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• Afra Maria Bos, Heerhugowaard,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1912)
• Angelina Beletti, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brasil
• Adriana Cornelia van den Hoogen, Amsterdam
• Maria Adriana Denissen († 1936)
• Alida Frederika Borkert, Amsterdam († 2006)
• (2) Adelheid Gerkens, Stockum, Duitsland († 1982)
• Albert Roy van der Werff, Corsica, Douglas County, South Dakota († 1993)
• Andreus Pieter Hogesteeger, Rotterdam († 1974)
• Anna Natanska, New York († 2008)
• Andries Monkel, Leeuwarderadeel († 1982)

• Christina Hendrika Hohnhorst (77)
• Christiaan Frederik Berger (70), Den Haag
• Arend Hendriks (79), Notter
• Cornelia van den Hout (58), Tilburg
• Catharina Elisabeth Primowees (134), Sloten, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Bekker (78), Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• "Georg Wilhelm" Christian Albert Edward Alexander Friedrich Waldemar Ernst Adolf von Hannover (31), Nackel, Allemagne
• Senssen Petronella (70), Neer (Leudal), Limburg, Nederland
• Ambrosius Stassen (76), Bonn (D)
• Alida van Kleef (0), Benschop

• 1908 » Francis Raymond Fosberg, American botanist and author († 1993)
• 1908 » Henry Bolte, Australian politician, 38th Premier of Victoria († 1990)
• 1908 » Louis Daquin, French actor and director († 1980)
• 1911 » Annie M. G. Schmidt, Dutch author and playwright († 1995)
• 1911 » Gardner Fox, American author († 1986)
• 1913 » Teodoro Fernández, Peruvian footballer († 1996)
• 1913 » William Redington Hewlett, American engineer, co-founded Hewlett-Packard († 2001)
• 1915 » Joff Ellen, Australian comedian and actor († 1999)
• 1915 » Moshe Dayan, Israeli general and politician, 5th Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1981)
• 1915 » Peter Copley, English actor († 2008)

• 1880 » Ana Néri, Brazilian nurse and philanthropist (b. 1814)
• 1896 » Clara Schumann, German pianist and composer (b. 1819)
• 1909 » Ernest Hogan, American actor and composer (b. 1859)
• 1917 » Philipp von Ferrary, Italian stamp collector (b. 1850)
• 1917 » Valentine Fleming, Scottish soldier and politician (b. 1887)
• 1924 » Bogd Khan, Mongolian ruler (c. 1869)
• 1925 » Joseph Howard, Maltese politician, 1st Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1862)
• 1931 » Ernest Noel, Scottish businessman and politician (b. 1831)
• 1940 » Verner von Heidenstam, Swedish author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1942 » Hector Guimard, French Architect (b. 1867)

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 4 » The Scout Association is incorporated throughout the British Empire by royal charter.
• 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.
• April 10 » RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton, England on her maiden and only voyage.
• May 18 » The first Indian film, Shree Pundalik by Dadasaheb Torne, is released in Mumbai.
• October 24 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Kirk Kilisse concludes with a Bulgarian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
• November 5 » Woodrow Wilson is elected the 28th President of the United States, defeating incumbent William Howard Taft.

The temperature on May 20, 1912 was between 10.1 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 5.8 mm of rain. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.