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• * Johanna Adriana van Helvoort, Vlijmen († 1993)
• Alida Hiensch, Esschendorf, Duitsland
• Abraham Spoor, Kalkwijk gem. Hoogezand († 1915)
• Agnes MAHON, Wisconsin († 1983)
• Alida de Wit, Snelrewaard († 2001)
• Aaltje Harms, Noordbarge, Emmen
• Albertje Haak, Sleen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1994)
• Adrianus Marinus van der Hulst, Lisse
• Adrianus Buur, Akersloot, Castricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adolphin Josephina Van der Speeten, Gent († 1986)

• Aafke Garmts Renkema (66), Lutjegast, Groningen, Nederland
• Arthur BALLY (63), Schönenwerd, 5012, SO, Suisse
• Albert Kwist (46), Bovenkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aafke Garbrands Rinkema (66), Lutjegast, Grootegast, Groningen, Netherlands
• Aaltje Koster (78), Hoorn
• Aaltje Lentz (0), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Arjen Anskes Syperda (Sijperda) (63), Sneek Friesland, Nederland
• Aafke Rinkema (66), Lutjegast, gem. Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriaan Stroo (65), Meliskerke
• Adriana Stolk (72), Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1908 » Simon Wiesenthal, Ukrainian-Austrian Nazi hunter and author († 2005)
• 1909 » Jonah Jones, American trumpet player and saxophonist († 2000)
• 1910 » Carl Dudley, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1973)
• 1910 » Enrique Maier, Spanish tennis player († 1981)
• 1911 » Dal Stivens, Australian soldier and author († 1997)
• 1912 » John Frost, Indian-English general († 1993)
• 1914 » Mary Logan Reddick, American neuroembryologist († 1966)
• 1915 » Sam Ragan, American journalist, author, and poet († 1996)
• 1917 » Evelyn Knight, American singer († 2007)
• 1917 » Wilfrid Noyce, English mountaineer and author († 1962)

• 1888 » Samson Raphael Hirsch, German rabbi and scholar (b. 1808)
• 1889 » George Kerferd, English-Australian politician, 10th Premier of Victoria (b. 1831)
• 1889 » Ion Creangă, Romanian author and educator (b. 1837)
• 1890 » Pancha Carrasco, Costa Rican soldier (b. 1826)
• 1891 » Samuel Ajayi Crowther, Nigerian bishop and linguist (b. 1809)
• 1894 » Thomas Joannes Stieltjes, Dutch mathematician and academic (b. 1856)
• 1909 » Spencer Trask, American financier and philanthropist (b. 1844)
• 1910 » Archibald Hoxsey, American pilot (b. 1884)
• 1910 » John Moisant, American pilot and engineer (b. 1868)
• 1921 » Boies Penrose, American lawyer and politician (b. 1860)

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 18 » The Cunard liner RMSCarpathia brings 705 survivors from the RMSTitanic to New York City.
• September 25 » Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is founded in New York City.
• 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 19 » First Balkan War: The Serbian Army captures Bitola, ending the five-century-long Ottoman rule of Macedonia.
• December 6 » The Nefertiti Bust is discovered.

The temperature on December 31, 1912 was between 0.1 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 3.8 °C. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.