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• Anna Maria Gertrudis Hommen, Echt, Echt-Susteren
• Willem Schaap († 1979)
• Adrianus Josef van de Nes, Beemster
• Aaltje Kok, Midwolda, Groningen, Nederland († 1991)
• Alex Etienne VOLKMANN, Nilvange, Moselle, Grand Est, France († 1983)
• Adrianus Schmit, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1967)
• Anna Hofstede, Rijssen (gem. Rijssen-Holten) († 1916)
• Antonetta Petronella Lit van, Budel, Noord Brabant, Netherlands († 1994)
• Aleida Hegeman, Olst {OV} († 1913)
• Adrianus Harmsen, Rotterdam († 1912)

• Aleida Klumper (42), IJsselmuiden
• Andries Meinderdsz de Boer (70), Velsen
• Hilligje Santing (54), De Krim
• Antonia van Boekel (70), Empel
• Alexander Black MacDonald (80), Cambridge Narrows, Queens, New Brunswick, Canada
• Antoine Mathieu Joseph Marie van Kaldekerken (50), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Aaltje Hulleman (79), Twello (gem.Voorst)
• Gunning (77), Delft
• Adriana van der Weij (75), Zoutelande, Zeeland, NL
• Aleida Klumper (42), IJsselmuiden, Nederland

• 1907 » Lincoln Kirstein, American soldier and playwright, co-founded the New York City Ballet († 1996)
• 1907 » Walter Walsh, American target shooter and FBI agent († 2014)
• 1908 » Wolrad Eberle, German decathlete († 1949)
• 1911 » Evald Seepere, Estonian boxer († 1990)
• 1913 » John Broome, American author († 1999)
• 1913 » Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark († 2007)
• 1914 » Maedayama Eigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 39th Yokozuna († 1971)
• 1916 » Jane Jacobs, American-Canadian journalist, author, and activist († 2006)
• 1916 » Richard Proenneke, American soldier, carpenter, and meteorologist († 2003)
• 1917 » Edward T. Cone, American pianist and composer († 2004)

• 1901 » John Jones Ross, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Premier of Quebec (b. 1831)
• 1903 » Gotse Delchev, Macedonian Bulgarian revolutionary IMRO (b. 1872)
• 1912 » Nettie Stevens, American geneticist credited with discovering sex chromosomes (b. 1861)
• 1916 » Ned Daly, Irish rebel commander (Easter Rising) (b. 1891)
• 1916 » John Murray, Australian politician, 23rd Premier of Victoria (b. 1851)
• 1916 » Joseph Plunkett, Irish rebel and writer (b. 1887)
• 1916 » Willie Pearse, Irish rebel (b. 1891)
• 1919 » Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak general and politician (b. 1880)
• 1922 » Viktor Kingissepp, Estonian politician (b. 1888)
• 1923 » Ralph McKittrick, American golfer and tennis player (b. 1877)

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 14 » Arizona is admitted as the 48th and the last contiguous U.S. state.
• February 25 » Marie-Adélaïde, the eldest of six daughters of Guillaume IV, becomes the first reigning Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.
• June 30 » The Regina Cyclone, Canada's deadliest tornado event, kills 28 people in Regina, Saskatchewan.
• October 8 » The First Balkan War begins when Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire.
• November 12 » The frozen bodies of Robert Scott and his men are found on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.
• December 6 » The Nefertiti Bust is discovered.

The temperature on May 4, 1912 was between 5.1 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.