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• Agnes Schoonbrodt, Schinnen
• André Stievenard, Bruxelles, Brabant, Belgique
• Adrianus Hoek, Katwijk († 1979)
• Aaltje Doller, Haulerwijk, Ooststellingwerf,, Friesland, Nederland († 1934)
• albert kamerman, Zwartsluis († 1987)
• Achille Londoz, Sint-Truiden († 2001)
• Anna Muller, Wehe
• Adriana ZACHARIASSE, Biggekerke († 1912)
• Alfons De Ruyver, Eine († 2000)
• Anna Cunera van der Zwaan († 2000)

• Albert Hulshof (0), Exloermond, Odoorn
• Adolph Gustav Ernst Paschen (96), Hagenow, Ludwigslust-Parchim, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Ksp. Hagenow
• Anna Nuis (51), Vries
• Adrianus Arnoldus Cornelis Van den Broek (0)
• Aaltjen Jans BOER (79), Blankenham
• Antonius van Loon (56)
• Aafje Kerssens (37), Wormerveer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aagje Fokker (70), Kamerik, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Asha Faison Colwell (79)
• Aaltjen de Boer (79), Blankenham

• 1903 » Greta Keller, Austrian-American singer and actress († 1977)
• 1903 » Tunku Abdul Rahman, 1st Prime Minister of Malaysia († 1990)
• 1906 » Chester Carlson, American physicist and lawyer, invented Xerography († 1968)
• 1909 » Elisabeth Murdoch, Australian philanthropist († 2012)
• 1911 » Elizabeth Bishop, American poet and author († 1979)
• 1913 » Betty Field, American actress († 1973)
• 1913 » Danai Stratigopoulou, Greek singer-songwriter († 2009)
• 1914 » Bill Finger, American author and screenwriter, co-created Batman († 1974)
• 1915 » Georges Guétary, Egyptian-French singer, dancer, and actor († 1997)
• 1918 » Freddie Blassie, American wrestler and manager († 2003)

• 1907 » Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom, Dutch chemist and academic (b. 1854)
• 1910 » Hans Jæger, Norwegian philosopher and activist (b. 1854)
• 1914 » Dayrolles Eveleigh-de-Moleyns, 4th Baron Ventry, Irish hereditary peer (b. 1828)
• 1915 » François Langelier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 10th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1838)
• 1921 » George Formby Sr, English actor and singer (b. 1876)
• 1921 » Peter Kropotkin, Russian zoologist, geographer, and philologist (b. 1842)
• 1928 » Theodor Curtius, German chemist (b. 1857)
• 1932 » Yordan Milanov, Bulgarian architect, designed the Sveti Sedmochislenitsi Church (b. 1867)
• 1935 » Eemil Nestor Setälä, Finnish linguist and politician, Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)
• 1936 » Charles Curtis, American lawyer and politician, 31st Vice President of the United States (b. 1860)

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.
• April 15 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20a.m., two hours and forty minutes after hitting an iceberg. Only 710 of 2,227 passengers and crew on board survive.
• April 20 » Opening day for baseball's Tiger Stadium in Detroit, and Fenway Park in Boston.
• May 8 » Paramount Pictures is founded.
• July 8 » Henrique Mitchell de Paiva Couceiro leads an unsuccessful royalist attack against the First Portuguese Republic in Chaves.
• September 4 » Albanian rebels succeed in their revolt when the Ottoman Empire agrees to fulfill their demands
• November 12 » King George I of Greece makes a triumphal entry into Thessaloniki after its liberation from 482 years of Ottoman rule.

The temperature on February 8, 1912 was between 5.1 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south east.