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• Adriaan Zoetbrood, Apeldoorn,7311,Gelderland,Nederland († 1994)
• Aleida Catharina Martens, Elst, Gelderland, Nederland († 1989)
• André Martinus Fransiscus Horst van der, Schoten (België) († 1944)
• Adirana Johanna van Langen († 1999)
• Anna van der Roest, Den Haag († 1917)
• Albert J. J. Meugens, Rukkelingen-Loon, België († 1987)
• Antje van Bemmel, Haastrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• Anna Rouschen, Kerkrade (L) († 1989)
• Anna Rouschen, Kerkarde (L († 1989)
• de Leeuw, Hagestein, Utrecht, Nederland († 1916)

• Christina Johanna Watson (50), Soerabaja
• de Leeuw (0), Hagestein, Utrecht, Nederland
• Carolina Elisabeth Tieland (39), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana Margaretha Oudejans (29), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Allegonda Francijna van der Sanden (39), Baardwijk
• Antonius Johannes van Amelsvoort (73), Tilburg
• Bastiaan Klipstil (24)
• Catharina Berg (81), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aritius Sijbrandus Talma (51), Haarlem
• aaltje LAGENDIJK (31), rotterdam

• 1914 » Mohammad Moin, Iranian linguist and lexicographer († 1971)
• 1915 » Emanuel Papper, American anesthesiologist, professor, and author († 2002)
• 1915 » Princess Catherine Ivanovna of Russia, († 2007)
• 1916 » Lyudmila Pavlichenko, Ukrainian-Russian soldier and sniper († 1974)
• 1917 » Andrew Wyeth, American artist († 2009)
• 1917 » Luigi Gorrini, Italian soldier and pilot († 2014)
• 1917 » Satyendra Narayan Sinha, Indian statesman († 2006)
• 1918 » Doris Grumbach, American novelist, memoirist, biographer, literary critic, and essayist
• 1918 » Mary Glen-Haig, English fencer († 2014)
• 1918 » Vivian Mason, American actress († 2009)

• 1892 » Alexander Cartwright, American firefighter, invented baseball (b. 1820)
• 1910 » Charles Rolls, English engineer and businessman, co-founded Rolls-Royce Limited (b. 1887)
• 1926 » Charles Wood Irish composer (b. 1866)
• 1926 » Gertrude Bell, English archaeologist and spy (b. 1868)
• 1929 » Robert Henri, American painter and educator (b. 1865)
• 1931 » Nathan Söderblom, Swedish archbishop, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
• 1934 » Ole Evinrude, Norwegian-American inventor and businessman, invented the outboard motor (b. 1877)
• 1935 » Alfred Dreyfus, French colonel (b. 1859)
• 1944 » Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., American general and politician, Governor of Puerto Rico (b. 1887)
• 1945 » Boris Galerkin, Russian mathematician and engineer (b. 1871)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Catharina
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Aaltje
13. Geertruida
14. Grietje
15. Helena
16. Neeltje

• 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.
• April 8 » In Corona, California, race car driver Bob Burman crashes, killing three (including himself), and badly injuring five spectators.
• May 31 » World War I: Battle of Jutland: The British Grand Fleet engages the High Seas Fleet in the largest naval battle of the war, which proves indecisive.
• June 4 » World War I: Russia opens the Brusilov Offensive with an artillery barrage of Austro-Hungarian lines in Galicia.
• August 17 » World War I: Romania signs a secret treaty with the Entente Powers. According to the treaty, Romania agreed to join the war on the Allied side.
• November 21 » Mines from SM U-73 sink the HMHS Britannic, the largest ship lost in the First World War.
• December 18 » World War I: The Battle of Verdun ends when German forces under Chief of staff Erich von Falkenhayn are defeated by the French, and suffer 337,000 casualties.

The temperature on July 12, 1916 was between 11.7 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.