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• Antonia Josephina Flos, Tegelen, Limburg, Netherlands († 1995)
• Anna Hubertina Baadjou, Scherpenseel, Übach-Palenberg, Kreis Heinsberg (D)
• Antonia Anna Maria Godfroij, Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• ADRIENNE MADELEINE LOUAGIE, Geluwe (B), 8940 († 1932)
• Anthonius Wilhelmus Hendrikus Godefrooij, Breukelen († 1967)
• Alida Jacoba Koek
• Amélia Silveira, Itu, São Paulo, Brasil
• Antonie de Man, Rotterdam
• Adriana van de Klift, Rhenen
• Anna van der Meulen, Langezwaag († 2001)

• Catharina Gezina Hessels Brandenburgh (79), Workum, Gem. Workum, Friesland, Nederland
• Catharina Gesina Hessels Brandenburgh (79), Workum, Nijefurd, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonij Olthof (62), Gendringen
• Catharina Gesina Brandenburgh (79), Workum
• Benvenida Lobatto (62), Amsterdam
• Albert Niks (30), Westerbork, Nederland
• Catharina van Oevelen (47), Noordwijk
• Albert Niks (30), Westerbork, Drenthe, Nederland
• Bernardus Lok (43), Smilde
• Albert Janssen Post (68), fortasse, somewhere in IL

• 1908 » Dan Maskell, English tennis player and sportscaster († 1992)
• 1908 » Jane Bolin, American lawyer and judge († 2007)
• 1908 » Leo Rosten, Polish-American author and academic († 1997)
• 1908 » Masaru Ibuka, Japanese businessman, co-founded Sony († 1997)
• 1910 » António de Spínola, Portuguese general and politician, 14th President of Portugal († 1996)
• 1912 » John Levy, American bassist and businessman († 2012)
• 1913 » Oleg Cassini, French-American fashion designer († 2006)
• 1914 » Dorothy Lewis Bernstein, American mathematician († 1988)
• 1914 » Norman McLaren, Scottish-Canadian animator, director, and producer († 1987)
• 1914 » Robert Stanfield, Canadian economist, lawyer, and politician, 17th Premier of Nova Scotia († 2003)

• 1894 » Constantin Lipsius, German architect and theorist (b. 1832)
• 1895 » Julius Lothar Meyer, German chemist (b. 1830)
• 1902 » Wade Hampton III, American general and politician, 77th Governor of South Carolina (b. 1818)
• 1903 » Gemma Galgani, Italian mystic and saint (b. 1878)
• 1906 » Francis Pharcellus Church, American journalist and publisher, co-founded Armed Forces Journal and The Galaxy Magazine (b. 1839)
• 1906 » James Anthony Bailey, American businessman, co-founded Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (b. 1847)
• 1908 » Henry Bird, English chess player and author (b. 1829)
• 1916 » Richard Harding Davis, American journalist and author (b. 1864)
• 1918 » Otto Wagner, Austrian architect and urban planner (b. 1841)
• 1926 » Luther Burbank, American botanist and academic (b. 1849)

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

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

• 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
• January 8 » The African National Congress is founded, under the name South African Native National Congress (SANNC).
• February 14 » Arizona is admitted as the 48th and the last contiguous U.S. state.
• April 17 » Russian troops open fire on striking goldfield workers in northeast Siberia, killing at least 150.
• May 5 » Pravda, the "voice" of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publication in Saint Petersburg.
• October 11 » First Balkan War: The day after the Battle of Sarantaporo, Greek troops liberate the city of Kozani.
• November 2 » Bulgaria defeats the Ottoman Empire in the Battle of Lule Burgas, the bloodiest battle of the First Balkan War, which opens her way to Constantinople.

The temperature on April 11, 1912 was between 0.1 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.