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• Anje Bulthuis, Garsthuizen, Stedum, Groningen, Nederland († 1964)
• Anthonia van der Lee, Wijk bij Duurstede, Utrecht, Nederland († 1910)
• Alice van Dam, Amsterdam († 1995)
• Andries van Winden, IJsselmonde
• Albert Edward Yapp #4049**02c03em, Pembridge, Herefordshire, England († 1985)
• Alice Daunleta Johnson Floyd, Amarillo, Potter County, Texas († 1988)
• "Michel" Marie Joseph Lauras, Nottonville, Eure-et-Loir, France († 2004)
• Albert Henri Libens, Sint-Truiden, België († 1992)
• Adriana Voskamp, 's Gravenzande († 1991)
• Adriana Anna Maria van Hoorn, Tilburg († 1977)

• Christina Smit (68), Noordgouwe
• Catherine Arpin (66), Drummond, Chippewa, Michigan, United States
• Christiaan van Rooijen (4), Vlissingen, Walcheren, NL
• Adrianus Cornelis Matthaeus de Bruin (0), Tilburg
• van Bezouwen (0), Rotterdam
• Abraham Leliveld (51), Schiedam
• Alida van der Boog (0), Katwijk
• Adriaan Van den Broeck (0), Relegem,, Vlaams-Brabant, België
• Cornelis Jonker (71), Alkmaar
• +Johanna Alida van der Lubbe (0), Leiden

• 1905 » Joel McCrea, American actor († 1990)
• 1905 » Louis Rosier, French race car driver († 1956)
• 1905 » Sajjad Zaheer, Indian author and poet († 1973)
• 1906 » Endre Kabos, Hungarian fencer († 1944)
• 1906 » Fred Lawrence Whipple, American astronomer and academic († 2004)
• 1910 » John Hackett, Australian-English general and academic († 1997)
• 1911 » Marie Osborne Yeats, American actress and costume designer († 2010)
• 1911 » Roy Rogers, American singer, guitarist, and actor († 1998)
• 1912 » W. Allen Wallis, American economist and statistician († 1998)
• 1913 » Guy Green, English-American director, screenwriter, and cinematographer († 2005)

• 1879 » James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist and mathematician (b. 1831)
• 1923 » Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French author and poet (b. 1880)
• 1928 » Vlasios Tsirogiannis, Greek general (b. 1872)
• 1930 » Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
• 1930 » Luigi Facta, Italian politician, journalist and Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1861)
• 1931 » Konrad Stäheli, Swiss target shooter (b. 1866)
• 1933 » Texas Guinan, American actress and businesswoman (b. 1884)
• 1933 » Walther von Dyck, German mathematician and academic (b. 1856)
• 1938 » Thomas Dewing, American painter and educator (b. 1851)
• 1939 » Mary W. Bacheler, American physician and Baptist medical missionary (b. 1860)

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 16 » Ernest Shackleton's expedition finds the magnetic South Pole.
• 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.
• 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.
• March 23 » Theodore Roosevelt leaves New York for a post-presidency safari in Africa. The trip is sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and National Geographic Society.
• 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.

The temperature on November 5, 1909 was between 5.9 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.