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• Alida Kopee, Amsterdam (NL) († 1943)
• Abraham de Niet, 's-Gravenhage
• * Cornelia van Wilgenburg, 's-Gravenzande
• Anna Gebbina Rudolphia Stienenbos, Enschede, 7500, Nederland († 1992)
• Albertus van den Nieuwenhuizen, veghel († 1968)
• "Friederike Juliane" Luise Emilie Feodora Anna zu Salm-Horstmar, Varlar, Allemagne († 2000)
• Albertha Hutman, Besthmen
• Adrianus Cornelis Weezenbeek, Halsteren, N-Br, NL
• Annechien Pomp, Borger, Borger-Odoorn, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1993)
• ABRAHAM VAN DER WINDT, VLAARDINGEN († 1993)

• Albertus jordanus Meegdes (60), Utrecht
• Anna Sophia Elisabeth Pijls (91), den haag
• D. Louettie Fowler (14), Horry County, South Carolina
• Cornelia Petronella Cleiren (0), Woensdrecht, NL
• Arnoldus van Rijn (79), Sassenheim
• Christina Drenth (0), Groningen
• Arnoldus van Rijn (79), Sassenheim
• Anna Francisca Prein (9), Hilversum
• Cornelis Maassen (59), Bemmel, Nederland
• Berendina Reinders Steen (64), Hoogeveen

• 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)

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 23 » The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague.
• April 14 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 23:40 (sinks morning of April 15th).
• June 4 » Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage.
• September 28 » Corporal Frank S. Scott of the United States Army becomes the first enlisted man to die in an airplane crash.
• October 8 » The First Balkan War begins when Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire.
• October 19 » Italo-Turkish War: Italy takes possession of what is now Libya from the Ottoman Empire.

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.