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• Alphonsius Franciescus BOUSSEN, Sint Jansteen, Gemeente Hulst, Zélande, Pays-Bas
• Adolphus Leopoldus Vergauwen, Bornem, Antwerpen, België († 1968)
• Alijda Antonia van Koot, Amersfoort
• * Petronella Johanna van Wanrooij, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1964)
• Adrianus Willem van der Pol, Rhoon, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertine SMULDERS, 's-Gravenhage
• Adrianus Wilhelmus van Vugt, Terheijden, Noord Brabant, NL († 1970)
• Aleida Johanna Mentink, Arnhem
• Lablans, Amersfoort († 1909)
• Adriana Maria Duijndam, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1951)

• Anna Maria Hendrika EVERS (1), Enschede
• Adriana van Kreij (73), Rosmalen
• Anthonia Oskam (62), Linschoten, 3461, Nederland
• Arend Apool (53), Diepenveen, Nederland
• Auke Huberts van Houten (78), Bolsward, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje Jacobs Sikma (74), Oenkerk, gem. Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• August van der Ahe (0), Amsterdam
• Arie Bulk (67), Koudekerk aan den Rijn
• Arend Apool (53), Borgele (gem. Deventer)
• Auke van Houten (78), Bolsward, Friesland, Nederland

• 1906 » Herbert Jasper, Canadian psychologist and neurologist († 1999)
• 1906 » Jerzy Giedroyc, Polish author and activist († 2000)
• 1907 » Carl McClellan Hill, American educator and academic administrator († 1995)
• 1907 » Irene Fischer, Austrian-American geodesist and mathematician († 2009)
• 1907 » Ross Alexander, American stage and film actor († 1937)
• 1908 » Joseph Mitchell, American journalist and author († 1996)
• 1910 » Julien Gracq, French author and critic († 2007)
• 1910 » Lupita Tovar, Mexican-American actress († 2016)
• 1911 » Rayner Heppenstall, English author and poet († 1981)
• 1912 » Vernon Elliott, English bassoon player, composer, and conductor († 1996)

• 1876 » Albertus van Raalte, Dutch-born American minister and author (b. 1811)
• 1883 » Montgomery Blair, American lieutenant and politician, 20th United States Postmaster General (b. 1813)
• 1916 » Charles Fryatt, English captain (b. 1872)
• 1916 » William Jonas, English footballer († 1890)
• 1917 » Emil Theodor Kocher, Swiss physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1841)
• 1921 » Myrddin Fardd, Welsh writer and antiquarian scholar (b. 1836)
• 1924 » Ferruccio Busoni, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1866)
• 1931 » Auguste Forel, Swiss neuroanatomist and psychiatrist (b. 1848)
• 1938 » Tom Crean, Irish seaman and explorer (b. 1877)
• 1941 » Alfred Henry O'Keeffe, New Zealand painter and educator (b. 1858)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacob
10. Jacobus
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 15 » The Flores Theater fire in Acapulco, Mexico kills 250.
• September 7 » Eugène Lefebvre crashes a new French-built Wright biplane during a test flight at Juvisy, south of Paris, becoming the first aviator in the world to lose his life in a powered heavier-than-air craft.
• September 20 » The South Africa Act 1909 creates the Union of South Africa from the British Colonies from four smaller colonies.
• September 23 » The novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra (The Phantom of the Opera), by Gaston Leroux, is published as a serialization in Le Gaulois.
• 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 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 July 27, 1909 was between 10.4 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.