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• Andreas Johannes Antonius Maria (Andre) Wiers, 's-Hertogenbosch
• Anje Lenting, Siddeburen
• van Belkom, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1912)
• Alyce M. B. Kaplicky, HOLYROOD, KANSAS
• Anna Barbara Maria FRANSSEN, Ophoven,3640,Limbourg,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1985)
• Agnes Maria van de Laar, 's-Gravenhage
• Adriana Zonneveld († 2012)
• Adriana Zonneveld, Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ale Pijlman, Langezwaag († 1992)
• Anton Verhelst, Bantoedidjo

• Adriaantje Cornelia van Haaften (14), Ermelo
• Alida Doorduin (0), Delft, Nederland
• Antonius RAAIJMAKERS (2), Son en Breugel
• Antonia Maria Johanna van den Hengel (24), Amsterdam
• Anna Catharina Lemmens (68), Schin op Geul (Valkenburg aan de Geul), Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Maria Anna DE GRANDE (98), Brugge,8000,Flandre Occidentale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Benjamin Metz (46), Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas, United States
• Antonie Polmans (77), Vlagtwedde, Groningen, Nederland
• Anthonie Stuiver (81), Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Marie van Leeuwen (25), Rotterdam

• 1908 » Kurt Böhme, German opera singer († 1989)
• 1909 » Miklós Radnóti, Hungarian poet and author († 1944)
• 1910 » Leo Lionni, American author and illustrator († 1999)
• 1911 » Andor Lilienthal, Russian-Hungarian chess player († 2010)
• 1911 » Gilles Grangier, French director and screenwriter († 1996)
• 1911 » Pritilata Waddedar, Indian educator and activist († 1932)
• 1913 » Duane Carter, American race car driver († 1993)
• 1914 » Tyrone Power, American actor († 1958)
• 1915 » Alice Faye, American actress and singer († 1998)
• 1916 » Zail Singh, Indian politician, 7th President of India († 1994)

• 1892 » August Wilhelm von Hofmann, German chemist and academic (b. 1818)
• 1896 » Silas Adams, American lawyer and politician (b. 1839)
• 1902 » Bret Harte, American short story writer and poet (b. 1836)
• 1907 » Şeker Ahmed Pasha, Turkish soldier and painter (b. 1841)
• 1913 » Henry Moret, French painter (b. 1856)
• 1916 » John MacBride, Irish soldier and rebel (b. 1865)
• 1916 » Maurice Raoul-Duval, French polo player (b. 1866)
• 1921 » Alfred Hermann Fried, Austrian journalist and publicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1924 » A. Sabapathy, Sri Lankan journalist and politician (b. 1853)
• 1931 » Glen Kidston, English pilot and race car driver (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.
• February 12 » The Xuantong Emperor, the last Emperor of China, abdicates.
• March 12 » The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.
• May 5 » Pravda, the "voice" of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publication in Saint Petersburg.
• October 8 » The First Balkan War begins when Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire.
• October 24 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Kirk Kilisse concludes with a Bulgarian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
• December 8 » Leaders of the German Empire hold an Imperial War Council to discuss the possibility that war might break out.

The temperature on May 5, 1912 was between 4.2 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.