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• Anna Geertruida Pothuma, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1996)
• Aagje Cornelia Doornebal, Wilnis
• Adrianus Stolk († 1968)
• Albert Alma, Groningen (Grunn), Groningen, Nederland († 1987)
• Aagje Cornelia Doornebal, Wilnis, Nederland
• Anna Maria Elizabeth Willemsen, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1998)
• Adriana van Eeuwijk, Meppel († 1999)
• Alida Agnes Maria Weber, Almelo-Stad, Overijssel, Nederland
• Albert Alma, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Aart Eskes, Montfoort († 1964)

• Abraham Jacob Hendrik de Jong (0), Alkmaar
• Anna Alida de Laat (16), Haarlem
• Adriaan van Bladel (85)
• Adrianus Zoon (2), Rinnegom, Egmond, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus VEEN,VAN (77), Pijnacker,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aartje NOORLAND (77)
• Anna Cornelia KITSZ (37), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje (59), Holland
• Anna Catharina Huberdina Laugs (80), Ohé en Laak
• Alfred Washington Jones (83), Buffville, Wilson County, Kansas, Verenigde Staten

• 1906 » Aristotle Onassis, Greek shipping magnate († 1975)
• 1907 » Paula Wessely, Austrian actress and producer († 2000)
• 1908 » Fleur Cowles, American author and illustrator († 2009)
• 1909 » Gōgen Yamaguchi, Japanese martial artist († 1989)
• 1910 » Joy Adamson, Austria-born Kenyan painter and author († 1980)
• 1913 » W. Cleon Skousen, American author and academic († 2006)
• 1915 » Ghulam Ishaq Khan, Pakistani businessman and politician, 7th President of Pakistan († 2006)
• 1918 » Juan García Esquivel, Mexican pianist, composer, and bandleader († 2002)
• 1918 » Nevin Scrimshaw, American scientist († 2013)
• 1920 » Federico Fellini, Italian director and screenwriter († 1993)

• 1891 » Kalākaua, king of Hawaii (b. 1836)
• 1900 » John Ruskin, English painter and critic (b. 1819)
• 1901 » Zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer, invented the Gramme machine (b. 1826)
• 1907 » Agnes Mary Clerke, Irish astronomer and author (b. 1842)
• 1908 » John Ordronaux, American surgeon and academic (b. 1830)
• 1913 » José Guadalupe Posada, Mexican engraver and illustrator (b. 1852)
• 1915 » Arthur Guinness, 1st Baron Ardilaun, Irish businessman, philanthropist, and politician (b. 1840)
• 1920 » Georg Lurich, Estonian-Russian wrestler and strongman (b. 1876)
• 1921 » Mary Watson Whitney, American astronomer and academic (b. 1847)
• 1924 » Henry "Ivo" Crapp, Australian footballer and umpire (b. 1872)

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.
• March 12 » The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.
• April 15 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20a.m., two hours and forty minutes after hitting an iceberg. Only 710 of 2,227 passengers and crew on board survive.
• June 8 » Carl Laemmle incorporates Universal Pictures.
• September 4 » Albanian rebels succeed in their revolt when the Ottoman Empire agrees to fulfill their demands
• September 28 » Corporal Frank S. Scott of the United States Army becomes the first enlisted man to die in an airplane crash.
• November 19 » First Balkan War: The Serbian Army captures Bitola, ending the five-century-long Ottoman rule of Macedonia.

The temperature on January 20, 1912 was between -2.3 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 0.3 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.