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• Abraham Belinfante
• Albert Schonewill, South Dakota
• Alle Hakze, Gorredijk, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland († 1974)
• Aaltje VAN Wynen, Krimpen aan de Lek, NEDERLAND
• Adriaan Proost, Oost-en West-Souburg, Zeeland, Netherlands († 1982)
• Aart de Graaf, Nijkerk († 1969)
• Aalt van Ramshorst, Nijkerk, Gelderland, Nederland († 1912)
• André Meganck, Zomergem, Oost-Vlaanderen, België († 1954)
• Aleida Kattenberg († 2000)
• Prins, Sliedrecht († 1912)

• Angenissa Catrina Reijers (78), Elst, Gelderland, Nederland
• Prins (0), Sliedrecht
• Albert Ruiterkamp (70), Erve Spitholt, Almen
• Adela Lukas (Aaltje) Posthumus (67), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Backx (74), ,, Feijnaart en Heijningen, Nederland
• Antje Quax (47), 's-Gravenhage
• Antonius Petrus Rammers (64), Schiedam, ZH, Nederland
• Adrianus Albertus de Haas (34), Culemborg
• Arie van Rouendal (15), Amersfoort
• Barbara Clasina Ravensbergen (48), Hazerwoude-dorp

• 1907 » Jacques Tati, French actor, director, and screenwriter († 1982)
• 1907 » Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone, English academic and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain († 2001)
• 1908 » Harry Hooton, Australian poet and critic († 1961)
• 1908 » Lee Wiley, American singer († 1975)
• 1908 » Werner von Haeften, German lieutenant († 1944)
• 1909 » Donald Coggan, English archbishop († 2000)
• 1911 » Joe Rosenthal, American photographer († 2006)
• 1914 » Edward Andrews, American actor († 1985)
• 1915 » Belva Plain, American author († 2010)
• 1915 » Clifford M. Hardin, American academic and politician, 17th United States Secretary of Agriculture († 2010)

• 1897 » Jan Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1818)
• 1900 » Heinrich von Herzogenberg, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1843)
• 1911 » Jack Daniel, American businessman, founded Jack Daniel's (b. 1849)
• 1924 » Valery Bryusov, Russian author, poet, and critic (b. 1873)
• 1934 » Alexander I of Yugoslavia, King of Yugoslavia also known as Alexander the Unifier (b. 1888)
• 1934 » Louis Barthou, French union leader and politician, 78th Prime Minister of France (b. 1862)
• 1937 » Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse (b. 1868)
• 1940 » Wilfred Grenfell, English-American physician and missionary (b. 1865)
• 1941 » Helen Morgan, American singer and actress (b. 1900)
• 1943 » Pieter Zeeman, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)

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 14 » Arizona is admitted as the 48th and the last contiguous U.S. state.
• April 2 » The ill-fated RMSTitanic begins sea trials.
• April 16 » Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.
• May 4 » Italy occupies the Greek island of Rhodes.
• October 18 » First Balkan War: King Peter I of Serbia issues a declaration "To the Serbian People", as his country joins the war.
• October 24 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Kirk Kilisse concludes with a Bulgarian victory against the Ottoman Empire.

The temperature on October 9, 1912 was between 4.3 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.