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• Alida Jacoba van Egmond, Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1997)
• Adrianus Petrus Loos, Hoogwoud, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1981)
• Alida Jacoba van Egmond, Noordwijk, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1997)
• Anje Dijk-, Siddeburen, Nederland († 1977)
• Alberta Geertruida Wilderink, Haaksbergen
• Albert RODENBACH, Roeselare, 36015, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique († 1998)
• Abraham Dörr, Rotterdam († 1965)
• Anna Johanna Mechtilde Korste, Rotterdam (ZH-NLD) († 2004)
• -- Quint, Rotterdam
• Alida Johanna Quispel, Rotterdam

• Anna Maria Theodora Mühren (69), Aalten, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antoinetta Maria Meilink (64), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
• Anna "Maria" Theodora Mühren (69), Aalten,Gemeente Aalten,Gelderland,Netherlands
• Alida Richardina Selia Paling (85), Amsterdam
• Adriana van Heumen (0), Hiern en Neerijnen
• Antonia Berendina Hammers (49), Ruurlo
• Arie Ouwehand (79), Katwijk
• Anna Cornelia Arts (3), Hoogstraten, België
• Albertus van den Berg (78), Wassenaar
• Adrianus de Munnik, Waalwijk

• 1899 » Akim Tamiroff, Georgian-American actor († 1972)
• 1905 » Henry Green, English author († 1973)
• 1906 » Fredric Brown, American author († 1972)
• 1907 » Edwige Feuillère, French actress († 1998)
• 1910 » A. J. Ayer, English philosopher and author († 1989)
• 1913 » Al Suomi, American ice hockey player and referee († 2014)
• 1914 » Maxim of Bulgaria, Bulgarian patriarch († 2012)
• 1915 » William Berenberg, American physician and academic († 2005)
• 1918 » Bernard Gordon, American screenwriter and producer († 2007)
• 1918 » Diana Serra Cary, American actress and author († 2020)

• 1892 » William Harnett, American painter (b. 1848)
• 1897 » Henry George, American journalist, philosopher, and economist (b. 1839)
• 1901 » Leon Czolgosz, American assassin of William McKinley (b. 1873)
• 1905 » Étienne Desmarteau, Canadian weight thrower and shot putter (b. 1873)
• 1911 » Joseph Pulitzer, Hungarian-American publisher, lawyer, and politician, founded Pulitzer, Inc. (b. 1847)
• 1916 » John Sebastian Little, American lawyer and politician, 21st Governor of Arkansas (b. 1851)
• 1918 » Rudolf Tobias, Estonian-German organist and composer (b. 1873)
• 1919 » Albert Benjamin Simpson, Canadian preacher, theologian, and author, founded the Christian and Missionary Alliance (b. 1843)
• 1924 » Frances Hodgson Burnett, English-American novelist and playwright (b. 1849)
• 1932 » Joseph Babinski, French neurologist and academic (b. 1857)

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.
• March 4 » U.S. President William Taft used what became known as a Saxbe fix, a mechanism to avoid the restriction of the U.S. Constitution's Ineligibility Clause, to appoint Philander C. Knox as U.S. Secretary of State.
• 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.
• April 9 » The U.S. Congress passes the Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act.
• April 27 » Sultan of Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V.
• August 7 » Alice Huyler Ramsey and three friends become the first women to complete a transcontinental auto trip, taking 59 days to travel from New York, New York to San Francisco, California.
• December 14 » New South Wales Premier Charles Wade signs the Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909, formally completing the transfer of State land to the Commonwealth to create the Australian Capital Territory.

The temperature on October 29, 1909 was between 5.1 °C and 11.3 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south.