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• Adriana Johanna Maria van Raak, Hilvarenbeek († 1995)
• Adriana Petronella Broeders, ,, Achthuizen, Nederland
• Aart Brouwer, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Klein Hulse, Gorssel († 1977)
• Anne Smedes, Dokkum, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Dappers, Herpen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1980)
• Angenica Sophia van Ommering, Rotterdam
• Anna Maria Marijnissen, Roosendaal en Nispen
• Alice Budo, Gutschoven, België († 1973)
• Flisijn, Leeuwarden

• Andreas Franciscus Petrus Born (21), Ambarawa, Java, Ned. Indië
• Alida Adriana Koolmees (71), Gouderak, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andreas Koster (67), Nijmegen
• Antonius Gerardus Ernst (55), Breda Noord-Brabnt, Nederland
• Aaltjen Oppenheimer (67), Den Haag
• Albert Waller (68), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Hanouwer (74), Zutphen
• Alberta Christina Beekman (46), Amsterdam
• Aafje Vink (75), Middelie, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria JAKOBS (61), Akron / Ohio

• 1910 » Gunter d'Alquen, German SS officer and journalist († 1998)
• 1910 » James K. Woolnough, American general († 1996)
• 1910 » Joe L. Evins, American lawyer and politician († 1984)
• 1910 » Stella Brooks, American singer († 2002)
• 1911 » Paul Grégoire, Canadian cardinal († 1993)
• 1911 » Sonny Terry, American singer and harmonica player († 1986)
• 1912 » Murray Golden, American television director († 1991)
• 1912 » Peter Gellhorn, German conductor (music) († 2004)
• 1912 » Silviu Bindea, Romanian footballer († 1992)
• 1913 » Tito Gobbi, Italian actor and singer († 1984)

• 1898 » Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, French painter and illustrator (b. 1824)
• 1915 » Désiré Charnay, French archaeologist and photographer (b. 1828)
• 1917 » James Carroll Beckwith, American painter and academic (b. 1852)
• 1922 » George Cadbury, English businessman (b. 1839)
• 1935 » Dutch Schultz, American mob boss (b. 1902)
• 1937 » Nils Wahlbom, Swedish actor (b. 1886)
• 1938 » Ernst Barlach, German sculptor and playwright (b. 1870)
• 1943 » Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau, Canadian poet and painter (b. 1912)
• 1944 » Louis Renault, French engineer and businessman, co-founded the Renault Company (b. 1877)
• 1945 » Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian soldier and politician, Minister President of Norway (b. 1887)

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 5 » The 6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Prague Party Conference) opens. In the course of the conference, Vladimir Lenin and his supporters break from the rest of the party to form the Bolshevik movement.
• 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 23 » The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague.
• September 4 » Albanian rebels succeed in their revolt when the Ottoman Empire agrees to fulfill their demands
• November 7 » The Deutsche Opernhaus (now Deutsche Oper Berlin) opens in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg, with a production of Beethoven's Fidelio.
• November 28 » Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.

The temperature on October 24, 1912 was between 3.4 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.