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• Adrianus Franciscus Schalken, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2000)
• Alida Walsma († 2012)
• Alida Kosters, Amsterdam († 1971)
• Apolonia Adriana (Ploon) Brabander, ,, Wateringen, Nederland († 1992)
• Annie Kuipers, Vlagtwedde († 1991)
• Antonia Francina Elisabeth Maasen, Amsterdam († 1994)
• Aafje Antonia van Spronsen, Rijswijk († 1989)
• Aafje Antonia van Spronsen († 1989)
• Anna Geertruida Visser, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Walsma, Leens, Leens, Groningen, Nederland († 2012)

• Adriana Besteren (65), Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adolphus Joseph Hubert van Liebergen (65), Roermond, Nederland
• Abraham Maquelin (51), rotterdam, Nederland
• Adele Antoinette Barones Collot d'Escury (63), Laren (Gld) NL
• Adrianus Schieveen (77), Schiedam
• Andries Aants Riemersma (100), Lemmer
• Adele Antoinette Collot D'Escury (63), Laren, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Aalbert van Zomeren (85), Hierden (Harderwijk)
• Adrianus Hendricus SEGERS (50), Reusel,,Noord Brabant,PAYS BAS
• Adèle Antoinetta barones Collot d'Escury (63), Laren,Gemeente Lochem,Gelderland,Netherlands,huis Velhorst

• 1912 » Henry Armstrong, American boxer († 1988)
• 1913 » Menelik II, Ethiopian emperor (b. 1844)
• 1915 » Frank Sinatra, American singer, actor, and producer († 1998)
• 1918 » Joe Williams, American singer and pianist († 1999)
• 1920 » Josef Doležal, Czech race walker († 1999)
• 1921 » Henrietta Swan Leavitt, American astronomer and academic (b. 1868)
• 1923 » Bob Barker, American game show host and producer
• 1923 » Bob Dorough, American musician, composer, and producer († 2018)
• 1923 » Raymond Radiguet, French author and poet (b. 1903)
• 1924 » Alexander Parvus, Russian-German theorist and politician (b. 1867)

• 1889 » Robert Browning, English poet and playwright (b. 1812)
• 1894 » John Sparrow David Thompson, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1845)
• 1913 » Menelik II, Ethiopian emperor (b. 1844)
• 1921 » Henrietta Swan Leavitt, American astronomer and academic (b. 1868)
• 1923 » Raymond Radiguet, French author and poet (b. 1903)
• 1924 » Alexander Parvus, Russian-German theorist and politician (b. 1867)
• 1926 » Jean Richepin, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1849)
• 1934 » Thorleif Haug, Norwegian skier (b. 1894)
• 1939 » Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1883)
• 1941 » César Basa, Filipino lieutenant and pilot (b. 1915)

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. Grietje
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 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.
• April 25 » Anzac Day is commemorated for the first time on the first anniversary of the landing at ANZAC Cove.
• June 3 » The National Defense Act is signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard by 450,000 men.
• June 29 » British diplomat turned Irish nationalist Roger Casement is sentenced to death for his part in the Easter Rising.
• July 15 » In Seattle, Washington, William Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt incorporate Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing).
• August 29 » The United States passes the Philippine Autonomy Act.
• September 3 » World War I: Leefe Robinson destroys the German airship Schütte-Lanz SL 11 over Cuffley, north of London; the first German airship to be shot down on British soil.

The temperature on December 12, 1916 was between 0.3 °C and 3.8 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 6.7 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.