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• Adrianus Jan Bellis, Petten, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1909)
• de Vos, Valthermond (Odoorn) († 1909)
• Aafke Tuijn, Beverwijk
• Aartje Bosch, Vianen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Alberta Johanna Lausberg, ,, Delft, Nederland († 1999)
• Aaltje Pinkster, Valthermond Borger-Odoorn Drenthe Nederland († 1915)
• Andries ten Cate, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1989)
• Adolf Talens, Assen († 1986)
• Aartje Bosch, Vianen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Alberta Johanna Lausberg, Delft († 1999)

• Adriana Steeman (82), Watergraafsmeer (Amsterdam)
• Anna Carolina Dupuij (49), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aleida Lamberdina van ‘t Hul (6), Epe, Gelderland, The Netherlands
• Adrianus Jacobus Both (66), nieuwerkerk aan den ijssel (zuid holland
• Aart Bunte (82), Hierden
• Albertus van Veldhuijzen (48), Zeist, Utr, NL
• Albertus van VELDHUIJZEN (48), Zeist (Utrecht, The Netherlands)
• Aart Bunte (82), Hierden (Harderwijk)
• Adriana Kallemyn (56), Nederland
• Andries van den Berg (37), de Wijk, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1903 » John Williams, English-American actor († 1983)
• 1904 » Arshile Gorky, Armenian-American painter and illustrator († 1948)
• 1907 » Nikolaas Tinbergen, Dutch-English ethologist and ornithologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1988)
• 1908 » eden ahbez, Scottish-American songwriter and recording artist († 1995)
• 1908 » Lita Grey, American actress († 1995)
• 1910 » Miguel Najdorf, Polish-Argentinian chess player and theoretician († 1997)
• 1910 » Sulo Bärlund, Finnish shot putter († 1986)
• 1912 » Kim Il-sung, North Korean general and politician, 1st Supreme Leader of North Korea († 1994)
• 1912 » William Congdon, American-Italian painter and sculptor († 1998)
• 1915 » Elizabeth Catlett, African-American sculptor and illustrator († 2012)

• 1888 » Matthew Arnold, English poet and critic (b. 1822)
• 1889 » Father Damien, Belgian priest and saint (b. 1840)
• 1898 » Te Keepa Te Rangihiwinui, New Zealand commander and politician
• 1912 » Victims of the Titanic disaster:
• 1917 » János Murkovics, Slovene author, poet, and educator (b. 1839)
• 1927 » Gaston Leroux, French journalist and author (b. 1868)
• 1938 » César Vallejo, Peruvian journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1892)
• 1942 » Robert Musil, Austrian-Swiss author and playwright (b. 1880)
• 1943 » Aristarkh Lentulov, Russian painter and set designer (b. 1882)
• 1944 » Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin, Russian general (b. 1901)

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.
• February 12 » New Zealand's worst maritime disaster of the 20th century happens when the SSPenguin, an inter-island ferry, sinks and explodes at the entrance to Wellington Harbour.
• June 2 » Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
• 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.
• October 26 » An Jung-geun assassinates Japan's Resident-General of Korea.
• November 18 » Two United States warships are sent to Nicaragua after 500 revolutionaries (including two Americans) are executed by order of José Santos Zelaya.
• December 14 » New South Wales Premier Charles Wade signs the Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909, formally completing the transfer of State land to the Commonwealth to create the Australian Capital Territory.

The temperature on April 15, 1909 was between 1.2 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 11.3 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.