About the day » Monday May 12, 1913Calender converter

• Alberta Jacoba Maria Pernot
• Berkelaar, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1913)
• Alida Enkt, Lonneker
• Alfred Lawrence Rezendes, Connecticut († 1981)
• Alda Meers, Munsterbilzen († 2000)
• Anna Johnson, Forreston, Ogle, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1998)
• Adolf Petrus Barendse, Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida (Aaltje) Enkt, Lonneker, Overijssel, Nederland († 1995)
• van Hal, Rheim, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland († 1945)
• Adriana Barbara Maria Vermeij, Wijk bij Duurstede († 1988)

• Arthur Myron Gallond, Middleborough, Massachusetts
• Adrianus Hillegondus Maria Klarenbeek (3), Utrecht
• Aaltje Hoeve (69), de Leijen, Staphorst
• Anne Knibbs (79), Egham, Surrey, England
• Annes Brummel (50), Epe
• Bernardus Jeron Paardekooper (44), Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Griffioen (19), Illinois, Cook, Verenigde Staten
• Bernardus Jerone Paardekooper (44), Noordwijk
• Alida Aletta Rueb (65), Rotterdam
• Catherine Bridget Hartigan (45), Ironwood, Gogebic, Michigan, Verenigde Staten

• 1910 » Dorothy Hodgkin, English biochemist, crystallographer, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1994)
• 1910 » Gordon Jenkins, American pianist and composer († 1984)
• 1910 » James Dudley, American baseball player, wrestling manager and executive († 2004)
• 1910 » Johan Ferrier, Surinamese educator and politician, 1st President of Suriname († 2010)
• 1911 » Charles Biro, American author and illustrator († 1972)
• 1912 » Henry Jonsson, Swedish runner († 2001)
• 1912 » Marshal Royal, American saxophonist and clarinet player († 1995)
• 1914 » Bertus Aafjes, Dutch poet and author († 1993)
• 1914 » Howard K. Smith, American journalist and actor († 2002)
• 1915 » Tony Strobl, American comics artist and animator († 1991)

• 1876 » Georgi Benkovski, Bulgarian activist (b. 1843)
• 1878 » Anselme Payen, French chemist and academic (b. 1795)
• 1884 » Bedřich Smetana, Czech composer and educator (b. 1824)
• 1907 » Joris-Karl Huysmans, French author and critic (b. 1848)
• 1916 » James Connolly, Scottish-born Irish socialist and rebel leader (b. 1868)
• 1925 » Amy Lowell, American poet and critic (b. 1874)
• 1931 » Eugène Ysaÿe, Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1858)
• 1935 » Józef Piłsudski, Polish field marshal and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1867)
• 1944 » Arthur Quiller-Couch, English author, poet, and critic (b. 1863)
• 1944 » Max Brand, American journalist and author (b. 1892)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Adrianus
10. Jacobus
11. Jacob
12. Wilhelmus
13. Gerardus
14. Antonius
15. Dirk
16. Hendrikus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Grietje
13. Aaltje
14. Geertruida
15. Neeltje
16. Trijntje

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
• February 2 » Grand Central Terminal is opened in New York City.
• February 21 » Ioannina is incorporated into the Greek state after the Balkan Wars.
• March 4 » The United States Department of Labor is formed.
• March 12 » The future capital of Australia is officially named Canberra.
• May 29 » Igor Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring receives its premiere performance in Paris, France, provoking a riot.
• August 28 » Queen Wilhelmina opens the Peace Palace in The Hague.

The temperature on May 12, 1913 was between 3.3 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 11.4 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.