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• Adrianus Gerardus Kools, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg
• Meilof, Wanneperveen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1909)
• Agatha Johanna Scheerman, Castricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1993)
• Aaltje Veneberg, Avereest, Overijsel, Netherlands († 1986)
• Hollander, Anloo († 1909)
• Adrianus VELDHUIJZEN, Tjimahi,,Indonesie
• Adrianus Franciscus Helsloot, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1976)
• Zwaantje Boertien, Hollandscheveld
• Albert Middel, Ooststellingwerf († 1980)
• Adrianus, Franciscus Helsloot, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1976)

• Catharina Sinteur (65), Leiden
• Aaltje Toons Wortel (86), Hilversum
• Aaltje Wortel (86), Hilversum
• Arie Hoogerbrugge (2), Overschie, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Claiborn Harris (2), Wilson County, Tennessee
• Berend Dzoon van Grol (47), Oosterbeek, Gemeente Renkum, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adeline Prudence Courtney (70), Dewitt Co., Texas
• Arend Nonkes Nonkens (7)
• catharina wilhelmina peters (45), meijel
• Antonius Johannes Maria Cuppen (0), Herpen

• 1906 » Tribhuvan of Nepal († 1955)
• 1907 » Dercy Gonçalves, Brazilian actress and singer († 2008)
• 1907 » James Meade, English economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1995)
• 1909 » David Lewis, Russian-Canadian lawyer and politician († 1981)
• 1909 » Georges Rouquier, French actor, director, and screenwriter († 1989)
• 1910 » Bill King, English commander and author († 2012)
• 1910 » Gordon B. Hinckley, American religious leader, 15th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints († 2008)
• 1910 » Jean Anouilh, French playwright and screenwriter († 1987)
• 1910 » Lawson Little, American golfer († 1968)
• 1910 » Milt Hinton, American bassist and photographer († 2000)

• 1881 » Matthias Jakob Schleiden, German botanist and academic (b. 1804)
• 1891 » Samuel Newitt Wood, American lawyer and politician (b. 1825)
• 1891 » Wilhelm Eduard Weber, German physicist and academic (b. 1804)
• 1893 » Theophilus Shepstone, English-South African politician (b. 1817)
• 1893 » William Fox, English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1812)
• 1914 » Bhaktivinoda Thakur, Indian guru and philosopher (b. 1838)
• 1945 » Giuseppina Tuissi, Italian journalist and activist (b. 1923)
• 1953 » Albert Gleizes, French painter (b. 1881)
• 1954 » Salih Omurtak, Turkish general (b. 1889)
• 1956 » Reinhold Glière, Russian composer and educator (b. 1875)

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.
• March 4 » U.S. President William Taft used what became known as a Saxbe fix, a mechanism to avoid the restriction of the U.S. Constitution's Ineligibility Clause, to appoint Philander C. Knox as U.S. Secretary of State.
• April 13 » The military of the Ottoman Empire reverses the Ottoman countercoup of 1909 to force the overthrow of Sultan Abdul Hamid II.
• April 18 » Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.
• July 25 » Louis Blériot makes the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine from Calais to Dover, England, United Kingdom in 37 minutes.
• 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.
• December 14 » New South Wales Premier Charles Wade signs the Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909, formally completing the transfer of State land to the Commonwealth to create the Australian Capital Territory.

The temperature on June 23, 1909 was between 7.4 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.