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• Adrianantje van Dijk, VA Medical Center-Battle Creek, VA Medical Center-Battle Creek, 5500 Armstrong Rd, Battle Creek, 49037-7314, VS
• Albert Hermsen, Echteld († 1913)
• Aloys Brenninkmeijer ongehuwd, Groningen, Gr, Nederland († 1933)
• Gijsbert van Rijn, Katwijk aan Zee († 1955)
• Aleida Johanna Veelers, Ootmarsum
• Alberta van Meerten, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1985)
• * Antonia Maria Kuijs, Oss († 1971)
• Annie Yantin (Farefelove) (Farrell), Bethnal Green, London, England († 1998)
• Adrianus Tolenaars, Haarlemmermeer, Noord Holland, The Netherlands († 1912)
• Allegonda Maria van der Touw, Schiedam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2001)

• Biefke Mensinga (81), Noorddijk
• Adam van Exel (62), Rotterdam
• Catharina Pieternella de Back (51), Oostburg, Zeeland, NL
• Eise van Dijk (49), Oudehorne (Schoterland), Friesland, Nederland
• Dirk Carel von Oven, Bad Nauheim (Hessen) Duitsland
• Adriaantje Hoogvliet (52), Puttershoek
• Bernardus Johannes Bosman (49), Bottrop, Deutschland
• Dirk, Jan Pallada (1), Lienden (Buren), Gelderland, Nederland
• Aart Benjamin van Zee (43), Pella (Marion), Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Eliza Wanderley Lins (55), Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil

• 1905 » Markos Vamvakaris, Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player († 1972)
• 1908 » Carl Albert, American lawyer and politician, 54th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives († 2000)
• 1909 » Maybelle Carter, American autoharp player († 1978)
• 1911 » Bel Kaufman, American author and educator († 2014)
• 1915 » Denis Thatcher, English soldier and businessman, Spouse of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 2003)
• 1916 » Milton Babbitt, American composer and educator († 2011)
• 1918 » Desmond MacNamara, Irish painter, sculptor, and author († 2008)
• 1918 » T. Berry Brazelton, American pediatrician and author († 2018)
• 1919 » Ella T. Grasso, Governor of Connecticut († 1981)
• 1920 » Basil Kelly, Northern Irish barrister, judge and politician († 2008)

• 1863 » Stonewall Jackson, American general (b. 1824)
• 1868 » Henry Bennett, American lawyer and politician (b. 1808)
• 1889 » Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Russian journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1826)
• 1891 » Carl Nägeli, Swiss botanist and mycologist (b. 1817)
• 1897 » Andrés Bonifacio, Filipino soldier and politician, President of the Philippines (b. 1863)
• 1910 » Stanislao Cannizzaro, Italian chemist and academic (b. 1826)
• 1945 » Konrad Henlein, Czech soldier and politician (b. 1898)
• 1945 » Richard Glücks, German SS officer (b. 1889)
• 1950 » Belle da Costa Greene, American librarian and bibliographer (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Yury Olesha, Russian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1899)

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.
• February 25 » Marie-Adélaïde, the eldest of six daughters of Guillaume IV, becomes the first reigning Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.
• July 30 » Japan's Emperor Meiji dies and is succeeded by his son Yoshihito, who is now known as the Emperor Taishō.
• October 8 » The First Balkan War begins when Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire.
• 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.

The temperature on May 10, 1912 was between 9.2 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.