About the day » Tuesday July 23, 1912Calender converter

• Adriana Cornelia Carolina van de Leur, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1997)
• Anna Wilhelmina Petronella Out, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1997)
• Bernadette Cornelia Joosen, Beek-Princenhage († 2007)
• Alberta Isabell McCONNELL, Cavalier, North Dakota, Verenigde Staten († 1945)
• Bertie Allen KEEP, South Spreyton, Tasmania, Australia († 1912)
• Anna Wilhelmina Petronella (Annie) Out, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1997)
• Adriana Johanna Hammer, Breda († 1915)
• Abraham Johannes Vermeule, Vlissingen
• Anna Divera Schoutsen, Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Annie Out († 1997)

• Arina van der Kuil (31), Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andries van der Gun (75), Hagestein
• Anna Huisman (4), 's-Gravenhage
• Albert Dorus van Leijenhorst (32), Groningen,, Groningen, Nederland
• Bontje Pool (3), Tietjerksteradeel
• Barteldje Wijnand (0), Terband, Friesland, Nederland
• Ann Jane Brownlee (80), Red Deer, AB
• Annechien Douwes (36), Roden, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriana van Dalen (82), Borssele, Zeeland, Nederland
• Antonius Habraken (69), Oisterwijk

• 1906 » Chandra Shekhar Azad, Indian activist († 1931)
• 1906 » Vladimir Prelog, Croatian-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1998)
• 1912 » M. H. Abrams, American author, critic, and academic († 2015)
• 1912 » Michael Wilding, English actor († 1979)
• 1913 » Michael Foot, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Employment († 2010)
• 1914 » Elly Annie Schneider, German-American actress († 2004)
• 1914 » Nassos Daphnis, Greek-American painter (d.2010)
• 1914 » Virgil Finlay, American illustrator († 1971)
• 1916 » Laurel Martyn, Australian ballerina and choreographer († 2013)
• 1918 » Abraham Bueno de Mesquita, Dutch comedian and actor († 2005)

• 1904 » John Douglas, English-Australian politician, 7th Premier of Queensland (b. 1828)
• 1909 » Frederick Holder, Australian politician, 19th Premier of South Australia (b. 1850)
• 1916 » William Ramsay, Scottish-English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1919 » Spyridon Lambros, Greek historian and politician, 100th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1851)
• 1920 » Conrad Kohrs, German-American rancher and politician (b. 1835)
• 1924 » Frank Frost Abbott, American author and scholar (b. 1850)
• 1926 » Viktor Vasnetsov, Russian painter (b. 1848)
• 1927 » Reginald Dyer, British brigadier general (b. 1864)
• 1930 » Glenn Curtiss, American pilot and engineer (b. 1878)
• 1932 » Tenby Davies, Welsh runner (b. 1884)

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 17 » British polar explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen.
• February 14 » The U.S. Navy commissions its first class of diesel-powered submarines.
• February 29 » The Piedra Movediza (Moving Stone) of Tandil falls and breaks.
• March 30 » Sultan Abd al-Hafid signs the Treaty of Fez, making Morocco a French protectorate.
• April 18 » The Cunard liner RMSCarpathia brings 705 survivors from the RMSTitanic to New York City.
• October 18 » First Balkan War: King Peter I of Serbia issues a declaration "To the Serbian People", as his country joins the war.

The temperature on July 23, 1912 was between 13.8 °C and 22.5 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.