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• Adrianus de Bruijn, Nootdorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1919)
• Alida Bentvelzen, den haag
• Hendrik Middel, Emmen Drenthe
• Anna Aletta Senstius, Kota Radja, Ned. Indië
• Agnes Maria Collignon, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, Nederland
• Alexandrina Johanna Middelburg, Naaldwijk († 1979)
• Albert Dijkhuizen, Stedum
• Aleida Fennigje GUNTHER, Arnhem
• Albertus Marinus Stinissen, Hellevoetsluis, Hellevoetsluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1978)
• Anna Maria Catharina van Roon, Wijk aan Zee en Duin

• Bartholomeus van Arnhem (66), Vinkeveen en Waverveen
• Anna Maria Olvers (32), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Huberdina Poulisse (0), Amsterdam
• Barend Neijsen, Ankeveen
• Adrianus van Dongen (67), Wouw, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Brugt Hotzes BOONSTRA (89), Rauwerderhem Friesland Netherlands
• Albert Zegers (77), Anna Paulowna, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Bartolomeus van AARNEM (66), Vinkeveen en Waverveen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonia Simon (0), Rotterdam
• Aafje Hendrina Lap (0), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1908 » John Creasey, English author and politician († 1973)
• 1908 » Rafael Israelyan, Armenian architect and educator, designed the Sardarapat Memorial and St. Vartan Cathedral († 1973)
• 1909 » Elizabeth Enright, American author and illustrator († 1968)
• 1912 » Irena Kwiatkowska, Polish actress († 2011)
• 1912 » Maksim Tank, Belarusian poet, journalist, and translator († 1995)
• 1914 » Shin Kanemaru, Japanese politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Japan († 1996)
• 1914 » Thomas J. Bata, Czech-Canadian businessman († 2008)
• 1914 » William Grut, Swedish pentathlete († 2012)
• 1915 » M. F. Husain, Indian painter and director († 2011)
• 1916 » Mary Stewart, English-Scottish author and poet († 2014)

• 1894 » Deng Shichang, Chinese captain (b. 1849)
• 1899 » Charles Alfred Pillsbury, American businessman, co-founded the Pillsbury Company (b. 1842)
• 1907 » Edmonia Lewis, American sculptor (b. 1844)
• 1907 » Ignaz Brüll, Czech-Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1846)
• 1908 » Henri Julien, Canadian cartoonist (b. 1852)
• 1908 » Thomas Selfridge, American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1882)
• 1909 » Thomas Bent, Australian businessman and politician, 22nd Premier of Victoria (b. 1838)
• 1911 » Edmonia Lewis, American sculptor (b. 1844)
• 1923 » Stefanos Dragoumis, Greek judge and politician, 92nd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1842)
• 1925 » Carl Eytel, German-American painter and illustrator (b. 1862)

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 11 » Immigrant textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, go on strike when wages are reduced in response to a mandated shortening of the work week.
• June 4 » Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage.
• July 8 » Henrique Mitchell de Paiva Couceiro leads an unsuccessful royalist attack against the First Portuguese Republic in Chaves.
• September 2 » Arthur Rose Eldred is awarded the first Eagle Scout award of the Boy Scouts of America.
• October 14 » Former president Theodore Roosevelt is shot and mildly wounded by John Flammang Schrank. With the fresh wound in his chest, and the bullet still within it, Roosevelt delivers his scheduled speech.
• November 28 » Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.

The temperature on September 17, 1912 was between 8.3 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.