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• Agnes SOETE, Kortrijk,8500,West Vlaanderen,Vlaams Gewest,Belgie
• van der Straaten, Dordrecht
• Adriaan Tukker, Noordeloos, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1932)
• Anje Geertruida Borkhuis, Vries († 1997)
• Albertus Jacobus Bertou, Rheden († 1967)
• Adrianus Kersseboom, Rotterdam Z.H
• Alida ♀ Wielart, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1906)
• * Gerrit Palsgraaf, Gouderak († 1991)
• Adrianus Simon Rieken, Maassluis († 1993)
• Andreas Beerthuizen, Gouda

• Amelia Melanie Van de Winkel (76), Aalst
• Aagje Zonneveld (82), Schoten
• Bart van Hattum (57)
• Anna Maria GRISNIGT (62), Zevenhuizen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agatha Zonneveld (82), Schoten
• Agatha Zonneveld (82), Schoten
• Albertina HEYLIGEN (85), Kwaadmechelen, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• aaltjen mengerink (3), aalten
• Altien Goedkoop (84), Borger, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Maria van der Vorst (73), Helmond

• 1901 » Lowell Stockman, American farmer and politician († 1962)
• 1902 » Louis Beel, Dutch academic and politician, 36th Prime Minister of the Netherlands († 1977)
• 1903 » Jan Tinbergen, Dutch economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1994)
• 1907 » Felix de Weldon, Austrian-American sculptor, designed the Marine Corps War Memorial († 2003)
• 1907 » Zawgyi, Burmese poet, author, literary historian, critic, scholar and academic († 1990)
• 1908 » Ida Pollock, English author and painter († 2013)
• 1908 » Robert Lee Scott, Jr., American pilot and general († 2006)
• 1910 » Gillo Dorfles, Italian art critic, painter and philosopher († 2018)
• 1910 » Irma Rapuzzi, French politician († 2018)
• 1911 » Mahmoud Younis, Egyptian engineer († 1976)

• 1872 » Nikolaos Mantzaros, Greek composer and theorist (b. 1795)
• 1878 » William M. Tweed, American lawyer and politician (b. 1823)
• 1879 » Richard Taylor, American general (b. 1826)
• 1885 » William Crowther, Dutch-Australian politician, 14th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1817)
• 1898 » Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Canadian cardinal (b. 1820)
• 1902 » Marie Alfred Cornu, French physicist and academic (b. 1842)
• 1906 » Mahesh Chandra Nyayratna Bhattacharyya, Indian scholar, academic, and philanthropist (b. 1836)
• 1912 » Clara Barton, American nurse and humanitarian, founded the American Red Cross (b. 1821)
• 1933 » Adelbert Ames, American general and politician, 30th Governor of Mississippi (b. 1835)
• 1937 » Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan, Turkish playwright and poet (b. 1852)

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

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

• 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
• February 23 » Chicago attorney Paul Harris and three other businessmen meet for lunch to form the Rotary Club, the world's first service club.
• March 23 » Eleftherios Venizelos calls for Crete's union with Greece, and begins what is to be known as the Theriso revolt.
• May 27 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins.
• September 26 » Albert Einstein publishes the third of his Annus Mirabilis papers, introducing the special theory of relativity.
• October 5 » The Wright brothers pilot the Wright Flyer III in a new world record flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes.
• November 25 » Prince Carl of Denmark arrives in Norway to become King Haakon VII of Norway.

The temperature on April 12, 1905 was between 3.3 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.