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• A. H. van Bon († 2002)
• Annechiena Jansen, Burum, gem. Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland
• Antonia Margaretha Zuiderveld, Wageningen
• Anna ter Maaten, Rock valley, Sioux County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 1981)
• Albertus Valkenburg, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antoinetta van Loon, Velp († 1916)
• Afra Maria Admiraal, Limmen
• Age ten Brink, Rolde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Abraham van Kampen, Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1941)
• Anna Maria van de Wall, Neerbeek, Beek, Limburg, Nederland († 1981)

• Amelia Wiksje van Hoorn Alkema (1), Utrecht
• Annigje Benjamins (66), Slagharen
• Arjaantje KAPTIJN Pdr (1865-1912) (47), Ouddorp, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH
• Adriana Broeckx (74), Tilburg (Tilburg) (Noord-Brabant)
• Alida Hendrica de Lange (11), Rotterdam
• Adriaan van Bart (1), Houten
• Albertus Christoffel Simons (75), Toeban, Ned. Indie
• Aloijsius de VRIES (64), Edam, Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arijaantje Broere (23), Rotterdam
• Antonius Kieft (50), Zwartebroek (Barneveld), Nederland

• 1904 » Clarence Nash, American voice actor and singer († 1985)
• 1905 » Gerard Kuiper, Dutch-American astronomer and academic († 1973)
• 1907 » Fred Rose, Polish-Canadian politician and spy († 1983)
• 1909 » Nikola Vaptsarov, Bulgarian poet and author († 1942)
• 1910 » Duncan McNaughton, Canadian high jumper and geologist († 1998)
• 1910 » Louis Prima, American singer-songwriter, trumpet player, and actor († 1978)
• 1912 » Daniel Jones, Welsh captain and composer († 1993)
• 1913 » Kersti Merilaas, Estonian author and poet († 1986)
• 1915 » Eli Wallach, American actor († 2014)
• 1915 » Leigh Brackett, American author and screenwriter († 1978)

• 1879 » Jón Sigurðsson, Icelandic scholar and politician, 1st Speaker of the Parliament of Iceland (b. 1811)
• 1891 » Arthur Blyth, English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of South Australia (b. 1823)
• 1894 » Ferdinand de Lesseps, French businessman and diplomat, co-developed the Suez Canal (b. 1805)
• 1899 » Juan Luna, Filipino painter and sculptor (b. 1857)
• 1902 » Thomas Nast, German-American cartoonist (b. 1840)
• 1906 » Élie Ducommun, Swiss journalist and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1833)
• 1913 » Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano, Italian cardinal (b. 1828)
• 1917 » Ludwig Minkus, Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1826)
• 1918 » Frank Wilson, English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1859)
• 1941 » Attack on Pearl Harbor:

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. Geertruida
14. Aaltje
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 17 » British polar explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen.
• February 14 » The U.S. Navy commissions its first class of diesel-powered submarines.
• May 8 » Paramount Pictures is founded.
• June 4 » Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage.
• December 19 » William Van Schaick, captain of the steamship General Slocum which caught fire and killed over one thousand people, is pardoned by U.S. President William Howard Taft after ​3⁄₂ years in Sing Sing prison.
• December 28 » The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco.

The temperature on December 7, 1912 was between 3.7 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.