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• Anna Chrstina Plug, Utrecht,, Utrecht, Nederland
• VROEMEN, Geleen
• Allison Leavitt, New Hampshire, United States († 1945)
• Anje Teune, Bedum, Groningen, Nederland († 1984)
• Adriana Cornelia Maria van Veen, Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Hamers, Tilburg († 1909)
• Aaltje Olofsen, Hoorn
• Alida van der Mee, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Hoogerwerf, Tholen, Zeeland, The Netherlands († 2002)
• Aaltje Nab, Ede, Gelderland, Nederland

• Anne Abrahams Takens (91), Nuis (Marum)
• Antonie van Hekezen (73), Hedel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna de Boer (44), Ter Aar (Ringdijk)
• Anne Takens (91), Nuis, gem. Marum, Groningen, Nederland
• Aretta Jane** SMITH (65), Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States
• Alexandre Goris (58)
• Anna Catharina Moonen (18.3.4.2), Weert, Limburg, Nederland
• Casper Jozef Moonen (68), Voerendaal, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna de Ruijter (69), Sommelsdijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Enk, den haag

• 1907 » John Marley, American actor († 1984)
• 1908 » Hjördis Petterson, Swedish actress († 1988)
• 1908 » Kenji Miyamoto, Japanese politician († 2007)
• 1908 » Red Rolfe, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1969)
• 1908 » Wally Prigg, Australian rugby league player († 1980)
• 1909 » Cozy Cole, American drummer († 1981)
• 1909 » Joaquín Satrústegui, Spanish lawyer and politician († 1992)
• 1909 » Leopoldo Panero, Spanish poet († 1962)
• 1910 » Ester Wier, American author († 2000)
• 1910 » Marina Núñez del Prado, Bolivian sculptor († 1995)

• 1887 » Gustav Kirchhoff, German physicist and chemist (b. 1824)
• 1889 » Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher and critic (b. 1828)
• 1893 » Patrice de MacMahon, Duke of Magenta, French general and politician, 3rd President of France (b. 1808)
• 1910 » Julia Ward Howe, American poet and songwriter (b. 1819)
• 1918 » Malak Hifni Nasif, Egyptian poet and author (b. 1886)
• 1928 » Frank Dicksee, English painter and illustrator (b. 1853)
• 1931 » Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist and academic (b. 1884)
• 1937 » J. Bruce Ismay, English businessman (b. 1862)
• 1938 » Karl Kautsky, Czech-German journalist, philosopher, and theoretician (b. 1854)
• 1948 » Royal Cortissoz, American art critic (b. 1869)

• 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 12 » New Zealand's worst maritime disaster of the 20th century happens when the SSPenguin, an inter-island ferry, sinks and explodes at the entrance to Wellington Harbour.
• 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.
• February 23 » The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire.
• April 27 » Sultan of Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V.
• May 13 » The first Giro d'Italia starts from Milan. Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna will be the winner.

The temperature on October 17, 1909 was between 11.7 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.