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• Grootheest, Schaesberg († 1909)
• Alida Stern, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• 'n Levenloos geboren zoon van van Harten, Ter Aar (Korteraar) († 1909)
• Anna Catharina Schreuder, Avereest († 1999)
• Aaltje Geertruida Van der Molen, Uithuizermeeden,, Groningen, Nederland († 1997)
• Anna Margaretha Barts, Helgoland, Pr, Duitsland
• Amalia Hilda Philipp, Odenheim, Östringen, Baden-Württemberg († 1992)
• Anthonis Johannes Tesselaar, Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anske Nolles Schotanus, Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1974)
• Anna Maria Hogenboom, Oud-Vroenhoven, Maastricht († 1990)

• Anna Josephina Mares (2), Maastricht, Nederland
• Anna Theresia Broos (61), Oorderen
• Celso Libânio (16), Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais, Brasil
• Arnold Hanssen (7), Helden,, Limburg, Nederland
• Arie Redeker (47), Heemstede
• Christina Hassinger (89)
• arnold hanssen (7), helden (zandberg)
• Anna Maria Coenen (73), Utrecht
• Adrianus Cornelis Bertens (2), Tilburg
• Aaltje van der Burgt (65), Vucht

• 1900 » Andrée Boisson, French Olympic fencer († 1973)
• 1907 » Nikos Engonopoulos, Greek painter and poet († 1985)
• 1908 » Niyazi Berkes, Cypriot-English sociologist and academic († 1988)
• 1911 » Mary Blair, American illustrator and animator († 1978)
• 1912 » Alfredo Pián, Argentinian race car driver († 1990)
• 1912 » Don Byas, American saxophonist and educator († 1972)
• 1912 » Georg Solti, Hungarian-English conductor and director († 1997)
• 1914 » Martin Gardner, American mathematician and author († 2010)
• 1915 » Owen Bradley, American country music record producer († 1998)
• 1917 » Dizzy Gillespie, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader († 1993)

• 1873 » Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Norwegian author, poet, and critic (b. 1807)
• 1896 » James Henry Greathead, South African-English engineer (b. 1844)
• 1903 » Jinmaku Kyūgorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 12th Yokozuna (b. 1829)
• 1904 » Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and journalist (b. 1877)
• 1907 » Jules Chevalier, French priest, founded the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (b. 1824)
• 1931 » Arthur Schnitzler, Austrian author and playwright (b. 1862)
• 1938 » Dorothy Hale, American actress (b. 1905)
• 1940 » William G. Conley, American journalist, lawyer, and politician, 18th Governor of West Virginia (b. 1866)
• 1941 » Alexander Greenlaw Hamilton, Australian biologist (b. 1852)
• 1944 » Alois Kayser, German-French missionary (b. 1877)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacobus
10. Jacob
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.
• February 15 » The Flores Theater fire in Acapulco, Mexico kills 250.
• February 26 » Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, is first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London.
• 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.
• May 31 » The National Negro Committee, forerunner to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), convenes for the first time.
• June 26 » The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity.
• October 16 » William Howard Taft and Porfirio Díaz hold the first summit between a U.S. and a Mexican president. They narrowly escape assassination.

The temperature on October 21, 1909 was between 10.0 °C and 14.3 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.