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• Abraham Schonewil, Alkmaar († 1966)
• Albertus Gerardus Drenth, Avereest
• Albertje Hilbrands, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Abraham Schoonewil, Alkmaar († 1966)
• Andries van Veen, Zweeloo,Drenthe,Niederlande,Wezuperbrug († 1988)
• Adriana Wilhelmina Vastenhout, Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1998)
• Aaffien Jansema, scheemda († 1989)
• adrianus de ZEEUW, 's-gravendeel († 1982)
• Alberdina Joanna Jansen, Zwolle
• Alberta Johanna Stam, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• Alida Maria Everdina Holman (78), Buiksloot, Amsterdam
• Angelina Roselina van Westenbrugge (14), Zierikzee
• arie van ROTTERDAM (70), puttershoek
• Anna Maria Cecilia Hubertina Frerejean (87), Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands
• Alida van Dalen (0), Brakel
• Adriana Maria van Hemert (60), Dussen
• Adriana Dek (83), Krabbendijke
• Anna Alkemade (76), Hillegom
• Anna Elisabeth Esther Matthyser (54), Burghersdorp, Lichtenburg, Transvaal
• Aagje Mul (62), Heerhugowaard, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1904 » Mississippi Fred McDowell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1972)
• 1905 » James Bennett Griffin, American archaeologist and academic († 1997)
• 1905 » Nihal Atsız, Turkish author, poet, and philosopher († 1975)
• 1905 » Tex Ritter, American actor and singer († 1974)
• 1906 » Emmanuel Levinas, Lithuanian-French historian, philosopher, and academic († 1995)
• 1907 » Sergei Korolev, Russian colonel and engineer († 1966)
• 1908 » Clement Hurd, American illustrator († 1988)
• 1908 » Jean Delannoy, French actor, director, and screenwriter († 2008)
• 1910 » Luise Rainer, German-English actress († 2014)
• 1910 » Patsy Kelly, American actress and comedian († 1981)

• 1892 » James Caulfeild, 3rd Earl of Charlemont, Irish politician, Lord Lieutenant of Tyrone (b. 1820)
• 1892 » William Reeves, Irish bishop and historian (b. 1815)
• 1899 » Hiram Walker, American businessman, founded Canadian Club (b. 1816)
• 1909 » Hermann Minkowski, Lithuanian-German mathematician and academic (b. 1864)
• 1911 » Andreas Papagiannakopoulos, Greek journalist, judge, and politician (b. 1845)
• 1916 » Georgios Theotokis, Greek lawyer and politician, 80th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1844)
• 1921 » Gervase Elwes, English tenor and actor (b. 1866)
• 1926 » Austin Chapman, Australian businessman and politician, 4th Australian Minister for Defence (b. 1864)
• 1934 » Paul Kochanski, Polish violinist and composer (b. 1887)
• 1938 » Oscar Florianus Bluemner, German-American painter and illustrator (b. 1867)

• 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
• January 14 » An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000 people.
• March 24 » The first issue of the Georgian Bolshevik newspaper Dro is published.
• June 14 » The National Association for Women's Suffrage succeeds in getting Norwegian women the right to vote in parliamentary elections.
• July 7 » Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. staged his first Follies on the roof of the New York Theater in New York City.
• October 9 » Las Cruces, New Mexico is incorporated.
• November 9 » The Cullinan Diamond is presented to King Edward VII on his birthday.

The temperature on January 12, 1907 was between 2.6 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.