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• Antonetta Maria van den Hoven, Baardwijk († 1909)
• Antje Ilbrink, Wormen, Apeldoorn († 1996)
• Aaltje de Jonge, Beilen († 1984)
• Albert Braam, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1910)
• Adrine Frederika Goos, Enkhuizen
• Anna Maria Wilhelmina IJzermans, Stokkem, prov. Limburg (B) († 1932)
• Adrianus Casteleijn, Bergambacht († 1987)
• Alida Maria Cornelia D'ooghe, Hooglede († 2004)
• Annigje Hendrika van der Stouwe, Zwartsluis
• Gerrit Klijn, Barendrecht († 1996)

• Antonius Deronne (67), Semmerzake
• Bernard Henrich Gravel (64), Meppen, Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• van Breugel (0)
• Batje Berghuis (65), Elburg
• Albertje Schreuder (94), Haren, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Antonio Sangoi (63), Gemona
• Adriana van den AKKER (69), Mill en Sint Hubert
• Catharina de Jong (24), Rotterdam
• Anna Maria Felicitas Coeckaerts (66), Tielt, Tielt-Winge, Vlaams-Brabant, België
• Bernardus Teurlings (39), Loon op Zand

• 1905 » Andy Devine, American actor († 1977)
• 1907 » Helen MacInnes, Scottish-American librarian and author († 1985)
• 1909 » Anni Blomqvist, Finnish author († 1990)
• 1909 » Erastus Corning 2nd, American soldier and politician, 72nd Mayor of Albany († 1983)
• 1909 » Shura Cherkassky, Ukrainian-American pianist and educator († 1995)
• 1910 » Henry Plumer McIlhenny, American art collector and philanthropist († 1986)
• 1911 » Vaughn Monroe, American singer, trumpet player, and bandleader († 1973)
• 1912 » Fernando Belaúnde Terry, Peruvian architect and politician, 85th President of Peru († 2002)
• 1912 » Peter Walker, English race car driver († 1984)
• 1913 » Simon Carmiggelt, Dutch journalist and author († 1987)

• 1884 » Bernard Petitjean, French Roman Catholic missionary to Japan (b. 1829)
• 1894 » Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., American physician, author, and poet (b. 1809)
• 1903 » Rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician and academic (b. 1832)
• 1904 » Isabella Bird, English historian and explorer (b. 1831)
• 1906 » Honoré Beaugrand, Canadian journalist and politician, 18th Mayor of Montreal (b. 1848)
• 1911 » John Hughlings Jackson, English neurologist and physician (b. 1835)
• 1919 » Alfred Deakin, Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1856)
• 1925 » Christy Mathewson, American baseball player and manager (b. 1880)
• 1926 » Emil Kraepelin, German psychologist and academic (b. 1856)
• 1933 » Alexander Peacock, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Victoria (b. 1861)

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.
• February 12 » The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.
• February 23 » The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire.
• April 14 » A massacre is organized by the Ottoman Empire against the Armenian population of Cilicia.
• 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.
• 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 October 7, 1909 was between 3.6 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.