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• Anna Maria Smeets, Meerssen († 1909)
• Agnes Loughran, Beaghmore, Co. Tyrone, N. Ireland († 1990)
• Angus Leo McKinnon († 1966)
• Anna Maria Catharina SPANJER, Amsterdam
• Adriaan Johan van Renswouw, Utrecht († 1937)
• Albertus Borsje, Den Haag († 1945)
• Anna Judith Joanna Foppen, Lanaeken (B) († 1964)
• Adrianus Meijer, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 1962)
• Adolf Wessel, Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aart Pieter Kramer, Wissenkerke, Zeeland, Nederland († 1986)

• Aaltje Pruis (71)
• Adrianes RINK (73), Culemborg
• Antony van Hilten (75), Uithoorn
• Anna Maria Catharina Derickx (33), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Schouman (82), Ede, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Luiten (16), Zuid Eschmarke, Lonneker, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Arie Westeneng (54), Zeist
• Antoine, Auguste, Leon, Marie, Segaert (13), Blankenberge, W. Vl., België
• Albertus Leonardus Lintsen (17), Bemmel
• Albert de Boer (68)

• 1905 » Erika Nõva, Estonian architect and engineer († 1987)
• 1905 » Eugène Bozza, French composer and conductor († 1991)
• 1906 » Bea Benaderet, Turkish-Jewish Irish-American television, radio, and voice actress († 1968)
• 1906 » John Cameron Swayze, American journalist († 1995)
• 1907 » Robert Askin, Australian sergeant and politician, 32nd Premier of New South Wales († 1981)
• 1910 » Đặng Văn Ngữ, Vietnamese physician and academic († 1967)
• 1911 » Max Dupain, Australian photographer († 1992)
• 1913 » Dave Brown, Australian rugby league player († 1974)
• 1913 » Frances Langford, American actress and singer († 2005)
• 1913 » Rosemary Lane, American actress and singer († 1974)

• 1890 » Edmond Hébert, French geologist and academic (b. 1812)
• 1890 » Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Premier of Quebec (b. 1820)
• 1912 » Charles Brantley Aycock, American lawyer and politician, 50th Governor of North Carolina (b. 1859)
• 1912 » Isaac K. Funk, American minister, lexicographer, and publisher, co-founded Funk & Wagnalls (b. 1839)
• 1919 » Francisco Marto, Portuguese saint (b. 1908)
• 1919 » William Crookes, English chemist and physicist (b. 1832)
• 1923 » John Venn, English mathematician and philosopher, created the Venn diagram (b. 1834)
• 1929 » Karl Benz, German engineer and businessman, founded Mercedes-Benz (b. 1844)
• 1931 » André Michelin, French businessman, co-founded the Michelin Tyre Company (b. 1853)
• 1932 » Wilhelm Ostwald, Latvian-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)

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 15 » The Flores Theater fire in Acapulco, Mexico kills 250.
• April 18 » Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.
• June 26 » The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity.
• August 7 » Alice Huyler Ramsey and three friends become the first women to complete a transcontinental auto trip, taking 59 days to travel from New York, New York to San Francisco, California.
• December 4 » In Canadian football, the First Grey Cup game is played. The University of Toronto Varsity Blues defeat the Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club, 26–6.
• December 4 » The Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club, the oldest surviving professional hockey franchise in the world, is founded as a charter member of the National Hockey Association.

The temperature on April 4, 1909 was between -3.2 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 11.7 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.