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• Albertus Franciscus Verhaert, Kontich († 1965)
• Alida Cornelia van Otterlo, Arnhem († 1983)
• Adolph van Duyn, Hawarden, Sioux, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 2013)
• Adriaantje Zijta, Haamstede
• Aleida Cornelia van Otterlo, Arnhem, Gld, Nl († 1983)
• Ananias Daniël (Niek) Pool († 1985)
• Ananias Daniël Pool, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1985)
• Anna Barbara Collaert, Bocholtz
• Adrianus Johannes Marie van den Boom, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Hendrikus van Egmond, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Aldegondis Boiten (80), Kortessem, België
• Antonetta van Tilburg (76), Waddinxveen, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Adrianus Kornelisse Twilt (69), Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Twilt (69), Scheveningen
• Berendina Verbeek (79), Westenwold (Steenwijkerwold)
• Antje Ubels Kooijenga (56), Obergum
• Albertus Hendrikus Zumker (43), Rotterdam
• Adelina Baeten (0), Haeltert
• Antheunis But (78), Middelburg
• aagje STAAT (57), rotterdam

• 1905 » Howard McNear, American actor († 1969)
• 1908 » William Randolph Hearst, Jr., American journalist and publisher († 1993)
• 1910 » Edvard Kardelj, Slovene general, economist, and politician, 2nd Foreign Minister of Yugoslavia († 1979)
• 1912 » Arne Næss, Norwegian philosopher and environmentalist († 2009)
• 1912 » Francis Rogallo, American engineer, invented the Rogallo wing († 2009)
• 1915 » Jacques Hnizdovsky, Ukrainian-American painter, sculptor, and illustrator († 1985)
• 1915 » Jules Archer, American historian and author († 2008)
• 1918 » Elmore James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1963)
• 1918 » Skitch Henderson, American pianist, composer, and conductor († 2005)
• 1918 » William Seawell, American general († 2005)

• 1880 » Edward Middleton Barry, English architect and academic, co-designed the Halifax Town Hall and the Royal Opera House (b. 1830)
• 1901 » Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer (b. 1813)
• 1910 » Thomas Crapper, English plumber and businessman (b. 1836)
• 1919 » Endre Ady, Hungarian poet and journalist (b. 1877)
• 1921 » Maurice Buckley, Australian sergeant (b. 1891)
• 1922 » Nellie Bly, American journalist and author (b. 1864)
• 1927 » Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius, Lithuanian bishop (b. 1871)
• 1931 » Nishinoumi Kajirō II, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 25th Yokozuna (b. 1880)
• 1940 » Isaac Babel, Russian short story writer, journalist, and playwright (b. 1894)
• 1942 » Kaarel Eenpalu, Estonian journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1888)

• 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 11 » Immigrant textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, go on strike when wages are reduced in response to a mandated shortening of the work week.
• February 12 » The Xuantong Emperor, the last Emperor of China, abdicates.
• June 4 » Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage.
• July 8 » Henrique Mitchell de Paiva Couceiro leads an unsuccessful royalist attack against the First Portuguese Republic in Chaves.
• October 24 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Kirk Kilisse concludes with a Bulgarian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
• 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 January 27, 1912 was between -5.4 °C and -0.1 °C and averaged -2.1 °C. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.