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• Aaltje Adriaantje Sneep, Oldemarkt
• Adrianus Johannes Cornelis Kamp, Waspik, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1975)
• Alfrieda Christiana MAIER, Rotterdam
• Adrienne, Maria, Augusta Van Hecke, Stekene
• Andreas Adelbert van der Werf *, Steenwijk († 1910)
• Aaltje Willemke Feddes, de Krim († 1917)
• Adrianus Johannes Cornelis Kamp, Waspik,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1975)
• Alma Virginia Frazier, Santa Rosa († 1990)
• Anna Konijn, de Rijp († 2000)
• Abdon De Roo, Maldegem, OVL, B († 1969)

• Bertus Dirk Linkerhof (0), Tiel Gld. NL
• Alice Sarah Ailes (84), Beverly, N.J
• Ada Anna Hughes ***** (37), Malvern, Geneva, Alabama, United States
• Albertien Roelofs (Sour) Soer (79), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antje Draaisma (67), Franeker, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Steevens (68), Dinteloord, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Kraakman (1), Zuid-Scharwoude, Langedijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan GULICKX (74), Baarle-Nassau
• Adriaan Gulickx (74), Baarle-Nassau, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aalbert van Kranenburg (81), Deil (Geldermalsen)

• 1904 » Virginia Coffey, American civil rights activist († 2003)
• 1908 » Claude Davey, Welsh rugby player († 2001)
• 1908 » Mária Szepes, Hungarian journalist, author, and screenwriter († 2007)
• 1908 » Morey Amsterdam, American actor, singer, and screenwriter († 1996)
• 1909 » Edward Lawrie Tatum, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1975)
• 1911 » Hans von Ohain, German-American physicist and engineer († 1998)
• 1911 » Jerzy Iwanow-Szajnowicz, Greek-Polish swimmer and water polo player († 1943)
• 1911 » Spike Jones, American singer and bandleader († 1965)
• 1914 » France Milčinski - Ježek, Slovene poet, satirist, comedian, actor, children's writer and director.
• 1914 » Karl Carstens, German lieutenant and politician, 5th President of the Federal Republic of Germany († 1992)

• 1878 » Princess Alice of the United Kingdom (b. 1843)
• 1912 » Belgrave Edward Sutton Ninnis, English lieutenant and explorer (b. 1887)
• 1917 » Phil Waller, Welsh rugby player (b. 1889)
• 1920 » George Gipp, American football player (b. 1895)
• 1927 » Julian Sochocki, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1842)
• 1929 » Henry B. Jackson, British admiral (b. 1855)
• 1935 » Stanley G. Weinbaum, American author (b. 1902)
• 1937 » Fabián de la Rosa, Filipino painter and educator (b. 1869)
• 1940 » Anton Korošec, Slovenian priest and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1872)
• 1943 » John Harvey Kellogg, American physician and businessman, co-invented corn flakes (b. 1852)

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.
• February 12 » New Zealand's worst maritime disaster of the 20th century happens when the SSPenguin, an inter-island ferry, sinks and explodes at the entrance to Wellington Harbour.
• 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 13 » The military of the Ottoman Empire reverses the Ottoman countercoup of 1909 to force the overthrow of Sultan Abdul Hamid II.
• April 27 » Sultan of Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V.
• August 28 » A group of mid-level Greek Army officers launches the Goudi coup, seeking wide-ranging reforms.
• December 10 » Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

The temperature on December 14, 1909 was between -2.0 and 2.2 °C. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.