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• Anna Maria Carolina VAN WEMMEL, Steenhuffel,1840,Brabant Flamand,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE († 2000)
• Alphonse Hubert Leenen, Sint-Truiden, België
• Albertina Rosalia Somers († 1986)
• Antje Karst, Klazienaveen, Emmen
• Albert Hendrik Beltman, Hengelo († 1912)
• Annechina Alberdina Jansma, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Duin, Wijk aan Zee en Duin
• Abraham Johannis Tolenaars, Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1918)
• Aaltje Valentijn, Venhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Theodorus Poppelier, Bingen, Duitsland († 1909)

• doodgeboren Storm (0), Loosduinen
• Antonia van der Ven (33), Rotterdam
• Elisa Voogd (0), 's Gravenzande, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Antonia VAN DER VEN (33), Rotterdam, Gemeente Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
• annegien kemper (0), drouwenermond, gem. borger
• Antonia Cândida da Glória (84)
• Augustinus Hubertus van de Sande (37), Den Dungen
• Edwin Thomas Kelley * (0), MacArthur Victoria Australia
• Anje Margaretha van der Meulen (42), Paterswolde
• Antonius Lambertus van den Wijngaard, Woerden, Nederland

• 1906 » Art Shires, American baseball player and boxer († 1967)
• 1906 » Chuck Carroll, American football player and lawyer († 2003)
• 1907 » Basil Spence, Scottish architect, designed Coventry Cathedral († 1976)
• 1908 » Gene Raymond, American actor and pilot († 1998)
• 1911 » William Bernbach, American advertiser, co-founded DDB Worldwide († 1982)
• 1912 » Ben Hogan, American golfer and sportscaster († 1997)
• 1912 » Claire Cribbs, American basketball player and coach († 1985)
• 1912 » Salvador Luria, Italian-American microbiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1991)
• 1913 » Fred Davis, English snooker player († 1998)
• 1913 » Makarios III, Greek archbishop and politician, 1st President of Cyprus († 1977)

• 1863 » Eugène Delacroix, French painter and lithographer (b. 1798)
• 1865 » Ignaz Semmelweis, Hungarian physician and obstetrician (b. 1818)
• 1910 » Florence Nightingale, Italian-English nurse and theologian (b. 1820)
• 1912 » Jules Massenet, French composer (b. 1842)
• 1917 » Eduard Buchner, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 1934 » Mary Hunter Austin, American author and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1937 » Sigizmund Levanevsky, Soviet aircraft pilot of Polish origin (b. 1902)
• 1946 » H. G. Wells, English novelist, historian, and critic (b. 1866)
• 1954 » Demetrius Constantine Dounis, Greek violinist and mandolin player (b. 1886)
• 1958 » Francis J. McCormick, American football, basketball player, and coach (b. 1903)

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 22 » The sixteen battleships of the Great White Fleet, led by USSConnecticut, return to the United States after a voyage around the world.
• March 10 » By signing the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, Thailand relinquishes its sovereignty over the Malay states of Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis and Terengganu, which become British protectorates.
• 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.
• August 28 » A group of mid-level Greek Army officers launches the Goudi coup, seeking wide-ranging reforms.
• December 4 » In Canadian football, the First Grey Cup game is played. The University of Toronto Varsity Blues defeat the Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club, 26–6.
• 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 August 13, 1909 was between 9.1 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.