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• Aart Bos († 1995)
• Adriana Maria Rijvers, Teteringen, Breda, North Brabant, Netherlands († 1997)
• Aart Anthonie Los († 1989)
• Alix Marie Josephine Hyacinte de Beaumont, Maastricht († 2002)
• Adriana Cornelia Verboven, Kaatsheuvel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1988)
• Andries Dirksz. van Schie, Rotterdam
• Aalbert van den Hazel, Putten-Hell († 1984)
• Adrianus Johannes Gijsbertus Lesterhuis, Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1962)
• Megreta Tuinstra, Noordwijk Marum
• Alida Leliaert († 1971)

• Botje Hooite Meursing (80), Hoogezand, Groningen, Nederland
• Alida Petronella Theodora Wilhelmina Holewijn (0), Rotterdam ZH NL
• Barta van den Broek (67), Lunteren (Ede), Nederland
• "Wilhelm" Heinrich Sigismund Joachim Viktor Innocenz von Redern (67), Berlin
• Cornelia Catharina van Oijen (2), Den Haag
• Aafje Baardman (64), Rotterdam
• Berend Jan Slettenhaar (80), Hellendoorn, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Maria Rog (71), Heemstede, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• BOTJE MEURSING (80), HOOGEZAND
• Aloys Casier (66), Izegem, België

• 1901 » Ilona Fehér, Hungarian-Israeli violinist and educator († 1988)
• 1903 » Nikolai Voznesensky, Soviet economic planner, member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union († 1950)
• 1905 » Alex Wilson, Canadian sprinter and coach († 1994)
• 1910 » Alicia Markova, English ballerina and choreographer († 2004)
• 1911 » Calvin Griffith, Canadian-American businessman († 1999)
• 1911 » Walter Alston, American baseball player and manager († 1984)
• 1912 » Minoru Yamasaki, American architect, designed the World Trade Center († 1986)
• 1913 » Mary Martin, American actress and singer († 1990)
• 1916 » Wan Li, Chinese educator and politician, 4th Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China († 2015)
• 1917 » Thomas Hayward, American tenor and actor († 1995)

• 1884 » William Swainson, English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, Attorney-General of the Crown Colony of New Zealand (b. 1809)
• 1913 » Juhan Liiv, Estonian poet and author (b. 1864)
• 1914 » Alfred Thayer Mahan, American captain and historian (b. 1840)
• 1916 » Charles de Foucauld, French priest and martyr (b. 1858)
• 1923 » Virginie Loveling, Belgian author and poet (b. 1836)
• 1928 » José Eustasio Rivera, Colombian-American lawyer and poet (b. 1888)
• 1933 » Pekka Halonen, Finnish painter (b. 1865)
• 1934 » Sergey Kirov, Russian engineer and politician (b. 1886)
• 1935 » Bernhard Schmidt, Estonian-German optician, invented the Schmidt camera (b. 1879)
• 1943 » Damrong Rajanubhab, Thai historian and educator (b. 1862)

• 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.
• February 20 » Publication of the Futurist Manifesto in the French journal Le Figaro.
• February 22 » The sixteen battleships of the Great White Fleet, led by USSConnecticut, return to the United States after a voyage around the world.
• 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 18 » Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.
• May 31 » The National Negro Committee, forerunner to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), convenes for the first time.
• August 28 » A group of mid-level Greek Army officers launches the Goudi coup, seeking wide-ranging reforms.

The temperature on December 1, 1909 was between 1.3 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 11.9 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.