About the day » Friday December 3, 1909Calender converter

• Albert Thomassen, Arriën († 1911)
• Adrianus van der Sande, Berkel-Enschot († 1911)
• Anna Maria Klaassen, Halsteren
• Anna Maria de Meijer, Zundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1992)
• Aaltje de Ruiter, Nijverdal, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adam Paulus Adriaan Hartman, 's-Gravenhage
• Adriana Catharina Verbraak, Roosendaal en Nispen, Noord-Brabant, NL († 1911)
• Adam Paulus Hartman, 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Petronella van der Rande, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1909)
• Adam Paulus Adriaan Hartman, 's-Gravenhage (NL)

• Antje (Johannes) MEIJER (77), Franeker, Friesland, Nederland
• (80), Merchtem
• Antonij Johan Veldhoen (0)
• Sytsma (0), Schoterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus Nuijten (1), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Angenieta Johanna Cornelia van Meurs (51), Deventer
• Adriana Maria Verhulst (77), Raamsdonk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Johanna Meijer (77), Franeker, Friesland, Nederland
• Anno Derk Broesder (16), Nobles County, Minnesota
• Augustus Henricus Daems (69), Diest, Vlaams-Brabant, België

• 1901 » Glenn Hartranft, American shot putter and discus thrower († 1970)
• 1901 » Mildred Wiley, American high jumper († 2000)
• 1902 » Feliks Kibbermann, Estonian chess player and philologist († 1993)
• 1902 » John Watkins, Canadian diplomat († 1964)
• 1902 » Mitsuo Fuchida, Japanese captain and pilot († 1976)
• 1904 » Edgar Moon, Australian tennis player († 1976)
• 1905 » Les Ames, English cricketer († 1990)
• 1907 » Connee Boswell, American jazz singer († 1976)
• 1911 » Nino Rota, Italian pianist, composer, conductor, and academic († 1979)
• 1914 » Irving Fine, American composer and academic († 1962)

• 1890 » Billy Midwinter, English-Australian cricketer (b. 1851)
• 1892 » Afanasy Fet, Russian author and poet (b. 1820)
• 1894 » Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist, poet, and essayist (b. 1850)
• 1902 » Robert Lawson, New Zealand architect, designed the Otago Boys' High School and Knox Church (b. 1833)
• 1904 » David Bratton, American water polo player (b. 1869)
• 1910 » Mary Baker Eddy, American religious leader and author, founded Christian Science (b. 1821)
• 1912 » Prudente de Morais, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Brazil (b. 1841)
• 1917 » Harold Garnett, English-French cricketer (b. 1879)
• 1919 » Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French painter and sculptor (b. 1841)
• 1928 » Ezra Meeker, American farmer and politician (b. 1830)

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 23 » RMSRepublic, a passenger ship of the White Star Line, becomes the first ship to use the CQD distress signal after colliding with another ship, the SS Florida, off the Massachusetts coastline, an event that kills six people. The Republic sinks the next day.
• January 25 » Richard Strauss's opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera.
• January 28 » United States troops leave Cuba with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base after being there since the Spanish–American War.
• April 13 » The military of the Ottoman Empire reverses the Ottoman countercoup of 1909 to force the overthrow of Sultan Abdul Hamid II.
• September 30 » The Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania makes a record-breaking westbound crossing of the Atlantic, that will not be bettered for 20 years.
• October 26 » An Jung-geun assassinates Japan's Resident-General of Korea.

The temperature on December 3, 1909 was between 4.7 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 6.0 mm of rain. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (45%). The average windspeed was 7 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.