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• Aloysius Henricus Verheggen, Burcht (Zwijndrecht), Antwerpen, België († 1984)
• Adrianus Leeuwis, Wijngaarden (Zuid-Holland) Nederland († 1977)
• Aafje Jacoba de Beurs, Amsterdam
• Alphons Hubertus Franssen, Gulpen, Limburg, Netherlands († 1995)
• Alberdina Johanna Eggengoor, Brucht († 1997)
• Adriana Verwijmeren, Princenhage († 2001)
• Alfred Von Hoff, Wulferstedt (Landkrs. Börde, Sachsen-Anhalt/Sassen-Anholt) († 1941)
• Amy Noreen Whitmore NWHI05.AMY01RD, Woodville, Derbyshire, England († 1985)
• Albert Marinus van Vlaanderen, Passewaaij
• Adrianus Leewis, Wijngaarden († 1977)

• Anna Cornelia Peeters (82), Oorderen
• Adolf Hoving (4), Schoonoord Sleen Coevorden Drenthe Nederland
• Adriaan van Eindhoven, Boxtel
• Adriaan van Eijndhoven (77), Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Catharina Wilhelmina Vriens (67), Hoorn, NH, Nederland
• Anna de Rooij (33), Etten-Leur
• August Weimann (42), District of King Williamstown, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
• Anna Margaretha Bertholet (60), Kerkrade
• Catharina Rosina Koning (67), Berkel en Rodenrijs
• Bernadina Hendrina Johanna Remie (69), Nijmegen, Nederland

• 1908 » Ernest Rogez, French water polo player († 1986)
• 1908 » René Daumal, French author and poet († 1944)
• 1910 » Aladár Gerevich, Hungarian fencer († 1991)
• 1910 » Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi, Indian-English cricketer and politician, 8th Nawab of Pataudi († 1952)
• 1911 » Josef Mengele, German physician and captain († 1979)
• 1911 » Philip Pavia, American painter and sculptor (d.2005)
• 1911 » Pierre Harmel, Belgian lawyer and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Belgium († 2009)
• 1912 » Pat Nixon, First Lady of the United States († 1993)
• 1913 » Rémy Raffalli, French soldier († 1952)
• 1915 » Kunihiko Kodaira, Japanese mathematician and academic († 1997)

• 1898 » Aubrey Beardsley, English author and illustrator (b. 1872)
• 1899 » Joseph Medill, American journalist and politician, 26th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1823)
• 1903 » Roy Bean, American lawyer and judge (b. 1825)
• 1907 » John O'Leary, Irish politician (b. 1830)
• 1912 » Max Burckhard, Austrian theater director (b. 1854)
• 1914 » Charles Albert Gobat, Swiss lawyer and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)
• 1914 » Gaston Calmette, French journalist (b. 1858)
• 1914 » John Murray, Scottish oceanographer, biologist, and limnologist (b. 1841)
• 1925 » August von Wassermann, German bacteriologist and hygienist (b. 1866)
• 1930 » Miguel Primo de Rivera, Spanish general and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1870)

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 6 » New Mexico is admitted to the Union as the 47th U.S. state.
• February 25 » Marie-Adélaïde, the eldest of six daughters of Guillaume IV, becomes the first reigning Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.
• May 8 » Paramount Pictures is founded.
• October 3 » U.S. forces defeat Nicaraguan rebels at the Battle of Coyotepe Hill.
• November 28 » Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.
• December 28 » The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco.

The temperature on March 16, 1912 was between 4.3 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 4.4 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.