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• Adriana HUIJS, Overschie
• Anna Margaretha Janse, Schiedam († 1997)
• Age DE JONG, Groningen Groningen Netherlands
• Annechien Goedkoop, Roosendaal,Nederland († 1966)
• Anthonius Engelbertus van der Laan, Ter Aar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonius Hendricus van BAARLE, Delft
• Anna Maria Lahaye, Lahaije, Meerssen, Limburg, Netherlands († 1981)
• Antal Mészáros, Komádi, Hajdu-Bihar († 1979)
• Abraham Willem Ephraïm, Berlijn, Duitsland
• Adriaan van Maldegem, Koudekerke, Zeeland, NL († 1963)

• Arie Cornelis van Dijk (47), Ingen (Buren) 10
• Cornelia Camu (1), Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
• Bertus van der Zande (0), Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antke Dirks Smid (90), Ameland
• Adrianus Gerardus van IJzendoorn (0), Den Helder
• Auguste Eugène Baudry (54)
• cornelia van STEENIS (70), hardinxveld
• Amelia DeSimpel (67), Kortemark,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Christiaan Wilbers (68), Asten, Nederland
• Carolus Franciscus Jacobus Nuss (65), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland

• 1903 » Greta Keller, Austrian-American singer and actress († 1977)
• 1903 » Tunku Abdul Rahman, 1st Prime Minister of Malaysia († 1990)
• 1906 » Chester Carlson, American physicist and lawyer, invented Xerography († 1968)
• 1909 » Elisabeth Murdoch, Australian philanthropist († 2012)
• 1911 » Elizabeth Bishop, American poet and author († 1979)
• 1913 » Betty Field, American actress († 1973)
• 1913 » Danai Stratigopoulou, Greek singer-songwriter († 2009)
• 1914 » Bill Finger, American author and screenwriter, co-created Batman († 1974)
• 1915 » Georges Guétary, Egyptian-French singer, dancer, and actor († 1997)
• 1918 » Freddie Blassie, American wrestler and manager († 2003)

• 1907 » Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom, Dutch chemist and academic (b. 1854)
• 1910 » Hans Jæger, Norwegian philosopher and activist (b. 1854)
• 1914 » Dayrolles Eveleigh-de-Moleyns, 4th Baron Ventry, Irish hereditary peer (b. 1828)
• 1915 » François Langelier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 10th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1838)
• 1921 » George Formby Sr, English actor and singer (b. 1876)
• 1921 » Peter Kropotkin, Russian zoologist, geographer, and philologist (b. 1842)
• 1928 » Theodor Curtius, German chemist (b. 1857)
• 1932 » Yordan Milanov, Bulgarian architect, designed the Sveti Sedmochislenitsi Church (b. 1867)
• 1935 » Eemil Nestor Setälä, Finnish linguist and politician, Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)
• 1936 » Charles Curtis, American lawyer and politician, 31st Vice President of the United States (b. 1860)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacobus
10. Jacob
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.
• January 25 » Richard Strauss's opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera.
• January 28 » United States troops leave Cuba with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base after being there since the Spanish–American War.
• July 16 » Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar is forced out as Shah of Persia and is replaced by his son Ahmad Shah Qajar.
• September 20 » The South Africa Act 1909 creates the Union of South Africa from the British Colonies from four smaller colonies.
• October 16 » William Howard Taft and Porfirio Díaz hold the first summit between a U.S. and a Mexican president. They narrowly escape assassination.
• November 18 » Two United States warships are sent to Nicaragua after 500 revolutionaries (including two Americans) are executed by order of José Santos Zelaya.

The temperature on February 8, 1909 was between -5.1 °C and 2.8 °C and averaged -1.7 °C. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.