About the day » Thursday February 22, 1912Calender converter

• Albert Slagter, Zuidwolde
• Albert Jan Van Ek, Nijelamer gem. Weststellingwerf († 1994)
• Andries Heite, Wanneperveen, Nederland († 1913)
• * Leonardus Jacobs (Lei), Duisburg († 1979)
• Alice Maria GHELDOF, Elverdinge, 8906, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique († 1983)
• Abraham Winsemius, Leeuwarden, Nederland († 1912)
• Anna Zwart, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 2000)
• Jan Teunis Vastenhoud († 2002)
• Anna Everts Wouda, Surhuisterveen, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1994)
• A.J. Manders, Oss (N.Br) († 1971)

• Aaltje van der Poel (77), Utrecht, Nederland, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana van Blitterswijk (79), Culemborg
• Antoinetta Georgina Maria Sassen, Etten Leur
• Antonia Georgina Maria Sassen (0), Etten
• Antoinette Georgsina Maria Sassen (0), Etten
• Anna Christina Hubertina Haas (71), Kerkrade
• van den Ouweland, Chaam
• Anna Aleida Punt (89), Kampen
• Alexandre José de Miranda (76), Guaratuba, Paraná, Brasil
• Anna Hendrica Evers (61)

• 1906 » Constance Stokes, Australian painter († 1991)
• 1907 » Robert Young, American actor († 1998)
• 1907 » Sheldon Leonard, American actor, director, and producer († 1997)
• 1908 » John Mills, English soldier and actor († 2005)
• 1908 » Rómulo Betancourt, Venezuelan politician, 56th President of Venezuela († 1981)
• 1910 » George Hunt, English international footballer, forward († 1996)
• 1914 » Renato Dulbecco, Italian-American virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2012)
• 1915 » Gus Lesnevich, American boxer († 1964)
• 1917 » Reed Crandall, American illustrator († 1982)
• 1918 » Sid Abel, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager († 2000)

• 1888 » Anna Kingsford, English physician and activist (b. 1846)
• 1890 » Carl Bloch, Danish painter and academic (b. 1834)
• 1890 » John Jacob Astor III, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1822)
• 1897 » Charles Blondin, French tightrope walker and acrobat (b. 1824)
• 1898 » Heungseon Daewongun, Korean king (b. 1820)
• 1903 » Hugo Wolf, Austrian composer (b. 1860)
• 1904 » Leslie Stephen, English historian, author, and critic (b. 1832)
• 1913 » Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist and author (b. 1857)
• 1913 » Francisco I. Madero, Mexican president and author (b. 1873)
• 1923 » Théophile Delcassé, French politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1852)

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 11 » Immigrant textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, go on strike when wages are reduced in response to a mandated shortening of the work week.
• March 30 » Sultan Abd al-Hafid signs the Treaty of Fez, making Morocco a French protectorate.
• April 16 » Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.
• April 20 » Opening day for baseball's Tiger Stadium in Detroit, and Fenway Park in Boston.
• June 30 » The Regina Cyclone, Canada's deadliest tornado event, kills 28 people in Regina, Saskatchewan.
• October 18 » First Balkan War: King Peter I of Serbia issues a declaration "To the Serbian People", as his country joins the war.

The temperature on February 22, 1912 was between -2.1 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.