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• Adriana Hendrica Borghouts, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1981)
• Anna Cecilia Driessen, Leiden,Gemeente Leiden,South Holland,Netherlands († 2003)
• Albertus Leonardus(Albert) van der Zalm († 1919)
• Anton Spanjer, Rotterdam († 1984)
• Albert Oost († 1918)
• anton gerard archibal van aerde, district beneden para suriname († 1991)
• (Stillborn) POORTINGA, Oostwold (Leek) Groningen Netherlands († 1917)
• Albert Rijkeboer, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2001)
• Annegien Trijntje Zwartsenberg, Wildervank, Groningen, Nederland († 2007)
• "Andreas" Dries Dries, Meijel, NL († 1998)

• Aafje Admiraal (40), Warmenhuizen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Aaltje Frederika Mussies (22), Hengelo Ov. Nederland
• Andreas Hendrikus van de Vall (Geboren Craan) (76), Gennep, NL
• (Peter) Lodewijk Maria Hubert(us) van Liebergen (63), Venlo, Nederland
• Adriana Kooimans (63), Vinkeveen en Waverveen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Andreas Johannes Craan (76), Gennep
• Albertus Schut (1), Veelerveen, Groningen, Nederland
• Andries Johannes Burghardt (88), Rotterdam
• Alida Cornelia Willems (80), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• * Reinier Kuijs (59), Vlijmen

• 1913 » Keiko Fukuda, Japanese-American martial artist († 2013)
• 1914 » Armen Alchian, American economist and academic († 2013)
• 1916 » Benjamin Libet, American neuropsychologist and academic († 2007)
• 1916 » Beverly Cleary, American author
• 1916 » Russell Garcia, American-New Zealander composer and conductor († 2011)
• 1917 » Helen Forrest, American singer and actress († 1999)
• 1917 » Robert Manzon, French racing driver († 2015)
• 1917 » Vinoo Mankad, Indian cricketer († 1978)
• 1919 » Billy Vaughn, American musician and bandleader († 1991)
• 1919 » István Anhalt, Hungarian-Canadian composer and educator († 2012)

• 1885 » William Crowther, Dutch-Australian politician, 14th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1817)
• 1898 » Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Canadian cardinal (b. 1820)
• 1902 » Marie Alfred Cornu, French physicist and academic (b. 1842)
• 1906 » Mahesh Chandra Nyayratna Bhattacharyya, Indian scholar, academic, and philanthropist (b. 1836)
• 1912 » Clara Barton, American nurse and humanitarian, founded the American Red Cross (b. 1821)
• 1933 » Adelbert Ames, American general and politician, 30th Governor of Mississippi (b. 1835)
• 1937 » Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan, Turkish playwright and poet (b. 1852)
• 1938 » Feodor Chaliapin, Russian opera singer (b. 1873)
• 1943 » Viktor Puskar, Estonian colonel (b. 1889)
• 1945 » Franklin D. Roosevelt, American lawyer and politician, 32nd President of the United States (b. 1882)

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

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

• 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 6.5 million citizens.
• February 24 » World War I: The U.S. ambassador Walter Hines Page to the United Kingdom is given the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany pledges to ensure the return of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona to Mexico if Mexico declares war on the United States.
• March 11 » World War I: Mesopotamian campaign: Baghdad falls to Anglo-Indian forces commanded by General Stanley Maude.
• July 12 » The Bisbee Deportation occurs as vigilantes kidnap and deport nearly 1,300 striking miners and others from Bisbee, Arizona.
• August 18 » A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless.
• September 14 » The Russian Empire is formally replaced by the Russian Republic.
• December 6 » Finland declares independence from Soviet Russia.

The temperature on April 12, 1917 was between 0.2 °C and 5.7 °C and averaged 3.0 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.