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• Adriana Neeltje Keijts, Meerkerk
• Achilles de Graeve, Biervliet († 2006)
• Abraham Clemens Lambrechts, Sinaai
• Adriana Helena Apolonia van Dijk, Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Legemaat, Soest († 1992)
• Alice Belliston, Nephi, Juab, Utah, Verenigde Staten († 1983)
• Allegonda Johanna Antonia Cornelissen, Hees († 1986)
• Adriana Antonia Koenen, Sambeek, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1971)
• Aleida Johanna Harmsen, Stokkum (Bergh)
• Albertienne Sikkens, Onstwedde (gem. Stadskanaal) († 1990)

• Beatrix Roosendaal (81), Westbroek
• Aleida Nolten (34), Denekamp
• Aagje den Hollander (72), Woerden
• Annetje Van Amstel (66), Huizen
• Arnoldus Gerdessen (33), Asperen (West Betuwe) (GL)
• arie van ANDEL (66), klaaswaal
• andries SCHELL (73), zierikzee
• aminardus Hubertus van Putten (67), Groenlo
• Adrianus Wilhelmus de Weijer (1), Berkel-Enschot
• Aagje den Hollander (72), Woerden, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1907 » Trường Chinh, Vietnamese politician, 4th President of Vietnam († 1988)
• 1909 » Carmen Miranda, Portuguese-Brazilian actress, singer, and dancer († 1955)
• 1909 » Dean Rusk, American colonel and politician, 54th United States Secretary of State († 1994)
• 1909 » Heather Angel, English-American actress († 1986)
• 1910 » Jacques Monod, French biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1976)
• 1911 » William Orlando Darby, American general († 1945)
• 1912 » Futabayama Sadaji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 35th Yokozuna († 1968)
• 1912 » Ginette Leclerc, French actress († 1992)
• 1914 » Ernest Tubb, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1984)
• 1916 » Tex Hughson, American baseball player († 1993)

• 1874 » Jules Michelet, French historian, philosopher, and academic (b. 1798)
• 1881 » Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, and philosopher (b. 1821)
• 1891 » Johan Jongkind, Dutch painter (b. 1819)
• 1903 » Charles Gavan Duffy, Irish-Australian politician, 8th Premier of Victoria (b. 1816)
• 1906 » Paul Laurence Dunbar, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1872)
• 1928 » William Gillies, Australian politician, 21st Premier of Queensland (b. 1868)
• 1930 » Richard With, Norwegian captain and businessman, founded Hurtigruten (b. 1846)
• 1932 » A.K. Golam Jilani, Bangladeshi soldier and activist (b. 1904)
• 1932 » Junnosuke Inoue, Japanese businessman and banker (b. 1869)
• 1945 » Ella D. Barrier, American educator (b. 1852)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacob
10. Adrianus
11. Jacobus
12. Dirk
13. Wilhelmus
14. Hendrikus
15. Arie
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Grietje
13. Aaltje
14. Geertruida
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 6 » German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.
• January 8 » The African National Congress is founded, under the name South African Native National Congress (SANNC).
• April 2 » The ill-fated RMSTitanic begins sea trials.
• April 10 » RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton, England on her maiden and only voyage.
• April 14 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 23:40 (sinks morning of April 15th).
• May 5 » Pravda, the "voice" of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publication in Saint Petersburg.

The temperature on February 9, 1912 was between 7.9 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.