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• Adrianus Boer, Sliedrecht († 1996)
• Anna Antonia Theodora Burgers, Gendt († 1913)
• Anna - Geertruida Nederkoorn, Doetinchem
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Gerders, Odoorn
• Adrianus Johannes Vincentius Popelier, Vught, Nederland († 1991)
• Anko Doornbos, Kantens, Zandeweer († 1991)
• "Raymond" François Romée Marie de Villeneuve, Saint-Raphaël, Var, France († 1981)
• Aletta Jongkind († 1987)
• Anna Maria Clara Feyoena van Valkenburg, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 2006)
• Anna Catharina Cornelia Hoes, Lisse († 2005)

• Andrew (Black Jack) Jackson Golden
• Berendina Horstink (82), Arnhem
• Aaltje Van Veldhuijsen (1), Baarn
• Anne Adams (76)
• Berendina HORSTINK (83), Arnhem
• Adrianus Diest (78), Loosduinen, Nederland
• Aartje Leeuwenburg (53), Dordrecht
• Aaltje van Veldhuijsen (1), Baarn, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adrianus Diest (78), Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Ooijkaas (43), Delft

• 1907 » Ray Milland, Welsh-American actor and director († 1986)
• 1909 » Victor Borge, Danish-American pianist and conductor († 2000)
• 1910 » Frenchy Bordagaray, American baseball player and manager († 2000)
• 1911 » John Sturges, American director and producer († 1992)
• 1912 » Armand Lohikoski, American-Finnish actor, director, and screenwriter († 2005)
• 1912 » Federico Borrell García, Spanish soldier († 1936)
• 1912 » Renaude Lapointe, Canadian journalist and politician († 2002)
• 1915 » Jack Levine, American painter and soldier († 2010)
• 1916 » Betty Furness, American actress and television journalist († 1994)
• 1916 » Fred Haas, American golfer († 2004)

• 1895 » James Merritt Ives, American lithographer and businessman, co-founded Currier and Ives (b. 1824)
• 1903 » Alois Hitler, Austrian civil servant (b. 1837)
• 1911 » Alexandros Papadiamantis, Greek author and poet (b. 1851)
• 1915 » James Elroy Flecker, English poet, author, and playwright (b. 1884)
• 1916 » Grenville M. Dodge, American general and politician (b. 1831)
• 1922 » Wilhelm Voigt, German criminal (b. 1849)
• 1923 » Jaroslav Hašek, Czech journalist and author (b. 1883)
• 1927 » Carl David Tolmé Runge, German physicist and mathematician (b. 1856)
• 1931 » Joseph Joffre, French general (b. 1852)
• 1933 » Wilhelm Cuno, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1876)

• 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.
• January 17 » British polar explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen.
• May 4 » Italy occupies the Greek island of Rhodes.
• September 2 » Arthur Rose Eldred is awarded the first Eagle Scout award of the Boy Scouts of America.
• October 17 » Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declare war on the Ottoman Empire, joining Montenegro in the First Balkan War.
• November 12 » The frozen bodies of Robert Scott and his men are found on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.

The temperature on January 3, 1912 was between 6.9 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.