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• Antonij Sloetjes, Gendringen († 1988)
• * Maria Johanna de Koning, Rotterdam († 1979)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Mens, Lisse († 2014)
• (Stillborn) in 't Veld (in ’t Veldt, In ’t Velt), Lisse, Nederland († 1922)
• Arendje Johanna Zwanida Mantel, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2002)
• Adrianus (Ad) Sontrop, Leiden, South Holland († 1971)
• Anna Maria Petronella Nols, Eijgelshoven, Limburg, Nederland († 1976)
• Abraham Vermaat
• Anno Sportel († 1993)
• Clarence Alvin Roskens, Sibley, Osceola County, Iowa († 2000)

• Amalia Vittoria Chiussi (61), Piano d'Arta, 33022, Italia
• Vreeken (0), Nieuwer Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adolphine van Affelen van Saemsfoort (32), Blitar
• Antonia Cornelia Wilhelmina van Oort (49), Rijswijk
• Adriana Hofmans (67), Moordrecht, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
• ten Hoove (0), Voorst
• Arie Dobbenberg (62), Apeldoorn Gld
• aukje mantel (79), nederhorst den berg
• (Stillborn) in 't Veld (in ’t Veldt, In ’t Velt) (0), Lisse, Nederland
• Alexander Barber (85), Bayou La Batre, Mobile, Alabama

• 1921 » Gianni Agnelli, Italian businessman († 2001)
• 1921 » Gordon MacRae, American actor and singer († 1986)
• 1922 » Jack Kerouac, American author and poet († 1969)
• 1922 » Lane Kirkland, American sailor and union leader († 1999)
• 1923 » Hjalmar Andersen, Norwegian speed skater and cyclist († 2013)
• 1923 » Mae Young, American wrestler († 2014)
• 1923 » Norbert Brainin, Austrian violinist († 2005)
• 1923 » Wally Schirra, American captain, pilot, and astronaut († 2007)
• 1925 » Harry Harrison, American author and illustrator († 2012)
• 1925 » Leo Esaki, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

• 1898 » Zachris Topelius, Finnish-Swedish journalist, historian, and author (b. 1818)
• 1916 » Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian author (b. 1830)
• 1925 » Sun Yat-sen, Chinese physician and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (b. 1866)
• 1929 » Asa Griggs Candler, American businessman and politician, 44th Mayor of Atlanta (b. 1851)
• 1935 » Mihajlo Pupin, Serbian-American physicist and chemist (b. 1858)
• 1942 » William Henry Bragg, English physicist, chemist, and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1943 » Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor (b. 1869)
• 1946 » Ferenc Szálasi, Hungarian soldier and politician, Head of State of Hungary (b. 1897)
• 1949 » Wilhelm Steinkopf, German chemist (b. 1879)
• 1954 » Marianne Weber, German sociologist and suffragist (b. 1870)

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. Gerardus
15. Antonius
16. Hendrikus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.0 million citizens.
• June 16 » General election in the Irish Free State: The pro-Treaty Sinn Féin party wins a large majority.
• July 11 » The Hollywood Bowl opens.
• September 13 » The final act of the Greco-Turkish War, the Great Fire of Smyrna, commences.
• October 18 » The British Broadcasting Company (later Corporation) is founded by a consortium, to establish a nationwide network of radio transmitters to provide a national broadcasting service.
• December 7 » The Parliament of Northern Ireland votes to remain a part of the United Kingdom and not unify with Southern Ireland.
• December 30 » The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is formed.

The temperature on March 12, 1922 was between -3.2 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.