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• Adeline Frederiksz, Poerwokerto
• Anna Catharina van Althuis, Amsterdam († 1977)
• Adelaida Espinosa, Nava, Coahuila, México († 1934)
• Aaltje Buitenhuis, Nijeveen {DR} († 2003)
• Alke Lubach, Emmen († 1988)
• Albert Theophiel De Clercq, Deinze († 1991)
• Klaarke Strikwerda, Winsum († 1967)
• Anna Gertruda Devreede, Maastricht († 1993)
• Alida Pluister, Haarlem
• Alida Jacoba van Opzeeland, Haarlem († 1915)

• Alexander van Oevelen (0), Ossendrecht (Woensdrecht) (Noord-Brabant)
• Alijda Keijl (67), Hattem
• Antonie Hubertus Horsten (72), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida Splint (0), Laren,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Agatha van der Werff (81), Rijnsburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alyda Keijl (67), Hattem
• Arian van der Straten (80), Kampen
• Bernardus Holtrop (88)
• Adriana Sühre (86), Alphen aan de Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agatha Maartens van der Werf (81), Rijnsburg

• 1906 » Alicia Patterson, American journalist and publisher, co-founded Newsday († 1963)
• 1906 » Hiram Fong, American soldier and politician († 2004)
• 1906 » Victoria Spivey, American singer-songwriter and pianist († 1976)
• 1907 » Varian Fry, American journalist and author († 1967)
• 1908 » Herman Chittison, American pianist († 1967)
• 1908 » John Kenneth Galbraith, Canadian-American economist and diplomat, 7th United States Ambassador to India († 2006)
• 1909 » Jesse L. Greenstein, American astronomer and academic († 2002)
• 1909 » Robert Trout, American journalist († 2000)
• 1910 » Edwin O. Reischauer, Japanese-American scholar and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Japan († 1990)
• 1912 » Nellie Lutcher, American singer and pianist († 2007)

• 1891 » Gilbert Arthur à Beckett, English author and songwriter (b. 1837)
• 1900 » Zdeněk Fibich, Czech pianist and composer (b. 1850)
• 1910 » Stanley Ketchel, American boxer (b. 1886)
• 1917 » Mata Hari, Dutch dancer and spy (b. 1876)
• 1918 » Sai Baba of Shirdi, Indian guru and saint (b. 1838)
• 1925 » Dolores Jiménez y Muro, Mexican revolutionary (b. 1848?)
• 1930 » Herbert Henry Dow, Canadian-American businessman, founded the Dow Chemical Company (b. 1866)
• 1934 » Raymond Poincaré, French lawyer and politician, 10th President of France (b. 1860)
• 1940 » Lluís Companys, Catalan lawyer and politician, President of Catalonia (b. 1882)
• 1945 » Pierre Laval, French lawyer and politician, 101st Prime Minister of France (b. 1883)

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 22 » The sixteen battleships of the Great White Fleet, led by USSConnecticut, return to the United States after a voyage around the world.
• March 23 » Theodore Roosevelt leaves New York for a post-presidency safari in Africa. The trip is sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and National Geographic Society.
• April 14 » A massacre is organized by the Ottoman Empire against the Armenian population of Cilicia.
• April 27 » Sultan of Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V.
• September 23 » The novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra (The Phantom of the Opera), by Gaston Leroux, is published as a serialization in Le Gaulois.
• 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 15, 1909 was between 7.9 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.