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• Roelofje Pol, Hoogeveen
• Alberta Hendrika Jochems, Beekbergen, Apeldoorn († 1941)
• Alfred Edward Perrott, Bethnal Green, London, England († 1974)
• Adrianus Martinus van Blokland, Willeskop († 1990)
• Adrianus Johannes Huijsmans, Steenbergen, N-Br, NL († 2006)
• Aart (Piet) VERMAES, Djombang († 1986)
• HAVERHOEK
• Achiel Jozef LEFERE, Gits († 1993)
• Albert HORLINGS, Onstwedde, Groningen, NEDERLAND († 1985)
• Amelia Geradina QUARLES VAN UFFORD, Den Haag Zuid-Holland Netherlands († 1988)

• Anna Annes Heeroma (75), Steggerda
• Anna Mieremet (42), Leiden
• Anna Katharina van Hulst (4), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Annette Cobben (1), Meerssen
• Absalom Hutchinson Green (68), Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Maria van ETTEN (51), Oosterhout,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Armand Gerard Hendrik Albrecht FONTEYNE (0), Brugge, Belgi
• Augustus Wilhelm Swaving (55), Bangil, Malang
• Adrianus Klazinus Rochusz Eland (77), Zevenbergen, Moerdijk, Noord Brabant, The Netherlands
• Aaltje Smit (36), Rotterdam

• 1908 » Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer and painter († 2004)
• 1909 » Julius J. Epstein, American screenwriter and producer († 2000)
• 1909 » Mel Hein, American football player and coach († 1992)
• 1913 » Bruno Pontecorvo, Italian physicist and academic († 1993)
• 1913 » Leonard Pagliero, English businessman and pilot († 2008)
• 1914 » Connie B. Gay, American businessman, co-founded the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum († 1989)
• 1914 » Jack Dunphy, American author and playwright († 1992)
• 1915 » David Dellinger, American activist († 2004)
• 1915 » Edward Szczepanik, Polish economist and politician, 15th Prime Minister of the Polish Republic in Exile († 2005)
• 1915 » James Hillier, Canadian-American scientist, co-designed the electron microscope († 2007)

• 1891 » Jan Neruda, Czech journalist, author, and poet (b. 1834)
• 1903 » Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1830)
• 1904 » Kate Chopin, American novelist and poet (b. 1850)
• 1909 » Henry Radcliffe Crocker, English dermatologist and author (b. 1846)
• 1914 » Giacomo Radini-Tedeschi, Italian bishop and academic (b. 1859)
• 1918 » Korbinian Brodmann, German neurologist and academic (b. 1868)
• 1920 » Anders Zorn, Swedish artist (b. 1860)
• 1922 » Michael Collins, Irish rebel, counter-intelligence and military tactician, and politician; 2nd Irish Minister of Finance (b. 1890)
• 1926 » Charles William Eliot, American academic (b. 1834)
• 1933 » Alexandros Kontoulis, Greek general and diplomat (b. 1858)

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 6 » German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.
• January 23 » The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague.
• March 5 » Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, employing them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines.
• October 19 » Italo-Turkish War: Italy takes possession of what is now Libya from the Ottoman Empire.
• 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.
• November 28 » Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.

The temperature on August 22, 1912 was between 10.2 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 33.1 mm of rain. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.