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• Anna Catharina Adriaantje van 't Geloof, Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 2000)
• Aaltje Pinxsterhuis, De Wijk
• Adrianus Zuijderduijn, Katwijk († 1992)
• Albertus Jacobus Andreas Meijerink *, Oldemarkt († 1975)
• Aldrik Krot, Amsterdam
• Adriaan Johannes van Waalwijk van Doorn, Rotterdam († 1945)
• Aaltje Krant, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Adriana Dekker, Ouderkerk aan de IJssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1951)
• Alfonsius, Johannes, Franciscus GULICKX, Baarle-Nassau († 1914)
• Alphonsus Johannes Franciscus Gulickx, Baarle-Nassau († 1913)

• Anna Maria Josepha Wolters (5), Montfort
• Abraham van den Oudenalder (40), Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
• Albert ter Maten (1), Barneveld, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Antje de Jong (47)
• Gorter, Korte Akkers gem Veendam
• Antje Johanna Steggerda (78), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• (Marinus) Jacob de Vrieze (67), Dreischor
• Antonia Van der Made (80), Zevenbergen, Nederland
• Arthur Schut (25), Nunspeet, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antje Johannes Steggerda (78), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland

• 1907 » Gabriel Figueroa, Mexican cinematographer († 1997)
• 1908 » Inga Gentzel, Swedish runner († 1991)
• 1908 » Józef Gosławski, Polish sculptor († 1963)
• 1908 » Marceline Day, American actress († 2000)
• 1912 » Ruth Osburn, American discus thrower († 1994)
• 1913 » Dieter Grau, German-American scientist and engineer († 2014)
• 1914 » Justin Wilson, American chef and author († 2001)
• 1914 » Phil Watson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 1991)
• 1914 » William Castle, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1977)
• 1916 » Lou Thesz, American wrestler and trainer († 2002)

• 1889 » Zulma Carraud, French author (b. 1796)
• 1891 » Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, German field marshal (b. 1800)
• 1924 » G. Stanley Hall, American psychologist and academic (b. 1844)
• 1931 » David Kldiashvili, Georgian author and playwright (b. 1862)
• 1935 » Anastasios Papoulas, Greek general (b. 1857)
• 1938 » George Grey Barnard, American sculptor (b. 1863)
• 1939 » Louis Trousselier, French cyclist (b. 1881)
• 1941 » Karin Boye, Swedish author and poet (b. 1900)
• 1942 » Lucy Maud Montgomery, Canadian author (b. 1874)
• 1944 » Charles Jordan, American magician (b. 1888)

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.
• February 12 » The Xuantong Emperor, the last Emperor of China, abdicates.
• March 30 » Sultan Abd al-Hafid signs the Treaty of Fez, making Morocco a French protectorate.
• September 28 » Corporal Frank S. Scott of the United States Army becomes the first enlisted man to die in an airplane crash.
• October 19 » Italo-Turkish War: Italy takes possession of what is now Libya from the Ottoman Empire.
• November 2 » Bulgaria defeats the Ottoman Empire in the Battle of Lule Burgas, the bloodiest battle of the First Balkan War, which opens her way to Constantinople.
• November 12 » King George I of Greece makes a triumphal entry into Thessaloniki after its liberation from 482 years of Ottoman rule.

The temperature on April 24, 1912 was between 5.0 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 12.9 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.