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• Adrianus Petrus Lansbergen, Overschie (ZH-NLD)
• Angelina Lohn, São Pedro de Alcântara, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1937)
• Adolphine Marie Depaz, Mielen-boven-Aalst, België († 1986)
• Albert Roona, Roderveld († 1980)
• Aleida Johanna Bennink, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aleida Johanna Bennink, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Andreas Hubertus Cuijpers, Stevensweert
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• Anna Antoinette Gerardu, Maastricht († 1989)
• Ada Ethel Bright, Chelsea, London, England

• Catharina Elleberta Morren (69), Amsterdam
• Adrina Brem (72), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Berend Roelofs Speelman (35), Westerbork, Drenthe, Nederland
• Clarence R Fletcher (31), Verda, Grant, Louisiana, United States
• Antonia Donkers (83), Macharen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Brem (70), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adrianus Bouwmeester, Alkemade, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Gerardus Snijders (42), 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Johannes Gorissen (40), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Ardina van Sluijsveld (34), Udenhout

• 1903 » Josephine Hutchinson, American actress († 1998)
• 1904 » Ding Ling, Chinese author and educator († 1986)
• 1904 » Lester Dent, American journalist and author († 1959)
• 1906 » Joe Cronin, American baseball player and manager († 1984)
• 1906 » John Murray, American playwright and producer († 1984)
• 1906 » Piero Taruffi, Italian race car driver and motorcycle racer († 1988)
• 1908 » Ann Petry, American novelist († 1997)
• 1908 » Paul Engle, American novelist, poet, playwright, and critic († 1991)
• 1910 » Malcolm Renfrew, American chemist and academic († 2013)
• 1910 » Robert Fitzgerald, American poet, critic, and translator († 1985)

• 1875 » Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (b. 1827)
• 1896 » Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish lawyer and politician, 9th Council President of Denmark (b. 1817)
• 1898 » Calvin Fairbank, American minister and activist (b. 1816)
• 1914 » Margaret E. Knight, American inventor (b. 1838)
• 1915 » Edith Cavell, English nurse (b. 1865)
• 1923 » Bunny Lucas, English cricketer (b. 1857)
• 1924 » Anatole France, French journalist, novelist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1844)
• 1926 » Edwin Abbott Abbott, English theologian and author (b. 1838)
• 1933 » John Lister, English philanthropist and politician (b. 1847)
• 1940 » Tom Mix, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1880)

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

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

• 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
• January 6 » Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome, Italy.
• June 14 » The National Association for Women's Suffrage succeeds in getting Norwegian women the right to vote in parliamentary elections.
• August 31 » Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Anglo-Russian Convention, by which the UK recognizes Russian preeminence in northern Persia, while Russia recognizes British preeminence in southeastern Persia and Afghanistan. Both powers pledge not to interfere in Tibet.
• October 21 » The 1907 Qaratog earthquake hits the borders of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, killing between 12,000 and 15,000 people.
• December 6 » A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia, kills 362 workers.
• December 10 » The worst night of the Brown Dog riots in London, when 1,000 medical students clash with 400 police officers over the existence of a memorial for animals that have been vivisected.

The temperature on October 12, 1907 was between 5.8 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.