About the day » Tuesday January 19, 1909Calender converter

• Anna Bruining, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Bruining, Leiden († 2005)
• Andries Rozenberg, Oudehorne († 1981)
• Adriaantje Teuna Broeren, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Struik, Gorinchem,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aksel Kristen Larsen, Karlstrup By, Karlstrup Sogn, Tune, Roskilde
• Albert HAKVOORT († 1999)
• Annechien Blaauw, Groningen,, Groningen, Nederland
• Alida Maria Elisabeth Spruit, Keulen (D)
• Adriana Verheij, Scheveningen

• Agge FONTEIN (53), Haarlem Noord-Holland Netherlands
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• Albertus Nicolaas Ruijfrok (34), Haarlem
• Adrianus Cornelis de Roij (0), Alphen en Riel
• Anna Petronila Beneš (68), Kožlany, Plzeň-North District, Plzeň Region, Czech Republic
• Albert FOSTER (55), Walcha, NSW, Australia
• Adriaen Kenis (89), Loenhout, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Aleida Dreijerink (64), Ambt Delden, 7495, Nederland
• Slegtenhorst (77)
• Alida Antonia de Kruijff (46), Zoelmond

• 1903 » Boris Blacher, German composer and playwright († 1975)
• 1905 » Stanley Hawes, English-Australian director and producer († 1991)
• 1907 » Briggs Cunningham, American race car driver, sailor, and businessman († 2003)
• 1908 » Aleksandr Gennadievich Kurosh, Russian mathematician and theorist († 1971)
• 1908 » Ish Kabibble, American comedian and cornet player († 1994)
• 1911 » Choor Singh, Indian-Singaporean lawyer and judge († 2009)
• 1912 » Leonid Kantorovich, Russian mathematician and economist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1986)
• 1913 » Rex Ingamells, Australian author and poet († 1955)
• 1913 » Rudolf Wanderone, American professional pocket billiards player († 1996)
• 1918 » John H. Johnson, American publisher, founded the Johnson Publishing Company († 2005)

• 1874 » August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, German poet and scholar (b. 1798)
• 1878 » Henri Victor Regnault, French physicist and chemist (b. 1810)
• 1905 » Debendranath Tagore, Indian philosopher and author (b. 1817)
• 1906 » Bartolomé Mitre, Argentinian historian and politician, 6th President of Argentina (b. 1821)
• 1908 » Roberto Bompiani, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1821)
• 1929 » Liang Qichao, Chinese journalist, philosopher, and scholar (b. 1873)
• 1930 » Frank P. Ramsey, British mathematician, philosopher and economist (b. 1903)
• 1938 » Branislav Nušić, Serbian author, playwright, and journalist (b. 1864)
• 1945 » Gustave Mesny, French general (b. 1886)
• 1948 » Tony Garnier, French architect and urban planner, designed the Stade de Gerland (b. 1869)

• 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 16 » Ernest Shackleton's expedition finds the magnetic South Pole.
• February 2 » The Paris Film Congress opens. An attempt by European producers to form an equivalent to the MPCC cartel in the United States.
• 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.
• August 30 » Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott.
• September 7 » Eugène Lefebvre crashes a new French-built Wright biplane during a test flight at Juvisy, south of Paris, becoming the first aviator in the world to lose his life in a powered heavier-than-air craft.
• 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 January 19, 1909 was between -1.5 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 2.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.