About the day » Monday October 12, 1914Calender converter

• Adrianus Cornelis Lieverse, Hillegom, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1915)
• Adriana Dieuwertje de Wit, Utrecht († 2006)
• Aloysius Hermanus Huisman, Lobith (Rijnwaarden) († 1989)
• Abraham Lambertus (Bram) te Kiefte, Borne († 1989)
• Adrianus Antonius Verhulst, Waalwijk
• Alijda van de Pol, Opheusden, Nederland († 1995)
• Alijda van de Pol († 1995)
• Anna Maria Timmermans, Heeze
• Anna Maria Schipper, Hoogkarspel († 2006)
• Andreas Josephus Gerardus Andriessen, Hilversum († 1991)

• ALINA - BERTHA VANNESTE (1), Sint Baafs-Vijve, 8710, Flandre occidentale, Belgique
• Albertje Pot (50), Foxhol
• Albertje Nijmeijer (67), Hoogeveen, Groote Kerkstraat
• Angelina Peeters (67), Bouwel Grobbendonk, België
• Adriaan van Campenhout (70), Halsteren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Petronella Elisabeth Verhoeven (0), Tilburg,North Brabant,Netherlands
• de Vos (0), Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Ariaantje Versteeg (74)
• Albertje Pot (51), Foxhol, Hoogezand, Groningen, Nederland
• Antonius Bruijs (0), Bergen op Zoom

• 1910 » Malcolm Renfrew, American chemist and academic († 2013)
• 1910 » Robert Fitzgerald, American poet, critic, and translator († 1985)
• 1911 » Vijay Merchant, Indian cricketer († 1987)
• 1913 » Alice Chetwynd Ley, English author and educator († 2004)
• 1914 » John E. Hodge, African-American chemist († 1996)
• 1916 » Alice Childress, American actress and playwright († 1994)
• 1916 » Lock Martin, American actor († 1959)
• 1917 » Roque Máspoli, Uruguayan footballer and manager († 2004)
• 1919 » Doris Miller, American chef and soldier († 1943)
• 1919 » Gilles Beaudoin, Canadian politician, 34th Mayor of Trois-Rivières († 2007)

• 1896 » Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish lawyer and politician, 9th Council President of Denmark (b. 1817)
• 1898 » Calvin Fairbank, American minister and activist (b. 1816)
• 1914 » Margaret E. Knight, American inventor (b. 1838)
• 1915 » Edith Cavell, English nurse (b. 1865)
• 1923 » Bunny Lucas, English cricketer (b. 1857)
• 1924 » Anatole France, French journalist, novelist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1844)
• 1926 » Edwin Abbott Abbott, English theologian and author (b. 1838)
• 1933 » John Lister, English philanthropist and politician (b. 1847)
• 1940 » Tom Mix, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1946 » Joseph Stilwell, American general (b. 1883)

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.
• June 28 » Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo; this is the casus belli of World War I.
• July 18 » The U.S. Congress forms the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps, giving official status to aircraft within the U.S. Army for the first time.
• August 24 » World War I: German troops capture Namur.
• August 24 » World War I: The Battle of Cer ends as the first Allied victory in the war.
• November 5 » World War I: France and the British Empire declare war on the Ottoman Empire.
• November 7 » The first issue of The New Republic is published.

The temperature on October 12, 1914 was between 2.6 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.