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• Alexander Gemmill Galbraith, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland († 1977)
• Adrianus Johannes van der Burg, Loosduinen,Gemeente ·Äôs-Gravenhage,South Holland,Nederland
• Angeline M. Helmus († 2006)
• Albert Kooij, Dedemsvaart, Overijssel, Nederland, Nederland
• Aaltje Thomson, Hoedekenskerke († 1986)
• Alfons Jozef Vliegen, Kerkrade (L († 1910)
• Adrianus Visser, Bleiswijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Agatha de Jong, Krimpen aan de Lek († 1979)
• Aaltje Breen, Anna Paulowna, North Holland, Netherlands
• Abraham van Barlingen, Gouda, Gemeente Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1968)

• Mertens (0), Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Cornelia Neeltje Kerssens (61), Uitgeest
• Adriana Evertsen (56), Zevenbergen, NL
• Annigje Hoogendoorn (16), Zwammerdam
• Catherine Gill (62), Pittston, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
• Aafje Gunder (74), Noord Scharwoude
• Alexis Robillard (83), St-Lazare (Vaudreuil), Qc, Canada
• Constantia Johanna Frederica Holland (67), Dordrecht
• Constantia Johanna Francisca Holland, Dordrecht, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Kootstra (0), Emmen

• 1903 » Toots Shor, American businessman, founded Toots Shor's Restaurant († 1977)
• 1904 » Catherine Lacey, English actress († 1979)
• 1904 » Harry Martinson, Swedish novelist, essayist, and poet Nobel Prize laureate († 1978)
• 1904 » Moshé Feldenkrais, Ukrainian-Israeli physicist and academic († 1984)
• 1905 » Philip N. Krasne, American lawyer and producer († 1999)
• 1906 » André Weil, French mathematician and academic († 1998)
• 1907 » Weeb Ewbank, American football player and coach († 1998)
• 1911 » Guy des Cars, French journalist and author († 1993)
• 1913 » Carmen Cavallaro, American pianist († 1989)
• 1913 » Stewart Granger, English-American actor († 1993)

• 1877 » Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Swedish-Finnish poet and hymn-writer (b. 1804)
• 1882 » Lord Frederick Cavendish, British politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (b. 1836)
• 1882 » Thomas Henry Burke, Irish civil servant (b. 1829)
• 1902 » Bret Harte, American author and poet (b. 1836)
• 1905 » Robert Herbert, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Queensland (b. 1831)
• 1907 » Emanuele Luigi Galizia, Maltese architect and civil engineer (b. 1830)
• 1910 » Edward VII of the United Kingdom (b. 1841)
• 1919 » L. Frank Baum, American novelist (b. 1856)
• 1939 » Konstantin Somov, Russian-French painter and illustrator (b. 1869)
• 1949 » Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian-French poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)

• 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 25 » Richard Strauss's opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera.
• February 2 » The Paris Film Congress opens. An attempt by European producers to form an equivalent to the MPCC cartel in the United States.
• May 13 » The first Giro d'Italia starts from Milan. Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna will be the winner.
• August 28 » A group of mid-level Greek Army officers launches the Goudi coup, seeking wide-ranging reforms.
• September 20 » The South Africa Act 1909 creates the Union of South Africa from the British Colonies from four smaller colonies.
• October 26 » An Jung-geun assassinates Japan's Resident-General of Korea.

The temperature on May 6, 1909 was between 6.9 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 13.2 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.