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• Aartje Roelofje Huigen, Hees
• Alfred Johan Constant Jenting, Amsterdam
• Andries Zee, Twisk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1990)
• Aleida Gesina Wissink, Bathmen, Ov, The Netherlands († 1971)
• Anna Elisabeth Lucas, Gent, België († 1994)
• Anna (Johanna) Maria de Maat (Maet), Galhen, Angola
• Andreas Christianus Antoon Gijsberts, Geldrop,Netherlands († 1912)
• Alfred William Liebelt, Echunga, South Australia
• Albert Klos, Avereest
• Abraham Isaac (Abrasha) Chwojnik, Ruzhany († 1957)

• Anna Catharina Pinxteren (4), Zundert
• Antonia Kalter (75), IJsselmuiden
• Adriana Maria van der Lans (25), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Abrahams van der Werf (75), Tietjerksteradeel
• Adriana Maria van der Lans (25), Delft-
• Antoinette Angelique Albertine Seredin (74), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aukje Alkema (53), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Berendina Jacoba Westerink (1), Epe
• Albertje Heis (59), Vosseberg gem. Onstwedde
• Albertje Dethmers Heis (59), Onstwedde, Vosseberg

• 1906 » Adetokunbo Ademola, Nigerian lawyer and jurist, 2nd Chief Justice of Nigeria († 1993)
• 1907 » Camargo Guarnieri, Brazilian pianist and composer († 1993)
• 1907 » Günter Eich, German author and songwriter († 1972)
• 1908 » George Pal, Hungarian-American animator and producer († 1980)
• 1908 » Louis Rasminsky, Canadian economist and banker († 1998)
• 1909 » George Beverly Shea, Canadian-American singer-songwriter († 2013)
• 1910 » Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, Chinese general and politician († 2009)
• 1915 » Stanley Matthews, English footballer and manager († 2000)
• 1917 » Eiji Sawamura, Japanese baseball player and soldier († 1944)
• 1917 » José Luis Sampedro, Spanish economist and author († 2013)

• 1893 » George Henry Sanderson, American lawyer and politician, 22nd Mayor of San Francisco (b. 1824)
• 1897 » Constantin von Ettingshausen, Austrian geologist and botanist (b. 1826)
• 1903 » Sir George Stokes, Anglo-Irish physicist, mathematician, and politician (b. 1819)
• 1907 » Léon Serpollet, French businessman (b. 1858)
• 1908 » Carlos I of Portugal (b. 1863)
• 1922 » William Desmond Taylor, American actor and director (b. 1872)
• 1924 » Maurice Prendergast, American painter (b. 1858)
• 1928 » Hughie Jennings, American baseball player and manager (b. 1869)
• 1936 » Georgios Kondylis, Greek general and politician, 128th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1878)
• 1940 » Philip Francis Nowlan, American author, created Buck Rogers (b. 1888)

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.
• April 2 » The ill-fated RMSTitanic begins sea trials.
• August 6 » The Bull Moose Party meets at the Chicago Coliseum.
• October 3 » U.S. forces defeat Nicaraguan rebels at the Battle of Coyotepe Hill.
• October 8 » The First Balkan War begins when Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire.
• December 6 » The Nefertiti Bust is discovered.
• December 28 » The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco.

The temperature on February 1, 1912 was between -2.3 and 0.8 °C. There was 6.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.