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• Aleida Hendrina Roos, Herwen en Aerdt
• Anna Louise Hess, Warfordsburg, Fulton County, Pennsylvania († 1987)
• Anna Maria van der Leeuw, Den Haag
• Andries Jense, Delft
• Amandina Van Miegem, Aalst
• Anna Maria Stuifbergen, Castricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1910)
• Anna Maria Heijmans, Sint-Oedenrode († 1937)
• Anna Smeets, Ubach over Worms († 1910)
• Adrianus Buikman, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1991)
• Anna Maria Stuifbergen, Castricum († 1910)

• Alpha Ann Corum (80), Foster, Bates County, Missouri, Verenigde Staten
• Aimable Armantine CARTON (68), Sorbais,02580,Aisne,Picardie,FRANCE
• Antonius van Leeuwen (45), Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
• Anna Cornelia VLOEMANS (25), Weelde, Ravels, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Aaltje Hyltjes van Wijngaarden (78), Utingeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Ristig (71), Morige (Wedde),, Groningen, Nederland, Nederland
• Aaltje van Dijk (52), Zalk, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Ardina Maria Van Der Donk (0), Lith
• Aaltje Heijink (1), Beerzerveld
• Agnes Grosvenor

• 1906 » Robert E. Howard, American author and poet († 1936)
• 1907 » Dixie Dean, English footballer († 1980)
• 1907 » Douglas Corrigan, American pilot and engineer († 1995)
• 1908 » Lev Landau, Azerbaijani-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1968)
• 1908 » Prince Oana, American baseball player and manager († 1976)
• 1909 » Ann Sothern, American actress and singer († 2001)
• 1909 » Martha Norelius, Swedish-born American swimmer († 1955)
• 1909 » Porfirio Rubirosa, Dominican racing driver, polo player, and diplomat († 1965)
• 1909 » U Thant, Burmese educator and diplomat, 3rd United Nations Secretary-General († 1974)
• 1911 » Bruno Kreisky, Austrian lawyer and politician, 22nd Chancellor of Austria († 1990)

• 1892 » Joseph P. Bradley, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1813)
• 1900 » David Edward Hughes, Welsh-American physicist, co-invented the microphone (b. 1831)
• 1901 » Emil Erlenmeyer, German chemist and academic (b. 1825)
• 1901 » Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (b. 1819)
• 1921 » George Streeter, American captain and businessman (b. 1837)
• 1922 » Camille Jordan, French mathematician and academic (b. 1838)
• 1922 » Fredrik Bajer, Danish educator and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1837)
• 1922 » Pope Benedict XV (b. 1854)
• 1925 » Fanny Bullock Workman, American geographer and mountain climber (b. 1859)
• 1927 » James Ford Rhodes, American historian and author (b. 1848)

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 12 » New Zealand's worst maritime disaster of the 20th century happens when the SSPenguin, an inter-island ferry, sinks and explodes at the entrance to Wellington Harbour.
• 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.
• May 13 » The first Giro d'Italia starts from Milan. Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna will be the winner.
• August 19 » The first automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
• August 28 » A group of mid-level Greek Army officers launches the Goudi coup, seeking wide-ranging reforms.
• December 10 » Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

The temperature on January 22, 1909 was between -4.4 °C and -2.2 °C and averaged -3.2 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.