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• Albertus everardus Komen, Zijpe-Oudesluis († 1994)
• Anna Maria Laarhoven, Cromvoirt († 2002)
• Catharina Hendrika Schong, Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1917)
• Alice Virginia Kindall, Seattle, King, Washington, Verenigde Staten († 2003)
• Albertje Berghuis, Uithuizen (gem. Het Hogeland) († 1948)
• Alphons de Coninck, Koewacht († 1981)
• Albert Evert Komen, Zijpe
• Anna Maria Bastiaens, Maastricht († 2001)
• beatrix van ommering, koudekerk aan de rijn († 1998)
• Alida Karel van der HORST, Meppel († 1943)

• Anna Hubertina Elisabeth Hendriks (39), Tegelen, Venlo, Limburg, Nederland
• Abbetje Ras (0), Urk, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antje Jans Peper (69), Schoterland (F)
• Adriana RIJNVOS (78), Oudenbosch (N.Br. Nl)
• Agnes Hubertina Ninnen (76), Roermond, LB, Nederland
• Abraham Vat (87), Nijkerk
• Annie Jane McCREARY (45), Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas
• Aren Tanis (83), Passaic, Patterson, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten
• Antje Klazes de Boer (64), Augsbuurt, gem. Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland
• Alida Helena Winkels (56), Onstwedde

• 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. Adrianus
10. Jacobus
11. Jacob
12. Albert
13. Gerardus
14. Dirk
15. Wilhelmus
16. Arie

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Catharina
8. Hendrika
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Aaltje
14. Grietje
15. Helena
16. Trijntje

• 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 6.5 million citizens.
• March 8 » The United States Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.
• June 5 » World War I: Conscription begins in the United States as "Army registration day".
• June 7 » World War I: Battle of Messines: Allied soldiers detonate a series of mines underneath German trenches at Messines Ridge, killing 10,000 German troops.
• August 30 » Vietnamese prison guards led by Trịnh Văn Cấn mutiny at the Thái Nguyên penitentiary against local French authority.
• November 20 » World War I: Battle of Cambrai begins: British forces make early progress in an attack on German positions but are later pushed back.
• December 20 » Cheka, the first Soviet secret police force, is founded.

The temperature on December 12, 1917 was between -1.7 °C and 5.1 °C and averaged 1.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (45%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.