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• John James Jaquet, Racine, WI († 2017)
• Koen Berkepies († 2016)

• Adrianus-Antonius [Jos] Voermans (87), Etten Leur, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Bets Maliepaard (86), Gemeente Eindhoven, Nederland
• Etienne Sietskea Aaffina Mol (78), Goes,, Zeeland, Nederland
• Clazina Maria Smit (91), Noordwijkerhout
• Artie Lucille van Zee (94), Sheldon, O'Brien County, Iowa
• Evert de Rooij (91)
• Bobby Robert (Rob) Muller (77), Oud-Beijerland
• Catharina Antonia Maria Michiels (80)
• Hendrik Jan Roddenhof (91), Hardenberg
• Bertha Bollaert (96), Bazel, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium

• 1986 » Ibrahim Afellay, Dutch footballer
• 1987 » Marc Pugh, English footballer
• 1987 » Pablo Aguilar, Paraguayan footballer
• 1988 » Jesse Plemons, American actor
• 1990 » Miralem Pjanić, Bosnian footballer
• 1990 » Yevgeniya Kanayeva, Russian gymnast
• 1991 » Quavo, American rapper
• 1993 » Keshorn Walcott, Trinidadian javelin thrower
• 1997 » Abdelhak Nouri, Dutch footballer
• 1997 » Dillon Bassett, American race car driver

• 2013 » Fred, French author and illustrator (b. 1931)
• 2013 » Jesús Franco, Spanish director, screenwriter, producer, and actor (b. 1930)
• 2013 » Milo O'Shea, Irish-American actor (b. 1926)
• 2014 » Glyn Jones, South African actor and screenwriter (b. 1931)
• 2014 » Urs Widmer, Swiss author and playwright (b. 1938)
• 2015 » Manoel de Oliveira, Portuguese actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1908)
• 2015 » Robert H. Schuller, American pastor and author (b. 1926)
• 2015 » Steve Stevaert, Belgian businessman and politician, Governor of Limburg (b. 1954)
• 2016 » Gallieno Ferri, Italian comic book artist and illustrator (b. 1929)
• 2016 » Robert Abajyan, Armenian sergeant (b. 1996)

1. Lucas
2. Benjamin
3. Tijn
4. Jan
5. Max
6. Levi
7. Mats
8. Alexander
9. Boaz
10. Jesse
11. Thijs
12. Jacob
13. Ruben
14. Oscar
15. Liam
16. Lars

1. Emma
2. Sophie
3. Olivia
4. Charlotte
5. Nora
6. Mila
7. Eva
8. Feline
9. Zoë
10. Isa
11. Femke
12. Fleur
13. Julia
14. Sara
15. Lola
16. Anna

• 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.
• January 16 » Thirty-three out of 126 freed hostages are injured and 23 killed in terrorist attacks in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on a hotel and a nearby restaurant.
• June 16 » Shanghai Disneyland Park, the first Disney Park in Mainland China, opens to the public.
• 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.
• September 28 » The 2016 South Australian blackout occurs, lasting up to three days in some areas.
• December 22 » A study finds the VSV-EBOV vaccine against the Ebola virus between 70-100% effective, and thus making it the first proven vaccine against the disease.

The temperature on April 2, 2016 was between 3.7 °C and 13.4 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (11%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.