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• Adriana Hannaart, Leiden
• Anna Maria Katharina Maes, Heerlen
• Anna Maria de Rooy, Bondowoso, Besoeki, East Java, Indonesia († 1959)
• Anna Stassen, Bonn (D)
• Anna JAGER, Ezinge, Groningen, Nederland († 1909)
• Aaltje Kwakman, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1998)
• Anna Marie Kaiser, Bussum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1948)
• André Schops, Zolder († 1972)
• Anje Bouwman, Tjamsweer (gem. Eemsdelta)
• Aloys Alfons Bamelis, Woumen

• Anna Maria Braks (69), Escharen, NL
• Adrianus BURG VAN DEN (69), Noordwijkerhout, Nederland
• Cornelia Westdorp (1), Sint Annaland, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Maria (Mieke) Braks (69), Escharen, Grave
• Cornelia Geertje Westdorp (1), Annaland, St, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Braks (69), Escharen
• Bieuwkje Pieters Dekken van (88), Tietjerksteradeel, Fr, Nederland
• Aaltje Gorter (30), Hoogkarspel
• Caroline Leigh (85)
• Baby Simpson (0), Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States of America

• 1899 » Ernest Hemingway, American novelist, short story writer, and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1961)
• 1899 » Hart Crane, American poet († 1932)
• 1900 » Isadora Bennett, American theatre manager and modern dance publicity agent († 1980)
• 1903 » Roy Neuberger, American businessman and financier, co-founded Neuberger Berman († 2010)
• 1903 » Russell Lee, American photographer and journalist († 1986)
• 1908 » Jug McSpaden, American golfer and architect († 1996)
• 1911 » Marshall McLuhan, Canadian author and theorist († 1980)
• 1911 » Umashankar Joshi, Indian author, poet, and scholar († 1988)
• 1914 » Aleksander Kreek, Estonian shot putter and discus thrower († 1977)
• 1917 » Alan B. Gold, Canadian lawyer and jurist († 2005)

• 1878 » Sam Bass, American outlaw (b. 1851)
• 1880 » Hiram Walden, American general and politician (b. 1800)
• 1889 » Nelson Dewey, American lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of Wisconsin (b. 1813)
• 1899 » Robert G. Ingersoll, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1833)
• 1920 » Fiammetta Wilson, English astronomer and educator (b. 1864)
• 1932 » Bill Gleason, American baseball player (b. 1858)
• 1934 » Hubert Lyautey, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1854)
• 1938 » Owen Wister, American lawyer and author (b. 1860)
• 1941 » Bohdan Lepky, Ukrainian poet and scholar (b. 1872)
• 1943 » Charley Paddock, American runner and actor (b. 1900)

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 12 » The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.
• August 28 » A group of mid-level Greek Army officers launches the Goudi coup, seeking wide-ranging reforms.
• September 20 » The South Africa Act 1909 creates the Union of South Africa from the British Colonies from four smaller colonies.
• 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.
• October 26 » An Jung-geun assassinates Japan's Resident-General of Korea.
• December 10 » Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

The temperature on July 21, 1909 was between 9.6 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.