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• Albertus Antonius Adrianus Peels, Valkenswaard († 1913)
• Anna Maria Meijers, Elsloo (Stein), Limburg, Nederland
• Adriana Cornelia Hendrika Simons, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andries Teunissen, Hengelo († 1912)
• Allegonda Engelina Maria Hölscher, Schiedam († 1981)
• Aaltje Sloot, Egmond aan Zee (gem. Bergen, NH)
• Anna Jentjes Algera, Deinum († 2010)
• Anna (Antje) Zuiderwijk, Den Haag
• Elisabeth Anna, 's-Gravenhage († 1912)
• Anna Theresia Arends, Vlagtwedde Laudermarke († 1985)

• Antje Mooij (64), Oudorp, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aagje Schaap (69), Rotterdam
• Catharina Gerarduss van Leeuwen (73), Lisse, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bernardus Ockeloen (77), Utrecht
• Antje van der Kaap (21), Annerveenschekanaal (Anloo)
• Balemans, Oud en Nieuw Gastel
• Aale Kotman (5), Hilten, Uelsen, Bentheim, Niedersachsen, Deutschland
• Cornelis Pieters(z) Grin (78)
• Anna Christina Steenken (83), Lorup, Esterwegen, Emsland, Niedersachsen, Deutschland
• Celia KLOPROGGE (25), Den Helder

• 1910 » Pierre Schaeffer, French composer and producer († 1995)
• 1910 » Willy Ronis, French photographer († 2009)
• 1911 » Jan Koetsier, Dutch composer and conductor († 2006)
• 1911 » Vethathiri Maharishi, Indian spiritual leader, philosopher, and author († 2006)
• 1912 » Frank Oppenheimer, American physicist and academic († 1985)
• 1913 » Hector Crawford, Australian director and producer († 1991)
• 1913 » Paul Dean, American baseball player († 1981)
• 1914 » Herman Branson, American physicist, chemist, and academic († 1995)
• 1915 » B. A. Santamaria, Australian political activist and publisher († 1998)
• 1916 » Frank and John Craighead, American naturalists (twins, Frank d. 2001, John d. 2016)

• 1890 » Michael J. McGivney, American priest, founded the Knights of Columbus (b. 1852)
• 1905 » Simeon Solomon, English soldier and painter (b. 1840)
• 1909 » William Stanley, American engineer and philanthropist (b. 1829)
• 1926 » John H. Moffitt, American sergeant and politician, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1843)
• 1928 » Klabund, German author and poet (b. 1890)
• 1938 » Hugh Trumble, Australian cricketer and accountant (b. 1876)
• 1941 » Maximilian Kolbe, Polish martyr and saint (b. 1894)
• 1941 » Paul Sabatier, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)
• 1943 » Joe Kelley, American baseball player and manager (b. 1871)
• 1943 » Lore Berger, Swiss author and translator (b. 1921)

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. Aaltje
14. Geertruida
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 6 » New Mexico is admitted to the Union as the 47th U.S. state.
• February 14 » The U.S. Navy commissions its first class of diesel-powered submarines.
• March 12 » The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.
• April 16 » Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.
• June 8 » Carl Laemmle incorporates Universal Pictures.
• October 3 » U.S. forces defeat Nicaraguan rebels at the Battle of Coyotepe Hill.

The temperature on August 14, 1912 was between 6.9 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.