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• Aalt Hut, Zuidbroek, Groningen, The Netherlands († 1979)
• Albert Gerrit Renkema, Hardenberg († 1989)
• Alina Joanna Van Nieuwenborgh, Asse, 1730, België
• Overkleeft, 's Gravenzande
• Aaltje Hut, Zuidbroek, Groningen, Nederland
• Adolphus Josephus Kuipers, Oost en West Souburg († 1966)
• Alfred Joseph Courlander, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1912)
• Albert Gerrit Renkema, Hardenberg Stad
• Adriana Helena Rieborn, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltjen Johanna Berendina Geertruida Lindeman, Winterswijk, Gelderland, Nederland

• Anna Christina Elisabeth KEUNE (77), Amsterdam, 1000, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Bruintjes (71), Vollenhove (Barsbeek)
• Anna Elisabeth VROOMEN (0), Eilendorf/Aachen (D) 5m
• Albert Wagenaar (0), Wildervank, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Maria Loermans (0), Hees, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Alzina Alsany M Olmstead (74), Volney, Oswego, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Westerman (0), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha Drent (86), Oude Pekela
• Adriaan Schreij (0), Driel
• Anna Antonia Binnenpoorte (4), Raalte

• 1907 » Gladys Bentley, American blues singer († 1960)
• 1907 » Joe Besser, American actor († 1988)
• 1909 » Bruce Matthews, Canadian general and businessman († 1991)
• 1910 » Jane Wyatt, American actress († 2006)
• 1910 » Yusof bin Ishak, Singaporean journalist and politician, 1st President of Singapore († 1970)
• 1911 » Cantinflas, Mexican actor, screenwriter, and producer († 1993)
• 1912 » Samuel Fuller, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 1997)
• 1913 » Richard L. Bare, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 2015)
• 1914 » Gerd Buchdahl, German-English philosopher and author († 2001)
• 1914 » Ruth Lowe, Canadian pianist and songwriter († 1981)

• 1896 » Thomas Chamberlain, American colonel (b. 1841)
• 1900 » Wilhelm Steinitz, Austrian chess player and theoretician (b. 1836)
• 1901 » Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Finnish-Swedish botanist, geologist, mineralogist, and explorer (b. 1832)
• 1904 » William Renshaw, English tennis player (b. 1861)
• 1914 » John Philip Holland, Irish engineer, designed HMSHolland 1 (b. 1840)
• 1918 » William Thompson, American archer (b. 1848)
• 1921 » Pyotr Boborykin, Russian playwright and journalist (b. 1836)
• 1922 » Arthur Griffith, Irish journalist and politician, 3rd President of Dáil Éireann (b. 1871)
• 1924 » Sándor Bródy, Hungarian journalist and author (b. 1863)
• 1928 » Leoš Janáček, Czech composer and educator (b. 1854)

• 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.
• April 29 » Tsinghua University, one of mainland China's leading universities, is founded.
• September 24 » His Majesty's Airship No. 1, Britain's first rigid airship, is wrecked by strong winds before her maiden flight at Barrow-in-Furness.
• September 29 » Italy declares war on the Ottoman Empire.
• November 1 » World's first combat aerial bombing mission takes place in Libya during the Italo-Turkish War. Second Lieutenant Giulio Gavotti of Italy drops several small bombs.
• 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 August 12, 1911 was between 17.7 °C and 31.1 °C and averaged 24.3 °C. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.