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• Anna Antje Cazemier, Aalsmeer,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1992)
• Adriana Jacoba van Barneveld, Breukelen Nijenrode
• ZWEEDIJK, Krabbendijke, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adriana Dorothea van Barneveld, Rotterdam († 1991)
• Adriana Dorothea van Barneveld, Rotterdam († 1991)
• Albert Oostra, Rotterdam († 1980)
• Amado Modesto Braga, Pardinho, São Paulo, Brasil
• Aantje van Oosterum, Asperen († 1945)
• Engelen, Asten († 1997)
• Alida van ALTENA, Hees (Nijmegen) Gelderland, Nederland († 1917)

• Caarls (0), Spanbroek, Netherlands
• Augustinus Johannes Kouijzer (48), Losser, 7580, Nederland
• Anna Maria Snijders (76), Terheijden
• Aaltje Blog (52), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anneke van Helden (81), wijk en aalburg (noordbrabant)
• Anneke van Helden (84), Wijk en Aalburg, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Albert Oostland (61), Kolham, Slochteren, Groningen, Netherlands
• Berendina THUS (71), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alida Catharina Gerritsen (59), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Franciscus Maria Matheve (0), Geel, België

• 1910 » Bill Naughton, Irish-English playwright and author († 1992)
• 1912 » Bill Cowley, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 1993)
• 1912 » Carl Hovland, American psychologist and academic († 1961)
• 1913 » Desmond Piers, Canadian admiral († 2005)
• 1913 » Jean Victor Allard, Canadian general († 1996)
• 1914 » Go Seigen, Chinese-Japanese Go player († 2014)
• 1914 » William Lundigan, American actor († 1975)
• 1915 » Christopher Mayhew, English soldier and politician († 1997)
• 1915 » David Rockefeller, American banker and businessman († 2017)
• 1915 » Priscilla Lane, American actress († 1995)

• 1900 » Lucretia Peabody Hale, American journalist and author (b. 1820)
• 1904 » Camille of Renesse-Breidbach (b. 1836)
• 1912 » Frédéric Passy, French economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1822)
• 1917 » Teresa Carreño, Venezuelan-American singer-songwriter, pianist, and conductor (b. 1853)
• 1932 » Theo Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1852)
• 1937 » Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Russian general (b. 1893)
• 1944 » Erich Marcks, German general (b. 1891)
• 1946 » Médéric Martin, Canadian politician, mayor of Montreal (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Harry Lawson, Australian politician, 27th Premier of Victoria (b. 1875)
• 1957 » Jimmy Dorsey, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (The Dorsey Brothers and The California Ramblers) (b. 1904)

• 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.
• April 8 » The 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution, requiring direct election of Senators, becomes law.
• April 24 » The Woolworth Building, a skyscraper in New York City, is opened.
• 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 10 » Second Balkan War: Delegates from Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, and Greece sign the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the war.
• October 10 » U.S. President Wilson triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike, completing major construction on the Panama Canal.
• October 31 » Dedication of the Lincoln Highway, the first automobile highway across United States.

The temperature on June 12, 1913 was between 4.8 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.