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• Adrianus Josephus Johannes van Veldhoven, Valkenswaard
• Adriana Arina Flach, Ridderkerk († 2006)
• Albert Derk Stubbe, Blijham (gem. Westerwolde)
• Aaltje Hendriks Wardenier, Steenwijkerwold († 2002)
• Adriaan Antonius Cornelis Dusee, Tilburg († 1983)
• Adrianus Nicolaas Van Dop, 's-Gravenzande, Nederland († 1996)
• Anna Rutherford Parks, Lebanon, Tennessee († 1977)
• Adriana Stange, Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Nederland († 2001)
• Aaltje Pietersdr Smits
• Abraham van Driel, Oud-Vossemeer, Zeeland, Nederland

• Adam Johannes Serfontein b1c1d2 (75)
• Cyriel Fransiscus Braet (24), Halen
• Dirkje Ellen (74), Winkel,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Angel Basan Huizar (53), Los Angeles, California
• Cornelis van der Does (56), Katwijk
• Antoinette Craanen (57)
• Calvin Isaac GREEN
• Charles Jacobus Beaumont (0), Roermond
• Antonie Grimberg (71), Borne, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Maria Hulsen (76), Beneden Leeuwen

• 1910 » Yusof bin Ishak, Singaporean journalist and politician, 1st President of Singapore († 1970)
• 1911 » Cantinflas, Mexican actor, screenwriter, and producer († 1993)
• 1912 » Samuel Fuller, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 1997)
• 1913 » Richard L. Bare, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 2015)
• 1914 » Gerd Buchdahl, German-English philosopher and author († 2001)
• 1914 » Ruth Lowe, Canadian pianist and songwriter († 1981)
• 1915 » Michael Kidd, American dancer and choreographer († 2007)
• 1916 » Edward Pinkowski, American writer, journalist and Polonia historian († 2020)
• 1916 » Ioan Dicezare, Romanian general and pilot († 2012)
• 1917 » Oliver Crawford, American screenwriter and author († 2008)

• 1896 » Thomas Chamberlain, American colonel (b. 1841)
• 1900 » Wilhelm Steinitz, Austrian chess player and theoretician (b. 1836)
• 1901 » Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Finnish-Swedish botanist, geologist, mineralogist, and explorer (b. 1832)
• 1904 » William Renshaw, English tennis player (b. 1861)
• 1914 » John Philip Holland, Irish engineer, designed HMSHolland 1 (b. 1840)
• 1918 » William Thompson, American archer (b. 1848)
• 1921 » Pyotr Boborykin, Russian playwright and journalist (b. 1836)
• 1922 » Arthur Griffith, Irish journalist and politician, 3rd President of Dáil Éireann (b. 1871)
• 1924 » Sándor Bródy, Hungarian journalist and author (b. 1863)
• 1928 » Leoš Janáček, Czech composer and educator (b. 1854)

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

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

• 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 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 6.2 million citizens.
• August 12 » World War I: The United Kingdom declares war on Austria-Hungary; the countries of the British Empire follow suit.
• September 26 » The United States Federal Trade Commission is established by the Federal Trade Commission Act.
• October 9 » World War I: The Siege of Antwerp comes to an end.
• November 1 » World War I: The first British Royal Navy defeat of the war with Germany, the Battle of Coronel, is fought off of the western coast of Chile, in the Pacific, with the loss of HMSGood Hope and HMSMonmouth.
• November 2 » World War I: The Russian Empire declares war on the Ottoman Empire and the Dardanelles are subsequently closed.
• December 16 » World War I: Admiral Franz von Hipper commands a raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby.

The temperature on August 12, 1914 was between 10.2 °C and 22.7 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 13.0 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.