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• Aldert Pieter Kraima († 2005)
• Antonius Edouardus Waelpoel, Amsterdam († 2003)
• Alida Theodora Roeper, Texel († 2007)
• Bareld Weening, Surhuizum († 1979)
• Anders Bragée, Laxsjö († 2008)
• Aaltje Rook, Grafhorst († 1953)
• Antoinette H. (Toni) Kuete, Grand Rapids, Michigan, VS († 2013)
• Agathe Nicolette MINDEROP, Rotterdam,, Pays-Bas († 2003)
• Arend Westra, Winsum († 2007)
• Arend Jan Kraaijenzang, Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 1962)

• Alida Janzweert (16), Haarlemmermeer
• Anna Antonia Borgonjen (0)
• Antoinette Gerardina Verbrugh (73), Bandoeng
• Anna Sophie Weigert (81), Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland
• Catharina Steenbakkers (0), Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aemelia Wiskje FONTEIN (45), Ermelo,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes Wiggers (3), 's-Gravenhage Zuid-Holland Nederland
• Caroline Myren (56), Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
• Catharina Gevers (70), Mol, België
• anna SNIJDERS (74), dordrecht

• 1916 » Fernando Lamas, Argentinian-American actor, singer, and director († 1982)
• 1916 » Vic Mizzy, American soldier, pianist, and composer († 2009)
• 1918 » Alma Ziegler, American baseball player and golfer († 2005)
• 1919 » William Morris Meredith, Jr., American poet and academic († 2007)
• 1920 » Clive Dunn, English actor († 2012)
• 1920 » Hakim Said, Pakistani scholar and politician, 20th Governor of Sindh († 1998)
• 1921 » Ágnes Keleti, Hungarian Olympic gymnast
• 1922 » Ahmed Sékou Touré, Guinean politician, 1st President of Guinea († 1984)
• 1922 » Har Gobind Khorana, Indian-American biochemist and academic, Nobel laureate († 2011)
• 1924 » Sergei Parajanov, Georgian-Armenian director and screenwriter († 1990)

• 1908 » Wilhelm Busch, German poet, illustrator, and painter (b. 1832)
• 1911 » Edvard Rusjan, Italian-Slovene pilot and engineer (b. 1886)
• 1911 » Edwin Arthur Jones, American violinist and composer (b. 1853)
• 1917 » Luther D. Bradley, American cartoonist (b. 1853)
• 1918 » Charles-Émile Reynaud, French scientist and educator, invented the Praxinoscope (b. 1844)
• 1923 » Katherine Mansfield, New Zealand novelist, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1888)
• 1924 » Ponnambalam Arunachalam, Sri Lankan civil servant and politician (b. 1853)
• 1927 » Houston Stewart Chamberlain, English-German philosopher and author (b. 1855)
• 1930 » Edward Bok, Dutch-American journalist and author (b. 1863)
• 1931 » Wayne Munn, American football player and wrestler (b. 1896)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Adrianus
10. Jacobus
11. Jacob
12. Wilhelmus
13. Dirk
14. Albert
15. Gerardus
16. Antonius

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Catharina
8. Hendrika
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Aaltje
13. Geertruida
14. Grietje
15. Helena
16. Margaretha

• 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
• May 9 » Polish–Soviet War: The Polish army under General Edward Rydz-Śmigły celebrates its capture of Kiev with a victory parade on Khreshchatyk.
• June 11 » During the U.S. Republican National Convention in Chicago, U.S. Republican Party leaders gathered in a room at the Blackstone Hotel to come to a consensus on their candidate for the U.S. presidential election, leading the Associated Press to coin the political phrase "smoke-filled room".
• September 7 » Two newly purchased Savoia flying boats crash in the Swiss Alps en route to Finland where they would serve with the Finnish Air Force, killing both crews.
• November 7 » Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow issues a decree that leads to the formation of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia.
• November 28 » FIDAC (The Interallied Federation of War Veterans Organisations), the first international organization of war veterans is established in Paris, France
• December 16 » The Haiyuan earthquake of 8.5M_w , rocks the Gansu province in China, killing an estimated 200,000.

The temperature on January 9, 1920 was between 0.2 °C and 4.9 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.