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• Emma Van Brabant, Aalst

• Anna Cornelia Lambrechts (93), Essen (België), Provincie Antwerpen
• Cornelis Hermanus Blankestijn (56)
• Clasina Anna van Tongeren (87), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Afra Geertruida Wittebrood (93), Schoorl
• Anneke Kornelia Wiering (81)
• Anna Cleo Kunz (86), Utah (USA)
• Ariena de Boer (94), Veendam, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana Bal (90), Vlissingen
• Antonia Francisca Hubertina Verheggen (92), Wessem
• David Bernard Swift (85), Londen (Engeland)

• 1987 » Royston Drenthe, Dutch footballer
• 1988 » Jenni Asserholt, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1988 » Kim Myung-sung, South Korean baseball player
• 1990 » Kim Jong-hyun, South Korean singer († 2017)
• 1993 » Viktor Arvidsson, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1993 » Zac Santo, Australian rugby league player
• 1994 » Josh Chudleigh, Australian rugby league player
• 1995 » Cedi Osman, Turkish professional basketball player
• 1997 » Arno Verschueren, Belgian professional football player
• 1997 » Saygrace, Australian singer and songwriter

• 2013 » Annette Funicello, American actress and singer (b. 1942)
• 2013 » Mikhail Beketov, Russian journalist (b. 1958)
• 2014 » Emmanuel III Delly, Iraqi patriarch (b. 1927)
• 2014 » Ivan Mercep, New Zealand architect, designed the Te Papa Tongarewa Museum (b. 1930)
• 2014 » Karlheinz Deschner, German author and activist (b. 1924)
• 2015 » David Laventhol, American journalist and publisher (b. 1933)
• 2015 » Jayakanthan, Indian journalist and author (b. 1934)
• 2015 » Jean-Claude Turcotte, Canadian cardinal (b. 1936)
• 2015 » Rayson Huang, Hong Kong chemist and academic (b. 1920)
• 2015 » Sergei Lashchenko, Ukrainian kick-boxer (b. 1987)

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

1. Emma
2. Sophie
3. Olivia
4. Charlotte
5. Nora
6. Eva
7. Mila
8. Isa
9. Zoë
10. Feline
11. Femke
12. Sara
13. Julia
14. Ilse
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.
• February 11 » A man shoots six people dead at an education center in Jizan Province, 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.
• June 23 » The United Kingdom votes in a referendum to leave the European Union, by 52% to 48%.
• 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.
• September 28 » The 2016 South Australian blackout occurs, lasting up to three days in some areas.

The temperature on April 8, 2016 was between 1.6 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (18%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.