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• Aldert Rinzes van der Ploeg, bakkeveen
• Albertus Hendrikus Selles, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2002)
• Aleida Cornelia Lansink, Hengelo
• Veenvliet, Scherpenzeel
• Alvin Peterson, Eurek († 1969)
• Andrea Jacoba KAPTEIJN, Opsterland († 2005)
• Anna Elizabeth Kalis, Numansdorp († 1980)
• Adolf Heusinkveld, Binnenheurne
• Aleida Janssen, Silvolde
• Aafke van der Veen, Bergum († 1995)

• Andrew Jackson Toolen (68), Los Angeles County, California, Verenigde Staten
• Antonie van de Ven (74), Tongelre
• Charles Driscoll Justin (69), Eltham, London, England
• Anna Stormink (81), Wijhe, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Stormink (80), Wijhe
• Bernardus Johannes Dolman (0), Voorst, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna-Maria VAN DER AUWERA (77), Tessenderlo(B)
• Aalt van den Ham (71), Ede
• Clementina Hendrika Illegems, Sint Amands
• Achille Charles Frédéric Lagast (28), Binnenwegstraat, Brugge-Assebroek

• 1905 » Henry Green, English author († 1973)
• 1906 » Fredric Brown, American author († 1972)
• 1907 » Edwige Feuillère, French actress († 1998)
• 1910 » A. J. Ayer, English philosopher and author († 1989)
• 1913 » Al Suomi, American ice hockey player and referee († 2014)
• 1914 » Maxim of Bulgaria, Bulgarian patriarch († 2012)
• 1915 » William Berenberg, American physician and academic († 2005)
• 1918 » Bernard Gordon, American screenwriter and producer († 2007)
• 1918 » Diana Serra Cary, American actress and author († 2020)
• 1920 » Baruj Benacerraf, Venezuelan-American physician and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 2011)

• 1892 » William Harnett, American painter (b. 1848)
• 1897 » Henry George, American journalist, philosopher, and economist (b. 1839)
• 1901 » Leon Czolgosz, American assassin of William McKinley (b. 1873)
• 1905 » Étienne Desmarteau, Canadian weight thrower and shot putter (b. 1873)
• 1911 » Joseph Pulitzer, Hungarian-American publisher, lawyer, and politician, founded Pulitzer, Inc. (b. 1847)
• 1916 » John Sebastian Little, American lawyer and politician, 21st Governor of Arkansas (b. 1851)
• 1918 » Rudolf Tobias, Estonian-German organist and composer (b. 1873)
• 1919 » Albert Benjamin Simpson, Canadian preacher, theologian, and author, founded the Christian and Missionary Alliance (b. 1843)
• 1924 » Frances Hodgson Burnett, English-American novelist and playwright (b. 1849)
• 1932 » Joseph Babinski, French neurologist and academic (b. 1857)

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.
• March 30 » Sultan Abd al-Hafid signs the Treaty of Fez, making Morocco a French protectorate.
• May 4 » Italy occupies the Greek island of Rhodes.
• October 8 » The First Balkan War begins when Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire.
• 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 29, 1912 was between 9.0 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.