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• Adrianus van Loon, Bergen op Zoom († 1987)
• Adriana Neeleman, Rotterdam
• Albertus Gerardus Lablans, Amsterdam († 1995)
• Aleida Elizabeth Clara Verdaasdonk, Tilburg († 1996)
• Anna Babette Gallwitz, 's Gravenhage, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Gerardus Lablans, Amsterdam,Noord-Holland,Nederland († 1995)
• Adrianus Johannes Pennings, Noordwijkerhout († 1992)
• Aaltje Vossegat, Barneveld
• Alle Smit, Emmer-Erfscheidenveen, Emmen
• Adriaan (Janus) Ars, 's-Heer Arendskerke, Nederland († 1999)

• Antje van der Boom (78), Haarlem
• * Wilhelmus (Willem) Pullens (58), Baardwijk
• Antonius Martina Elisabeth de Vries (0), Bergen op Zoom, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Berbera Langeweg (58), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arendina Jans Schonewille (0), Hoogeveen
• Amelia "Emilia" Caroline Minnie Spaight (73), Limerick Co., Limerick, Ireland
• Aaltje Kossen (67), Limmen
• Auguste REUCHAMPS (68), VERVIERS, Liège, Belgique
• Berdina Petronella Jacoba Kersten (0), Groesbeek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Apolonia Heijt (0), Westkapelle, Zeeland, Nederland

• 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)
• 1915 » Michael Kidd, American dancer and choreographer († 2007)
• 1916 » Ioan Dicezare, Romanian general and pilot († 2012)

• 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)

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 1 » The Republic of China is established.
• January 6 » New Mexico is admitted to the Union as the 47th U.S. state.
• January 23 » The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague.
• April 14 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 23:40 (sinks morning of April 15th).
• June 8 » Carl Laemmle incorporates Universal Pictures.
• October 7 » The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.

The temperature on August 12, 1912 was between 9.2 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 5.9 mm of rain. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.