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• Abraham Groeneveld, Oud-Beijerland († 1986)
• De Hoogh Jacobus, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Immers, Delft, ZH, Nederland
• Albert Willem Klomp, Ede, Gld, The Netherlands († 2000)
• Anna Wilhelmina Pijnenburg, Helden, NL († 1997)
• Anna Ubaghs († 2002)
• André Joseph Deforce, Kachtem, België († 1914)
• Albert Rudolph Raat, Poerworedjo (res. Bagelen) († 1988)
• Ada Grace Benton († 1963)
• Aaltje Wijker, Egmond aan Zee (gem. Bergen, NH)

• Adelaide Jeanne Henriette van Pallandt (74), Wijhe, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Maria Alida Blommers (53), Den Haag
• Adelaide Jeanne Henriette (Adeleide) van Pallandt (74), Wijhe, Nederland
• Adelaide Jeanne Henriette VAN PALLANDT (74), Wijhe Overijssel Netherlands
• Adelaide Jeanne van PALLANDT (74), Wijhe, Overijsel
• Antonie Elstrodt (71), Nieuwleusen
• Aloijsius Anthonius van Kesteren (0), Kortenhoef
• Adriaantje TEMS (63), IJsselmonde, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adelaïde Jeanne Henriette barones van Pallandt (74), Wijhe,Gemeente Olst-Wijhe,Overijssel,Netherlands,huis Nijenhuis
• Annigje Klasina Kroon (52), Sliedrecht

• 1905 » Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Ivorian union leader and politician, 1st President of Côte d'Ivoire († 1993)
• 1905 » Jan Gies, Dutch activist († 1993)
• 1906 » James Brooks, American painter and educator († 1992)
• 1909 » Norberto Bobbio, Italian philosopher and theorist († 2004)
• 1914 » Raymond Lambert, Swiss mountaineer († 1997)
• 1915 » Victor Sen Yung, American actor († 1980)
• 1918 » Bobby Troup, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor († 1999)
• 1918 » Konstantinos Mitsotakis, Greek lawyer and politician, 178th Prime Minister of Greece († 2017)
• 1918 » Molly Geertsema, Dutch lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands († 1991)
• 1919 » Ric Nordman, Canadian captain and politician († 1996)

• 1886 » Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician and botanist (b. 1796)
• 1889 » Antonio Meucci, Italian-American engineer (b. 1808)
• 1892 » William W. Chapman, American lawyer and politician (b. 1808)
• 1893 » Charles Gounod, French composer and educator (b. 1818)
• 1908 » Nozu Michitsura, Japanese field marshal (b. 1840)
• 1911 » Alfred Binet, French psychologist and author (b. 1857)
• 1921 » Ludwig III of Bavaria (b. 1845)
• 1931 » Thomas Edison, American engineer and businessman, invented the light bulb and phonograph (b. 1847)
• 1934 » Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Spanish pathologist, histologist, and neuroscientist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1935 » Gaston Lachaise, French-American sculptor (b. 1882)

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 17 » British polar explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen.
• April 10 » RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton, England on her maiden and only voyage.
• May 13 » The Royal Flying Corps, the forerunner of the Royal Air Force, is established in the United Kingdom.
• September 4 » Albanian rebels succeed in their revolt when the Ottoman Empire agrees to fulfill their demands
• October 26 » First Balkan War: The Ottomans lose the cities of Thessaloniki and Skopje.
• November 28 » Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.

The temperature on October 18, 1912 was between 2.7 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.