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• Abraham van Driel, Oud-Vossemeer, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adrianus Melisse, Zevenbergen
• Aaltje Wardenier, Steenwijkerwold († 2002)
• Albert Stubbe († 1990)
• Adrianus Nicolaas van Dop, 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• André Lucien Marie Corneille MEEùS, Antwerpen, 2000, Antwerpen, Belgique
• Anna Maria de Lange, Amsterdam
• Adriana Maria van den Heuvel, Tiel († 2009)
• Adriana Anna Flach, Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, PAYS-BAS († 2006)
• Adriaan Antonius Cornelius Dusée, Tilburg

• Antonie Grimberg (71), Borne, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aart (Arthur) Swets (72), Chicago, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Aalbert Vermeulen, Boskoop, Netherlands
• Antonie Hol (78), Vianen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Belle Mitchell (41), Crockston, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus Leeflang (0), Gouda 226
• Augusta Henriette Kaiser (90), Dodge, Wisconsin, United States
• Aaltje Stroeve (0), Gramsbergen, Ov, The Netherlands
• Constance Evelyn Rives (59), Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States
• Albert Stiekel (2), Wildervank, Groningen, Nederland

• 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.
• January 1 » The SPT Airboat Line becomes the world's first scheduled airline to use a winged aircraft.
• February 26 » HMHSBritannic, sister to the RMSTitanic, is launched at Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
• August 23 » World War I: The British Expeditionary Force and the French Fifth Army begin their Great Retreat before the German Army.
• October 27 » First World War: The new British battleship HMS Audacious is sunk by a minefield laid by the armed German merchant-cruiser Berlin.
• November 2 » World War I: The Russian Empire declares war on the Ottoman Empire and the Dardanelles are subsequently closed.
• November 15 » Harry Turner becomes the first player to die from game-related injuries in the "Ohio League", the direct predecessor to the National Football League.

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.