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• Allegonda Jacoba van Rumpt († 2005)
• adriana johanna van DRIEL, oud-beijerland († 1979)
• Anna Bloks, Berlicum
• Alphons Martien van Kuijck, Rijsbergen († 1965)
• Alfons Maria Saenen, Tessenderlo, 3980, België († 1992)
• Anna Antonia Petronella Maria Maes, Tilburg, NB Netherlands († 1951)
• Adriana Gerarda Maria van Lith, Lith, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Johanna van Oostrum, Schiedam,-
• Adrianus Cornelius Bergmans, Waalwijk
• Anna Antonia Petronella Maria Maes, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1951)

• Arendina Slager (75), Oud-Vossemeer
• Christina Hendrika Maria Aalst (0), Bussum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Vos, Emmen
• Arie Baks (68), 's-Gravendeel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Age Ras (1)
• Cornelia Leembruggen (64)
• Age Schaap (87), Terschelling
• Christina Hendrika Maria Aalst (0), Bussum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albertine Jevardat de Fombelle (98), Le Blanc, Indre, France
• "Gaston" Alexandre Auguste de Galliffet (79), Paris

• 1905 » Clarence Campbell, Canadian ice hockey player and referee († 1984)
• 1907 » Eddie Dean, American singer-songwriter († 1999)
• 1908 » Allamah Rasheed Turabi, Pakistani philosopher and scholar († 1973)
• 1908 » Minor White, American photographer, critic, and educator († 1976)
• 1909 » Basil Wolverton, American author and illustrator († 1978)
• 1910 » Govan Mbeki, South African anti-apartheid and ANC leader and activist († 2001)
• 1911 » John Archibald Wheeler, American physicist and author († 2008)
• 1911 » Mervyn Peake, English author and illustrator († 1968)
• 1914 » Mac Wilson, Australian rules footballer († 2017)
• 1914 » Willi Stoph, German engineer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of East Germany († 1999)

• 1880 » Paul Broca, French physician and anatomist (b. 1824)
• 1882 » Ignacio Carrera Pinto, Chilean captain (b. 1848)
• 1903 » Alphonse François Renard, Belgian geologist and photographer (b. 1842)
• 1927 » John Drew, Jr., American actor (b. 1853)
• 1932 » King Camp Gillette, American businessman, founded the Gillette Company (b. 1855)
• 1937 » Oliver Law, American commander (b. 1899)
• 1938 » Benjamin N. Cardozo, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1870)
• 1947 » Lucjan Żeligowski, Polish-Lithuanian general and politician (b. 1865)
• 1949 » Fritz Hart, English-Australian composer and conductor (b. 1874)
• 1951 » Harry Heilmann, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1894)

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 15 » The Flores Theater fire in Acapulco, Mexico kills 250.
• March 31 » Serbia formally withdraws its opposition to Austro-Hungarian actions in the Bosnian Crisis.
• April 6 » Robert Peary and Matthew Henson become the first people to reach the North Pole; Peary's claim has been disputed because of failings in his navigational ability.
• 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.
• 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 July 9, 1909 was between 10.9 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 5.9 mm of rain. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.