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• Adrianus Cornelis van Eyck, Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1973)
• Anna Elisabeth Blauwendraat, Baarn
• Adriaan Verhelst, Hoek Nederland († 1988)
• Anna Maria Helena SEEGERS, Ohé en Laak, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha (Ouders:Johannes Gerhardus Schröer, Johanna Helena Lammers) Schröer, Nieuw Schoonebeek (Schoonebeek) († 1978)
• Adrianus Cornelis van Eijck, Nederland († 1973)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Johannes (Jos) Verschuren, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1997)
• Antje Luinstra, Buitenpost († 1995)
• Allert Yme Andela, Enschede
• Antje Gerrits Klijnstra, ,, Jubbega-Schurega, Schoterland, Friesland, Netherlands († 1985)

• Bernardus de Vos (52), Jutphaas, Utrecht, Nederland
• Catherine MCNICHOL (77), Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Aaron R. Voorhees (58), Joshua Township, Fulton County, Illinois, United States
• Andries Kornelis de Boer (25), Bussum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Gertrudis Mestrom (74), Montfort
• Adrianus Vermeiren (33), Sint Lenaarts (B)
• Abraham Marie van Blokhuijsen (76), Voorburg
• Cornelia Sophia Peet (37), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertus Hendrikus (1) van KERKHOF (0), Leeuwen (tot 1818) Wamel (tot 1985) West Maas en Waal, Gelderland, Nederland
• Abigail Rosetta MCCLALLEN (74), Goddard, Sedgwick, Kansas

• 1907 » Ayub Khan, Pakistani general and politician, 2nd President of Pakistan († 1974)
• 1908 » Betty Jeffrey, Australian nurse and author († 2000)
• 1909 » Godfrey Rampling, English sprinter and colonel († 2009)
• 1910 » Ken Viljoen, South African cricketer († 1974)
• 1910 » Ne Win, Prime Minister and President of Burma († 2002)
• 1914 » Gul Khan Nasir, Pakistani journalist, poet, and politician († 1983)
• 1914 » William Thomas Tutte, British codebreaker and mathematician († 2002)
• 1916 » Lance Dossor, English-Australian pianist and educator († 2005)
• 1916 » Marco Zanuso, Italian architect and designer († 2001)
• 1916 » Robert F. Christy, Canadian-American physicist and astronomer († 2012)

• 1893 » Ernst Kummer, German mathematician and academic (b. 1810)
• 1906 » Carl Schurz, German-American general, journalist, and politician, 13th United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1829)
• 1912 » August Strindberg, Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist (b. 1849)
• 1912 » Frederick VIII of Denmark (b. 1843)
• 1918 » James Gordon Bennett, Jr., American journalist and publisher (b. 1841)
• 1919 » Henry J. Heinz, American businessman, founded the H. J. Heinz Company (b. 1844)
• 1923 » Charles de Freycinet, French engineer and politician, 43rd Prime Minister of France (b. 1828)
• 1923 » N. G. Chandavarkar, Indian jurist and politician (b. 1855)
• 1931 » David Belasco, American director, producer, and playwright (b. 1853)
• 1934 » Lou Criger, American baseball player and manager (b. 1872)

• 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.
• March 12 » The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.
• April 2 » The ill-fated RMSTitanic begins sea trials.
• April 15 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20a.m., two hours and forty minutes after hitting an iceberg. Only 710 of 2,227 passengers and crew on board survive.
• April 16 » Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.
• April 17 » Russian troops open fire on striking goldfield workers in northeast Siberia, killing at least 150.
• April 18 » The Cunard liner RMSCarpathia brings 705 survivors from the RMSTitanic to New York City.

The temperature on May 14, 1912 was between -0.1 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 11.3 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.