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• Afra van der Gulik, Grootebroek, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1917)
• Bernardus Bartholomeus van den Elshout, Duisburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland († 1982)
• Barbara Dawn Johnson **, Hastings, Barry, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2004)
• Bernhard Hendrik Frederik Bielderman († 1980)
• van Sluisveld, Oud-Heusden en Elshout
• Annie Borst, Bakkum († 2014)
• Anna Geelen, Wijlre († 1997)
• Catharina Wilhelmina Lau, Leiden
• Arthur Dale Fite, Madison County, Indiana, Verenigde Staten
• Bernardina Elisabeth Anna Smit, Rotterdam († 1919)

• Anna M. Lusk (75), Union Twn. Auglaize Co.Ohio
• Antonius van den Tillaart, Veghel
• Anna Groothuis (1), Groningen,, Groningen, Nederland
• Christina Oostenenk (83), Deventer
• Anna Maria Abrahams (71), Nederweert
• Charles Basil Blogg (74), Croydon, Surrey, England
• Anna Maria Abrahams (Abrams) (71), Nederweert, Limburg, Nederland, Nederland
• Aleida Willemina SEVINCK (73), Arnhem, 1163, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonie Eikendal (69), Wormen, gem. Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aleida Wilhelmina Sevink (74), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1914 » Go Seigen, Chinese-Japanese Go player († 2014)
• 1914 » William Lundigan, American actor († 1975)
• 1915 » Christopher Mayhew, English soldier and politician († 1997)
• 1915 » David Rockefeller, American banker and businessman († 2017)
• 1915 » Priscilla Lane, American actress († 1995)
• 1916 » Irwin Allen, American director and producer († 1991)
• 1916 » Raúl Héctor Castro, Mexican-American politician and diplomat, 14th Governor of Arizona († 2015)
• 1918 » Christie Jayaratnam Eliezer, Sri Lankan-Australian mathematician and academic († 2001)
• 1918 » Georgia Louise Harris Brown, American architect († 1999)
• 1918 » Samuel Z. Arkoff, American film producer († 2001)

• 1900 » Lucretia Peabody Hale, American journalist and author (b. 1820)
• 1904 » Camille of Renesse-Breidbach (b. 1836)
• 1912 » Frédéric Passy, French economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1822)
• 1917 » Teresa Carreño, Venezuelan-American singer-songwriter, pianist, and conductor (b. 1853)
• 1932 » Theo Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1852)
• 1937 » Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Russian general (b. 1893)
• 1944 » Erich Marcks, German general (b. 1891)
• 1946 » Médéric Martin, Canadian politician, mayor of Montreal (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Harry Lawson, Australian politician, 27th Premier of Victoria (b. 1875)
• 1957 » Jimmy Dorsey, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (The Dorsey Brothers and The California Ramblers) (b. 1904)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacob
10. Albert
11. Adrianus
12. Jacobus
13. Wilhelmus
14. Gerardus
15. Dirk
16. Marinus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Catharina
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Aaltje
13. Geertruida
14. Grietje
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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
• January 12 » Both Oswald Boelcke and Max Immelmann, for achieving eight aerial victories each over Allied aircraft, receive the German Empire's highest military award, the Pour le Mérite as the first German aviators to earn it.
• April 29 » Easter Rising: After six days of fighting, Irish rebel leaders surrender to British forces in Dublin, bringing the Easter Rising to an end.
• June 5 » World War I: The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire breaks out.
• August 17 » World War I: Romania signs a secret treaty with the Entente Powers. According to the treaty, Romania agreed to join the war on the Allied side.
• October 27 » Negus Mikael, marching on the Ethiopian capital in support of his son Emperor Iyasu V, is defeated by Fitawrari abte Giyorgis, securing the throne for Empress Zewditu I.
• December 30 » The last coronation in Hungary is performed for King Charles IV and Queen Zita.

The temperature on June 12, 1916 was between 6.5 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 15.6 mm of rain. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.