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• Anna Catharina Christina ter Schure, Steenwijkerwold († 1910)
• Anna Catharina Koster, Piroe
• Anna Antoinetta Maria Wilhelmina van Lier, Breda
• Adriaan Brouwer, Nieuwerkerk, Zeeland, Nederland († 1999)
• Aaltje Anthonia van Dam, Rotterdam
• Aagje Pannekoek, Alblasserdam
• Adrianus van den Boom, Nijkerk, GL
• Aaltje Scherrenburg, Ede († 1991)
• Aaltje Boonen, Hierden
• Anna Maria Gijsbrechts, Dongen

• Lammert Doldersum (2), Hoogeveen
• Albertus BACKERS (63), Leeuwarden,, Fryslân | Friesland, Nederland
• Aafke Lautenbach (77), Meppel
• Adriana van 't Hof (1), Ridderkerk
• Auguste Jaffe (85), SchonhauserAllee, Berlin, Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany
• Aaltje Harkema (66), Oldehove, Groningen, Nederland
• Antje Haringhuizen (40), Nieuwe Niedorp, Nederland
• Anna Maria van Geest (61), Haarlem, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria van 't Berg (69), Arnhem
• Anthonius Post (57), Amsterdam

• 1904 » Frank Runacres, English painter and educator († 1974)
• 1904 » Johnny Weissmuller, Hungarian-American swimmer and actor († 1984)
• 1907 » Dorothy West, American journalist and author († 1998)
• 1907 » John Lehmann, English poet and publisher († 1987)
• 1910 » Hector Dyer, American sprinter († 1990)
• 1911 » Joe McCluskey, American runner († 2002)
• 1913 » Barbara Pym, English author († 1980)
• 1913 » Elsie Tu, English-Hong Kong educator and politician († 2015)
• 1914 » Johnny Bulla, American golfer († 2003)
• 1915 » Alexandru Nicolschi, Romanian spy († 1992)

• 1875 » Józef Kremer, Polish psychologist, historian, and philosopher (b. 1806)
• 1881 » Émile Littré, French lexicographer and philosopher (b. 1801)
• 1882 » Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian general and politician (b. 1807)
• 1901 » George Leslie Mackay, Canadian missionary and author (b. 1844)
• 1927 » Hüseyin Avni Lifij, Turkish painter (b. 1886)
• 1929 » Enrique Gorostieta, Mexican general (b. 1889)
• 1933 » Frank Jarvis, American runner and triple jumper (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Louis Vierne, French organist and composer (b. 1870)
• 1941 » Lou Gehrig, American baseball player (b. 1903)
• 1942 » Bunny Berigan, American singer and trumpet player (b. 1908)

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 23 » RMSRepublic, a passenger ship of the White Star Line, becomes the first ship to use the CQD distress signal after colliding with another ship, the SS Florida, off the Massachusetts coastline, an event that kills six people. The Republic sinks the next day.
• February 23 » The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire.
• May 13 » The first Giro d'Italia starts from Milan. Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna will be the winner.
• August 28 » A group of mid-level Greek Army officers launches the Goudi coup, seeking wide-ranging reforms.
• August 30 » Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott.
• September 20 » The South Africa Act 1909 creates the Union of South Africa from the British Colonies from four smaller colonies.

The temperature on June 2, 1909 was between 9.4 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.