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• André Maurice Vlieghe, Kortrijk, WVL, B († 2001)
• Aloysius Hendrikus van der Lee, Drunen († 1912)
• Aaltjen Koops, Radewijk, Ambt Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland
• Ana Maria Cotto Y Ortiz, Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico
• Antje Adam, Oostwold, Midwolda, Groningen, Nederland
• Antonia Johanna van der Pluijm, Dussen, Noord Brabant († 2000)
• Antonie Hemmo Dekker, Wedde, Groningen, Netherlands
• Anna Cathartina Maria Paumen, Elsloo (Stein), Limburg, Nederland († 1912)
• Adriana Maria Sannen, Zundert, NB, Nederland († 1967)
• (1) Elberta Rolina Sara van den Eijkel, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland

• Anna Christiana Jessop (65), Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand
• Anna Maria Schouten (0), Sint-Michielsgestel
• Andries den Ouden (0)
• Andries Mooiman (0), den haag
• Aaltje De Bruijn (63), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltjen Schottert (62), Baalder
• Albert van Gerner (11), Ommen
• CLARA COLETA JANSSENS (78), SINT-NIKLAAS,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE
• Bastiaan Quist (79), Borssele
• *Johan Hendrik (sr) HEIJER (73), 's-Gravenhage

• 1907 » Ilias Tsirimokos, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece († 1968)
• 1909 » Marianne Hoppe, German actress († 2002)
• 1910 » Tomoyuki Tanaka, Japanese screenwriter and producer († 1997)
• 1911 » Paul Verner, German soldier and politician († 1986)
• 1912 » A. E. van Vogt, Canadian-American author († 2000)
• 1914 » Bernard Malamud, Jewish American novelist and short story writer († 1986)
• 1914 » James Rouse, American real estate developer († 1996)
• 1916 » Eyvind Earle, American artist, author, and illustrator († 2000)
• 1916 » Ken Wallis, English commander, engineer, and pilot († 2013)
• 1916 » Morris West, Australian author and playwright († 1999)

• 1881 » Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen, German general (b. 1815)
• 1895 » Eric Stenbock, Estonian-English author and poet (b. 1860)
• 1910 » Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian-French author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1832)
• 1915 » John Bunny, American actor (b. 1863)
• 1920 » Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician and theorist (b. 1887)
• 1932 » William Lockwood, English cricketer (b. 1868)
• 1934 » Arturs Alberings, Latvian politician, former Prime Minister of Latvia (b. 1876)
• 1940 » Carl Bosch, German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
• 1944 » Violette Morris, French footballer, shot putter, and discus thrower (b. 1893)
• 1945 » Sigmund Rascher, German physician (b. 1909)

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.
• March 6 » Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces become the first to use airships in war, as two dirigibles drop bombs on Turkish troops encamped at Janzur, from an altitude of 6,000 feet.
• March 30 » Sultan Abd al-Hafid signs the Treaty of Fez, making Morocco a French protectorate.
• April 14 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 23:40 (sinks morning of April 15th).
• May 18 » The first Indian film, Shree Pundalik by Dadasaheb Torne, is released in Mumbai.
• October 14 » Former president Theodore Roosevelt is shot and mildly wounded by John Flammang Schrank. With the fresh wound in his chest, and the bullet still within it, Roosevelt delivers his scheduled speech.
• November 27 » Spain declares a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco.

The temperature on April 26, 1912 was between 4.5 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 12.8 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.