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• Aaltje Visscher, Nieuwleusen († 1996)
• Willemsen Maria Ludovica, Merksplas, Antwerpen, België
• Adriaan Aart Rietveld, Ouderkerk aan de IJssel
• Albi Jonah Heinrich († 1994)
• Alida Wilhelmina Hogervorst, Weesp († 1939)
• Adolph Jochim († 1976)
• ? van der Laan, Middelburg
• Aaltje Vos, Blaricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1909)
• Adrianus Jacobus Zuidgeest, Monster
• Albertha Smit, Zwolle, Ov, The Netherlands († 1974)

• Kappert (0), Rijssen
• Antje Veenstra (14), Oudega, Smallingerland (Frl)
• Amanda Merkel (68), Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania
• Abraham Leliveld (51), Schiedam,-
• Anna Maria Bijnsdorp (63), Haarlemmermeer
• Christina Pieternella de Visser (70), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• "Natalia" Wilhelmina Helena von Rennenkampff (86), Dagö-Kertel, Hiiumaa, Estonie
• Adriana Blok (69), Oost-en West-Souburg
• Albertus ten Napel (0), Urk
• Albertus ten NAPEL (0), Urk, Flevoland, Nederland

• 1900 » Margaret Mitchell, American journalist and author († 1949)
• 1904 » Cedric Belfrage, English-American journalist and author, co-founded the National Guardian († 1990)
• 1908 » Martha Gellhorn, American journalist and author († 1998)
• 1910 » James McCormack, American general († 1975)
• 1911 » Al Brosch, American golfer († 1975)
• 1911 » Robert Jackson, Australian public servant and diplomat († 1991)
• 1912 » June Havoc, American actress, singer and dancer († 2010)
• 1912 » Stylianos Pattakos, Greek general and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Greece († 2016)
• 1913 » Lou Ambers, American boxer († 1995)
• 1914 » Norman Lloyd, American actor, director, and producer

• 1873 » Manuel Bretón de los Herreros, Spanish poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1796)
• 1887 » Doc Holliday, American dentist and poker player (b. 1851)
• 1890 » César Franck, Belgian organist and composer (b. 1822)
• 1895 » Robert Battey, American surgeon and academic (b. 1828)
• 1901 » James Agnew, Irish-Australian politician, 16th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1815)
• 1905 » Victor Borisov-Musatov, Russian painter (b. 1870)
• 1917 » Colin Blythe, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1879)
• 1921 » Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet and playwright (b. 1849)
• 1934 » Carlos Chagas, Brazilian physician and bacteriologist (b. 1879)
• 1944 » Walter Nowotny, Austrian-German soldier and pilot (b. 1920)

• 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 16 » Ernest Shackleton's expedition finds the magnetic South Pole.
• February 20 » Publication of the Futurist Manifesto in the French journal Le Figaro.
• 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.
• 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 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.
• September 20 » The South Africa Act 1909 creates the Union of South Africa from the British Colonies from four smaller colonies.

The temperature on November 8, 1909 was between 0.9 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.