About the day » Wednesday September 1, 1909Calender converter

• Albert Johan Maria Kröger, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Aaltje Boers *, Noordwolde
• Adriana Willemina Maria Schiltmans, Tiel
• Rookje Konijnenburg († 1998)
• Aaltje Kloosterboer, Eenrum († 1964)
• Albert Jan Kaal, Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1971)
• Adriana Willemina Maria Schiltmans, Tiel
• Aaltje Rietman, Zwollerkerspel gem. Zwolle Ov. NL († 1914)
• Adriana Margaretha Manooy, Amsterdam
• Adrianus Gerardus Maria van Schaik, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1991)

• Antonia Johanna Koenders (2), Zevenaar, Gelderland, Nederland
• Dirk van Batavia (0), Doornspijk (Elburg), Gld, NL
• David van Wijnbergen (28), Oegstgeest
• Andriana Carolina Droste (1), Enschede, Overijssel. Nederland
• Charles E. Lockwood (64), Huntington NY
• Derk van Batavia (0), Doornspijk
• Alma Bull (21), Custer County, Oklahoma
• Antoon Pontus (75), Gulpen, Gulpen-Wittem
• Cornelia Dorothea Johanna de Groot (0), Amsterdam
• Albert van Dam (64), Hoogezand, Groningen, Nederland

• 1906 » Arthur Rowe, English footballer and manager († 1993)
• 1906 » Eleanor Hibbert, English author († 1993)
• 1906 » Franz Biebl, German composer and educator († 2001)
• 1906 » Joaquín Balaguer, Dominican lawyer and politician, 49th President of the Dominican Republic († 2002)
• 1907 » Gil Puyat, Filipino businessman and politician († 1981)
• 1907 » Walter Reuther, American union leader, founded United Auto Workers († 1970)
• 1908 » Amir Elahi, Pakistani cricketer († 1980)
• 1908 » Lou Kenton, Jewish-English soldier and potter († 2012)
• 1909 » E. Herbert Norman, Canadian historian and diplomat († 1957)
• 1913 » Ludwig Merwart, Austrian painter and illustrator († 1979)

• 1868 » Ferenc Gyulay, Hungarian-Austrian commander and politician (b. 1799)
• 1922 » Samu Pecz, Hungarian architect and academic (b. 1854)
• 1930 » Peeter Põld, Estonian scientist and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1878)
• 1943 » Charles Atangana, Cameroonian ruler (b. 1880)
• 1947 » Frederick Russell Burnham, American soldier and adventurer (b. 1861)
• 1953 » Bernard O'Dowd, Australian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1866)
• 1967 » Siegfried Sassoon, English captain and poet (b. 1886)
• 1969 » Drew Pearson, American journalist and author (b. 1897)
• 1970 » François Mauriac, French novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
• 1971 » Alan Brown, English soldier (b. 1909)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacob
10. Jacobus
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 » The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.
• February 15 » The Flores Theater fire in Acapulco, Mexico kills 250.
• July 25 » Louis Blériot makes the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine from Calais to Dover, England, United Kingdom in 37 minutes.
• September 20 » The South Africa Act 1909 creates the Union of South Africa from the British Colonies from four smaller colonies.
• 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 September 1, 1909 was between 6.7 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. There was 9.4 mm of rain. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.