About the day » Monday December 16, 1912Calender converter

• Anna Bartha Kok, Amsterdam († 1993)
• Alain de Charette de la Contrie († 2004)
• Aleida Maria Kroeze, Snippeling, Diepenveen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1989)
• Aaltje Cornelisdr Hoefnagel, Den Helder († 1991)
• Adriana Maria Cornelia Boogaarts, Helmond, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1930)
• Aartje Cornelia Hak, Vreeswijk
• Adriaan Jan Bax, Haarlemmermeer († 2005)
• "Gustav" Wilhelm Johann Albrecht Clemens Oskar Karl Joseph von Wedel-Jarlsberg, Hannover, Allemagne († 2004)
• Alberta Hendrika(Alie) Aalpol, Eefde,Gemeente Lochem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1995)
• Aafke de Boer, Schettens, Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1999)

• Anna Catharina Hubertina van Neer (68), Echt
• Antonij de Jager (80), Breukelen-St.Pieters
• Andrew Johann Zuber (66), BURIED AT SEA
• 3. Helena Maria Magdalena Josephina Plasman (80), Soerabaja, Ned. Indië
• Annigje Roos (87), Maasdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Hubertina van Neer (68), Echt-Pey, Nederland
• Anna Dirkje VAN STEENIS (75), Zutphen, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Albert GANZEVELD (70), Garmerwolde (Ten Boer) Groningen Netherlands
• Andreas van Baekel (0), Haarlem
• Anna Joanna Suanet (29), Antwerpen

• 1905 » Piet Hein, Danish mathematician, author, and poet († 1996)
• 1907 » Barbara Kent, Canadian-born American film actress († 2011)
• 1908 » Remedios Varo, Spanish-Mexican surrealist painter & anarchist († 1963)
• 1910 » Freddie Brown, Peruvian-English cricketer and sportscaster († 1991)
• 1913 » George Ignatieff, Russian-Canadian scholar and diplomat, 8th Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations († 1989)
• 1914 » O. Winston Link, American photographer († 2001)
• 1916 » Ruth Johnson Colvin, American author and educator, founded ProLiteracy Worldwide
• 1917 » Arthur C. Clarke, British science fiction writer († 2008)
• 1917 » Nabi Bux Khan Baloch, Pakistani author and scholar († 2011)
• 1917 » Pete T. Cenarrusa, American soldier, pilot, and politician, Secretary of State of Idaho († 2013)

• 1892 » Henry Yesler, American businessman and politician, 7th Mayor of Seattle (b. 1810)
• 1897 » Alphonse Daudet, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1840)
• 1898 » Pavel Tretyakov, Russian businessman and art collector (b. 1832)
• 1908 » American Horse, American tribal leader and educator (b. 1840)
• 1917 » Frank Gotch, American wrestler (b. 1878)
• 1921 » Camille Saint-Saëns, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1835)
• 1922 » Gabriel Narutowicz, Lithuanian–Polish engineer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Poland (b. 1865)
• 1928 » Elinor Wylie, American poet and author (b. 1885)
• 1935 » Thelma Todd, American actress and comedian (b. 1905)
• 1936 » Frank Eugene, American-German photographer and educator (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.
• January 1 » The Republic of China is established.
• April 10 » RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton, England on her maiden and only voyage.
• April 14 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 23:40 (sinks morning of April 15th).
• September 28 » Corporal Frank S. Scott of the United States Army becomes the first enlisted man to die in an airplane crash.
• October 11 » First Balkan War: The day after the Battle of Sarantaporo, Greek troops liberate the city of Kozani.
• December 16 » First Balkan War: The Royal Hellenic Navy defeats the Ottoman Navy at the Battle of Elli.

The temperature on December 16, 1912 was between 2.1 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 10.3 mm of rain. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.