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• Arnoldina van Gorp, Teteringen († 1928)
• Annechien OSSEL, Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland († 2006)
• Adrianus Visser, Heemskerk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1917)
• Arnoldus Wilhelmus van den Eertwegh, Heeze († 2008)
• Andries Pieter Molenaar, Steenwijkerwold († 1985)
• Abel Wigbolt Lok, Veenoord, Sleen († 2015)
• Abel Wigbolt Lok († 1991)
• , Koudekerke, Nederland († 1953)
• Antje Volkers, Sint Pancras, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2004)
• Aaltje Meijer, Groot-Ammers († 1995)

• Antje Klaasen EDEN (76), Shannon, Carroll County, Il
• Aalkelina (Aakelina - Ailkelina) Birza (75), Uithuizen, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha Hubertina van Nieuwenhoven (30), Nederweert
• Angelina De Bruyn (74), Ekeren
• Arend Timmer (23), Avereest
• Arie Zwart (0), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Josina Verschuur (69), Poortugaal, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria (Catharina?) Daemen (74), Cadier &, Keer, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Maria Wagenaar (56), Groningen, Nederland
• Mostert (0), maassluis

• 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)
• 1921 » Joseph Beuys, German sculptor and illustrator († 1986)

• 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)

• 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 6.4 million citizens.
• March 8 » World War I: A British force unsuccessfully attempts to relieve the siege of Kut (present-day Iraq) in the Battle of Dujaila.
• May 10 » Sailing in the lifeboat James Caird, Ernest Shackleton arrives at South Georgia after a journey of 800 nautical miles from Elephant Island.
• June 24 » Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million-dollar contract.
• October 7 » Georgia Tech defeats Cumberland University 222–0 in the most lopsided college football game in American history.
• December 23 » World War I: Battle of Magdhaba: Allied forces defeat Turkish forces in the Sinai Peninsula.
• December 30 » Russian mystic and advisor to the Tsar Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin was murdered by a loyalist group led by Prince Felix Yusupov. His frozen, partially-trussed body was discovered in a Moscow river three days later.

The temperature on May 12, 1916 was between 1.1 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.