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• Alice - Julie De Wispelaere
• Alf Moystad, Elverum († 2001)
• Aalze Pieters Hansma, Surhuizum († 1974)
• Adrianus Johannes Halkes, Wateringen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1909)
• Alberdina Geertruida Elisabeth van Kuilenburg, Elst (GL) († 2000)
• Albert Wisgerhof, Amersfoort
• Homans, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes Halkes, Wateringen, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1909)
• Angenieta Johanna Alida van den Berg, Rhenen
• Adolf Otto Leckebusch, Schaesberg, Limburg, Nederland († 1996)

• Cornelia Flipse (0), Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Tjeerds Bosma (72), Menaldum
• Antoinette Lette (84), Den Haag
• Catharina Luyckx (79), Antwerpen
• Abigaël Mathilde Croes (0), Oranjestad, Aruba
• Bertus Dupuis (du Puis) (73), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Adriaan Jansen (80), Tilburg
• Alijda Coot (87), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana van Oosterhout (88), Oudenbosch, Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaan Rockx (56), oud en Nieuw Gastel

• 1906 » Vincent Sherman, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 2006)
• 1907 » Barbara Stanwyck, American actress († 1990)
• 1907 » Frances Horwich, American educator and television host († 2001)
• 1907 » Orville Redenbacher, American farmer and businessman, founded Orville Redenbacher's († 1995)
• 1910 » Gordon Prange, American historian, author, and academic († 1980)
• 1910 » Stan McCabe, Australian cricketer († 1968)
• 1911 » Ginger Rogers, American actress, singer, and dancer († 1995)
• 1911 » Sonny Tufts, American actor († 1970)
• 1912 » Amy Patterson, Argentine composer, singer, poet, and teacher († 2019)
• 1912 » Milt Bocek, American baseball player († 2007)

• 1868 » Dmitry Pisarev, Russian author and critic (b. 1840)
• 1879 » Edward Deas Thomson, Scottish-Australian politician, 3rd Chief Secretary of New South Wales (b. 1800)
• 1882 » Mary Todd Lincoln, First Lady of the United States 1861-1865 (b. 1818)
• 1886 » Ned Buntline, American journalist and author (b. 1823)
• 1896 » Edmond de Goncourt, French critic and publisher, founded Académie Goncourt (b. 1822)
• 1915 » Ellen G. White, American theologian and author (b. 1827)
• 1917 » Philipp Scharwenka, German composer and educator (b. 1847)
• 1939 » Bartholomeus Roodenburch, Dutch swimmer (b. 1866)
• 1949 » Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1866)
• 1953 » Hilaire Belloc, French-born British writer and historian (b. 1870)

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. Gerardus
14. Arie
15. Antonius
16. Dirk

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

• 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
• January 16 » Ernest Shackleton's expedition finds the magnetic South Pole.
• February 12 » New Zealand's worst maritime disaster of the 20th century happens when the SSPenguin, an inter-island ferry, sinks and explodes at the entrance to Wellington Harbour.
• March 10 » By signing the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, Thailand relinquishes its sovereignty over the Malay states of Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis and Terengganu, which become British protectorates.
• April 27 » Sultan of Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V.
• July 16 » Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar is forced out as Shah of Persia and is replaced by his son Ahmad Shah Qajar.
• August 19 » The first automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

The temperature on July 16, 1909 was between 12.0 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 6.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.