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• Aagje Metz, Amsterdam († 1996)
• Albertus Josephus Van Gompel, Turnhout († 1985)
• Anne Marie Fias, Ternaaien (B) († 1988)
• Burgemeestre, Sukabumi, Sukabumi, West Java, Indonesia († 2002)
• "Marguerite" Marie Brigitte Emmanuelle Ghislaine d'Harcourt, Paris († 2011)
• Cees Carel Josef Hendrik Teulings, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1990)
• Allegonda Catharina Feddema, Kooten, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1973)
• Clara Maria Wenders, Vaals, Gemeente Vaals, Limburg, Nederland († 1918)
• Arnoldus Johannes Ignacius van Sante, Zaandam († 1916)
• Bauke de Graaf, Leeuwarden († 1980)

• Adrianus van den Heuvel (55), Oudewater
• Antje Waterhout (59), Beemster, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Armand Léon Charles Baudry (78), La Garnache, 85710, France
• Bethselina Johannisen van der Hart (73), Utrecht
• Antonius Martinus Martens (49)
• Aafke Berends Boeresna (61), Bedum
• (9) Jeanne Désirée BOURDY (54), Besançon, 25000, Doubs, Franche-Comté, FRANCE
• Aleida de Kleijn (77), Tiel
• Aleida de KLEIJN (77), Tiel
• Anna Ypes (6), Bergen op Zoom, North Brabant, Netherlands

• 1910 » James Dudley, American baseball player, wrestling manager and executive († 2004)
• 1911 » Charles Biro, American author and illustrator († 1972)
• 1912 » Henry Jonsson, Swedish runner († 2001)
• 1912 » Marshal Royal, American saxophonist and clarinet player († 1995)
• 1914 » Bertus Aafjes, Dutch poet and author († 1993)
• 1914 » Howard K. Smith, American journalist and actor († 2002)
• 1915 » Tony Strobl, American comics artist and animator († 1991)
• 1916 » Albert Murray, American author and critic († 2013)
• 1918 » Julius Rosenberg, American spy († 1953)
• 1918 » Mary Kay Ash, American businesswoman, founded Mary Kay Cosmetics († 2001)

• 1876 » Georgi Benkovski, Bulgarian activist (b. 1843)
• 1878 » Anselme Payen, French chemist and academic (b. 1795)
• 1884 » Bedřich Smetana, Czech composer and educator (b. 1824)
• 1907 » Joris-Karl Huysmans, French author and critic (b. 1848)
• 1916 » James Connolly, Scottish-born Irish socialist and rebel leader (b. 1868)
• 1925 » Amy Lowell, American poet and critic (b. 1874)
• 1931 » Eugène Ysaÿe, Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1858)
• 1935 » Józef Piłsudski, Polish field marshal and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1867)
• 1944 » Arthur Quiller-Couch, English author, poet, and critic (b. 1863)
• 1944 » Max Brand, American journalist and author (b. 1892)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Albert
10. Adrianus
11. Jacobus
12. Jacob
13. Antonius
14. Wilhelmus
15. Arie
16. Dirk

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Grietje
14. Neeltje
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 6.3 million citizens.
• January 31 » World War I: Germany is the first to make large-scale use of poison gas in warfare in the Battle of Bolimów against Russia.
• February 19 » World War I: The first naval attack on the Dardanelles begins when a strong Anglo-French task force bombards Ottoman artillery along the coast of Gallipoli.
• August 4 » World War I: The German 12th Army occupies Warsaw during the Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive and the Great Retreat of 1915.
• August 6 » World War I: Battle of Sari Bair: The Allies mount a diversionary attack timed to coincide with a major Allied landing of reinforcements at Suvla Bay.
• September 12 » French soldiers rescue over 4,000 Armenian Genocide survivors stranded on Musa Dagh.
• October 14 » World War I: Bulgaria joins the Central Powers.

The temperature on May 12, 1915 was between 2.1 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 5.0 mm of rain. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.