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• Antonius Johannes Maria Groen, Zwolle
• Alexander Rene Joseph VROONEN, Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Adriana Johanna Kleinee, Rijswijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1963)
• Anna Catharina Zwarts, Den Haag († 1988)
• Albertje Van Dijk, Steenwijkerwold,, Overijssel, Nederland
• Alphonsine Emma SEGHERS, Voorde,9400,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1992)
• Antonius Bernardus Hulsman, Hattemerbroek
• Albert Foo, Cardiff († 1947)
• Albert Doets, Alkmaar
• Mendel, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1912)

• Antje Arends Castelein (64), Hempens
• Adrianus Josephus de Bie, Vught, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Amelda Bates (88), Batesville, Zavala, Texas, United States
• Anna Maria Wiegmans (67), s'Hertogenbosch
• Antonius van den Berg (71), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Josephus de Brabander (0), Monster, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Josephus de Brabander (0), ,, Monster, Nederland
• Aaltje Matje van Putten (72), Elburg
• Alida van Schaik (53), Hilversum,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Kromhout (57), Rijnsburg

• 1907 » John C. Allen, American roller coaster designer († 1979)
• 1912 » Chen Dayu, Chinese painter and calligrapher († 2001)
• 1912 » John Curtis Gowan, American psychologist and academic († 1986)
• 1912 » Monty Stratton, American baseball player and coach († 1982)
• 1913 » Gina Bachauer, Greek pianist and composer († 1976)
• 1915 » Cathleen Cordell, American actress († 1997)
• 1915 » Chakravarthi V. Narasimhan, Indian Civil Service Officer and former Under Secretary-General of the UN († 2003)
• 1916 » Dennis Day, American singer and actor († 1988)
• 1916 » Harold Robbins, American author and screenwriter († 1997)
• 1916 » Tinus Osendarp, Dutch sprinter and police officer († 2002)

• 1894 » Émile Henry, French anarchist (b. 1872)
• 1895 » Franz von Suppé, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1819)
• 1901 » Joseph Olivier, French rugby player (b. 1874)
• 1911 » Williamina Fleming, Scottish-American astronomer and academic (b. 1857)
• 1915 » Leonid Gobyato, Russian general and engineer (b. 1875)
• 1919 » Evgraf Fedorov, Russian mathematician, crystallographer, and mineralogist (b. 1853)
• 1920 » Venustiano Carranza, Mexican politician, 54th President of Mexico (b. 1859)
• 1925 » Hidesaburō Ueno, Japanese agriculturalist, guardian of Hachikō (b. 1871)
• 1926 » Ronald Firbank, English-Italian author (b. 1886)
• 1929 » Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1847)

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 6 » New Mexico is admitted to the Union as the 47th U.S. state.
• February 14 » Arizona is admitted as the 48th and the last contiguous U.S. state.
• 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.
• May 13 » The Royal Flying Corps, the forerunner of the Royal Air Force, is established in the United Kingdom.
• November 2 » Bulgaria defeats the Ottoman Empire in the Battle of Lule Burgas, the bloodiest battle of the First Balkan War, which opens her way to Constantinople.
• December 3 » Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro, and Serbia (the Balkan League) sign an armistice with the Ottoman Empire, temporarily halting the First Balkan War. (The armistice will expire on February 3, 1913, and hostilities will resume.)

The temperature on May 21, 1912 was between 8.2 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.