About the day » Friday December 29, 1911Calender converter

• Albert Deinum, Workum, Friesland, Nederland († 1942)
• Adrianus Franciscus Johannes van Laarhoven, Tilburg († 1912)
• Albertus Otten, Steenwijkerwold, Overijssel, Nederland
• Alice Tremio, Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Adrianus van Eekelen, Halsteren, N-Br, NL († 1911)
• Amandus Gilbertus Scheerlinck, Nederhasselt
• Albert Amand SEGERS, Liévin,Pas-de-Calais,Nord Pas-de-Calais,FRANCE († 1985)
• Alice de Aguiar Cruz, Avare, São Paulo, Brasil
• Alphonsus Albertus Brugman, Amsterdam,Noord Holland,Nederland († 1995)
• Adrianus Fransiscus Johannes van Laarhoven, Tilburg († 1912)

• Barbara Baar (41), Chikaming, Berrien, Michigan, United States
• Aaltjen Palsenberg (86), Harfsen
• Catharina Crouwel (74), Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
• Conradina Philippina Louisa Henriette Ritter (62), Schiedam
• Cornelis Jansz Vlaar (58), Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Maria RIBBENS (17), Roosendaal
• Adam VAN VLIET (63), Assendelft, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Benedick (Benediek) (0), Foxhol gem. Hoogezand Groningen
• Anna Keet (53), Beemster, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Arend Bols (0), Brucht

• 1908 » Helmut Gollwitzer, German theologian and author († 1993)
• 1908 » Magnus Pyke, English scientist and author († 1992)
• 1910 » Ronald Coase, English-American economist, author, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2013)
• 1911 » Klaus Fuchs, German physicist and spy († 1988)
• 1914 » Albert Tucker, Australian painter and illustrator († 1999)
• 1914 » Billy Tipton, American pianist and saxophonist († 1989)
• 1914 » Zainul Abedin, Bangladeshi painter and academic († 1976)
• 1915 » Bill Osmanski, American football player and coach († 1996)
• 1915 » Jo Van Fleet, American actress († 1996)
• 1915 » Robert Ruark, American hunter and author († 1965)

• 1890 » Spotted Elk, American tribal leader (b. 1826)
• 1891 » Leopold Kronecker, Polish-German mathematician and academic (b. 1823)
• 1894 » Christina Rossetti, English poet and hymn-writer (b. 1830)
• 1897 » William James Linton, English-American painter, author, and activist (b. 1812)
• 1900 » John Henry Leech, English entomologist (b. 1862)
• 1910 » Reginald Doherty, English tennis player (b. 1872)
• 1924 » Carl Spitteler, Swiss poet and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)
• 1925 » Félix Vallotton, Swiss/French painter (b. 1865)
• 1926 » Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian poet and author (b. 1875)
• 1929 » Wilhelm Maybach, German engineer and businessman, founded Maybach (b. 1846)

• 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 3 » A magnitude 7.7 earthquake destroys the city of Almaty in Russian Turkestan.
• January 5 » Kappa Alpha Psi, the world's third oldest and largest black fraternity, is founded at Indiana University.
• January 30 » The destroyer USSTerry makes the first airplane rescue at sea saving the life of Douglas McCurdy ten miles from Havana, Cuba.
• August 14 » United States Senate leaders agree to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the Senate among leading candidates to fill the vacancy left by William P. Frye's death.
• September 18 » Russian Premier Pyotr Stolypin is shot at the Kiev Opera House.
• 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.

The temperature on December 29, 1911 was between 5.9 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.