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• Adriana Antonia van den Berg, Heesch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1996)
• Adriana Hermina Schout, Oost en West Souburg, Zeeland, NL
• adam petrus de groot, haarlemmermeer
• Johannes Leijssenaar, Alteveer
• Aalt Stijf, Heerde, Nederland († 1997)
• Adrianus Anthonius Cornelis de Volder, Goirle († 1995)
• Alida Cornelia Pijpers, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1994)
• Adrianus Antonius Cornelis de Volder, Goirle († 1995)
• Adrianus Martinus Hofland, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Askamp, Heerde (Wapenveld), Gelderland, Nederland († 1994)

• Corstiaan van der Sluijs (71), Middelharnis, Goeree-Overflakkee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Hidding (41), Vlagtwedde, Groningen, Netherlands
• Christina Dudink (64), Blokker
• cors van HALEM (58), alblasserdam(ZH)
• Arend Jan Ebbekink (67), Hengelo
• Cornelia van Meerbeek (31), Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Rovers, IJsselstein, Utrecht, Nederland
• August Ferdinand Ludwig Kotenbeutel (86), Hewitt, Wood, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Lamphuysen (17)
• Cornelis Kalkhoven (66), Utrecht, Nederland

• 1908 » František Douda, Czech shot putter († 1990)
• 1908 » Ilya Frank, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1990)
• 1909 » Zellig Harris, American linguist and methodologist († 1992)
• 1910 » Hayden Rorke, American actor († 1987)
• 1910 » Richard Mortensen, Danish painter and educator († 1993)
• 1911 » Jack Keller, American hurdler († 1978)
• 1915 » Simo Puupponen, Finnish writer († 1967)
• 1918 » Augusta Dabney, American actress († 2008)
• 1918 » James Daly, American actor († 1978)
• 1918 » Paul Rudolph, American architect and academic, designed the Lippo Centre († 1997)

• 1885 » Charles S. West, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, Secretary of State of Texas (b. 1829)
• 1893 » Alexander of Battenberg (b. 1857)
• 1910 » Chulalongkorn, Thai king (b. 1853)
• 1915 » W. G. Grace, English cricketer and physician (b. 1848)
• 1916 » Richard McFadden, Scottish footballer and soldier (b. 1889)
• 1917 » Eugène Grasset, Swiss illustrator (b. 1845)
• 1921 » John Boyd Dunlop, Scottish businessman, founded Dunlop Rubber (b. 1840)
• 1935 » Charles Demuth, American painter and educator (b. 1883)
• 1939 » Zane Grey, American dentist and author (b. 1872)
• 1942 » Ralph Rainger, American pianist and composer (b. 1901)

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 6 » German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.
• January 23 » The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague.
• April 18 » The Cunard liner RMSCarpathia brings 705 survivors from the RMSTitanic to New York City.
• May 5 » Pravda, the "voice" of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publication in Saint Petersburg.
• October 11 » First Balkan War: The day after the Battle of Sarantaporo, Greek troops liberate the city of Kozani.
• October 14 » Former president Theodore Roosevelt is shot and mildly wounded by John Flammang Schrank. With the fresh wound in his chest, and the bullet still within it, Roosevelt delivers his scheduled speech.

The temperature on October 23, 1912 was between 4.7 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 8.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.