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• Abraham Bollegraaf, Slochteren († 1944)
• Anna Maria Adriana de Bruijn, Tilburg († 1989)
• Albertus Johannes Hendrikus Cleef van, Leiden, ZH, Nederland († 1989)
• Adriana Maria Smulders, Tilburg († 1996)
• Adrianus Johannes Maria Mateijsen, Tilburg († 1909)
• Alida van Laar, Apeldoorn,Gelderland,Nederland († 1989)
• Anna Grooteman, Wervershoof, Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1931)
• Aaffien Klungel, Midwolda, Groningen, Nederland († 1943)
• Alice Geziena Damkot, Holland (Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA) († 1964)
• Adriana Maria Smulders, Tilburg (Noord-Brabant) († 1996)

• Adriana Hendrica Lodder (1), Zeist, Nederland
• Aart van Donkelaar (55), Leiden, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Piek (75), Culenborg (Culenborg) (Gelderland)
• Amanda Jane Green (59), Cedarville, Modoc, California, United States
• Annigje de Wit (84), Oudewater
• Abraham de Fouw (87), Middelburg,Gemeente Middelburg,Zeeland,Netherlands
• Arend Vreeken (0), Aalsmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Baby Harridge (0), Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
• Aart van Donkelaar (55), Leiden
• Antje Wagenaar (85), Roodeschool gem. Uithuizermeeden, Groningen, Nederland

• 1904 » Pretty Boy Floyd, American gangster († 1934)
• 1905 » Arne Beurling, Swedish-American mathematician and academic († 1986)
• 1905 » Paul Ariste, Estonian linguist and academic († 1990)
• 1906 » George Adamson, Indian-English author and activist († 1989)
• 1907 » James A. Michener, American author and philanthropist († 1997)
• 1909 » André Cayatte, French lawyer and director († 1989)
• 1909 » Simone Weil, French mystic and philosopher († 1943)
• 1911 » Jehan Alain, French organist and composer († 1940)
• 1912 » Jacques Soustelle, French anthropologist and politician († 1990)
• 1914 » Mary Carlisle, American actress, singer, and dancer († 2018)

• 1866 » François-Xavier Garneau, Canadian poet, author, and historian (b. 1809)
• 1873 » Isaac Baker Brown, English gynecologist and surgeon (b. 1811)
• 1922 » John Butler Yeats, Irish painter and illustrator (b. 1839)
• 1924 » Woodrow Wilson, American historian, academic, and politician, 28th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856)
• 1929 » Agner Krarup Erlang, Danish mathematician and engineer (b. 1878)
• 1935 » Hugo Junkers, German engineer, designed the Junkers J 1 (b. 1859)
• 1944 » Yvette Guilbert, French singer and actress (b. 1865)
• 1945 » Roland Freisler, German lawyer and judge (b. 1893)
• 1947 » Marc Mitscher, American admiral and pilot (b. 1887)
• 1952 » Harold L. Ickes, American journalist and politician, 32nd United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1874)

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 28 » United States troops leave Cuba with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base after being there since the Spanish–American War.
• 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 18 » Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.
• May 13 » The first Giro d'Italia starts from Milan. Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna will be the winner.
• June 26 » The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity.

The temperature on February 3, 1909 was between 3.6 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 8.0 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the west.