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• Anje Gringhuis (93), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Christiaan Pieter Doornhof (78), Harderwijk
• Geertruida TOL (88)
• Iza. Adriana Dekker (79), Nieuwdorp, Zeeland, Nederland
• Doede S. Sijtsma (86), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Derkiena Ananias (81), Zuidlaren, Drenthe, Nederland
• Geertje Boer (80), Leek
• Catharina Lavrijsen (94), Hapert
• Jan Hendrik van der Tol (73), Amersfoort
• Arnoldus Jenne Woddema (67), Burlage

• 1990 » Maica García Godoy, Spanish water polo player
• 1990 » Paolo Campinoti, Italian footballer
• 1990 » Patrick Lambie, South African rugby player
• 1990 » Ronald González Tabilo, Chilean footballer
• 1990 » Saki Kumagai, Japanese footballer
• 1991 » Brenda Asnicar, Argentine actress
• 1992 » Keerthy Suresh, Indian actress
• 1992 » Sam Concepcion, Filipino musician and dancer
• 1993 » Kenneth Omeruo, Nigerian footballer
• 2001 » Thomas Strudwick, British motorcycle road racer

• 2013 » Mother Antonia, American-Mexican nun and activist (b. 1926)
• 2014 » Berndt von Staden, German diplomat, German Ambassador to the United States (b. 1919)
• 2014 » Edwards Barham, American farmer and politician (b. 1937)
• 2014 » Masaru Emoto, Japanese author and activist (b. 1943)
• 2014 » Tom Shaw, American bishop (b. 1945)
• 2015 » Anne-Marie Lizin, Belgian lawyer and politician (b. 1949)
• 2015 » Danièle Delorme, French actress and producer (b. 1926)
• 2015 » Howard Kendall, English footballer and manager (b. 1946)
• 2015 » Tom Smith, American businessman and politician (b. 1947)
• 2017 » Gord Downie, Canadian musician (b. 1964)

1. Louis
2. Gijs
3. Lucas
4. Jan
5. Jacob
6. Noah
7. Sem
8. Thomas
9. Milan
10. Bram
11. Cornelis
12. Arthur
13. Max
14. Tygo
15. Liam
16. James

1. Julia
2. Emma
3. Ada
4. Olivia
5. Eva
6. Sophie
7. Saar
8. Mila
9. Fleur
10. Anna
11. Isa
12. Lauren
13. Elizabeth
14. Nora
15. Tessa
16. Maria

• 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 Thursday, October 26, 2017 to present the cabinet Rutte III, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 17.2 million citizens.
• January 23 » A 7.9 M_w  earthquake occurs in the Gulf of Alaska. It is tied as the sixth-largest earthquake ever recorded in the United States, but there are no reports of significant damage or fatalities.
• March 4 » Former MI6 spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter are poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent in Salisbury, England, causing a diplomatic uproar that results in mass-expulsions of diplomats from all countries involved.
• April 18 » King Mswati III of Swaziland announces that his country's name will change to Eswatini.
• April 23 » A vehicle-ramming attack kills 10 people and injures 16 in Toronto. A 25-year-old suspect, Alek Minassian, is arrested.
• May 25 » Ireland votes to repeal the Eighth Amendment of their constitution that prohibits abortion in all but a few cases, choosing to replace it with the Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland.
• August 3 » Two burka-clad men kill 29 people and injure more than 80 in a suicide attack on a Shia mosque in eastern Afghanistan.

The temperature on October 17, 2018 was between 8.2 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (51%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.