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• Antonia Johanna van der Lee, Katwijk aan Zee († 2001)
• Antonie Leendert van der Vlies, Sliedrecht, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1999)
• Verbruggen, Mill en Sint Hubert († 1914)
• Anna Gielkens († 1998)
• Alida Maria van Opzeeland, Diever, Holland († 2001)
• Albert van Diest, Nijkerk († 1977)
• Adriana Maria van Rosmalen, Uden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2005)
• Antonia Mary Hilda MEADE
• Alice A. Vorwald, Clayton County, Iowa († 2006)
• Andree Jeanne Thiriot, Clichy la Garenne Frankrijk († 1990)

• Verbruggen (0), Mill en Sint Hubert
• ANTJE POT (65), Den Haag
• Zantingh (0), Achterom (Hoogeveen), Drenthe, The Netherlands
• Anna Maria Aar van (65), Huisseling en Neerloon
• Adam Grabowski (68), Mała Wieś, Pologne
• Jacoba den Boer (83), Almelo
• Antje Pot (65), 's Gravenhage, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Aagtje Dekker (84), Zuid-Scharwoude, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Antje van der Veld (80), Zandvoort, Nederland
• Anna Maria Heijgen (56), Den Haag,-

• 1907 » Louis MacNeice, Irish poet and playwright († 1963)
• 1909 » Donald MacDonald, Canadian trade union leader and politician († 1986)
• 1913 » Jesse Owens, American sprinter and long jumper († 1980)
• 1914 » Desmond Llewelyn, Welsh-English soldier and actor († 1999)
• 1914 » Rais Amrohvi, Pakistani psychoanalyst, poet, and scholar († 1988)
• 1916 » Tony Bettenhausen, American race car driver († 1961)
• 1917 » Han Suyin, Chinese-Swiss physician and author († 2012)
• 1917 » Pierre Sévigny, Canadian colonel, academic, and politician († 2004)
• 1920 » Irene Dailey, American actress († 2008)
• 1921 » Frank McGee, American journalist († 1974)

• 1903 » Duncan Gillies, Scottish-Australian businessman and politician, 14th Premier of Victoria (b. 1834)
• 1907 » Ilia Chavchavadze, Georgian poet, journalist, and lawyer (b. 1837)
• 1912 » Pierre-Hector Coullié, French cardinal (b. 1829)
• 1918 » George Reid, Australian accountant and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1845)
• 1919 » Leonid Andreyev, Russian author and playwright (b. 1871)
• 1923 » Jules Violle, French physicist and academic (b. 1841)
• 1927 » Sarah Frances Whiting, American physicist and astronomer (b. 1847)
• 1942 » Valentine Baker, Welsh co-founder of the Martin-Baker Aircraft Company (b. 1888)
• 1945 » Hajime Sugiyama, Japanese field marshal and politician, 44th Japanese Minister of War (b. 1880)
• 1949 » Erik Adolf von Willebrand, Finnish physician (b. 1870)

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 11 » Babe Ruth makes his debut in Major League Baseball.
• September 3 » William, Prince of Albania leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule.
• September 22 » A German submarine sinks three British cruisers over a seventy-minute period, killing almost 1500 sailors.
• October 5 » World War I: An aircraft successfully destroys another aircraft with gunfire.
• December 15 » A gas explosion at Mitsubishi Hōjō coal mine, in Kyushu, Japan, kills 687.

The temperature on September 12, 1914 was between 9.5 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 14.4 mm of rain. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.