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• Adriana Eijke, Rotterdam,Rotterdam,Zuid Holland,Nederland († 1931)
• Anna Maria Lemmens, Born, Limburg, Nederland († 1990)
• Adrianus Kieft, Zuid-en Noord-Schermer, Nederland († 1987)
• Alphonsus René van Rumste, Koewacht,, Zeeland, Nederland († 1994)
• Anna Gertruda Hubertina Jacobs, Baarlo, Li.NL
• Adrianus (Arie) Kieft († 1987)
• Holswilder, Rotterdam, Nederland
• Adriana Eijke, Rotterdam
• Adrianus Gerrit Nicolaas Kapteyn, Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel,Gemeente Zuidplas,South Holland,Netherlands
• Agnes Chamberlain Delapenha, Manchester, Jamaica, West Indies

• Adriaan Andries Louw b5c2d9e1f1g5 (77), "Rietfontein", Krugersdorp
• Cornelia Jongejan (57), Hoorn
• Arend van Duijvenvoorde (0), Katwijk
• Agatha Bode (5), Oudewater
• Anna Cornelia Brandts (67), Sittard-Geleen
• Cornelia Verstegen (75), Nuland
• Charles Daniel Haines (39), Reading, Berks County, PA
• catharina Jacoba Verbeet (50), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Lenior (37), Amsterdam
• Cornelia Adriana Goos (0), Terheijden, Gemeente Drimmelen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1901 » Masanobu Tsuji, Japanese colonel and politician († 1961)
• 1902 » Jayaprakash Narayan, Indian activist and politician († 1979)
• 1905 » Fred Trump, American real estate entrepreneur († 1999)
• 1910 » Cahit Arf, Turkish mathematician and academic († 1997)
• 1911 » Nello Pagani, Italian motorcycle racer and race car driver († 2003)
• 1913 » Joe Simon, American author and illustrator († 2011)
• 1915 » T. Llew Jones, Welsh author and poet († 2009)
• 1916 » Nanaji Deshmukh, Indian educator and activist († 2010)
• 1918 » Fred Bodsworth, Canadian journalist and author († 2012)
• 1918 » Jerome Robbins, American director, producer, and choreographer († 1998)

• 1889 » James Prescott Joule, English physicist and brewer (b. 1818)
• 1896 » Anton Bruckner, Austrian organist, composer, and educator (b. 1824)
• 1896 » Edward Benson, English archbishop (b. 1829)
• 1897 » Léon Boëllmann, French organist and composer (b. 1862)
• 1904 » Mary Tenney Gray, American editorial writer, club-woman, philanthropist, and suffragette (b. 1833)
• 1908 » Rita Cetina Gutiérrez, Mexican poet, educator, and activist (b. 1846)
• 1932 » William Alden Smith, American lawyer and politician (b. 1859)
• 1935 » Steele Rudd, Australian author (b. 1868)
• 1940 » Vito Volterra, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1860)
• 1941 » Heinrich Gutkin, Estonian businessman and politician (b. 1879)

• 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 20 » Publication of the Futurist Manifesto in the French journal Le Figaro.
• 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.
• 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.
• November 18 » Two United States warships are sent to Nicaragua after 500 revolutionaries (including two Americans) are executed by order of José Santos Zelaya.

The temperature on October 11, 1909 was between 4.7 °C and 15.1 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.