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• Anna Muller, Wehe
• Adrianus Hoek, Katwijk († 1979)
• Abraham Kisch, Groningen († 1942)
• Anna Maria Eijkenboom, Rotterdam,- († 1913)
• Anna Margaretha Tiesma, Parrega († 1912)
• Adriana ZACHARIASSE, Biggekerke († 1912)
• Aletta Maria Roubos, Vinkeveen en Waverveen, Utrecht, Nederland († 2001)
• Adrianus Dirksz Hoek, Katwijk († 1979)
• Albert Mager, Ruinen,Drenthe,Niederlande,Waterleuzen († 1997)
• Abraham BROEKMAN, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)

• Adriana Snethlage (1), Hoenderloo, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Aaltjen Jans BOER (79), Blankenham
• Aagje Elizabeth Bakker (69), Rotterdam
• Anna Withagen (0), Bergen op Zoom
• Auke Zijlstra (78), Grijpskerk, NL-GR
• Antonius Pijpers (1), Chaam
• Asha Faison Colwell (79)
• (5), Emmen
• Aaltjen de Boer (79), Blankenham
• Antje Leemburg (36), Lemmer

• 1903 » Greta Keller, Austrian-American singer and actress († 1977)
• 1903 » Tunku Abdul Rahman, 1st Prime Minister of Malaysia († 1990)
• 1906 » Chester Carlson, American physicist and lawyer, invented Xerography († 1968)
• 1909 » Elisabeth Murdoch, Australian philanthropist († 2012)
• 1911 » Elizabeth Bishop, American poet and author († 1979)
• 1913 » Betty Field, American actress († 1973)
• 1913 » Danai Stratigopoulou, Greek singer-songwriter († 2009)
• 1914 » Bill Finger, American author and screenwriter, co-created Batman († 1974)
• 1915 » Georges Guétary, Egyptian-French singer, dancer, and actor († 1997)
• 1918 » Freddie Blassie, American wrestler and manager († 2003)

• 1907 » Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom, Dutch chemist and academic (b. 1854)
• 1910 » Hans Jæger, Norwegian philosopher and activist (b. 1854)
• 1914 » Dayrolles Eveleigh-de-Moleyns, 4th Baron Ventry, Irish hereditary peer (b. 1828)
• 1915 » François Langelier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 10th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1838)
• 1921 » George Formby Sr, English actor and singer (b. 1876)
• 1921 » Peter Kropotkin, Russian zoologist, geographer, and philologist (b. 1842)
• 1928 » Theodor Curtius, German chemist (b. 1857)
• 1932 » Yordan Milanov, Bulgarian architect, designed the Sveti Sedmochislenitsi Church (b. 1867)
• 1935 » Eemil Nestor Setälä, Finnish linguist and politician, Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)
• 1936 » Charles Curtis, American lawyer and politician, 31st Vice President of the United States (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. 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.
• April 17 » Russian troops open fire on striking goldfield workers in northeast Siberia, killing at least 150.
• June 30 » The Regina Cyclone, Canada's deadliest tornado event, kills 28 people in Regina, Saskatchewan.
• September 25 » Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is founded in New York City.
• October 19 » Italo-Turkish War: Italy takes possession of what is now Libya from the Ottoman Empire.
• November 12 » The frozen bodies of Robert Scott and his men are found on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.
• December 6 » The Nefertiti Bust is discovered.

The temperature on February 8, 1912 was between 5.1 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south east.