About the day » Wednesday February 12, 1902Calender converter

• Adriaantje Petronella Verleer, Breukelen-Nijenrode
• Adrianus Knijff, Leiden, Nederland
• Adriana Margaretha Arissen, Renkum († 1902)
• Anna Elisabeth Maria Adriaensen, Turnhout,Antwerpen,Belgium
• (Stillborn) POSTHUMUS, Ameland Friesland Netherlands († 1902)
• Adriaantje Petronella Verleer, Breukelen-Nijenrode, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Adriana Margaretha Knijnenburg, Wassenaar, Zuid holland, Nederland
• Adriana Clasina OOSTERLOO, Hijken (Beilen), Drenthe, Nederland († 1980)
• van de Ven, Helmond († 1979)
• Adrianus Arnoldus van Lieshout, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg († 1902)

• Albert L. Howell (24), Middleton, Hardeman County, Tennessee, Verenigde Staten
• Anje Jacobs Kweekman (71), Uithuizen, Nederland
• Alida Magdalena Maria van KLAVEREN (23), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• (0), ROTTERDAM, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Antonia Egbers (0), Wilnis
• Adriaan Pruijssers (0), 's Grevelduin-Capelle
• Agnes Hubertina Rutten (17), Stevensweert, Limburg, Nederland
• Ane Kirstine Tarp (85), Landlyst, Hulemose, Nyråd, Vordingborg
• Aleida Pieternella van Leeuwen (0), Lonneker, Nederland
• Anje Jacobs Doornbos Kweekman (71), Uithuizen

• 1897 » Charles Groves Wright Anderson, South African-Australian colonel and politician († 1988)
• 1897 » Lincoln LaPaz, American astronomer and academic († 1985)
• 1898 » Wallace Ford, English-American actor and singer († 1966)
• 1900 » Roger J. Traynor, American lawyer and jurist, 23rd Chief Justice of California († 1983)
• 1902 » William Collier, Jr., American actor, producer, and screenwriter († 1987)
• 1903 » Chick Hafey, American baseball player and manager († 1973)
• 1903 » Jorge Basadre, Peruvian historian († 1980)
• 1904 » Ted Mack, American radio and television host († 1976)
• 1907 » Joseph Kearns, American actor († 1962)
• 1908 » Jean Effel, French painter, caricaturist, illustrator and journalist († 1982)

• 1886 » Randolph Caldecott, English-American painter and illustrator (b. 1846)
• 1894 » Hans von Bülow, German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1830)
• 1896 » Ambroise Thomas, French composer and academic (b. 1811)
• 1912 » Gerhard Armauer Hansen, Norwegian physician (b. 1841)
• 1915 » Émile Waldteufel, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1837)
• 1916 » Richard Dedekind, German mathematician, philosopher, and academic (b. 1831)
• 1929 » Lillie Langtry, English singer and actress (b. 1853)
• 1931 » Samad bey Mehmandarov, Azerbaijani-Russian general and politician, 3rd Azerbaijani Minister of Defense (b. 1855)
• 1935 » Auguste Escoffier, French chef and author (b. 1846)
• 1942 » Eugene Esmonde, Irish-English lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1909)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacob
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Arie
13. Wilhelmus
14. Dirk
15. Hendrikus
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Adriana
7. Elisabeth
8. Hendrika
9. Catharina
10. Jacoba
11. Aaltje
12. Geertruida
13. Petronella
14. Grietje
15. Neeltje
16. Trijntje

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
• January 1 » The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California.
• January 28 » The Carnegie Institution of Washington is founded in Washington, D.C. with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.
• March 18 » Macario Sakay issues Presidential Order No. 1 of his Tagalog Republic.
• April 18 » The 7.5 M_w  Guatemala earthquake shakes Guatemala with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing between 800–2,000.
• May 8 » In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts, destroying the town of Saint-Pierre and killing over 30,000 people. Only a handful of residents survive the blast.
• December 14 » The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific telegraph cable, from San Francisco to Honolulu.

The temperature on February 12, 1902 was between -10.7 °C and 3.6 °C and averaged -2.8 °C. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (60%).