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• Anna de Groot, Egmond aan Zee, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1994)
• Alred Aloysius Amaya, Gonzales, Monterey County, California, Verenigde Staten († 1989)
• Alphonsus Cornelus Verschuren († 1920)
• Anna Maria Verblakt († 1987)
• Antonia Johanna Kleine Schaars († 2010)
• Adelbert Cornelis Post, Vlaardingen
• Booster († 1920)
• Bastiaan de Roos, Midwolda, Groningen, Nederland († 1920)
• Anna Elisabeth Raas, 's-Heerenhoek († 1971)
• Albert Stulens, Eigenbilzen, België († 1987)

• Augustus Gerard Theodoor Becking (59), Zeist
• Adriaan Van Hassel (69), Zundert
• Aaltje Wertheim (69), Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Elizabeth van Eenige (61), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Adriaan van HASSELT (69), Breda,Noord-Brabant,NEDERLAND
• Andries Jans Dekker (64), Edam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Berend Kuiper (67), Musselkanaal
• Ant(h)onie (van) Wijngaard (45), Lemvig, Denemarken
• Adriana Helena Maria Middelaer (58), Curaçao, Bavaria, Duitsland
• Arend Jan Nijland (81)

• 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)
• 1923 » Ira Hayes, American marine who raised the U.S. flag on Iwo Jima († 1955)
• 1924 » Olivier Gendebien, Belgian racing driver and businessman († 1998)

• 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. Adrianus
10. Jacobus
11. Jacob
12. Wilhelmus
13. Dirk
14. Albert
15. Gerardus
16. Antonius

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Catharina
8. Hendrika
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Aaltje
13. Geertruida
14. Grietje
15. Helena
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 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 6.8 million citizens.
• January 13 » The Reichstag Bloodbath of January 13, 1920, the bloodiest demonstration in German history.
• January 23 » The Netherlands refuses to surrender the exiled Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany to the Allies.
• August 16 » The congress of the Communist Party of Bukhara opens. The congress would call for armed revolution.
• October 30 » The Communist Party of Australia is founded in Sydney.
• December 3 » Following more than a month of Turkish–Armenian War, the Turkish dictated Treaty of Alexandropol is concluded.
• December 16 » The Haiyuan earthquake of 8.5M_w , rocks the Gansu province in China, killing an estimated 200,000.

The temperature on January 12, 1920 was between 5.4 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 5.5 mm of rain. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.