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• Harm De Groote, Emmen
• Antonie van Nassau, Watergraafsmeer († 1982)
• Agnes Rose Gray, 43 Burgh Road, Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland († 1975)
• * Adriaantje Pelikaan, Leerbroek († 1994)
• Anna Haaijer, Midwolda, Groningen, Nederland
• Alberta Bron, Steenwijkerwold, Steenwijkerland, Overijssel, Nede († 1988)
• André Albrecht HORRé, Kachtem († 2007)
• Anna Meinema, Drachten, Friesland, Nederland
• Abe Allen Clark Sr, Berkeley County, South Carolina, Verenigde Staten († 1955)
• Antonius Simon Maria van Erven, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1913)

• Arnoldus Hubertus God (72), Maastricht
• Arie Roubos (0), De Werken, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Charles Jene Peters (70), Percy, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada
• Anje Mulder (77), Toornwerd, gem. Middelstum
• Carolus Antonius Thijssen (17), Den Haag
• Adrianus Wilhlmus Parlevliet (0), 's-Gravenhage
• Arita Christina Willemse (90), Meester Cornelis, West-Java, Nederlands-Indië
• Aaltje Johanna Dolman (0), Voorst,Gemeente Voorst, Gelderland, Nederland
• Carolina Louisa Ariaansz (56), Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Aaltje Dijkstra (63), Zuidwolde (gem. Het Hogeland)

• 1908 » Orlando Cole, American cellist and educator († 2010)
• 1908 » William Keepers Maxwell, Jr., American editor, novelist, short story writer, and essayist († 2000)
• 1909 » Paul Callaway, American organist and conductor († 1995)
• 1910 » Gloria Blondell, American actress († 1986)
• 1910 » Mae Clarke, American actress († 1992)
• 1911 » E. F. Schumacher, German economist and statistician († 1977)
• 1912 » Ted Drake, English footballer and manager († 1995)
• 1913 » Menachem Begin, Belarusian-Israeli politician, Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel Prize laureate († 1992)
• 1915 » Al Hibbler, American baritone singer († 2001)
• 1916 » Iggy Katona, American race car driver († 2003)

• 1888 » John Pemberton, American pharmacist and chemist, invented Coca-Cola (b. 1831)
• 1893 » Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist and academic (b. 1825)
• 1899 » Robert Bunsen, German chemist and academic (b. 1811)
• 1900 » José Maria de Eça de Queirós, Portuguese journalist and author (b. 1845)
• 1904 » Prentiss Ingraham, American soldier and author (b. 1843)
• 1911 » Patrick Francis Moran, Irish-Australian cardinal (b. 1830)
• 1914 » Carl Theodor Schulz, German-Norwegian gardener (b. 1835)
• 1916 » George Scott, English footballer (b. 1885)
• 1920 » Henry Daglish, Australian politician, 6th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1866)
• 1921 » Peter I of Serbia (b. 1844)

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.
• March 30 » Sultan Abd al-Hafid signs the Treaty of Fez, making Morocco a French protectorate.
• June 30 » The Regina Cyclone, Canada's deadliest tornado event, kills 28 people in Regina, Saskatchewan.
• October 24 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo concludes with the Serbian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
• October 26 » First Balkan War: The Ottomans lose the cities of Thessaloniki and Skopje.
• December 3 » Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro, and Serbia (the Balkan League) sign an armistice with the Ottoman Empire, temporarily halting the First Balkan War. (The armistice will expire on February 3, 1913, and hostilities will resume.)

The temperature on August 16, 1912 was between 12.3 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.