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• Bertha Verschueren, Itegem, Antwerpen, Belgium († 2006)
• Anna Maria Theodora (Zuster Gabriëlle) Scott, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1988)
• Anna Maria Theodora SCOTT, 's-Hertogenbosch (Noord Brabant) (NL) († 1988)
• Clea Marvin Brush, Lynnville, Jasper County, Iowa († 1975)
• Anna Leona van Mansfeld, Atlanta Georgia USA, Verenigde Staten († 2011)
• Alexander van der Hoek, rotterdam († 1920)
• Agnes Johanna Antonia BERDEN, Blerick († 1973)
• Anna Maria Theodora Scott, 's Hertogenbosch († 1968)
• Antonius Petrus Reijntjes, Teteringen († 1989)
• Alexander Bosch, Amsterdam († 1973)

• Alida Maria Verbeek (66), Bloemendaal, Nederland
• Alida Maria Verbeek (66), Bloemendaal
• Adriana Helena Maria Middelaer (57), Willemstad,NB, Nederlandse Antillen
• Anna van Ginneken (0), Breda
• Anna Maria Thuyls (74), Venray
• Alphonse Jules Henri Benzonie (0), Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Anna Maria Steens (92), Klimmen, Gemeente Voerendaal, Limburg, Nederland
• Arent Albertus Worst (72), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Terpstra (0), Marrum
• Arie Jochem Beekhuizen (73)

• 1915 » Joseph-Aurèle Plourde, Canadian archbishop and academic († 2013)
• 1915 » Paul Jarrico, American screenwriter and producer († 1997)
• 1916 » Mary Wilson, Baroness Wilson of Rievaulx, British poet and Spouse of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 2018)
• 1916 » P. W. Botha, South African politician, 8th Prime Minister of South Africa († 2006)
• 1916 » Ruth R. Benerito, American chemist and inventor († 2013)
• 1917 » Jimmy Skinner, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 2007)
• 1917 » Walter Hendl, American pianist, composer, and conductor († 2007)
• 1920 » James Farmer, American activist and politician, co-founded Congress of Racial Equality († 1999)
• 1920 » Jerzy Zubrzycki, Polish-Australian sociologist and academic († 2009)
• 1922 » Tadeusz Żychiewicz, Polish journalist and historian († 1994)

• 1899 » Hiram Walker, American businessman, founded Canadian Club (b. 1816)
• 1909 » Hermann Minkowski, Lithuanian-German mathematician and academic (b. 1864)
• 1911 » Andreas Papagiannakopoulos, Greek journalist, judge, and politician (b. 1845)
• 1916 » Georgios Theotokis, Greek lawyer and politician, 80th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1844)
• 1921 » Gervase Elwes, English tenor and actor (b. 1866)
• 1926 » Austin Chapman, Australian businessman and politician, 4th Australian Minister for Defence (b. 1864)
• 1934 » Paul Kochanski, Polish violinist and composer (b. 1887)
• 1938 » Oscar Florianus Bluemner, German-American painter and illustrator (b. 1867)
• 1940 » Edward Smith, English lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1898)
• 1940 » Ralph Hitz, Austrian-American hotelier (b. 1891)

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

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

• 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 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 6.7 million citizens.
• January 15 » Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, two of the most prominent socialists in Germany, are tortured and murdered by the Freikorps at the end of the Spartacist uprising.
• January 31 » The Battle of George Square takes place in Glasgow, Scotland, during a campaign for shorter working hours.
• July 27 » The Chicago Race Riot erupts after a racial incident occurred on a South Side beach, leading to 38 fatalities and 537 injuries over a five-day period.
• September 22 » The steel strike of 1919, led by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers, begins in Pennsylvania before spreading across the United States.
• November 7 » The first Palmer Raid is conducted on the second anniversary of the Russian Revolution. Over 10,000 suspected communists and anarchists are arrested in 23 U.S. cities.
• November 11 » Latvian forces defeat the West Russian Volunteer Army at Riga in the Latvian War of Independence.

The temperature on January 12, 1919 was between 0.6 °C and 2.8 °C and averaged 1.9 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.