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• Everdina Ogina de Haan, Veenoord Sleen Drenthe
• Adriana Hendrika Maria Boos, Venhuizen, Drechterland, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2009)
• Adrianus Cornelis Weezenbeek, Halsteren, N-Br, NL
• Abraham van der Windt, Vlaardingen († 1993)
• Adriana Rosbergen, Schiebroek († 1974)
• Albertha Hutman, Ambt Ommen Nederland († 1996)
• Alexander Henricus Dury, Oostende, West Vlaanderen, België
• van Beek, Doorwerth († 1990)
• * Cornelia van Schaik, Oudewater († 1996)
• Amandina Ghesquiere, Moorslede,8890,West-Vlaanderen,België († 1990)

• Arnoldus van Rijn (79), Sassenheim
• Adrianus Waltherus Gillis (0), Breda
• Bernadus Reijers (64), Megchelen
• Amelie Elizabeth SEGHERS (77), Gramercy,Louisiana,ETATS-UNIS
• Berendina Steen (64), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Cornelis Maassen (59), Bemmel, Nederland
• Alfred Charles Jolliffe (58), Glenelg, South Australia
• Anje Peterina van Timmeren (0), Schildwolde, Groningen, Nederland
• Claasjen Leeman (79), Kampen
• Agnes Katharina Schroer (Schröer) (83), Heißen, Mülheim an der Ruhr

• 1907 » Mrs. Miller, American novelty singer († 1997)
• 1908 » Joshua Logan, American director and screenwriter († 1988)
• 1908 » Mehmet Ali Aybar, Turkish lawyer and politician († 1995)
• 1909 » Tony Malinosky, American baseball player and soldier († 2011)
• 1911 » Brian O'Nolan, Irish author and playwright († 1966)
• 1911 » Pierre Dansereau, Canadian ecologist and academic († 2011)
• 1912 » Fritz Fischer, German physician († 2003)
• 1913 » Eugene B. Fluckey, American admiral, Medal of Honor recipient († 2007)
• 1914 » Zhang Zhen, Chinese general and politician († 2015)
• 1916 » Stetson Kennedy, American author and activist († 2011)

• 1895 » Ralph Tollemache, English priest (b. 1826)
• 1913 » Hans von Bartels, German painter and educator (b. 1856)
• 1914 » Albert Solomon, Australian politician, 23rd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1876)
• 1918 » Roland Garros, French soldier and pilot (b. 1888)
• 1921 » John Storey, Australian politician, 20th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1869)
• 1927 » Sam Warner, Polish-American director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded Warner Bros. (b. 1887)
• 1929 » Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly, Indian priest, founded the Sisters of the Destitute (b. 1876)
• 1930 » Christopher Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson, Indian-English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Air (b. 1875)
• 1933 » Nikolai Yudenich, Russian general (b. 1862)
• 1933 » Renée Adorée, French-American actress (b. 1898)

• 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.
• February 25 » Marie-Adélaïde, the eldest of six daughters of Guillaume IV, becomes the first reigning Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.
• March 30 » Sultan Abd al-Hafid signs the Treaty of Fez, making Morocco a French protectorate.
• May 8 » Paramount Pictures is founded.
• October 24 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo concludes with the Serbian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
• December 6 » The Nefertiti Bust is discovered.
• December 8 » Leaders of the German Empire hold an Imperial War Council to discuss the possibility that war might break out.

The temperature on October 5, 1912 was between -2.2 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.