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• Albertje Cecilia Edel (93), Veendam
• Annadine Margarithe Fourier (70), Hoepertingen, België
• Elizabeth ARTS (94), Nijmegen (NL/GE)
• Clara van Hoek (87), Hengelo
• Aaltje Teelke Gorter (90), Ten-Boer, Groningen, Nederland
• Imelda Hermina (Emmy) Mol (78), Ouder-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Josephus Maria Marijnen (87), Noordwijkerhout
• Apolonia Petronella Noordermeer (90), Maasdijk
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• Herbert Stremler (91), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1991 » Roberto Firmino, Brazilian footballer
• 1992 » Sirje Roops, Estonian footballer
• 1993 » Aaro Vainio, Finnish race car driver
• 1993 » Michy Batshuayi, Belgian footballer
• 1994 » Joana Eidukonytė, Lithuanian tennis player
• 1995 » Te Maire Martin, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1995 » Tepai Moeroa, Cook Islands rugby league player
• 1996 » Tom Trbojevic, Australian rugby league player
• 1997 » Hana Sugisaki, Japanese actress
• 2002 » Jacob Sartorius, American singer

• 2014 » Robert Flower, Australian footballer (b. 1955)
• 2015 » Brian Friel, Irish author, playwright, and director (b. 1929)
• 2015 » Coleridge Goode, Jamaican-English bassist and composer (b. 1914)
• 2015 » Eric Arturo Delvalle, Panamanian lawyer and politician, President of Panama (b. 1937)
• 2015 » James Mutende, Ugandan veterinarian, economist, and politician (b. 1962)
• 2015 » Johnny Paton, Scottish footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1923)
• 2015 » Rodolfo Frigeri, Argentinian economist and politician, Argentinian Minister of Finance (b. 1942)
• 2016 » Gary Reed, American comic book writer (b. 1956)
• 2016 » Neville Marriner, British conductor (b. 1924)
• 2017 » Tom Petty, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1950)

• 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 17.0 million citizens.
• January 3 » Following the fallout caused by the execution of Nimr al-Nimr, Iran ends its diplomatic relations with Saudi Arabia.
• February 12 » Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill sign an Ecumenical Declaration in the first such meeting between leaders of the Catholic and Russian Orthodox Churches since their split in 1054.
• May 19 » EgyptAir Flight 804 crashes into the Mediterranean Sea while traveling from Paris to Cairo, killing all on board.
• July 23 » Kabul twin bombing occurred in the vicinity of Deh Mazang when protesters, mostly from the Shiite Hazara minority, were marching against route changing of the TUTAP power project. At least 80 people were killed and 260 were injured.
• August 21 » The closing ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, takes place.
• December 7 » Pakistan International Airlines Flight 661, a domestic passenger flight from Chitral to Islamabad, operated by ATR-42-500 crashes near Havelian, killing all 47 on board.

The temperature on October 2, 2016 was between 8.8 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 10.7 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (27%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.