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• Alice Van Caenegem, Schelderode († 2005)
• Adriana TROMP, Uitgeest, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Angela Maria Scova-Righini, Haarlem, Nederland († 1985)
• "Michel" Marie Joseph Lauras, Nottonville, Eure-et-Loir, France († 2004)
• Albert Bruinsma, Ambt-Hardenberg († 1997)
• Albert Doldersum, Zuidwolde († 1928)
• Aline Jeanne Charlotte Julienne DELTOUR, SPA, Liège, Belgique († 2003)
• Adriaan van Hercules, Vlissingen († 1983)
• Amelia Goossens, Herenthout, België († 1927)
• Adriana de Keizer, Werkendam

• Christina Smit (68), Noordgouwe gem. Schouwen Duiveland Zld. NL
• Aartje Janna Warnaar (0), Rotterdam
• Adriana van der Eijk (72), 's-Gravenhage
• Arnoldus Gepkens (79), Andelst, Gelderland, Nederland
• Catharina Maria Henriëtte Ewyck, van (81), Utrecht
• Cornelis Johannes Innemee (50), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Christina Smit (68), Noordgouwe
• Cornelis van der Meer (0), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Cornelisz Jonker (71), Alkmaar
• Catherine Arpin (66), Drummond, Chippewa, Michigan, United States

• 1905 » Joel McCrea, American actor († 1990)
• 1905 » Louis Rosier, French race car driver († 1956)
• 1905 » Sajjad Zaheer, Indian author and poet († 1973)
• 1906 » Endre Kabos, Hungarian fencer († 1944)
• 1906 » Fred Lawrence Whipple, American astronomer and academic († 2004)
• 1910 » John Hackett, Australian-English general and academic († 1997)
• 1911 » Marie Osborne Yeats, American actress and costume designer († 2010)
• 1911 » Roy Rogers, American singer, guitarist, and actor († 1998)
• 1912 » W. Allen Wallis, American economist and statistician († 1998)
• 1913 » Guy Green, English-American director, screenwriter, and cinematographer († 2005)

• 1879 » James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist and mathematician (b. 1831)
• 1923 » Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French author and poet (b. 1880)
• 1928 » Vlasios Tsirogiannis, Greek general (b. 1872)
• 1930 » Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
• 1930 » Luigi Facta, Italian politician, journalist and Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1861)
• 1931 » Konrad Stäheli, Swiss target shooter (b. 1866)
• 1933 » Texas Guinan, American actress and businesswoman (b. 1884)
• 1933 » Walther von Dyck, German mathematician and academic (b. 1856)
• 1938 » Thomas Dewing, American painter and educator (b. 1851)
• 1939 » Mary W. Bacheler, American physician and Baptist medical missionary (b. 1860)

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 25 » Richard Strauss's opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera.
• February 20 » Publication of the Futurist Manifesto in the French journal Le Figaro.
• April 18 » Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.
• June 2 » Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
• July 25 » Louis Blériot makes the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine from Calais to Dover, England, United Kingdom in 37 minutes.
• August 30 » Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott.

The temperature on November 5, 1909 was between 5.9 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.