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• Anna Antoinette Gerardu, Maastricht († 1989)
• Adrianus Johannes van Uden
• Albertus josephus Terwijn, Amsterdam (NH/NL)
• Ada Ethel Bright, Chelsea, London, England
• Adriana Parydaen, Maldegem (B) († 1997)
• Hanning, Groningen († 1907)
• Adriana Lauwerijssen, Rucphen (NL)
• Adriaan van Dulmen, Driel († 1992)
• Albert Roona, Roderveld († 1980)
• Andreas Hubertus Cuijpers, Stevensweert

• Antonius Gerhardus Snijders (42), Den Haag
• Hanning (0), Groningen
• Cornelia Johanna van Aelst (54), Tiel
• Adrianus Bouwmeester (1), Nieuwe-Wetering
• Alfred Hein (34), 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Johannes Gorissen (40), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Berend Poppens (42), Noordbroek, Gem.Menterwolde, Groningen, Nederland
• Bernardus Jacobs (Bernard Elhart) Ehlhart (20), Blendon Twp, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Claas Haasnoot (1), Katwijk
• Arie de Jager (72), Rotterdam

• 1903 » Josephine Hutchinson, American actress († 1998)
• 1904 » Ding Ling, Chinese author and educator († 1986)
• 1904 » Lester Dent, American journalist and author († 1959)
• 1906 » Joe Cronin, American baseball player and manager († 1984)
• 1906 » John Murray, American playwright and producer († 1984)
• 1906 » Piero Taruffi, Italian race car driver and motorcycle racer († 1988)
• 1908 » Ann Petry, American novelist († 1997)
• 1908 » Paul Engle, American novelist, poet, playwright, and critic († 1991)
• 1910 » Malcolm Renfrew, American chemist and academic († 2013)
• 1910 » Robert Fitzgerald, American poet, critic, and translator († 1985)

• 1875 » Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (b. 1827)
• 1896 » Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish lawyer and politician, 9th Council President of Denmark (b. 1817)
• 1898 » Calvin Fairbank, American minister and activist (b. 1816)
• 1914 » Margaret E. Knight, American inventor (b. 1838)
• 1915 » Edith Cavell, English nurse (b. 1865)
• 1923 » Bunny Lucas, English cricketer (b. 1857)
• 1924 » Anatole France, French journalist, novelist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1844)
• 1926 » Edwin Abbott Abbott, English theologian and author (b. 1838)
• 1933 » John Lister, English philanthropist and politician (b. 1847)
• 1940 » Tom Mix, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1880)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Jacoba
11. Petronella
12. Aaltje
13. Grietje
14. Geertruida
15. Neeltje
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 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.
• February 5 » Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland announces the creation of Bakelite, the world's first synthetic plastic.
• 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.
• August 9 » The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England.
• October 9 » Las Cruces, New Mexico is incorporated.
• December 11 » The New Zealand Parliament Buildings are almost completely destroyed by fire.

The temperature on October 12, 1907 was between 5.8 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.