protests and public outcry against harassment and violence against women.
• February 24 » A Metrolink train derails in Oxnard, California following a collision with a truck, leaving more than 30 injured.
• May 9 » Russia stages its biggest ever military parade in Moscow's Red Square to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Victory Day.
• July 20 » The United States and Cuba resume full diplomatic relations after five decades.

The temperature on January 21, 2015 was between -1.9 °C and 1.5 °C and averaged -0.5 °C. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.