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• Adrianus Aarts van Bennekum, Leeuwte, Ambt Vollenhove
• Anna Eijkel, Rijnsburg,Katwijk,Zuid-Holland,Nederland († 1979)
• Aloïs René SCHIETTECATTE, Petegem,9800,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1951)
• Alida van der Boog, Katwijk († 1909)
• Adrianus Leendert Ruijssenaers, Breda (N.B.)
• Adrianus van Bennekum († 1987)
• Anna Nicolaasdr van den Eijkel, Rijnsburg († 1979)
• Andrina Nederlof, Sliedrecht
• Alida Johanna Bottenheft, Hilversum († 1998)
• Aafje Bertha de Jong, Enkhuizen († 2002)

• Aaltien Geerts (79), Annen, Anloo, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriaan ten Haaf (0), Lage Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Bartholomeus Braat (59), Haarlem
• Angelina Goor (65), Herentals, België
• Arij van der Gaag (50), Delft
• Apolonius Noordam (76), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Keppel (0), Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna maria Roijen (35), Amstenrade
• Anna Prins (56), Gasselte
• Antonius de Beer (0), Tilburg, Nederland

• 1906 » Sterling North, American author and critic († 1974)
• 1908 » Joseph Rotblat, Polish-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2005)
• 1908 » Stanley Cortez, American cinematographer and photographer († 1997)
• 1909 » Bert Patenaude, American soccer player († 1974)
• 1909 » Evelyn Bryan Johnson, American colonel and pilot († 2012)
• 1909 » Skeeter Webb, American baseball player and manager († 1986)
• 1911 » Dixie Lee, American actress and singer († 1952)
• 1912 » Carlos "Botong" Francisco, Filipino painter († 1969)
• 1912 » Giff Vivian, New Zealand cricketer († 1983)
• 1912 » Vadim Salmanov, Russian pianist and composer († 1978)

• 1893 » Pierre Tirard, Swiss-French engineer and politician, 54th Prime Minister of France (b. 1827)
• 1895 » Eugene Field, American journalist, author, and poet (b. 1850)
• 1906 » John H. Ketcham, American general and politician (b. 1832)
• 1918 » Wilfred Owen, English lieutenant and poet (b. 1893)
• 1921 » Hara Takashi, Japanese politician, 10th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1856)
• 1924 » Gabriel Fauré, French pianist, composer, and educator (b. 1845)
• 1924 » Richard Conner, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1843)
• 1930 » Akiyama Yoshifuru, Japanese general (b. 1859)
• 1930 » Buddy Bolden, American cornet player and bandleader (b. 1877)
• 1931 » Luigi Galleani, Italian theorist and activist (b. 1861)

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.
• January 9 » Ernest Shackleton, leading the Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole, plants the British flag 97 nautical miles (180km; 112mi) from the South Pole, the farthest anyone had ever reached at that time.
• January 23 » RMSRepublic, a passenger ship of the White Star Line, becomes the first ship to use the CQD distress signal after colliding with another ship, the SS Florida, off the Massachusetts coastline, an event that kills six people. The Republic sinks the next day.
• February 22 » The sixteen battleships of the Great White Fleet, led by USSConnecticut, return to the United States after a voyage around the world.
• April 27 » Sultan of Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V.
• June 2 » Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
• September 30 » The Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania makes a record-breaking westbound crossing of the Atlantic, that will not be bettered for 20 years.

The temperature on November 4, 1909 was between 4.2 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (45%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.