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• Anne Zijlstra, Ontswedde († 1914)
• Adriaantje Aagje van Rijsbergen, Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1997)
• Adrianus Pieter Zoetemeijer, Oostvoorne, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1983)
• Aart Tijssen, Putten († 2000)
• Aaltje Nijboer, Ruinen († 1980)
• Anna Gerarda Nijssen, Velsen († 2004)
• Adriana Johanna Streng, Rietveld († 1982)
• Antonius Mattheus Marie Scholte, amsterdam, Nederland († 1985)
• Adrianus Pieter Zoetemeyer, Oostvoorne († 1983)
• Antje Veenstra, Kollumerzwaag, gem. Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland († 1913)

• (45), Deurne, Nbr.NL
• Anna Van Schie (1), Boskoop
• Augustinus Carolus Maria de Bont (37), Amsterdam
• Anton Schmidt (69), Wildervank
• Anna van den Heuvel (31), Baambrugge
• Alexander Maginn (24), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• Agnes Steijven (54), Horn
• Antje Walters (0), Oude Pekela
• Anna Jacoba Smallegange (17), Ellewoutsdijk
• Antonius Lenssen (89), Stein,, Limburg, Nederland

• 1910 » Henry Plumer McIlhenny, American art collector and philanthropist († 1986)
• 1911 » Vaughn Monroe, American singer, trumpet player, and bandleader († 1973)
• 1912 » Fernando Belaúnde Terry, Peruvian architect and politician, 85th President of Peru († 2002)
• 1912 » Peter Walker, English race car driver († 1984)
• 1913 » Raimond Valgre, Estonian pianist, guitarist, and composer († 1949)
• 1913 » Simon Carmiggelt, Dutch journalist and author († 1987)
• 1914 » Alfred Drake, American actor and singer († 1992)
• 1914 » Begum Akhtar, Indian actress († 1974)
• 1914 » Herman Keiser, American golfer († 2003)
• 1914 » Sarah Churchill, English actress († 1982)

• 1894 » Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., American physician, author, and poet (b. 1809)
• 1903 » Rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician and academic (b. 1832)
• 1904 » Isabella Bird, English historian and explorer (b. 1831)
• 1906 » Honoré Beaugrand, Canadian journalist and politician, 18th Mayor of Montreal (b. 1848)
• 1911 » John Hughlings Jackson, English neurologist and physician (b. 1835)
• 1919 » Alfred Deakin, Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1856)
• 1925 » Christy Mathewson, American baseball player and manager (b. 1880)
• 1926 » Emil Kraepelin, German psychologist and academic (b. 1856)
• 1933 » Alexander Peacock, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Victoria (b. 1861)
• 1939 » Harvey Williams Cushing, American neurosurgeon and academic (b. 1869)

• 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.
• March 12 » The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.
• April 20 » Opening day for baseball's Tiger Stadium in Detroit, and Fenway Park in Boston.
• June 8 » Carl Laemmle incorporates Universal Pictures.
• September 28 » The Ulster Covenant is signed by some 500,000 Ulster Protestant Unionists in opposition to the Third Irish Home Rule Bill.
• November 27 » Spain declares a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco.

The temperature on October 7, 1912 was between -4.0 °C and 13.4 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.