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• Adriana Neeltje Parhan, Wolphaartsdijk
• Adrianus Petrus van Buul (Janus) van Buul, Vught († 1912)
• Adriana Cornelia Wilhelmina NIKKEN, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1914)
• Aaltje Wuestman, Epse, Gorssel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Petrus van Buul, Vught
• Aarnout Hendrik Ingelse, Utrecht († 1932)
• Aaltje Wuestman, Epse
• Adriana Cornelia Wilhelmina Nikken, 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 1914)
• Adrianus Tilburg van, Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Nederland
• Adolphus (Dolf) Brouwers, Utrecht, Nederland († 1997)

• Antonia van Gessel (53), Valburg
• Anna BRONDSEMA (75), Bierum, Groningen, Netherlands
• Catharina Kool (54), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Caspers (64), Haarlem
• Albertje (Arendje) (Stooker) Engelsd Stoker (84), Den Helder
• alphonsine RICHARD (48), Wasmes (Belgium) Hainaut
• Catharina Spooren (71), Velsen
• "Hans" Michael Gottlob Hermann Malio von Meyern-Hohenberg (51), Coburg, Allemagne
• Adriaan Tempelaar(s) (61), Rotterdam,bron Waalwijk Akte 36
• Christina De Backer (77), Oultre

• 1908 » William Saroyan, American novelist, playwright, and short story writer († 1981)
• 1909 » Ferenc Fejtő, Hungarian-French journalist and political scientist († 2008)
• 1911 » Arsenio Rodríguez, Cuban-American tres player, composer, and bandleader († 1970)
• 1911 » Edward Brongersma, Dutch journalist and politician († 1998)
• 1913 » Bernard Lovell, English physicist and astronomer († 2012)
• 1913 » Helen Levitt, American photographer and cinematographer († 2009)
• 1914 » Richard Basehart, American actor († 1984)
• 1915 » Pete Newell, American basketball player and coach († 2008)
• 1916 » Daniel Schorr, American journalist and author († 2010)
• 1916 » Danny Litwhiler, American baseball player and coach († 2011)

• 1884 » Robert Torrens, Irish-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of South Australia (b. 1814)
• 1908 » Leslie Green, English architect (b. 1875)
• 1910 » Emīls Dārziņš, Latvian composer, conductor, and music critic (b. 1875)
• 1912 » Jean, duc Decazes, French sailor (b. 1864)
• 1920 » Wilhelm Wundt, German physician, psychologist, and philosopher (b. 1832)
• 1924 » Todor Aleksandrov, Bulgarian soldier (b. 1881)
• 1927 » Andranik, Armenian general (b. 1865)
• 1937 » Ruth Baldwin, British socialite (b. 1905)
• 1940 » Georges Gauthier, Canadian archbishop (b. 1871)
• 1941 » Thomas Bavin, New Zealand-Australian politician, 24th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1874)

• 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 11 » Immigrant textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, go on strike when wages are reduced in response to a mandated shortening of the work week.
• 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.
• October 17 » Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declare war on the Ottoman Empire, joining Montenegro in the First Balkan War.
• November 12 » King George I of Greece makes a triumphal entry into Thessaloniki after its liberation from 482 years of Ottoman rule.
• November 28 » Albania declares its independence from 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 August 31, 1912 was between 7.6 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.