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• Alphonsus Johannes van Zunderd, Woensdrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1912)
• Aaltje Smedinga, Zwaagwesteinde, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Kornelia Jansje Pinkse, Amersfoort († 1912)
• Aaltje van der Woude, Groningen († 1943)
• Adriana RODENBURG, Boskoop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Reinds, Beilen († 1957)
• Adelbertus Gieling, Warmenhuizen
• André Nolf, Geluwe West-Vlaanderen België († 1996)
• Anna Catharina Holla (Hollaer), Sloten, Nederland
• Altien de Roo, Schöninghsdorf, Emsland, Duitsland († 1915)

• Cornelia, Neeltje Kuijs Kuis (78), Schoten, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Christiaan Gerrit Antonie Grootenboer (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Elizabeth Esterbrook (86), Northport, Leelanau, Michigan
• Albertus van Dijk (68), Utrecht, Nederland
• "Jeanne Marie" Lucie Adèle Perodeaud (62), Paris
• Eelkjen Berends de Jong (78), Hardegarijp
• Andries Frans Bienstman (0), Blankenberge, België
• Eelkjen Berends de Jong- (78), Tietjerksteradeel, Nederland
• Catharina Elisabeth Bakker (61), Utrecht
• Albertus Johannes Hoogeveen (73), Smilde

• 1907 » Richard Sharpe Shaver, American author and illustrator († 1975)
• 1908 » Ezekias Papaioannou, Greek-Cypriot politician († 1988)
• 1910 » Gus Hall, American soldier and politician († 2000)
• 1910 » Helmut Kallmeyer, German chemist and soldier († 2006)
• 1910 » Kirk Alyn, American actor († 1999)
• 1910 » Paulette Dubost, French actress († 2011)
• 1910 » Ray Lewis, Canadian runner († 2003)
• 1913 » Marios Makrionitis, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Athens († 1959)
• 1913 » Robert R. Gilruth, American pilot and engineer († 2000)
• 1917 » Billy Conn, American boxer († 1993)

• 1886 » Austin F. Pike, American lawyer and politician (b. 1819)
• 1897 » Alexei Savrasov, Russian painter and academic (b. 1830)
• 1928 » Larry Semon, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1889)
• 1931 » John Monash, Australian general and engineer (b. 1865)
• 1936 » Ahmet Tevfik Pasha, Ottoman politician, 292nd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1845)
• 1936 » Premchand, Indian author and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1936 » Red Ames, American baseball player and manager (b. 1882)
• 1936 » William Henry Stark, American businessman (b. 1851)
• 1942 » Sergey Chaplygin, Russian physicist, mathematician, and engineer (b. 1869)
• 1944 » Wendell Willkie, American captain, lawyer, and politician (b. 1892)

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. Aaltje
13. Grietje
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.
• July 8 » Henrique Mitchell de Paiva Couceiro leads an unsuccessful royalist attack against the First Portuguese Republic in Chaves.
• July 30 » Japan's Emperor Meiji dies and is succeeded by his son Yoshihito, who is now known as the Emperor Taishō.
• August 6 » The Bull Moose Party meets at the Chicago Coliseum.
• October 19 » Italo-Turkish War: Italy takes possession of what is now Libya from the Ottoman Empire.
• 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 8, 1912 was between -1.9 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.