About the day » Wednesday August 14, 1912Calender converter

• Albertina Adriana Ottenhof, Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Albert Jan Berkenbosch, Harfsen
• Aaltje Sloot, Egmond
• Adriaantje Stout, Rotterdam
• Allegonda Engelina Maria Hölscher, Schiedam († 1981)
• Anna Maria Hubertina Conraads († 1913)
• Anne JAGER, Muntendam, Groningen, Nederland
• Aaltje Sloot, Egmond aan Zee (gem. Bergen, NH)
• Anje Hofste, 't Zandt († 1974)
• Adriana van den DOEL, Nieuwe Tonge († 1997)

• Antonie Johannes Laffree (74), 's-Gravenhage
• Celia KLOPROGGE (25), Den Helder
• Bieke Hendriks Nooitgedagt (61), Sneek, Friesland, Netherlands
• Catharina Gerardusdr van Leeuwen (73), Lisse, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bieke Hendriks Nooitgedagt (61), Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Bernardus Ockeloen (77), Utrecht
• Arend Koster (83), Abbekerk
• Catharina van Leeuwen (73), Lisse
• Adriana Anna Muijen (30), Dordrecht
• Elisabeth Anna (0), 's-Gravenhage

• 1910 » Pierre Schaeffer, French composer and producer († 1995)
• 1910 » Willy Ronis, French photographer († 2009)
• 1911 » Jan Koetsier, Dutch composer and conductor († 2006)
• 1911 » Vethathiri Maharishi, Indian spiritual leader, philosopher, and author († 2006)
• 1912 » Frank Oppenheimer, American physicist and academic († 1985)
• 1913 » Hector Crawford, Australian director and producer († 1991)
• 1913 » Paul Dean, American baseball player († 1981)
• 1914 » Herman Branson, American physicist, chemist, and academic († 1995)
• 1915 » B. A. Santamaria, Australian political activist and publisher († 1998)
• 1916 » Frank and John Craighead, American naturalists (twins, Frank d. 2001, John d. 2016)

• 1890 » Michael J. McGivney, American priest, founded the Knights of Columbus (b. 1852)
• 1905 » Simeon Solomon, English soldier and painter (b. 1840)
• 1909 » William Stanley, American engineer and philanthropist (b. 1829)
• 1926 » John H. Moffitt, American sergeant and politician, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1843)
• 1928 » Klabund, German author and poet (b. 1890)
• 1938 » Hugh Trumble, Australian cricketer and accountant (b. 1876)
• 1941 » Maximilian Kolbe, Polish martyr and saint (b. 1894)
• 1941 » Paul Sabatier, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)
• 1943 » Joe Kelley, American baseball player and manager (b. 1871)
• 1943 » Lore Berger, Swiss author and translator (b. 1921)

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 25 » Marie-Adélaïde, the eldest of six daughters of Guillaume IV, becomes the first reigning Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.
• May 5 » Pravda, the "voice" of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publication in Saint Petersburg.
• May 13 » The Royal Flying Corps, the forerunner of the Royal Air Force, is established in the United Kingdom.
• June 30 » The Regina Cyclone, Canada's deadliest tornado event, kills 28 people in Regina, Saskatchewan.
• October 26 » First Balkan War: The Ottomans lose the cities of Thessaloniki and Skopje.
• December 8 » Leaders of the German Empire hold an Imperial War Council to discuss the possibility that war might break out.

The temperature on August 14, 1912 was between 6.9 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.