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• Abraham Onsia, amsterdam, Nederland
• Agneta Aurelia Cecilia VAN HEECKEREN VAN MOLECATEN, Oldenbroek, Huis Molecaten, Gelderland, Nederland († 1967)
• Agneta Aurelia Cecilia barones van Heeckeren van Molecaten, Oldebroek,Gemeente Oldebroek,Gelderland,Netherlands,huis Molecaten († 1967)
• Alida Decaluwé, Bavikhove, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Adrianus Smits, Eijgelshoven, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1973)
• Anna Johanna Broertjes, Velsen
• Anna Maria Henrica Meyers, Hingene († 1997)
• Adrianus Leonardus Murk, Schoonhoven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Helena Gietman, Groesbeek, Gelderland,Netherlands († 1944)
• Aagje de Vries, IJsselmonde

• Anthonius Adrianus van Kuijk (55), Utrecht
• Annechien Smeenge (51), Vries, Drenthe, Nederland
• Allen-Chartier Harwood (76), Montreal (Quebec, Canada)
• Anna Ebbing (90), Oostdongeradeel
• Abraham Petrus Doove (24), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje van den Bos (48), Rotterdam
• Adrianus Marie Hubertus Bosch (44), Medemblik
• Anna Maria van Noorden (45), Maastricht, Nederland
• Albertje van Houten (43)
• Ann Burton (80), Newtown New South Wales Australia

• 1908 » Swami Ranganathananda, Indian monk, scholar, and author († 2005)
• 1909 » Eliza Atkins Gleason, African American librarian († 2009)
• 1909 » Sattar Bahlulzade, Azerbaijani-Russian painter († 1974)
• 1910 » John Hammond, American record producer and critic († 1987)
• 1911 » Nicholas P. Dallis, American psychiatrist and illustrator († 1991)
• 1911 » Stan Kenton, American pianist and composer († 1979)
• 1913 » Muriel Rukeyser, American poet, academic, and activist († 1980)
• 1913 » Roger Gaudry, Canadian chemist and businessman († 2001)
• 1915 » Eila Campbell, English geographer and cartographer († 1994)
• 1916 » Miguel Arraes, Brazilian lawyer and politician, Governor of Pernambuco († 2005)

• 1878 » Alfred Bird, English chemist and businessman, invented baking powder (b. 1811)
• 1890 » Sitting Bull, Hunkpapa Lakota tribal chief (b. 1831)
• 1943 » Fats Waller, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1904)
• 1944 » Glenn Miller, American bandleader and composer (b. 1904)
• 1947 » Arthur Machen, Welsh journalist and author (b. 1863)
• 1947 » Crawford Vaughan, Australian politician, 27th Premier of South Australia (b. 1874)
• 1950 » Vallabhbhai Patel, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of India (b. 1875)
• 1958 » Wolfgang Pauli, Austrian-Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)
• 1962 » Charles Laughton, English-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1899)
• 1965 » M. Balasundaram, Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1903)

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 17 » British polar explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen.
• April 10 » RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton, England on her maiden and only voyage.
• April 17 » Russian troops open fire on striking goldfield workers in northeast Siberia, killing at least 150.
• October 18 » First Balkan War: King Peter I of Serbia issues a declaration "To the Serbian People", as his country joins the war.
• November 5 » Woodrow Wilson is elected the 28th President of the United States, defeating incumbent William Howard Taft.
• December 19 » William Van Schaick, captain of the steamship General Slocum which caught fire and killed over one thousand people, is pardoned by U.S. President William Howard Taft after ​3⁄₂ years in Sing Sing prison.

The temperature on December 15, 1912 was between 8.3 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 6.5 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.