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• Aaltje Zwarthoed, Volendam (Edam) († 1979)
• Aaffiena Geertruida Kramer, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2008)
• Alida Baas, Musselkanaal (gem. Stadskanaal)
• Alberta Gerardina Johanna BOMHOF, Zwolle Overijssel Netherlands († 1986)
• Albertus van Ingen, Arnhem († 1928)
• Adrianus van Rooij, Geffen, Noord-Brabant, Nl († 1964)
• Adriana Joanna Dijsselbloem, Voorhout
• Abraham van Utrecht, Zevenbergen, Nederland († 1975)
• Adrianus Johannes Smeekens, Chaam († 1912)
• Alberta Gerritdina Johanna Bomhof, Zwolle († 1986)

• Albert Jansen (46), Groningen
• Adriana Marcus (Markus) (72), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Adriaan Schrier (11), Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aagje Glazemaker (52), Utrecht
• Adam Hamilton (89), Maple Hill, Wabaunsee, Kansas, United States
• Andriana Markus (72), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe
• Antje van Zwet (88), Stompwijk
• Anna Maria Verhoeven (73), Kortenhoef
• Amanda Gentner (51), Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, United States of America
• Anna Bernarda de Joode (48), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland

• 1908 » Walter Bruch, German engineer († 1990)
• 1909 » Mel Ott, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster († 1958)
• 1912 » Henry Katzman, American pianist, composer, and painter († 2001)
• 1913 » Godfried Bomans, Dutch television host and author († 1971)
• 1913 » Mort Cooper, American baseball player († 1958)
• 1914 » Martin Ritt, American actor and film director († 1990)
• 1915 » John Burton, Australian public servant and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to Ceylon († 2010)
• 1917 » David Goodis, American author and screenwriter († 1967)
• 1917 » Desi Arnaz, Cuban-American actor, singer, and producer († 1986)
• 1917 » Jim Konstanty, American baseball player and coach († 1976)

• 1880 » John Benjamin Macneill, Irish engineer (b. 1790)
• 1895 » Berthe Morisot, French painter (b. 1841)
• 1895 » Isma'il Pasha, Egyptian politician (b. 1830)
• 1896 » Jubal Early, American general (b. 1816)
• 1921 » Champ Clark, American lawyer and politician, 41st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1850)
• 1930 » D. H. Lawrence, English novelist, poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1885)
• 1938 » Ben Harney, American pianist and composer (b. 1871)
• 1939 » Howard Carter, English archaeologist and historian (b. 1874)
• 1943 » Gisela Januszewska, Jewish-Austrian physician (b.1867)
• 1944 » Ida Maclean, British biochemist, the first woman admitted to the London Chemical Society (b. 1877)

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.
• February 14 » Arizona is admitted as the 48th and the last contiguous U.S. state.
• April 18 » The Cunard liner RMSCarpathia brings 705 survivors from the RMSTitanic to New York City.
• July 30 » Japan's Emperor Meiji dies and is succeeded by his son Yoshihito, who is now known as the Emperor Taishō.
• August 6 » The Bull Moose Party meets at the Chicago Coliseum.
• November 5 » Woodrow Wilson is elected the 28th President of the United States, defeating incumbent William Howard Taft.
• November 27 » Spain declares a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco.

The temperature on March 2, 1912 was between 8.8 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.