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• Alkina Huiting, Onstwedde, Groningen, Netherlands
• Aaltje (kind) Koopman, Deventer († 1909)
• Aaltje KOOPMAN, Deventer, Gemeente Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland († 1909)
• Alberdina Geziena Meijer, Groningen (Groningen) († 1954)
• Alberdina Geziena Meijer, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1954)
• Abraham Johan Hendrik van Kooten, Amsterdam († 1983)
• Aaltje Wilhelmina Berkouwer, Krimpen aan de Lek
• Alida De Klerk, Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana de Weert († 1997)
• Albertus Theodorus Petrus van Halteren, 's Heerenberg, Montferland, Gelderland, Nederland († 1960)

• Anna Maria van der Heijden (80), Roosendaal, Gelderland, Nederland
• Andries van der GIEZEN (43), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Carolus Ludovicus Van Gucht (67), Bornem
• Auke Johannes Huisma (76), Boornbergum
• Berndina Johanna Janssen (10), Huissen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Pancras Hogendoorn (80), Aalsmeer
• Adriaan Meulendijks (73), Mierlo
• Anne Teijes Betten (74), Emmen
• Albert Alberts Baas (83), Westerbuurt
• Anthonij Lodewijk (78), Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States

• 1906 » Philippe Halsman, Latvian-American photographer († 1979)
• 1907 » Pinky Lee, American comedian and television host († 1993)
• 1908 » Frank Rowlett, American cryptologist († 1998)
• 1909 » Teddy Stauffer, Swiss bandleader, musician, and actor († 1991)
• 1910 » Alexander Bonnyman, Jr., American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient († 1943)
• 1910 » Edmund Bacon, American urban planner, architect, educator, and author († 2005)
• 1912 » Axel Springer, German journalist and publisher, founded Axel Springer AG († 1985)
• 1912 » Karl Adam, German rowing coaches († 1976)
• 1912 » Marten Toonder, Dutch comic strip creator († 2005)
• 1912 » Nigel Patrick, English actor and director († 1981)

• 1880 » Eberhard Anheuser, German-American businessman, co-founded Anheuser-Busch (b. 1805)
• 1880 » Tom Wills, Australian cricketer, co-created Australian rules football (b. 1835)
• 1885 » Terézia Zakoucs, Hungarian-Slovene author (b. 1817)
• 1915 » Clara Immerwahr, German chemist (b. 1870)
• 1918 » Jüri Vilms, Estonian lawyer and politician (b. 1889)
• 1925 » Antun Branko Šimić, Croatian and Bosnian-Herzegovinian poet (b. 1898)
• 1925 » Johann Palisa, Austrian astronomer (b. 1848)
• 1927 » Ernest Starling, English physiologist and academic (b. 1866)
• 1929 » Charalambos Tseroulis, Greek general and politician, Greek Minister for Military Affairs (b. 1879)
• 1941 » Penelope Delta, Greek author (b. 1874)

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.
• 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.
• May 31 » The National Negro Committee, forerunner to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), convenes for the first time.
• June 2 » Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
• 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 30 » Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott.

The temperature on May 2, 1909 was between 1.6 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.