About the day » Monday December 16, 1912Calender converter

• Aafje Schaap, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1915)
• Aafke de Boer, Schettens, Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1999)
• Adriana Maria Elisabeth Vermeulen, Tilburg
• Aaltje Hoefnagel, Den Helder († 1991)
• Adrianus Josephus Jansse, 's-Gravenhage († 1986)
• Adriana Maria Cornelia Boogaarts, Helmond, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1930)
• Adriana Johanna Dubbelman, Willemstad, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• van Boxtel, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alain de Charette de la Contrie († 2004)
• Adriana van Dijke, Nieuwerkerk Zeeland Nederland

• Adrianus Boermans (32), Antwerpen
• Arnoldus van Teeffelen (75), Appeltern, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adolf BODMER (89)
• alida van bruggen (41), Haarlem, Nederland
• Andrew Johann Zuber (66), BURIED AT SEA
• Antonius van der Heijden (56), Gemonde, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arigje Groenendijk (0), Alblasserdam
• Albert Ganzeveld (70), Garmerwolde, Ten Boer, Groningen, Nederland
• antonius balkhoven (90), rotterdam (zuid holland)
• Antonie de Jager (80), Breukelen-St. Pieters, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1905 » Piet Hein, Danish mathematician, author, and poet († 1996)
• 1907 » Barbara Kent, Canadian-born American film actress († 2011)
• 1908 » Remedios Varo, Spanish-Mexican surrealist painter & anarchist († 1963)
• 1910 » Freddie Brown, Peruvian-English cricketer and sportscaster († 1991)
• 1913 » George Ignatieff, Russian-Canadian scholar and diplomat, 8th Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations († 1989)
• 1914 » O. Winston Link, American photographer († 2001)
• 1916 » Ruth Johnson Colvin, American author and educator, founded ProLiteracy Worldwide
• 1917 » Arthur C. Clarke, British science fiction writer († 2008)
• 1917 » Nabi Bux Khan Baloch, Pakistani author and scholar († 2011)
• 1917 » Pete T. Cenarrusa, American soldier, pilot, and politician, Secretary of State of Idaho († 2013)

• 1892 » Henry Yesler, American businessman and politician, 7th Mayor of Seattle (b. 1810)
• 1897 » Alphonse Daudet, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1840)
• 1898 » Pavel Tretyakov, Russian businessman and art collector (b. 1832)
• 1908 » American Horse, American tribal leader and educator (b. 1840)
• 1917 » Frank Gotch, American wrestler (b. 1878)
• 1921 » Camille Saint-Saëns, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1835)
• 1922 » Gabriel Narutowicz, Lithuanian–Polish engineer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Poland (b. 1865)
• 1928 » Elinor Wylie, American poet and author (b. 1885)
• 1935 » Thelma Todd, American actress and comedian (b. 1905)
• 1936 » Frank Eugene, American-German photographer and educator (b. 1865)

• 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.
• March 6 » Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces become the first to use airships in war, as two dirigibles drop bombs on Turkish troops encamped at Janzur, from an altitude of 6,000 feet.
• September 28 » Corporal Frank S. Scott of the United States Army becomes the first enlisted man to die in an airplane crash.
• October 18 » First Balkan War: King Peter I of Serbia issues a declaration "To the Serbian People", as his country joins the war.
• November 2 » Bulgaria defeats the Ottoman Empire in the Battle of Lule Burgas, the bloodiest battle of the First Balkan War, which opens her way to Constantinople.
• November 28 » Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.
• December 16 » First Balkan War: The Royal Hellenic Navy defeats the Ottoman Navy at the Battle of Elli.

The temperature on December 16, 1912 was between 2.1 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 10.3 mm of rain. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.