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• Albertina Martina Kuijs, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1909)
• Aart Broek, Maasland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1959)
• Albert Stevens, Noordsleen, Sleen
• Agnes Elizabeth Barbara Hecht, Frankenmuth, Saginaw, MI (USA) († 1969)
• Adrianus Zuidgeest, Schiedam († 1980)
• Aafje van Berge, Zaandam, Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert van der Bos, Leeuwarden
• Adriana Johanna Maria Meijer, Monster
• Albert Jonkhart, Oostzaan
• Andreas Ferdinand BERGHMANS, Mol Belgie († 1983)

• Arie Juda Cohen (71), Groningen
• Anna Sophia Frederika Blijleve (0), Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andreas Hendrik Houben (5), Koningsbosch
• Antoinette van der Laan (50), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bardina van der Zel (57)
• Albertus Diepenhorst (66)
• Bernardus van der Laan (44), Oude Pekela, Groningen, Netherlands
• Alberta Theodora Pothuijsen (68), Warnsveld, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arnoud Marinus Hendricus Vostermans (0), Helmond, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Ashton C. Humphrey (0)

• 1903 » Marguerite Yourcenar, Belgian-French author and poet († 1987)
• 1903 » Ralph Yarborough, American colonel and politician († 1996)
• 1910 » C. C. Beck, American illustrator († 1989)
• 1910 » Fernand Fonssagrives, French-American photographer, sculptor, and painter († 2003)
• 1910 » John W. Campbell, American journalist and author († 1971)
• 1911 » Edmundo Rivero, Argentinian singer-songwriter († 1986)
• 1912 » Harry Holtzman, American painter († 1987)
• 1912 » Maurice Bellemare, Canadian lawyer and politician († 1989)
• 1912 » Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, British abstract painter († 2004)
• 1915 » Kayyar Kinhanna Rai, Indian journalist, author, and poet († 2015)

• 1874 » Cochise, American tribal chief (b. 1805)
• 1876 » George Sand, French author and playwright (b. 1804)
• 1885 » Ignace Bourget, Canadian bishop (b. 1799)
• 1889 » Gerard Manley Hopkins, English poet (b. 1844)
• 1899 » Mary of the Divine Heart, German nun and saint (b. 1863)
• 1924 » Andrew Irvine, English mountaineer and explorer (b. 1902)
• 1924 » George Mallory, English lieutenant and mountaineer (b. 1886)
• 1929 » Bliss Carman, Canadian-American poet and playwright (b. 1861)
• 1945 » Karl Hanke, Polish-German soldier and politician (b. 1903)
• 1951 » Eugène Fiset, Canadian physician, general, and politician, 18th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1874)

• 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.
• March 10 » By signing the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, Thailand relinquishes its sovereignty over the Malay states of Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis and Terengganu, which become British protectorates.
• April 11 » The city of Tel Aviv is founded.
• April 27 » Sultan of Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V.
• May 31 » The National Negro Committee, forerunner to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), convenes for the first time.
• 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.
• December 10 » Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

The temperature on June 8, 1909 was between 3.5 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.