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• Adrianus Jacobus Leijen, Bergen, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 1909)
• Aafje Heijkoop, Voorburg († 2001)
• Fennigje Otten
• * Helena Arnolda Antonia Maria Frederiks, Schiedam
• Adriana Johana van der Gaag, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2002)
• Aaltje Maria Morsch, Heiloo († 1909)
• Abaham van der Wel, Monster
• Agnes Maria van den Bekerom, Nieukerck (D) († 1997)
• Aaltje Morsch, Heiloo, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1909)
• Afien Heijkoop, Voorburg († 2001)

• Anna Maria van Helvoirt (0), Nieuwkuijk, Heusden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Kreeft (88), Amsterdam
• Aalbert Kozijn (29)
• Adriana van Dijk, Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude
• Adriana Sluijs (2), Lopik
• Antoon Jans Sloot (64), Franeker, Friesland, Nederland
• Anthonia van Osnabrugge (0), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• ALEJANDRA Delgado (69), Porfirio Díaz, Coahuila, México
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Kreeft (89), Amsterdam, St Elisabeth Gesticht
• Ardrina van der Steen (60), Oirschot, Oirschot, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

• 1907 » Janusz Kusociński, Polish runner and soldier († 1940)
• 1908 » Edward Teller, Hungarian-American physicist and academic († 2003)
• 1909 » Gene Krupa, American drummer, composer, and actor († 1973)
• 1909 » Jean Bugatti, German-French engineer († 1939)
• 1912 » Michel Debré, French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France († 1996)
• 1913 » Alexander Marinesko, Ukrainian-Russian lieutenant († 1963)
• 1913 » Eugène Brands, Dutch painter († 2002)
• 1913 » Lloyd Bridges, American actor († 1998)
• 1913 » Miriam Hyde, Australian pianist and composer († 2005)
• 1914 » Stefan Bałuk, Polish general († 2014)

• 1885 » Leopold Damrosch, German-American composer and conductor (b. 1832)
• 1893 » Fanny Kemble, English actress (b. 1809)
• 1896 » Mathew Brady, American photographer and journalist (b. 1822)
• 1905 » George Thorn, Australian politician, 6th Premier of Queensland (b. 1838)
• 1909 » Arnold Janssen, German priest and missionary (b. 1837)
• 1916 » Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian playwright and translator (b. 1850)
• 1919 » Karl Liebknecht, German politician (b. 1871)
• 1919 » Rosa Luxemburg, German economist, theorist, and philosopher (b. 1871)
• 1926 » Enrico Toselli, Italian pianist and composer (b. 1883)
• 1929 » George Cope, American painter (b. 1855)

• 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.
• April 11 » The city of Tel Aviv is founded.
• April 27 » Sultan of Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V.
• May 31 » The National Negro Committee, forerunner to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), convenes for the first time.
• 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.
• 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 30 » The Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania makes a record-breaking westbound crossing of the Atlantic, that will not be bettered for 20 years.

The temperature on January 15, 1909 was between -0.3 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.