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• Aaltien de Vrieze, Witteveen, Ruinen († 1986)
• Aaldrik Hoving, Hoogezand, Gr, Nederland
• Adriana (Sjaan) Bruurmijn, Nieuwkuijk († 1999)
• van den Berg († 1912)
• Alvin Marcarious Kerzmann, Blackwater Twp, McLean, North Dakota, Verenigde Staten († 1996)
• Anthonie Hendricus Koene, Delft († 1993)
• Aafke van Lune († 2004)
• Aafje Diephout, Nieuw-Beijerland
• Anna Bastiaantje Jannetje de Koning, Hoogvliet († 1978)
• Anna Catharina Maria Klamer, Rotterdam

• August Andries ROOSEN (61), Jumet
• Anna Gerardina Deighton (65), Jakarta, Indonesie
• ARIE VAN DER GIESSEN (25), KRIMPEN AAN DEN IJSSEL
• Adriana van Aken (68), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alberta Mimpen (0), Vlijmen
• Alida Plaisier (70), Dordrecht, Nederland
• Anna Geradina Deighton (65), Batavia
• Antonius Adrianus van Berkel (0), Tilburg
• Adriana van Aken (68), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• "Karl "Wilhelm Süßkind (67), Cannstadt, Germany

• 1904 » Walter Heitler, German physicist and chemist († 1981)
• 1905 » Luigi Zampa, Italian director and screenwriter († 1991)
• 1905 » Michael Tippett, English composer and conductor († 1998)
• 1909 » Barry Goldwater, American politician, businessman, and author († 1998)
• 1909 » Riccardo Cassin, Italian mountaineer and author († 2009)
• 1913 » Anna Lee, English-American actress († 2004)
• 1913 » Juanita Jackson Mitchell, American lawyer and activist († 1992)
• 1917 » Vera Zorina, German-Norwegian actress and dancer († 2003)
• 1918 » Willi Graf, German physician and activist († 1943)
• 1919 » Beatrice Hicks, American engineer († 1979)

• 1892 » George Biddell Airy, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1801)
• 1904 » James Longstreet, American general and diplomat (b. 1821)
• 1913 » Léon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (b. 1855)
• 1915 » Karl Goldmark, Hungarian violinist and composer (b. 1830)
• 1917 » Léon Flameng, French cyclist (b. 1877)
• 1920 » Paul Adam, French author (b. 1862)
• 1924 » Sabine Baring-Gould, English author and scholar (b. 1834)
• 1939 » Roman Dmowski, Polish politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)
• 1941 » Mischa Levitzki, Russian-American pianist and composer (b. 1898)
• 1946 » Joe Darling, Australian cricketer and politician (b. 1870)

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 » German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.
• February 14 » The U.S. Navy commissions its first class of diesel-powered submarines.
• April 10 » RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton, England on her maiden and only voyage.
• April 18 » The Cunard liner RMSCarpathia brings 705 survivors from the RMSTitanic to New York City.
• 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 27 » Spain declares a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco.

The temperature on January 2, 1912 was between 6.9 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.