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• André Mathieu Joseph DANTINNE, Wandre, 62063, Liege, Belgique
• Adriana van den Hoven, Drunen († 1967)
• Aaltje Merkus, Hochlar (D)
• Aaltje Honders († 1939)
• Alida van Zwieten, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1988)
• Adriana Hoven van den, Drunen († 1967)
• Albertus Boer, Nieuw-Amsterdam, Emmen († 1980)
• , Brugge († 1926)
• André VANLERBERGHE, Passendale, 33019, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique († 1989)
• Aldegonda Gerarda Hendrix, Mierlo

• Anne Lammerts Woudsma (47), Noordwolde, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Carolina de Kok (48), Oudewater
• Christoffel Kessler (58), Koog aan de Zaan
• Cornelis Gerardus Ruijgrok (0), Wassenaar, ZH, Nederland
• Adrianus van Meurs (52), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Carolina de Kok (48), Oudewater
• Cornelis Gerardus Ruijgrok (0), Wassenaar
• Cornelis Johannes Jordens (29), Grave
• Charles John SEYMOUR (44), Zululand, South Africa
• Anna Maria Theresia Margaretha Feldbrugge (28), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland

• 1907 » Volmari Iso-Hollo, Finnish athlete († 1969)
• 1908 » George Dolenz, Italian-American actor († 1963)
• 1909 » Lucienne Bloch, Swiss-American sculptor, painter, and photographer († 1995)
• 1909 » Stephen Cole Kleene, American mathematician and computer scientist († 1994)
• 1910 » Jack Lovelock, New Zealand runner and journalist († 1949)
• 1911 » Jean-Pierre Aumont, French actor and screenwriter († 2001)
• 1914 » George Reeves, American actor and director († 1959)
• 1914 » Nicolas de Staël, Russian-French painter and illustrator († 1955)
• 1915 » Arthur H. Robinson, Canadian geographer and cartographer († 2004)
• 1917 » Francis L. Kellogg, American businessman and diplomat († 2006)

• 1883 » Charles Tompson, Australian poet and public servant (b. 1806)
• 1885 » Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Norwegian author and scholar (b. 1812)
• 1888 » Henri Herz, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1803)
• 1899 » Ezra Otis Kendall, American professor, astronomer and mathematician (b. 1818)
• 1904 » Karl Alfred von Zittel, German paleontologist and geologist (b. 1839)
• 1910 » Léon Walras, French-Swiss economist and academic (b. 1834)
• 1917 » Isobel Lilian Gloag, English painter (b. 1865)
• 1922 » Ernest Shackleton, Anglo-Irish sailor and explorer (b. 1874)
• 1933 » Calvin Coolidge, American lawyer and politician, 30th President of the United States (b. 1872)
• 1942 » Tina Modotti, Italian photographer, model, actress, and activist (b. 1896)

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.
• February 29 » The Piedra Movediza (Moving Stone) of Tandil falls and breaks.
• March 6 » Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces become the first to use airships in war, as two dirigibles drop bombs on Turkish troops encamped at Janzur, from an altitude of 6,000 feet.
• April 20 » Opening day for baseball's Tiger Stadium in Detroit, and Fenway Park in Boston.
• May 13 » The Royal Flying Corps, the forerunner of the Royal Air Force, is established in the United Kingdom.
• October 11 » First Balkan War: The day after the Battle of Sarantaporo, Greek troops liberate the city of Kozani.
• December 28 » The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco.

The temperature on January 5, 1912 was between 3.8 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 18.9 mm of rain. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.