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• Adrianus Anthonius Keijzer, Ter Aar (Ringdijk) († 1998)
• Adrianus IJpelaar, Achthuizen
• Aleida Peters, Elst (Ge), Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Franciscus Heijblom, Ginneken en Bavel
• Aalt den Besten, Nunspeet († 2006)
• Anna Vries, Weststellingwerf, Oldeholtpade
• Albert Elders, Emmen-Nieuw Amsterdam († 1973)
• 6 Geertruida Wilhelmina Oostveen, Werkhoven, UT, Nederland († 1987)
• Albert Auguste PROUVOST, Roubaix, Nord, Frankrijk
• Anna Francina de RAAT, Stompwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1944)

• Christina Maria Francina Linn (77), 's-Gravenhage
• Adriana Vermaas (69), Nieuw-Beijerland
• BERNARDUS DE MEIJERE (63), OOSTBURG (ZEELAND)
• Alice Emmeline McClary (58), Clovis, New Mexico
• Caroline Antoinette LAIGNEAU (68), Paris 14ème
• Christiaan Johannes Ot (66), den haag
• Antonia Hermina Derkink (0), Stad Delden, Overijssel, Nederland
• Barbara Deblaere (93), Roeselare, België
• Cornelis Pieter Keijzer (73), Den Burg, Texel, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Siedenburg (0), Bussum

• 1904 » Rudolf Arnheim, German-American psychologist and author († 2007)
• 1905 » Anita Farra, Italian actress († 2008)
• 1905 » Dorothy Fields, American songwriter († 1974)
• 1906 » R. S. Mugali, Indian poet and academic († 1993)
• 1906 » Rudolf Uhlenhaut, English-German engineer († 1989)
• 1909 » Jean Hamburger, French physician and surgeon († 1992)
• 1911 » Edward Shackleton, Baron Shackleton, English geographer and politician, Secretary of State for Air († 1994)
• 1913 » Abraham Sutzkever, Russian poet and author († 2010)
• 1913 » Cowboy Copas, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1963)
• 1913 » Hammond Innes, English journalist and author († 1998)

• 1885 » Rosalía de Castro, Spanish author and poet (b. 1837)
• 1890 » Gottfried Keller, Swiss author, poet, and playwright (b. 1819)
• 1898 » Jean-Baptiste Salpointe, French-American archbishop († 1825)
• 1904 » Anton Chekhov, Russian playwright and short story writer (b. 1860)
• 1919 » Hermann Emil Fischer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1929 » Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austrian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1874)
• 1930 » Leopold Auer, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1845)
• 1931 » Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Russian-German economist and mathematician (b. 1868)
• 1932 » Bahíyyih Khánum, Iranian writer and leader in the Baha'i faith (b. 1846)
• 1932 » Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven, South African poet and politician (b. 1873)

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 9 » The U.S. Congress passes the Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act.
• May 13 » The first Giro d'Italia starts from Milan. Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna will be the winner.
• June 26 » The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity.
• July 25 » Louis Blériot makes the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine from Calais to Dover, England, United Kingdom in 37 minutes.
• 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.

The temperature on July 15, 1909 was between 13.0 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.