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• Albert Doldersum, Veeningen
• Agathe Anna Weißflog, Annaberg, Sachsen, Duitsland
• Albert Henri Libens, Sint-Truiden, België († 1992)
• Adriana de Keizer, Werkendam
• Albert Bruinsma († 1997)
• Alice Van Caenegem, Schelderode († 2005)
• Albert Bruinsma, Ambt-Hardenberg († 1997)
• "Michel" Marie Joseph Lauras, Nottonville, Eure-et-Loir, France († 2004)
• Aafje JONGENEEL, Zaandijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1981)
• Amelia Goossens, Herenthout, België († 1927)

• Cornelis van der Meer (0), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Christina Smit (68), Noordgouwe gem. Schouwen Duiveland Zld. NL
• +Johanna Alida van der Lubbe (0), Leiden
• Adrianus Cornelis Matthaeus de Bruin (0), Tilburg
• Adam Adriaanse (66), Sheboygan County, Wisconsin
• Aartje Janna Warnaar (0), Rotterdam
• van Bezouwen (0), Rotterdam
• Adriaan Van den Broeck (0), Relegem,, Vlaams-Brabant, België
• Alida van der Boog (0), Katwijk
• Adrianus Louis de Haaij (52), Rotterdam

• 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.
• 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 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.
• September 20 » The South Africa Act 1909 creates the Union of South Africa from the British Colonies from four smaller colonies.
• October 16 » William Howard Taft and Porfirio Díaz hold the first summit between a U.S. and a Mexican president. They narrowly escape assassination.
• 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 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.