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• Adolphine Janssen, Toeloeng Agoeng, Ned. Indie († 1965)
• Zinger, Beilen,Drenthe,Netherlands († 1911)
• Alphonsus Johannes Gijsbertus Kreijtz, Grave († 1911)
• Alida Johanna van Leur, Cothen († 1998)
• Anna Catharina Wils, Bergen op Zoom
• Allen Mitchell
• Ada Eva HODGKINSON, Beulah, Tasmania, Australia († 1985)
• Alje Bossema, Stadskanaal
• Albertina Kniese, Amsterdam
• Aaltje Visser, Oudwoude, gem. Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland († 1979)

• Bernardus Marinus Mentz (0), Amsterdam
• Berendina Petronella Johanna Nijland (46), Cuijck en St. Agatha
• Cornelis Martinus Philippi (75), Culemborg
• Agnes Jane TAYLOR (90), Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States of America
• Cornelia 2 Stekelenburg (Bos) (48), Maarssen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Arnoldus van Thoor (61), Roosteren
• Adriana Arnoldina Johanna Kalff (84), Amsterdam
• Clasina Maria Walschots (14), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aagje Groen (83), Scheveningen
• Cornelia Gerdina de Heus (71), Bussum, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1901 » Harald Kaarmann, Estonian footballer († 1942)
• 1907 » Roy Douglas, English pianist and composer († 2015)
• 1912 » Henry Armstrong, American boxer († 1988)
• 1913 » Menelik II, Ethiopian emperor (b. 1844)
• 1915 » Frank Sinatra, American singer, actor, and producer († 1998)
• 1918 » Joe Williams, American singer and pianist († 1999)
• 1920 » Josef Doležal, Czech race walker († 1999)
• 1921 » Henrietta Swan Leavitt, American astronomer and academic (b. 1868)
• 1923 » Bob Barker, American game show host and producer
• 1923 » Bob Dorough, American musician, composer, and producer († 2018)

• 1889 » Robert Browning, English poet and playwright (b. 1812)
• 1889 » Viktor Bunyakovsky, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1804)
• 1894 » John Sparrow David Thompson, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1845)
• 1913 » Menelik II, Ethiopian emperor (b. 1844)
• 1921 » Henrietta Swan Leavitt, American astronomer and academic (b. 1868)
• 1923 » Raymond Radiguet, French author and poet (b. 1903)
• 1924 » Alexander Parvus, Russian-German theorist and politician (b. 1867)
• 1926 » Jean Richepin, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1849)
• 1934 » Thorleif Haug, Norwegian skier (b. 1894)
• 1939 » Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., American actor, producer, and screenwriter (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 5 » Kappa Alpha Psi, the world's third oldest and largest black fraternity, is founded at Indiana University.
• January 29 » Mexican Revolution: Mexicali is captured by the Mexican Liberal Party, igniting the Magonista rebellion of 1911.
• June 28 » The Nakhla meteorite, the first one to suggest signs of aqueous processes on Mars, falls to Earth, landing in Egypt.
• July 24 » Hiram Bingham III re-discovers Machu Picchu, "the Lost City of the Incas".
• August 29 » The Canadian Naval Service becomes the Royal Canadian Navy.
• October 10 » The day after a bomb explodes prematurely, the Wuchang Uprising begins against the Chinese monarchy.

The temperature on December 12, 1911 was between 0.5 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 3.0 °C. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.