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• Adriana Petronlla van Rossum, Oegstgeest († 1909)
• Adrianus Gerardus Heijne, Veur (nu Ldm) († 1945)
• Adrianus Joannes Gerardus Bergman, Zaandam († 1940)
• Aaltje van de Wal, Haulerwijk (Ooststellingwerf) († 1947)
• Adriana Johanna van der Ruijt, Rotterdam
• Aaltje Gerrits Knop, Rotterdam
• Afien Bellinga, Onstwedde
• Adelheid Hansen, Duisburg,D († 1996)
• Adrianus Cornelis van der Lubbe, Potriefque Chili
• Adrianus Dijkshoorn, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1983)

• Albert van der VEEN (75), Meppel, Drenthe, Netherlands 7941
• Anna Cornelia Raets (71), Halsteren
• Anna Elisabetha Speck (70), Ubach over Worms, Limburg, Nederland
• Alberdina Kamphuis (29), Dedemsvaart, Avereest, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adrianus van der Wansem (80), Den Haag
• "Aafje" Pieters Vos (85), Utrecht
• Anna Smit (83), Haarlemmermeer
• Adriana Theodora Johanna Geertruida Maria De Keijzer (22), Zoeterwoude, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Klaver (0), Oterleek
• Anna Christina Reijrink (40), Groenlo, 7140, Nederland

• 1906 » Manuel Silos, Filipino filmmaker and actor († 1988)
• 1907 » Kinue Hitomi, Japanese sprinter and long jumper († 1931)
• 1909 » Dana Andrews, American actor († 1992)
• 1909 » Stepan Bandera, Ukrainian soldier and politician († 1959)
• 1911 » Audrey Wurdemann, American poet and author († 1960)
• 1911 » Basil Dearden, English director, producer, and screenwriter († 1971)
• 1911 » Hank Greenberg, American baseball player († 1986)
• 1911 » Roman Totenberg, Polish-American violinist and educator († 2012)
• 1912 » Boris Vladimirovich Gnedenko, Russian mathematician and historian († 1995)
• 1912 » Kim Philby, British spy († 1988)

• 1881 » Louis Auguste Blanqui, French activist (b. 1805)
• 1892 » Roswell B. Mason, American lawyer and politician, 25th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
• 1894 » Heinrich Hertz, German physicist and academic (b. 1857)
• 1896 » Alfred Ely Beach, American publisher and lawyer, created the Beach Pneumatic Transit (b. 1826)
• 1906 » Hugh Nelson, Scottish-Australian farmer and politician, 11th Premier of Queensland (b. 1833)
• 1918 » William Wilfred Campbell, Canadian poet and author (b. 1858)
• 1921 » Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, German lawyer and politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1856)
• 1929 » Mustafa Necati, Turkish civil servant and politician, Turkish Minister of Environment and Urban Planning (b. 1894)
• 1931 » Martinus Beijerinck, Dutch microbiologist and botanist (b. 1851)
• 1937 » Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, Indian religious leader, founded the Gaudiya Math (b. 1874)

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.
• January 25 » Richard Strauss's opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera.
• 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.
• March 31 » Serbia formally withdraws its opposition to Austro-Hungarian actions in the Bosnian Crisis.
• April 27 » Sultan of Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V.
• August 19 » The first automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

The temperature on January 1, 1909 was between -6.4 °C and 0.4 °C and averaged -1.5 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.