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• Anna Maria Elisabeth Gerders, Odoorn
• Anna Maria Clara Feyoena van Valkenburg, Amsterdam,NL, Nederland († 2006)
• Aletta Jongkind († 1987)
• agnes petronella elisabeth (agnes) emonts, helden († 1974)
• Adrianus E. Ponsen, unbekannt
• MAAS, Hontenisse, Zeeland, Nederland († 1912)
• Anna Elizabeth Janssen, Kerkrade († 1989)
• Anna Maria Elizabeth Gerdes, Exloërmond, Odoorn, Dr, Nederland († 2010)
• Anko Doornbos, Kantens, Zandeweer († 1991)
• Age Spaan, Roden († 1976)

• Andrew (Red Jack) Jackson Golden (79), Macedonia Baptist Church, Tallapoosa, Alabama, United States
• Antonia van Zand (44), Oudenbosch
• Anna Maria Ooijkaas (43), Delft
• Cornelia van der Leek (51), Zoeterwoude, Nederland
• Adrianus Diest (78), Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Barbara Wijzenbroek (79), Schiedam
• Aartje Leeuwenburg (53), Dordrecht
• Boukje Koldijk (22), Londen (G.B.)
• Casper (Kasper) Stoffers (75), Paterswolde
• Seip (0), Muntendam, Groningen, Nederland

• 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)

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 4 » The Scout Association is incorporated throughout the British Empire by royal charter.
• January 17 » British polar explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen.
• April 14 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 23:40 (sinks morning of April 15th).
• May 8 » Paramount Pictures is founded.
• May 13 » The Royal Flying Corps, the forerunner of the Royal Air Force, is established in the United Kingdom.
• October 8 » The First Balkan War begins when Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire.

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.