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• Alberta van Meerten, Hilversum, Gemeente Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1985)
• Adrianus Johannes Wihelmus BECHT, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, NEDERLAND
• Adriaan de Vos, Fijnaart en Heijnigen, Moerdijk, Noord Brabant, The Netherlands
• Aleida Johanna Veelers, Ootmarsum
• Aaltje Grondman, Giethmen († 1920)
• Aaltje de Heer, Everdingen († 1942)
• Alberta van Meerten, Hilversum († 1985)
• Adrianus Antonius Martinus van der Helm, Nootdorp († 1995)
• Alfredo José Silva, Apiúna, Santa Catarina, Brasil
• Angelina Skabar, Ohio († 2004)

• Aleida Johanna Lukassen, Zevenaar
• Bertha Sachs (77), Vlagtwedde (gemeente)
• Antje Brouwer (70), Groningen
• Derk Rabbers (0), Dalen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aart Benjamin van Zee (43), Pella, Marion, Iowa (USA)
• Adam van Exel (62), Rotterdam
• Biefke Mensinga (81), Noorddijk
• Dirk Stadegaard (76), Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bertha Sachs (77), Vlagtwedde (NL)
• Dirk Carel von Oven, Bad Nauheim (Hessen) Duitsland

• 1905 » Markos Vamvakaris, Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player († 1972)
• 1908 » Carl Albert, American lawyer and politician, 54th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives († 2000)
• 1909 » Maybelle Carter, American autoharp player († 1978)
• 1911 » Bel Kaufman, American author and educator († 2014)
• 1915 » Denis Thatcher, English soldier and businessman, Spouse of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 2003)
• 1916 » Milton Babbitt, American composer and educator († 2011)
• 1918 » Desmond MacNamara, Irish painter, sculptor, and author († 2008)
• 1918 » T. Berry Brazelton, American pediatrician and author († 2018)
• 1919 » Ella T. Grasso, Governor of Connecticut († 1981)
• 1920 » Basil Kelly, Northern Irish barrister, judge and politician († 2008)

• 1863 » Stonewall Jackson, American general (b. 1824)
• 1868 » Henry Bennett, American lawyer and politician (b. 1808)
• 1889 » Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Russian journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1826)
• 1891 » Carl Nägeli, Swiss botanist and mycologist (b. 1817)
• 1897 » Andrés Bonifacio, Filipino soldier and politician, President of the Philippines (b. 1863)
• 1910 » Stanislao Cannizzaro, Italian chemist and academic (b. 1826)
• 1945 » Konrad Henlein, Czech soldier and politician (b. 1898)
• 1945 » Richard Glücks, German SS officer (b. 1889)
• 1950 » Belle da Costa Greene, American librarian and bibliographer (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Yury Olesha, Russian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1899)

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 23 » The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague.
• April 17 » Russian troops open fire on striking goldfield workers in northeast Siberia, killing at least 150.
• May 13 » The Royal Flying Corps, the forerunner of the Royal Air Force, is established in the United Kingdom.
• July 30 » Japan's Emperor Meiji dies and is succeeded by his son Yoshihito, who is now known as the Emperor Taishō.
• October 7 » The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.
• December 28 » The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco.

The temperature on May 10, 1912 was between 9.2 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.