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• Aalt Hop, Hierden († 1989)
• Anna Maria Hubertina van den Boorn, Heugem († 1996)
• Aagje Krijgsman, Katwijk aan Zee
• Adrianus van Venrooij, Rosmalen
• Adrianus LIGTHART, Warmenhuizen,Nederland
• Aagje Krijgsman, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1962)
• Alje Jacob Kooi, Uithuizen, Groningen, Nederland († 1954)
• Aleida Hendrina Hilgenstock, Rheine, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Aeilt Terfehn, Wellsburg, Grundy County, Ìowa († 1990)
• Aartje Schulting, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• Aaltje Godtschalk (1), Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Cornelia van der Zande (60), Goirle
• Aafje de Winter (0), Limmen
• Anna Maria Schoonbeek (65), Arnhem
• Alida Wilhelmina Jacoba Tussenbroek van (76), Zwolle
• Anna Ottes Hanepoot (86), Farmsum, Nederland
• Adriana Catharina Maria van Winden (0), Kethel en Spaland
• Albert Alberts Schoenmaker (85), Westerbork
• Anna Maria Beers (0), Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Anna Ottes Hanepoot (86), Farmsum (Delfzijl)

• 1901 » James Luther Adams, American minister and theologian († 1994)
• 1903 » Jack Oakie, American actor († 1978)
• 1904 » Max Hoffman, Austrian-born car importer and businessman († 1981)
• 1905 » Louise Thaden, American pilot († 1979)
• 1906 » George Dillon, American soldier and poet († 1968)
• 1908 » Harry Blackmun, American lawyer and judge († 1999)
• 1910 » Dudley Nourse, South African cricketer († 1981)
• 1911 » Buck Clayton, American trumpet player and academic († 1991)
• 1914 » Peter Whitehead, English race car driver († 1958)
• 1915 » Roland Barthes, French philosopher, theorist, and critic († 1980)

• 1896 » Joseph James Cheeseman, Liberian politician, 12th President of Liberia (b. 1843)
• 1902 » William Henry Barlow, English engineer (b. 1812)
• 1916 » Percival Lowell, American astronomer, mathematician, and author (b. 1855)
• 1933 » F. Holland Day, American photographer and publisher (b. 1864)
• 1933 » John Cady, American golfer (b. 1866)
• 1939 » Norman Bethune, Canadian physician and humanitarian (b. 1890)
• 1946 » Albert Bond Lambert, American golfer and pilot (b. 1875)
• 1946 » Madan Mohan Malaviya, Indian academic and politician, President of the Indian National Congress (b. 1861)
• 1948 » Umberto Giordano, Italian composer (b. 1867)
• 1950 » Lesley Ashburner, American hurdler (b. 1883)

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 21 » New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.
• April 8 » H. H. Asquith of the Liberal Party takes office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, succeeding Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman.
• June 18 » The University of the Philippines is established.
• July 25 » Ajinomoto is founded. Kikunae Ikeda of the Tokyo Imperial University discovers that a key ingredient in kombu soup stock is monosodium glutamate (MSG), and patents a process for manufacturing it.
• November 7 » Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are reportedly killed in San Vicente Canton, Bolivia.
• November 22 » The Congress of Manastir establishes the Albanian alphabet.

The temperature on November 12, 1908 was between 4.0 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 5.7 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.