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• Agnes Maria Bakker, Schoten
• Aaltje Staudt, Hengelo, Nederland
• Angela Aleida Kragt, Barger-Compascuum, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1996)
• Antje Krist, Gorredijk
• Anna Maria van der Rijt, Volkel († 1991)
• Alida Maria Petronella Chamot, Amsterdam
• Anja Harmina Bakema, Hoogezand, Westerbroek († 2006)
• Aagje VERMEER, Maasland († 1915)
• Antonius van den Hengel, Amsterdam († 1996)
• Alice Jacob SANTHOUSE, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten († 1937)

• Anne Lipjes (27), Amsterdam
• Berned Hendri Groen (0)
• Adrianus Chrispinus Dietz (33), 's Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albina Reijnebeau (55)
• Anne Nannes van der Veen (62), Surhuisterveen, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Anne Veen van der (62), Achtkarspelen, Fr, Nederland
• Anne Nannes van der Veen (62), Surhuisterveen, Nederland
• Aafke Jogchums Epema (71), Grouw, gem. Idaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anne Veen van der gehuwd (62), Achtkarspelen, Fr, Nederland
• Anna Thekla Bölscher (55), Tinnen

• 1906 » T. H. White, Indian-English author († 1964)
• 1907 » Hartland Molson, Canadian captain and politician († 2002)
• 1908 » Diana Morgan, Welsh-English playwright and screenwriter († 1996)
• 1910 » Ralph Metcalfe, American sprinter and politician († 1978)
• 1913 » Tony Zale, American boxer († 1997)
• 1914 » Stacy Keach Sr., American actor († 2003)
• 1914 » Tenzing Norgay, Nepalese-Indian mountaineer († 1986)
• 1915 » Karl Münchinger, German conductor and composer († 1990)
• 1917 » John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States († 1963)
• 1917 » Marcel Trudel, Canadian historian, author, and academic († 2011)

• 1896 » Gabriel Auguste Daubrée, French geologist and academic (b. 1814)
• 1903 » Bruce Price, American architect, designed the Château Frontenac and American Surety Building (b. 1845)
• 1910 » Mily Balakirev, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1837)
• 1911 » W. S. Gilbert, English playwright and poet (b. 1836)
• 1914 » Henry Seton-Karr, English explorer, hunter, and author (b. 1853)
• 1914 » Laurence Sydney Brodribb Irving, English author and playwright (b. 1871)
• 1917 » Kate Harrington, American poet and educator (b. 1831)
• 1919 » Robert Bacon, American colonel and politician, 39th United States Secretary of State (b. 1860)
• 1920 » Carlos Deltour, French rower (b. 1864)
• 1921 » Abbott Handerson Thayer, American painter and educator (b. 1849)

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.
• February 12 » The Xuantong Emperor, the last Emperor of China, abdicates.
• April 2 » The ill-fated RMSTitanic begins sea trials.
• April 10 » RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton, England on her maiden and only voyage.
• April 16 » Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.
• September 28 » The Ulster Covenant is signed by some 500,000 Ulster Protestant Unionists in opposition to the Third Irish Home Rule Bill.
• October 17 » Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declare war on the Ottoman Empire, joining Montenegro in the First Balkan War.

The temperature on May 29, 1912 was between 6.1 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.