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• Hendrik Pals, Emmen
• Afien Heijkoop, Voorburg († 2001)
• Albertus Adriaan (Ab) Viergever († 1979)
• Aaltje van de Mheen, Bunschoten, Utrecht, Nederland († 1981)
• Abraham van der Wel, Monster, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1989)
• Aaltje Morsch, Heiloo, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1909)
• Aafke Bakker, Pieterzijl († 1984)
• Abaham van der Wel, Monster
• Aloysia Pauline Kleiss, Muenster, Cooke, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 1995)
• Anastasia Gratza, Bottrop († 1951)

• Aaltje Albertus Peters (65), Wormerveer
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Kreeft (89), Amsterdam, St Elisabeth Gesticht
• Anna Wilmina Kuipers (60), Almelo Stad, Overijssel, Nederland, Nederland
• Arnoldus Janssen (71), Steyl
• Anna Maria van Helvoirt (0), Nieuwkuijk, Heusden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Wilmina (Wilhelmina) Kuipers (59), Stad-Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Arie van Tuijl (1), Utrecht
• Adriana van Dijk, Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude
• Anna Maria van Helvoirt (0), Nieuwkuijk
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Kreeft (88), Amsterdam

• 1907 » Janusz Kusociński, Polish runner and soldier († 1940)
• 1908 » Edward Teller, Hungarian-American physicist and academic († 2003)
• 1909 » Gene Krupa, American drummer, composer, and actor († 1973)
• 1909 » Jean Bugatti, German-French engineer († 1939)
• 1912 » Michel Debré, French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France († 1996)
• 1913 » Alexander Marinesko, Ukrainian-Russian lieutenant († 1963)
• 1913 » Eugène Brands, Dutch painter († 2002)
• 1913 » Lloyd Bridges, American actor († 1998)
• 1913 » Miriam Hyde, Australian pianist and composer († 2005)
• 1914 » Stefan Bałuk, Polish general († 2014)

• 1885 » Leopold Damrosch, German-American composer and conductor (b. 1832)
• 1893 » Fanny Kemble, English actress (b. 1809)
• 1896 » Mathew Brady, American photographer and journalist (b. 1822)
• 1905 » George Thorn, Australian politician, 6th Premier of Queensland (b. 1838)
• 1909 » Arnold Janssen, German priest and missionary (b. 1837)
• 1916 » Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian playwright and translator (b. 1850)
• 1919 » Karl Liebknecht, German politician (b. 1871)
• 1919 » Rosa Luxemburg, German economist, theorist, and philosopher (b. 1871)
• 1926 » Enrico Toselli, Italian pianist and composer (b. 1883)
• 1929 » George Cope, American painter (b. 1855)

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.
• March 23 » Theodore Roosevelt leaves New York for a post-presidency safari in Africa. The trip is sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and National Geographic Society.
• April 9 » The U.S. Congress passes the Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act.
• April 27 » Sultan of Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V.
• June 2 » Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
• July 25 » Louis Blériot makes the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine from Calais to Dover, England, United Kingdom in 37 minutes.
• December 4 » The Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club, the oldest surviving professional hockey franchise in the world, is founded as a charter member of the National Hockey Association.

The temperature on January 15, 1909 was between -0.3 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.