About the day » Monday January 22, 1912Calender converter

• Andries Albert Bouwes, Oostermeer, gem. Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 2000)
• Afina Wolters, Munnekemoer, Vlagtwedde († 1984)
• Adolf Cornelis Damsma, Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, Nederland († 1963)
• Achiel DE BEUF, Ingelmunster,West Vlaanderen,BELGIE († 1976)
• Alfred Grünholz, Antwerpen, België († 1994)
• Alexander Luigjes, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland († 1912)
• Albertha Johanna Suzanna Vrielink, Stad Delden, Overijssel, Netherlands († 1963)
• Adriana van den Eijk, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1912)
• van de Ven, Capelle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Glasbergen, Oegstgeest

• Adolphina Hermina Kaisergruber (78), Eeklo, Belgique
• Adriaan Kroon (90), Sliedrecht, NL
• Arij de Haas (73), puttershoek (zuid holland)
• Arie Hendrikszn van der Ree (62), Leiden
• Anna Maria Christina Knapen (1), Nederweert
• (Stillborn) in 't Veld (in ’t Veldt, In ’t Velt) (0), 's-Gravendeel, Nederland
• Antonia van Hemert (33), Haaften gem. Neerijnen
• Adriana Verhoeven (35), Diessen, Nederland
• Bartha Maria Staas (77), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ariaantje Veeken (45), Westerblokker

• 1909 » Ann Sothern, American actress and singer († 2001)
• 1909 » Martha Norelius, Swedish-born American swimmer († 1955)
• 1909 » Porfirio Rubirosa, Dominican racing driver, polo player, and diplomat († 1965)
• 1909 » U Thant, Burmese educator and diplomat, 3rd United Nations Secretary-General († 1974)
• 1911 » Bruno Kreisky, Austrian lawyer and politician, 22nd Chancellor of Austria († 1990)
• 1913 » Carl F. H. Henry, American theologian and publisher († 2003)
• 1913 » Henry Bauchau, Belgian psychoanalyst and author († 2012)
• 1913 » William Conway, Irish cardinal († 1977)
• 1914 » Dimitris Dragatakis, Greek violinist and composer († 2001)
• 1915 » Heinrich Albertz, German theologian and politician, Mayor of Berlin († 1993)

• 1900 » David Edward Hughes, Welsh-American physicist, co-invented the microphone (b. 1831)
• 1901 » Emil Erlenmeyer, German chemist and academic (b. 1825)
• 1901 » Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (b. 1819)
• 1921 » George Streeter, American captain and businessman (b. 1837)
• 1922 » Camille Jordan, French mathematician and academic (b. 1838)
• 1922 » Fredrik Bajer, Danish educator and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1837)
• 1922 » Pope Benedict XV (b. 1854)
• 1925 » Fanny Bullock Workman, American geographer and mountain climber (b. 1859)
• 1927 » James Ford Rhodes, American historian and author (b. 1848)
• 1929 » R. C. Lehmann, English journalist, author, and politician (b. 1856)

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.
• March 12 » The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.
• April 14 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 23:40 (sinks morning of April 15th).
• May 5 » Pravda, the "voice" of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publication in Saint Petersburg.
• September 25 » Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is founded in New York City.
• December 8 » Leaders of the German Empire hold an Imperial War Council to discuss the possibility that war might break out.

The temperature on January 22, 1912 was between 0.1 °C and 4.2 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.