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• Berdina Johanna van Barneveld (85), Den Haag
• Gerrit Jan Sellis (79), Zwolle
• Agnes Susan Buxton NBUX01.AGN01 (89), n/k
• Gertruda (Truus) LEMMEN (92)
• Berdina Johanna van Barneveld (85), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• George Paul Schiller (86), Prior Lake, Scott, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Gerretina Jacoba Petronella van As (86), Kreta
• Aleida Johanna Brachten (85), IJmuiden
• Atty Atje de VRIES (86), Wolvega,, Fryslân | Friesland, Nederland
• Aaldriektje Modderman (81), Bellingwolde, Groningen, Netherlands

• 1992 » Anamul Haque, Bangladeshi cricketer
• 1992 » Moe Miura, Japanese model, actress, and singer
• 1992 » Pietro Perdichizzi, Belgian footballer
• 1992 » Ulrikke Eikeri, Norwegian tennis player
• 1994 » Elliot Lee, English footballer
• 1994 » José Rodríguez Martínez, Spanish footballer
• 1994 » Nicola Murru, Italian footballer
• 1996 » Joel Adams, Australian pop/soul singer-songwriter
• 1997 » Zara Larsson, Swedish singer and songwriter
• 1998 » Mira Antonitsch, Austrian tennis player

• 2012 » Elwood V. Jensen, American biologist and academic (b. 1920)
• 2013 » James Flint, English commander (b. 1913)
• 2013 » Marta Russell, American journalist, author, and activist (b. 1951)
• 2013 » Ray Price, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1926)
• 2014 » Martin Brasier, English paleontologist, biologist, and academic (b. 1947)
• 2014 » Tim Cochran, American mathematician and academic (b. 1955)
• 2015 » George Earl Ortman, American painter and sculptor (b. 1926)
• 2015 » Lizmark, Mexican wrestler (b. 1950)
• 2015 » Peter Dickinson, Rhodesian-English author and poet (b. 1927)
• 2017 » Keely Smith, American singer and actress (b. 1928)

1. Sem
2. Jan
3. Max
4. Noah
5. Liam
6. Lucas
7. Thomas
8. Thijs
9. Jacob
10. Julian
11. Levi
12. Jack
13. James
14. Luuk
15. Tim
16. Milan

1. Emma
2. Charlotte
3. Sophie
4. Bo
5. Noor
6. Dana
7. Nora
8. Anna
9. Lisa
10. Ella
11. Sarah
12. Julia
13. Lotte
14. Mila
15. Tess
16. Roos

• 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.
• March 27 » Al-Shabab militants attack and temporarily occupy a Mogadishu hotel leaving at least 20 people dead.
• May 19 » The Refugio oil spill deposited 142,800 U.S. gallons (3,400 barrels) of crude oil onto an area in California considered one of the most biologically diverse coastlines of the west coast.
• June 17 » Nine people are killed in a mass shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina.
• June 27 » Formosa Fun Coast fire: A dust fire occurs at a recreational water park in Taiwan, killing 15 people and injuring 497 others, 199 critically.
• October 10 » Twin bomb blasts in the Turkish capital Ankara kill 102 and injure 400.
• December 7 » The JAXA probe Akatsuki successfully enters orbit around Venus five years after the first attempt.

The temperature on December 16, 2015 was between 8.9 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain during 10.3 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (3%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.