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• Abraham Marinusse, Koudekerke
• Antje Oortwijn, Gieten († 1915)
• Anna Maria Ludovica Verstraeten, Berlaar, België
• Antonia Catharina Hendrikx, Lommel († 1996)
• Aagje Timmerman, Schoorl, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Harmensd Poorte, Echten, dr.nld
• arie TIMMERS, Rotterdam
• Alice Gall, Ogden, Weber, Utah († 1995)
• Arnoldus Antonius Frerejean, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Hermina Wassink, Doetinchem

• Albert Smallenbroek (82), Assen
• Claude Marie Roger Louis de Gontaut-Biron (29)
• Albert Smallenbroek (82), Assen
• Antonia Christina van Loghem (73), Arnhem
• Ann Eliza Carlisle (63)
• Adrianus van der Poll (63), Arnhem (Gelderland)
• Alexander Hamilton General (92), Sleepy Hollow, Westchester, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Catharina Bogers (54), Etten Leur
• Berendina Cornelia Meulenbrugge (76), Vorden
• Alexander Van Dunk (0)

• 1902 » Margaret Hamilton, American schoolteacher, actress and voice artist († 1985)
• 1904 » Robert Livingston, American actor and singer († 1988)
• 1905 » Dalton Trumbo, American author, screenwriter, and blacklistee († 1976)
• 1906 » Freddy Martin, American bandleader and tenor saxophonist († 1983)
• 1906 » Grace Hopper, American admiral and computer scientist, designed COBOL († 1992)
• 1909 » Douglas Fairbanks Jr., American captain, actor, and producer († 2000)
• 1911 » Broderick Crawford, American actor († 1986)
• 1911 » Ryūzō Sejima, Japanese colonel and businessman († 2007)
• 1912 » Jim Turnesa, American golfer († 1971)
• 1912 » Tip O'Neill, American lawyer and politician, 55th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives († 1994)

• 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)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Jacoba
11. Petronella
12. Aaltje
13. Grietje
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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
• July 29 » Sir Robert Baden-Powell sets up the Brownsea Island Scout camp in Poole Harbour on the south coast of England. The camp runs from August 1 to August 9 and is regarded as the foundation of the Scouting movement.
• August 3 » Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis fines Standard Oil of Indiana a record $29.4million for illegal rebating to freight carriers; the conviction and fine are later reversed on appeal.
• November 7 » Jesús García saves the entire town of Nacozari de García by driving a burning train full of dynamite six kilometers (3.7 miles) away before it can explode.
• November 16 » Cunard Line's RMSMauretania, sister ship of RMSLusitania, sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
• December 11 » The New Zealand Parliament Buildings are almost completely destroyed by fire.
• December 21 » The Chilean Army commits a massacre of at least 2,000 striking saltpeter miners in Iquique, Chile.

The temperature on December 9, 1907 was between 5.9 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.