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• Adriaan van Dijke, Poortvliet († 1996)
• Alida Hoek, Rotterdam (ZH-NLD) († 1975)
• Poot, Delft, Nederland
• Albertina Margina Koudijs, Amsterdam
• Abram Boerkoel, Polsbroek, Utrecht, Nederland († 1992)
• Adriana Maria Geertruida Waasdorp, Den Haag († 1992)
• Aafke Talma, Rinsumageest
• Adrianus Glaser, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Antonius Vinke, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alberta Maria Van Den Berg, IJsselmuiden

• Adrianus Hartman (62), Zwolle
• Coenraadus Wilhelmus Persijn (71), Ngawi, Madioen
• Coenradus Wilhelmus Persijn (71), Ngawi, Madioen Ned. Indie
• Adrianus Hartman (62), Lutten
• Aaltje Groen (58), Giethoorn
• Catharina Hendrika van Straaten (16), Gouda
• Albertus Bechtold (0), Boxtel
• Cornelia Koningstein (0), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham James Bowers (71), Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States
• Adrianus Dirk Wulffers (1), Den Haag

• 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)
• 1911 » Vijay Merchant, Indian cricketer († 1987)
• 1913 » Alice Chetwynd Ley, English author and educator († 2004)
• 1914 » John E. Hodge, African-American chemist († 1996)

• 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)
• 1946 » Joseph Stilwell, American general (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. Wilhelmus
13. Gerardus
14. Arie
15. Dirk
16. Hendrikus

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

• 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
• January 12 » The University of the Philippines College of Law is formally established; three future Philippine presidents are among the first enrollees.
• January 21 » The first Monte Carlo Rally takes place.
• April 29 » Tsinghua University, one of mainland China's leading universities, is founded.
• September 20 » The White Star Line's RMSOlympic collides with the British warship HMSHawke.
• November 11 » Many cities in the Midwestern United States break their record highs and lows on the same day as a strong cold front rolls through.
• December 27 » "Jana Gana Mana", the national anthem of India, is first sung in the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress.

The temperature on October 12, 1911 was between 2.2 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.