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• Gilberte Maris (66), Koersel
• Bernard Nieuwenhuizen (79), Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Johanna Catharina Dederika van Koetsveld van Ankeren (82), Amsterdam, Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius (Anton) Deplon (74), Zwijndrecht
• Grietje Pompert (90), Den Helder
• Evert Hertsenberg (92), Hardenberg
• Joke Jacoba Johanna (Joke) Sok (55), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Geertje Jansje Verkaik (79), Den Oever
• Aren Visbeen (96), Nieuwe Tonge
• Adriaan Batenburg (79), Rotterdam

• 1986 » Mathieu Razanakolona, Canadian skier
• 1988 » Rob Kwiet, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1989 » Nacer Chadli, Belgian footballer
• 1990 » Ima Bohush, Belarusian tennis player
• 1994 » Laremy Tunsil, American football player
• 1994 » Laura Pigossi, Brazilian tennis player
• 1995 » Kristaps Porziņģis, Latvian basketball player
• 1996 » Keston Hiura, American baseball player
• 1996 » Simone Manuel, American swimmer
• 1999 » Mark Lee, Korean-Canadian singer

• 2014 » Ed Joyce, American journalist (b. 1932)
• 2015 » Forrest Bird, American pilot and engineer (b. 1921)
• 2015 » Giovanni Conso, Italian jurist and politician, Italian Minister of Justice (b. 1922)
• 2015 » Jack Spring, American baseball player (b. 1933)
• 2015 » Piet Fransen, Dutch footballer (b. 1936)
• 2016 » Ahmed Zewail, Egyptian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1946)
• 2016 » David Huddleston, American actor (b. 1930)
• 2016 » Franciszek Macharski, Polish cardinal (b. 1927)
• 2016 » Terence Bayler, New Zealand actor (b. 1930)
• 2017 » Judith Jones, American literary and cookbook editor (b. 1924)

1. Tijs
2. Siem
3. Jan
4. Ties
5. Daan
6. Cil
7. Noah
8. Thomas
9. Jesse
10. Sam
11. Bram
12. Benjamin
13. Liam
14. Levi
15. Albert
16. Luuk

1. Emma
2. Anna
3. Louise
4. Sophie
5. Tess
6. Lynn
7. Nora
8. Liv
9. Eva-julie
10. Mia
11. Juliette
12. Julia
13. Mila
14. Nina
15. Lieke
16. Emily

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 26, 2017 to present the cabinet Rutte III, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 17.1 million citizens.
• February 23 » The Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army captures Al-Bab from ISIL.
• March 10 » The impeachment of President Park Geun-hye of South Korea in response to a major political scandal is unanimously upheld by the country's Constitutional Court, ending her presidency.
• July 10 » Iraqi Civil War: Mosul is declared fully liberated from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
• October 1 » An independence referendum, declared illegal by the Constitutional Court of Spain, takes place in Catalonia.
• October 27 » Catalonia declares independence from Spain.
• December 22 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 2397 against North Korea is unanimously approved.

The temperature on August 2, 2017 was between 13.5 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 17.6 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 5.1 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (5%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.