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• Anna Bardiena Mulder, Ulrum
• Adriana Smits, Culemborg, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alphonsus Gerardus Jozef Tönis, Rotterdam
• Abraham van Wijngaarden, Wartena († 1971)
• Adrianus Johannes Oomen, Tilburg († 1940)
• Aaltje Steenbergen, Zuidwolde, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1940)
• Alida Pieters Kool, Rotterdam († 1929)
• Lieuwe Oost, Tiendeveen († 1960)
• Alphonsus Gerardus Jozef Tönis, Rotterdam († 1909)
• Albertine Maria Hendrika van Doornen, 's-Gravenhage, ZUI, Nederland († 1992)

• Alida KAPPETIJN (82), Bergambacht
• Andries Gerbens van der Veer (58), Boornbergum, gem. Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• (Stillborn) VOS DE WAEL (0), Zwolle Overijssel Netherlands
• Angenis Hendrika Gorsselink (van de Pol) (29), Arnhem
• Albert Hindriks (0), Emmen,Drenthe,Niederlande
• Antke Kooi (0)
• Alida Dolman (15)
• Maarten van Splunter (84), Haarlemmermeer
• Boertien (78), Krakeel (Hoogeveen)
• Anna Goosen (37), Rijssen

• 1901 » Allen B. DuMont, American engineer and broadcaster, founded the DuMont Television Network († 1965)
• 1901 » E. P. Taylor, Canadian businessman and horse breeder († 1989)
• 1903 » Yeshayahu Leibowitz, Russian-Israeli biochemist and philosopher († 1994)
• 1905 » Barnett Newman, American painter and etcher († 1970)
• 1906 » Joe Primeau, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 1989)
• 1913 » Victor Mature, American actor († 1999)
• 1915 » Bill Peet, American author and illustrator († 2002)
• 1915 » John Serry Sr., Italian-American concert accordionist and composer (d.2003)
• 1917 » John Raitt, American actor and singer († 2005)
• 1918 » John Forsythe, American actor († 2010)

• 1888 » Edward Lear, English poet and illustrator (b. 1812)
• 1899 » Alfred Sisley, French-English painter (b. 1839)
• 1906 » Christian IX of Denmark (b. 1818)
• 1928 » Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, Scottish field marshal (b. 1861)
• 1931 » Henri Mathias Berthelot, French general during World War I (b. 1861)
• 1933 » Sara Teasdale, American poet (b. 1884)
• 1934 » Fritz Haber, Polish-German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868)
• 1941 » Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and politician, 130th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1871)
• 1944 » William Allen White, American journalist and author (b. 1868)
• 1946 » Harry Hopkins, American businessman and politician, 8th United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1890)

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 28 » United States troops leave Cuba with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base after being there since the Spanish–American War.
• February 2 » The Paris Film Congress opens. An attempt by European producers to form an equivalent to the MPCC cartel in the United States.
• February 23 » The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire.
• 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.
• April 9 » The U.S. Congress passes the Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act.
• August 24 » Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.

The temperature on January 29, 1909 was between -9.3 °C and 3.2 °C and averaged -1.6 °C. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (45%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.