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• Anna Eleonore, Gräfin von Hochberg
• Aart Marinus Lijster de Raadt, Pernis, zh.nld († 1980)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Anthonius Houtepen, Goirle († 1979)
• Anna Geertruida Gerdes, Emmen († 1999)
• Albert Kremer, Dedemsvaart († 1966)
• Aart Marius de Lijster de Raadt, Pernis († 1980)
• Albertus van Veen
• Adriana Tukker, Alkemade († 1955)
• Hekkert, Rotterdam, Nederland († 1972)
• Adele Francisca Van Uytsel, Kessel († 1997)

• Anna Wortelboer (74), Borger
• Aart van der Hoek (1), rotterdam
• Antonius Wilhelmus Helmond (46), Culemborg (GL)
• Bart Marinusz den Haak (0), Ameide, zh.nld
• Albertien VAN DER LAAN (25), Nieuw-Buinen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• anne hilaire (70), florange
• Antonius Wilhelmus Helmond (46), Culemborg, Gelderland, Nederland
• Allert Cornelis Meijer (92), Zwolle
• Arnoldus Hoedemaker (74), Gendt
• Arnoldus Johannes den Bieman (23), Wamel, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1904 » Bruce Cabot, American actor († 1972)
• 1907 » Augoustinos Kantiotes, Greek bishop († 2010)
• 1907 » Miran Bux, Pakistani cricketer († 1991)
• 1908 » Lionel Hampton, American vibraphone player, pianist, bandleader, and actor († 2002)
• 1910 » Fatin Rüştü Zorlu, Turkish diplomat and politician († 1961)
• 1913 » Mimis Fotopoulos, Greek actor and poet († 1986)
• 1913 » Roger Rochard, French runner († 1993)
• 1913 » Willi Hennig, German biologist and entomologist († 1976)
• 1914 » Betty Lou Gerson, American actress († 1999)
• 1915 » Joseph Wolpe, South African psychotherapist and physician († 1997)

• 1886 » Charles-François-Frédéric, marquis de Montholon-Sémonville, French general and diplomat, French ambassador to the United States (b. 1814)
• 1887 » Muhammad Sharif Pasha, Greek-Egyptian politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1826)
• 1899 » Joseph Wolf, German ornithologist and illustrator (b. 1820)
• 1902 » Joaquim de Sousa Andrade, Brazilian poet and educator (b. 1833)
• 1912 » Bram Stoker, Anglo-Irish novelist and critic, created Count Dracula (b. 1847)
• 1918 » Karl Ferdinand Braun, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1850)
• 1927 » Enrique Simonet, Spanish painter and educator (b. 1866)
• 1929 » Prince Henry of Prussia (b. 1862)
• 1931 » Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon, 5th Baronet, Scottish-English fencer and businessman (b. 1862)
• 1932 » Giuseppe Peano, Italian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1858)

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.
• 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 14 » A massacre is organized by the Ottoman Empire against the Armenian population of Cilicia.
• June 2 » Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
• August 19 » The first automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
• August 24 » Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.
• September 20 » The South Africa Act 1909 creates the Union of South Africa from the British Colonies from four smaller colonies.

The temperature on April 20, 1909 was between 7.5 °C and 13.4 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 6.5 mm of rain. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.