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• Aletta Agatha Pietje Doesburg, 's-Gravenzande
• Adriana Elisabeth van Marion
• Aaltje Hendrika Jansink, hengelo (o)
• Aalt van den Hoorn, Putten († 1945)
• Adriana Neeltje Geerlofs, Rotterdam († 2000)
• Addie Mae Strandberg, Montaque (Muskegon) (Michigan) (USA) († 1993)
• Adrianus Bartholomeus van Beek, Zevenbergen,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1981)
• Albertus Wilhelmus Franciscus LIEBRAND, Oeffelt,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1975)
• Aagje Romeijn, rotterdam (zuid holland)
• Adrianus Jacobus van Vliet, Vrijenban

• Antje Warring (0), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Amelia Rosalia Laleman (90), Staden West-Vlaanderen België
• Alfred Willem Graaf van Alvensleben (71), Homburg v.d. Höhe, Hessen
• Anna Bresser (92), Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Anna Barendina Bresser (92), Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alphonsus, Hijpolitus Beck (0), Hengstdijk(NL)
• Abel KOUMAN (27), Rilland-Bath, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adriana_Johanna_Jacoba Mulder (27), Den Haag
• Kloosterman (0), Kollumerzwaag, Kollumerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Albertus van Hees (1), Utrecht, Utr, NL

• 1903 » Edwin T. Layton, American admiral († 1984)
• 1903 » M. Balasundaram, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician († 1965)
• 1904 » Roland Wilson, Australian economist and statistician († 1996)
• 1908 » Percy Faith, Canadian composer, conductor, and bandleader († 1976)
• 1908 » Pete Zaremba, American hammer thrower († 1994)
• 1909 » Robert Charroux, French author and critic († 1978)
• 1913 » Charles Vanik, American soldier, judge, and politician († 2007)
• 1913 » Louise Currie, American actress († 2013)
• 1914 » Ralph Flanagan, American pianist, composer, and conductor († 1995)
• 1915 » Stanley Adams, American actor and screenwriter († 1977)

• 1889 » Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, Mexican politician and president, 1872-1876 (b. 1823)
• 1889 » Youssef Bey Karam, Lebanese soldier and politician (b. 1823)
• 1891 » P. T. Barnum, American businessman and politician, co-founded The Barnum & Bailey Circus (b. 1810)
• 1917 » Spyridon Samaras, Greek composer and playwright (b. 1861)
• 1918 » David Kolehmainen, Finnish wrestler (b. 1885)
• 1918 » George E. Ohr, American potter (b. 1857)
• 1920 » Karl Binding, German lawyer and jurist (b. 1841)
• 1922 » James McGowen, Australian politician, 18th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1855)
• 1928 » Alexander Bogdanov, Russian physician, philosopher, and author (b. 1873)
• 1932 » Grigore Constantinescu, Romanian priest and journalist (b. 1875)

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 16 » Ernest Shackleton's expedition finds the magnetic South Pole.
• 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.
• 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.
• May 31 » The National Negro Committee, forerunner to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), convenes for the first time.
• August 30 » Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott.

The temperature on April 7, 1909 was between 1.0 °C and 14.9 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 12.1 hours of sunshine (91%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.