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• Albertje Fontijn, wormerveer
• Alida Jacoba Tjitske van Oosten, Den Haag, Nederland († 2009)
• Alphonsus Joseph KRIJNEN, Kontich († 1957)
• Aart Hommerson, Sliedrecht, Nederland († 1988)
• Adriana Gerarda Johanna Speijers, Utrecht († 2007)
• Albertus Marinus Heemskerk, Den Haag († 1985)
• Anna Catharina Kan, Haarlem
• Geertien C. Bakkeren, Waalwijk († 2004)
• Adelino Dalbosco, Maquiné, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

• Albertus Bruins (78), 't Klooster
• Anna Gertrudis Timmermans (48), Neer
• Anna Maria Wezemer (28), Brielle, Monmouth County, VS
• Anje Balkema (0), Gieten
• Aaltje Spier (86), Onstwedde (Stadskanaal)
• Addie Missouri Gore (44)
• Alfred Maton (56), Wasmes, Colfontaine, Hainaut, Belgique
• Aaltje Spier (86), Stadskanaal Onstwedde (Stadskanaal) Groningen Nederland
• Antoinette Eskens (65), Didam
• Anthony Desenberg (78), LaFayette, Allen Co.Ohio

• 1908 » Elliott Carter, American composer and academic († 2012)
• 1909 » Ronald McKie, Australian soldier, journalist, and author († 1991)
• 1910 » Mildred Cleghorn, Native American chairwoman and educator († 1997)
• 1911 » Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian author, playwright, and screenwriter, Nobel Prize laureate († 2006)
• 1911 » Qian Xuesen, Chinese aerodynamicist and academic († 2009)
• 1911 » Val Guest, English-American director, producer, screenwriter, and composer († 2006)
• 1912 » Carlo Ponti, Italian-Swiss film producer († 2007)
• 1913 » Jean Marais, French actor and director († 1998)
• 1916 » Elena Garro, Mexican author and playwright († 1998)
• 1916 » Pérez Prado, Cuban-Mexican singer-songwriter, pianist, and bandleader († 1989)

• 1892 » William Milligan, Scottish theologian and scholar (b. 1821)
• 1906 » Charles Townsend, American fencer, engineer, and academic (b. 1872)
• 1909 » Ludwig Mond, German-born chemist and British industrialist who discovered the metal carbonyls (b. 1839)
• 1913 » Carl von In der Maur, Governor of Liechtenstein (b. 1852)
• 1918 » Ivan Cankar, Slovenian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1876)
• 1920 » Olive Schreiner, South African author and activist (b. 1855)
• 1936 » Myron Grimshaw, American baseball player (b. 1875)
• 1937 » Hugh Thackeray Turner, English architect and painter (b. 1853)
• 1937 » Jaan Anvelt, Estonian theorist and politician (b. 1884)
• 1938 » Christian Lous Lange, Norwegian historian and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)

• 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.
• January 3 » An Atlantic coast storm sets the lowest confirmed barometric pressure reading for a non-tropical system in the continental United States.
• February 5 » Greek military aviators, Michael Moutoussis and Aristeidis Moraitinis perform the first naval air mission in history, with a Farman MF.7 hydroplane.
• February 19 » Pedro Lascuráin becomes President of Mexico for 45 minutes; this is the shortest term to date of any person as president of any country.
• March 18 » King George I of Greece is assassinated in the recently liberated city of Thessaloniki.
• June 4 » Emily Davison, a suffragette, runs out in front of King George V's horse at The Derby. She is trampled, never regains consciousness, and dies four days later.
• August 28 » Queen Wilhelmina opens the Peace Palace in The Hague.

The temperature on December 11, 1913 was between 6.4 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.