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• Agatha, Maria de Laat, Tilburg († 2000)
• Afke Tjitzes de Vries, Vrouwenparochie († 1908)
• Albertus van Leeuwen, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1971)
• Albert Louws van der Meulen, huis 321 (or429), Oldeboorn, Utingeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Alfred Martens, Temse (B), België († 1984)
• Adriaan Antonius Buckens, Willemstad,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1989)
• Alida Magdalena Hellemans, Boom
• Adriana Brugmans, Besoijen
• Albertus Kwint († 1984)
• Albertus Kwint, Hoogeveen nederland († 1984)

• Aalt Anthonie van Mondfrans (0), Baarn
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Brüggink (4), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Petronella Verbiest (63), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Mocking (84), Schalkwijk
• Alida Lokers (39), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alexander Witzenhausen (50), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Alberts DODDEMA (3), Muntendam Groningen Netherlands
• Amadeus Jacobus van Hasselt (42), Zundert
• Aaltje Linker (1), gem Ambt Almelo
• Adrianus van der Lans (78)

• 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)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Hendrika
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Jacoba
11. Petronella
12. Aaltje
13. Grietje
14. Geertruida
15. Neeltje
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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
• January 13 » The Rhoads Opera House fire in Boyertown, Pennsylvania kills 171 people.
• April 1 » The Territorial Force (renamed Territorial Army in 1920) is formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army.
• April 8 » Harvard University votes to establish the Harvard Business School.
• July 1 » SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.
• July 23 » The Second Constitution accepted by the Ottomans.
• October 1 » Ford Model T automobiles are offered for sale at a price of US$825.

The temperature on January 12, 1908 was between -11.1 °C and -1.4 °C and averaged -6.8 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.