About the day » Monday December 9, 1901Calender converter

• Alfred Kuiper, Gronau, Duitsland († 1969)
• Adriana Johanna Alblas, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Berta Rijntjes, Rheden († 1968)
• Alfred Kuiper, Gronau, Duitsland († 1969)
• Alberto Rehder († 1975)
• Albert James COX († 1973)
• Floor, Rotterdam
• Adriaan Cornelis Marinus Grundlehner, Alkmaar
• Adrianus Johannes Gerardus Ras, Budel
• Aaltje Franken, Hoven (Zutphen)

• Andries Meints Veldstra (73), Oudkerk
• ANNETJE CORNELISSEN VAN DEN BROEK (89), Harderwijk
• Abraham Fasol (45), Zaandam
• Annetje Cornelissen van den Broek (89), Harderwijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alphonsus Robertus Franciscus Meersschout (0), Gent
• Alida Elizabeth Alberts (11)
• Anna Jantina Pot (1), Midwolda gemeente Oldambt Groningen
• -- Westrup, Stadskanaal
• Adriaanse, Goirle,Noord Brabant,Netherlands
• Antje Nieuweboer (83), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1897 » Hermione Gingold, English actress and singer († 1987)
• 1898 » Emmett Kelly, American clown and actor († 1979)
• 1898 » Irene Greenwood, Australian radio broadcaster and feminist and peace activist († 1992)
• 1899 » Jean de Brunhoff, French author and illustrator († 1937)
• 1900 » Albert Weisbord, American activist, founded the Communist League of Struggle († 1977)
• 1900 » Margaret Brundage, American illustrator, known for illustrating pulp magazine Weird Tales († 1976)
• 1901 » Ödön von Horváth, Hungarian-German author and playwright († 1938)
• 1901 » Jean Mermoz, French pilot and politician († 1936)
• 1902 » Margaret Hamilton, American schoolteacher, actress and voice artist († 1985)
• 1904 » Robert Livingston, American actor and singer († 1988)

• 1887 » Mahmadu Lamine, Senegalese religious leader
• 1906 » Ferdinand Brunetière, French author and critic (b. 1849)
• 1916 » Natsume Sōseki, Japanese author and poet (b. 1867)
• 1924 » Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer and educator (b. 1854)
• 1930 » Rube Foster, American baseball player and manager (b. 1879)
• 1932 » Begum Rokeya, Bangladeshi social worker and author (b. 1880)
• 1932 » Karl Blossfeldt, German photographer, sculptor, and educator (b. 1865)
• 1935 » Walter Liggett, American journalist and activist (b. 1886)
• 1937 » Gustaf Dalén, Swedish physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
• 1937 » Lilias Armstrong, English phonetician (b. 1882)

• 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
• January 1 » Nigeria becomes a British protectorate.
• March 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the Platt Amendment limiting the autonomy of Cuba, as a condition of the withdrawal of American troops.
• August 6 » Kiowa land in Oklahoma is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous reservation.
• August 10 » The U.S. Steel recognition strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers begins.
• September 17 » Second Boer War: A Boer column defeats a British force at the Battle of Blood River Poort.
• September 17 » Second Boer War: Boers capture a squadron of the 17th Lancers at the Battle of Elands River.

The temperature on December 9, 1901 was between 2.0 °C and 7.5 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (4%).