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• Albert Klazes HOEKSTRA, Drachten (Smallingerland) Friesland Netherlands († 1983)
• Adrianus Josephus JACOBS, Helmond, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1940)
• Adrianus Borst, Nieuwkoop († 1991)
• Abele Libbes Brinkman, Kollumerpomp, Friesland, Netherlands († 1969)
• Adrianus Borst, Nieuwkoop († 1991)
• Adrianus (Arie) Borst, Zevenhoven, ZH, Nederland († 1991)
• Adrianna BRINK, Harrison, Douglas County, South Dakota, Verenigde Staten († 1915)
• Andries Witvers, Klazienaveen, Emmen
• Alida Theodora Josepha Huberta Maria de Wolff van Metternich ter Gracht, Kasteel Oost, Oost-Maarland, Limb
• Alexander Constantijn Tjen A Kwoei, Nieuw Nickerie, Suriname

• Agatha Graman (44), Sloten, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria de Koning (76), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Hoeve (0), Beemster
• Adrianus Jacobus Verhagen (60), rotterdam
• Adrianus Hoeve (0), Beemster, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aurelia Juliet Todd (88)
• Anna Maria Augusta Blencker (85), Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Duitsland
• Aaltje Kappert (42), Lutten
• Antonia Duijmelinck (30), Helmond, Nederland
• Aaltjen Kappert (42), ambt Hardenberg

• 1907 » Zarah Leander, Swedish actress and singer († 1981)
• 1909 » Jaroslava Muchová Syllabová, Czech painter († 1986)
• 1912 » Lightnin' Hopkins, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1982)
• 1912 » Louis Paul Boon, Flemish journalist and author († 1979)
• 1913 » Jack Fairman, English race car driver († 2002)
• 1913 » Macdonald Carey, American actor († 1994)
• 1916 » Fadil Hoxha, Kosovar commander and politician, 2nd President of Kosovo († 2001)
• 1916 » Frank Coghlan, Jr., American actor and pilot († 2009)
• 1916 » Harry James, American trumpet player, bandleader, and actor († 1983)
• 1918 » Richard Ellmann, American author and critic († 1987)

• 1891 » Joseph Bazalgette, English engineer and academic (b. 1819)
• 1897 » James Joseph Sylvester, English mathematician and academic (b. 1814)
• 1898 » Henry Bessemer, English engineer and businessman (b. 1813)
• 1921 » Talaat Pasha, Ottoman politician, 281st Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1874)
• 1927 » Hector Rason, English-Australian politician, 7th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1858)
• 1933 » Gustavo Jiménez, Peruvian colonel and politician, 73rd President of Peru (b. 1886)
• 1937 » H. P. Lovecraft, American short story writer, editor, and novelist (b. 1890)
• 1938 » Nikolai Bukharin, Russian journalist and politician (b. 1888)
• 1939 » Luis Barceló, Spanish colonel (b. 1896)
• 1941 » Alexej von Jawlensky, Russian-German painter (b. 1864)

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 6 » New Mexico is admitted to the Union as the 47th U.S. state.
• 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 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.
• October 26 » First Balkan War: The Ottomans lose the cities of Thessaloniki and Skopje.
• 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 March 15, 1912 was between 7.2 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 5.5 mm of rain. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.