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• Alida Maria Broers, Alkmaar († 2003)
• Annigje Blide, Nieuw-Dordrecht, Emmen
• Albertus Vreven, Wehl
• Anna Cecilia Wassenaar, Lisse, Lisse, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Goemans, Hillegom († 1991)
• Anna Rosmond Alma, Deer Creek, Carroll County, Indiana, Verenigde Staten († 2015)
• Adriana Dymphna Maria van Broekhoven († 1988)
• Anna Maria Antonia (Annie) BECKS, Swalmen (NL/LI) († 2002)
• Aafke Ybeles VAN LUNE, Buitenpost (Achtkarspelen) Friesland Netherlands († 2004)
• Albertje Haveman, Eemster, Dwingeloo († 1987)

• Aagtje ZEEMAN (60), Marken, Waterland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Amelia (Melanie) Meersschaut (82), Scheldewindeke
• Adolf Willem Duijvelshoff (85), den Helder, prov. Noord Holland
• Anthonius Petrus Johannes Hastrich (47), Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
• Amalie Falk (46), Berlin, Germany
• Anna Josephina Soesman (47)
• Abraham Kranenburg (79), Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aafje Maria Gerbens Wyntjes (0), Millingen
• Reinhoudt (28), Wolphaartsdijk, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Josephine Soesman (47), Kota Radja, Sumatra, Indonesia

• 1907 » Dorothy West, American journalist and author († 1998)
• 1907 » John Lehmann, English poet and publisher († 1987)
• 1910 » Hector Dyer, American sprinter († 1990)
• 1911 » Joe McCluskey, American runner († 2002)
• 1913 » Barbara Pym, English author († 1980)
• 1913 » Elsie Tu, English-Hong Kong educator and politician († 2015)
• 1914 » Johnny Bulla, American golfer († 2003)
• 1915 » Alexandru Nicolschi, Romanian spy († 1992)
• 1917 » Heinz Sielmann, German photographer and director († 2006)
• 1918 » Ruth Atkinson, Canadian-American illustrator († 1997)

• 1881 » Émile Littré, French lexicographer and philosopher (b. 1801)
• 1882 » Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian general and politician (b. 1807)
• 1901 » George Leslie Mackay, Canadian missionary and author (b. 1844)
• 1927 » Hüseyin Avni Lifij, Turkish painter (b. 1886)
• 1929 » Enrique Gorostieta, Mexican general (b. 1889)
• 1933 » Frank Jarvis, American runner and triple jumper (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Louis Vierne, French organist and composer (b. 1870)
• 1941 » Lou Gehrig, American baseball player (b. 1903)
• 1942 » Bunny Berigan, American singer and trumpet player (b. 1908)
• 1947 » John Gretton, 1st Baron Gretton, English sailor and politician (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.
• September 2 » Arthur Rose Eldred is awarded the first Eagle Scout award of the Boy Scouts of America.
• October 7 » The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.
• October 24 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo concludes with the Serbian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
• October 26 » First Balkan War: The Ottomans lose the cities of Thessaloniki and Skopje.
• December 19 » William Van Schaick, captain of the steamship General Slocum which caught fire and killed over one thousand people, is pardoned by U.S. President William Howard Taft after ​3⁄₂ years in Sing Sing prison.
• December 28 » The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco.

The temperature on June 2, 1912 was between 9.8 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 4.8 mm of rain. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.