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• Aafje Rijper, Haarlem († 1993)
• Arendina (Aaltje) Bakker, Hoogeveen nederland († 2006)
• André De Clercq († 1961)
• Albertje Heikens, Westerbork, Drenthe, Nederland († 1919)
• Albert VIAENE, La Rochelle, 17300, Charente Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France († 1970)
• Allegonda (Gonnie) Friebel, Nijmegen († 1991)
• Amand Felix Vanhee, Eernegem († 1994)
• Adrianus Simon Petrus BORSBOOM, Monster, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1986)
• Anna Maria Brouwer, Hillegom († 1980)
• Adrianus Simon Petrus Borsboom, Monster,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1986)

• Bartha Maria Veth (80), Papendrecht
• Alphonsus van Eetveldt (59), Zuiddorpe, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Anna Margaretha van Heerde (50), Amsterdam
• Aleida ten Cate (79), Almelo, Nederland
• Bartha Maria Veth (80), Papendrecht (Z.H)
• Berendina Wilhelmina Wassink (35), Ede, GL
• Albertus Verjans (1)
• (79), Wanroij, Sint Anthonis, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Arend Oosterling (78), harderwijk (gelderland)
• Caroline Garges (80), Doylestown, Bucks, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten

• 1914 » Tex Beneke, American singer, saxophonist, and bandleader († 2000)
• 1915 » Lorne Greene, Canadian-American actor († 1987)
• 1915 » Olivia Hooker, African-American sailor († 2018)
• 1916 » Joseph Alioto, American lawyer and politician, 36th Mayor of San Francisco († 1998)
• 1917 » Al Cervi, American basketball player and coach († 2009)
• 1917 » Dom DiMaggio, American baseball player († 2009)
• 1918 » Julian Schwinger, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1994)
• 1918 » Norman Farberow, American psychologist and academic († 2015)
• 1919 » Forrest Tucker, American actor († 1986)
• 1920 » Raymond Mhlaba, South African anti-apartheid and ANC activist († 2005)

• 1894 » Hans von Bülow, German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1830)
• 1896 » Ambroise Thomas, French composer and academic (b. 1811)
• 1912 » Gerhard Armauer Hansen, Norwegian physician (b. 1841)
• 1915 » Émile Waldteufel, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1837)
• 1916 » Richard Dedekind, German mathematician, philosopher, and academic (b. 1831)
• 1929 » Lillie Langtry, English singer and actress (b. 1853)
• 1931 » Samad bey Mehmandarov, Azerbaijani-Russian general and politician, 3rd Azerbaijani Minister of Defense (b. 1855)
• 1935 » Auguste Escoffier, French chef and author (b. 1846)
• 1942 » Avraham Stern, Polish-Israeli militant leader (b. 1907)
• 1942 » Eugene Esmonde, Irish-English lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1909)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Aaltje
12. Jacoba
13. Helena
14. Geertruida
15. Grietje
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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
• February 16 » The Council of Lithuania unanimously adopts the Act of Independence, declaring Lithuania an independent state.
• March 21 » World War I: The first phase of the German Spring Offensive, Operation Michael, begins.
• June 26 » World War I: Allied forces under John J. Pershing and James Harbord defeat Imperial German forces under Wilhelm, German Crown Prince in the Battle of Belleau Wood.
• October 4 » World War I: An explosion kills more than 100 people and destroys a Shell Loading Plant in New Jersey.
• October 29 » The German High Seas Fleet is incapacitated when sailors mutiny on the night of the 29th-30th, an action which would trigger the German Revolution of 1918–19.
• November 11 » World War I: Germany signs an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car in the forest of Compiègne.

The temperature on February 12, 1918 was between 6.9 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.