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• Aleda van der Steen, Wood WI (USA) († 1994)
• Aagje Alebregtse, Puttershoek, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1983)
• Antje Hovinga, Groningen
• Antje Hovinga, Groningen
• Adrianus Paulus Schiebaan, Rotterdam († 1981)
• Aaltje HEIDEKAMP, Holte (Gem. Onstwedde), Groningen, Nederland
• Alexander Gerardus van der Beek, 's-Gravenhage (Z-H)
• Annigje Schonewille, Hoogeveen († 1910)
• Alberta Lee Baxter, Milton, Rutherford County, Tennessee († 1997)
• Annigje Schonewille, Hollandscheveld († 1910)

• Adriaan Verbiest (64), Bergen op Zoom, NL
• "Henri" Sébastien Marie de Méhérenc de Saint-Pierre (85), château de La Villechevallier, Plouagat, Côtes-d'Armor, France
• Andries Groeneveld (72), Dubbeldam
• Almeda Coffman (64), Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States of America
• Aart Westhuis (86), Nunspeet
• Adriana van Erp (72), Rosmalen
• Alfred de DONNÉAA (69), Tongeren, Limburg, België
• Abraham Stolk (75), Dirksland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan van Wezel (71), Gilze en Rijen, Nederland
• Adelheid Kels (81), Landkreis Mettmann, Ratingen, Rheinland, Deutschland

• 1904 » Erika Morini, Austrian violinist († 1995)
• 1904 » Jeane Dixon, American astrologer and psychic († 1997)
• 1906 » Kathleen Kenyon, English archaeologist and academic († 1978)
• 1907 » Volmari Iso-Hollo, Finnish athlete († 1969)
• 1908 » George Dolenz, Italian-American actor († 1963)
• 1909 » Lucienne Bloch, Swiss-American sculptor, painter, and photographer († 1995)
• 1909 » Stephen Cole Kleene, American mathematician and computer scientist († 1994)
• 1910 » Jack Lovelock, New Zealand runner and journalist († 1949)
• 1911 » Jean-Pierre Aumont, French actor and screenwriter († 2001)
• 1914 » Nicolas de Staël, Russian-French painter and illustrator († 1955)

• 1883 » Charles Tompson, Australian poet and public servant (b. 1806)
• 1885 » Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Norwegian author and scholar (b. 1812)
• 1888 » Henri Herz, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1803)
• 1899 » Ezra Otis Kendall, American professor, astronomer and mathematician (b. 1818)
• 1904 » Karl Alfred von Zittel, German paleontologist and geologist (b. 1839)
• 1910 » Léon Walras, French-Swiss economist and academic (b. 1834)
• 1917 » Isobel Lilian Gloag, English painter (b. 1865)
• 1922 » Ernest Shackleton, Anglo-Irish sailor and explorer (b. 1874)
• 1933 » Calvin Coolidge, American lawyer and politician, 30th President of the United States (b. 1872)
• 1942 » Tina Modotti, Italian photographer, model, actress, and activist (b. 1896)

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 9 » Ernest Shackleton, leading the Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole, plants the British flag 97 nautical miles (180km; 112mi) from the South Pole, the farthest anyone had ever reached at that time.
• 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.
• 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.
• April 27 » Sultan of Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V.
• 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.
• December 4 » The Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club, the oldest surviving professional hockey franchise in the world, is founded as a charter member of the National Hockey Association.

The temperature on January 5, 1909 was between -0.2 °C and 4.2 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.