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• Antonia Hendrika HEERSINK, Wisch, Gelderland, NEDERLAND († 2015)
• Albert Orsel, Havelterberg († 1957)
• ALBERT MUS, Brugge, Belgium
• Adriana Hendrika van Eijk, Linschoten,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonius Dries OR Driessen, Rotterdam († 1996)
• Anna de Wit, Wieringerwaard, Nederland
• Annechien Warringa, Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland († 2014)
• Anna Parlevliet, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2001)
• Albert Eijkes, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Kromhout, Katwijk († 2008)

• Carrie Lou Hitt Mckeown (28)
• Cornelius Ludovicus Govaerts (67), Lochristi
• Abraham Henricus de Balbian Verster (85), Oisterwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Baby Glasmeier (0), Cleveland, Cuyahoga
• Abraham Henricus de Balbian Verster (85), Oisterwijk, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Antonius Franciscus Bolder (0), Didam
• Andries Cijs (88), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Antonius Franciscus Bolder (0), Didam (Montferland), Gelderland, Nederland
• Cornelis van Driesten (0), Ede {GE}
• Anna Gertrudis Naus (49), Belfeld

• 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)

• 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 6.3 million citizens.
• January 19 » Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising.
• January 19 » German strategic bombing during World War I: German zeppelins bomb the towns of Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn in the United Kingdom killing at least 20 people, in the first major aerial bombardment of a civilian target.
• April 18 » French pilot Roland Garros is shot down and glides to a landing on the German side of the lines during World War I.
• May 22 » Three trains collide in the Quintinshill rail disaster near Gretna Green, Scotland, killing 227 people and injuring 246.
• May 27 » HMS Princess Irene exploded and sank off Sheerness, Kent with the loss of 352 lives.
• September 30 » World War I: Radoje Ljutovac becomes the first soldier in history to shoot down an enemy aircraft with ground-to-air fire.

The temperature on December 12, 1915 was between 0.9 °C and 5.9 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.