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• Antonius Simon Maria van Erven, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1913)
• Antonie van Nassau, Watergraafsmeer († 1982)
• Antonie van Nassau, Watergraafsmeer († 1982)
• Anna Maria Hendrika Langeslag, Wijchen († 1989)
• Anna Meinema, Drachten, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Johanna van Borkulo, Amsterdam,Noord Holland,Nederland
• Anton Georg Stroink, Düsseldorf
• Adrianus Marinus Hulten van, Drunen
• Anthonij Herman de Kok, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1913)
• Agnes Rose Gray, 43 Burgh Road, Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland († 1975)

• Bertus Prins (0), Dordrecht
• Aaltje Frens (76), Ermelo-Houtdorp
• Arita Christina Willemse (90), Meester Cornelis, West-Java, Nederlands-Indië
• Arira Tjerewet Willemse (89), Meester Cornelis, Jawa Barat, Indonesie
• Aaltje Dijkstra (63), Zuidwolde (gem. Het Hogeland)
• Bregtje Geltes Saaksma (76), Grootegast
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Parlevliet (0), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Roubos (0), De Werken, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Frens (76), Ermelo-Houtdorp, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arira-Christina Willemse (89), Meester Cornelis, Java

• 1908 » Orlando Cole, American cellist and educator († 2010)
• 1908 » William Keepers Maxwell, Jr., American editor, novelist, short story writer, and essayist († 2000)
• 1909 » Paul Callaway, American organist and conductor († 1995)
• 1910 » Gloria Blondell, American actress († 1986)
• 1910 » Mae Clarke, American actress († 1992)
• 1911 » E. F. Schumacher, German economist and statistician († 1977)
• 1912 » Ted Drake, English footballer and manager († 1995)
• 1913 » Menachem Begin, Belarusian-Israeli politician, Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel Prize laureate († 1992)
• 1915 » Al Hibbler, American baritone singer († 2001)
• 1916 » Iggy Katona, American race car driver († 2003)

• 1888 » John Pemberton, American pharmacist and chemist, invented Coca-Cola (b. 1831)
• 1893 » Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist and academic (b. 1825)
• 1899 » Robert Bunsen, German chemist and academic (b. 1811)
• 1900 » José Maria de Eça de Queirós, Portuguese journalist and author (b. 1845)
• 1904 » Prentiss Ingraham, American soldier and author (b. 1843)
• 1911 » Patrick Francis Moran, Irish-Australian cardinal (b. 1830)
• 1914 » Carl Theodor Schulz, German-Norwegian gardener (b. 1835)
• 1916 » George Scott, English footballer (b. 1885)
• 1920 » Henry Daglish, Australian politician, 6th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1866)
• 1921 » Peter I of Serbia (b. 1844)

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 4 » The Scout Association is incorporated throughout the British Empire by royal charter.
• January 23 » The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague.
• February 14 » The U.S. Navy commissions its first class of diesel-powered submarines.
• February 25 » Marie-Adélaïde, the eldest of six daughters of Guillaume IV, becomes the first reigning Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.
• March 6 » Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces become the first to use airships in war, as two dirigibles drop bombs on Turkish troops encamped at Janzur, from an altitude of 6,000 feet.
• September 2 » Arthur Rose Eldred is awarded the first Eagle Scout award of the Boy Scouts of America.

The temperature on August 16, 1912 was between 12.3 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.