About the day » Thursday May 13, 1909Calender converter

• Anna Post, Bedum († 1976)
• Adriana Dekkers, Hillegersberg
• Aart Berkhof, Leersum
• Abraham Markestein, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Graatsma, Amsterdam († 1985)
• Adriaan Koks, Baarle-Hertog,Antwerpen,Belgium († 1987)
• Alfons Van Hoeydonck, Berchem, België
• Anna Maria Antonia Stolk, Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1910)
• Abraham Van Dort, Rotterdam († 1932)
• Gerritsen, Dieren (Rheden) († 1909)

• Alexander de Keizer (71), Zeist
• Bernardus van der Ploeg (55), Geertruidenberg
• Baby Spurrell (0), Pool's Island, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland Labrador, Canada
• Berend Jan Hagedoorn (0), Epe
• Aafje WOGNUM (55), Warmenhuizen,Nederland
• Annetje Van Der Linde (80), ommen
• Aaltje Willemina van der Wal (31), Schoonrewoerd, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Berend Jan Hagedoorn (0), Epe
• Arnoldus van Broekhoven, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aart Cornelis Kramer (50), Tiel

• 1905 » Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, Indian lawyer and politician, 5th President of India († 1977)
• 1907 » Daphne du Maurier, English novelist and playwright († 1989)
• 1908 » Eugen Kapp, Estonian composer and educator († 1996)
• 1909 » Ken Darby, American composer and conductor († 1992)
• 1911 » Maxine Sullivan, American singer and actress († 1987)
• 1911 » Robert Middleton, American actor († 1977)
• 1912 » Gil Evans, Canadian-American pianist, composer, and bandleader († 1988)
• 1912 » Judah Nadich, American colonel and rabbi († 2007)
• 1913 » Robert Dorning, English actor, singer, and dancer († 1989)
• 1913 » Theo Helfrich, German racing driver († 1978)

• 1878 » Joseph Henry, American physicist and academic (b. 1797)
• 1884 » Cyrus McCormick, American businessman, co-founded the International Harvester Company (b. 1809)
• 1885 » Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle, German physician, pathologist, and anatomist (b. 1809)
• 1903 » Apolinario Mabini, Filipino lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Philippines (b. 1864)
• 1916 » Sholem Aleichem, Ukrainian-American author and playwright (b. 1859)
• 1921 » Jean Aicard, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1848)
• 1926 » Libert H. Boeynaems, Belgian-American bishop (b. 1857)
• 1929 » Arthur Scherbius, German electrical engineer, invented the Enigma machine (b. 1878)
• 1930 » Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian scientist, explorer, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861)
• 1938 » Charles Édouard Guillaume, Swiss-French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (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.
• February 22 » The sixteen battleships of the Great White Fleet, led by USSConnecticut, return to the United States after a voyage around the world.
• 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 6 » Robert Peary and Matthew Henson become the first people to reach the North Pole; Peary's claim has been disputed because of failings in his navigational ability.
• April 11 » The city of Tel Aviv is founded.
• April 18 » Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.
• December 4 » In Canadian football, the First Grey Cup game is played. The University of Toronto Varsity Blues defeat the Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club, 26–6.

The temperature on May 13, 1909 was between 1.6 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.