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• Aleida Geertruida Schuman, Zwolle († 1978)
• Albert Henry Cave, Lower Gravenhurst, Cambridgeshire, Engeland († 1992)
• Aaltje Weelinck, Appingedam († 1972)
• Francken, wuustwezel († 1984)
• Albertje Tettje Fekkes
• Aaltje de Ruiter, Noord Eschmarke, Overijssel, Nederland († 1921)
• Adrianus Antonius (Adriaan) Driessen, Zeeland, North Brabant, Netherlands († 1993)
• Adrianus Van Weeren, Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• André Vanbrabandt († 1938)
• Adriana Broer, Giessendam († 1992)

• Adriana Gerardina Diepeveen (73), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Beford Elic Crider (11)
• Bertha uit den Boogaard (19), Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Catharina Helsloot (61), IJsselstein, Utrecht, Nederland
• Alida Adriana Antonia Perquin (0), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria DEWANDELEER (29), Machelen,9870,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Abelina Sluiter (71), Groningen
• Arie Verheul (80), Moerkapelle, Nederland
• Bernardus Johannes Benda (3), Nijmegen
• Alida JANSEN (25), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1908 » Ida Pollock, English author and painter († 2013)
• 1908 » Robert Lee Scott, Jr., American pilot and general († 2006)
• 1910 » Gillo Dorfles, Italian art critic, painter and philosopher († 2018)
• 1910 » Irma Rapuzzi, French politician († 2018)
• 1911 » Mahmoud Younis, Egyptian engineer († 1976)
• 1912 » Frank Dilio, Canadian businessman († 1997)
• 1912 » Hamengkubuwono IX, Indonesian politician, 2nd Vice President of Indonesia († 1988)
• 1912 » Hound Dog Taylor, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1975)
• 1913 » Keiko Fukuda, Japanese-American martial artist († 2013)
• 1914 » Armen Alchian, American economist and academic († 2013)

• 1879 » Richard Taylor, American general (b. 1826)
• 1885 » William Crowther, Dutch-Australian politician, 14th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1817)
• 1898 » Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Canadian cardinal (b. 1820)
• 1902 » Marie Alfred Cornu, French physicist and academic (b. 1842)
• 1906 » Mahesh Chandra Nyayratna Bhattacharyya, Indian scholar, academic, and philanthropist (b. 1836)
• 1912 » Clara Barton, American nurse and humanitarian, founded the American Red Cross (b. 1821)
• 1933 » Adelbert Ames, American general and politician, 30th Governor of Mississippi (b. 1835)
• 1937 » Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan, Turkish playwright and poet (b. 1852)
• 1938 » Feodor Chaliapin, Russian opera singer (b. 1873)
• 1943 » Viktor Puskar, Estonian colonel (b. 1889)

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 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.
• April 2 » The ill-fated RMSTitanic begins sea trials.
• September 25 » Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is founded in New York City.
• October 24 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Kirk Kilisse concludes with a Bulgarian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
• October 24 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo concludes with the Serbian victory against the Ottoman Empire.

The temperature on April 12, 1912 was between -2.3 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 3.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 11.1 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.