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• Albert Jan Weerts, Hardenberg
• Kapiteijn, Lisse, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna S. Sanders, Maxatawny, Berks Co.Pennsylvania († 1998)
• Anna Eugénie BECUE, Dunkerque... Hauts de France
• Alexandrine Louise Caroline Mathilde Dagmar zu Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Jaegersborghus (Den) († 1962)
• Andries Luigjes, Nijkerk, Gelderland, Nederland († 2002)
• Angela Baplu, Wilrijk
• Andries (Hendriks) Engberts, Haulerwijk, Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Netherlands († 1948)
• Alexandrine Van Denemarken, JÁgersborghus († 1962)
• Adriana van den Heuvel, Rotterdam

• Abraham van Prooijen (72), Rhoon
• Adriaan Noordman Goed (79), Hoogezand,, Groningen, Nederland
• Antonius Marinus van de Ven (3), Dinther
• Angeniet Palstra (90), Bolsward, Friesland, Nederland
• (51), Erp
• Abraham van PROOIJEN (72), Rhoon
• Anna Barbara Brouwer (75), Rotterdam
• Antje Abma (10), Lollum
• Adrianus Johannes van Schaijk (23), Berghem
• Angnietje Pieters Palstra (90), Bolsward

• 1907 » Roy Douglas, English pianist and composer († 2015)
• 1912 » Henry Armstrong, American boxer († 1988)
• 1913 » Menelik II, Ethiopian emperor (b. 1844)
• 1915 » Frank Sinatra, American singer, actor, and producer († 1998)
• 1918 » Joe Williams, American singer and pianist († 1999)
• 1920 » Josef Doležal, Czech race walker († 1999)
• 1921 » Henrietta Swan Leavitt, American astronomer and academic (b. 1868)
• 1923 » Bob Barker, American game show host and producer
• 1923 » Bob Dorough, American musician, composer, and producer († 2018)
• 1923 » Raymond Radiguet, French author and poet (b. 1903)

• 1889 » Robert Browning, English poet and playwright (b. 1812)
• 1889 » Viktor Bunyakovsky, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1804)
• 1894 » John Sparrow David Thompson, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1845)
• 1913 » Menelik II, Ethiopian emperor (b. 1844)
• 1921 » Henrietta Swan Leavitt, American astronomer and academic (b. 1868)
• 1923 » Raymond Radiguet, French author and poet (b. 1903)
• 1924 » Alexander Parvus, Russian-German theorist and politician (b. 1867)
• 1926 » Jean Richepin, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1849)
• 1934 » Thorleif Haug, Norwegian skier (b. 1894)
• 1939 » Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., American actor, producer, and screenwriter (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.
• January 5 » The Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and minimum daily wage of $5 in salary plus bonuses.
• January 9 » The Phi Beta Sigma fraternity is founded by African-American students at Howard University in Washington D.C., United States.
• 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.
• July 29 » The Cape Cod Canal opened.
• December 15 » World War I: The Serbian Army recaptures Belgrade from the invading Austro-Hungarian Army.

The temperature on December 12, 1914 was between 3.7 °C and 5.1 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.