About the day » Tuesday July 20, 1909Calender converter

• Agustin Botero Alvarez, Sonsón, Antioquia, Colombia
• Antonius Lammerse, Breda,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1988)
• Adriana Margaretha Cornelia Tavenier, Rotterdam
• Anna Maier, Elbogen (Cz) († 1992)
• Adriana Cornelia van Teeffelen, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1983)
• Anna Catharina Wagemans, Westerlo, Antwerpen, België
• Verweij, Geldermalsen (West Betuwe) (GL) († 1909)
• Antje de Lange, Opperdoes, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1986)
• AART PLANCIUS, Putten († 1961)
• Antonius Cornelis Jacques Bosmans, Ede († 1971)

• Arent Ebbens (32), Holwierde (gem. Eemsdelta)
• Antje Vis (0), Velsen
• Anje Kuizinga (68), Baflo
• Catharina van der Elst (71), Haarlem, Gemeente Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Maria van der Nol (80), 's-Gravenzande
• Catharina Slegers, Someren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Annechien Bebing (56), Ballo (Rolde), Drenthe, Nederland
• Andries Otto (73), 235 West Street, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa
• Annechien (Bebing) Bebingh (56), Balloo, Rolde
• Catharina van der Elst (71), Haarlem

• 1902 » Leonidas Berry, American gastroenterologist († 1995)
• 1905 » Joseph Levis, American foil fencer († 2005)
• 1909 » Eric Rowan, South African cricketer († 1993)
• 1910 » Vilém Tauský, Czech-English conductor and composer († 2004)
• 1911 » Baqa Jilani, Indian cricketer († 1941)
• 1911 » José Zabala-Santos, Filipino author and illustrator († 1985)
• 1912 » George Johnston, Australian journalist and author († 1970)
• 1914 » Charilaos Florakis, Greek politician († 2005)
• 1914 » Dobri Dobrev, Bulgarian philanthropist († 2018)
• 1914 » Ersilio Tonini, Italian cardinal († 2013)

• 1897 » Jean Ingelow, English poet and author (b. 1820)
• 1901 » William Cosmo Monkhouse, English poet and critic (b. 1840)
• 1903 » Leo XIII, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1810)
• 1908 » Demetrius Vikelas, Greek businessman and author (b. 1835)
• 1908 » Karl Bernhard Zoeppritz, German geophysicist and seismologist (b. 1881)
• 1910 » Anderson Dawson, Australian politician, 14th Premier of Queensland (b. 1863)
• 1922 » Andrey Markov, Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1856)
• 1923 » Pancho Villa, Mexican general and politician, Governor of Chihuahua (b. 1878)
• 1926 » Felix Dzerzhinsky, Russian educator and politician (b. 1877)
• 1927 » Ferdinand I, king of Romania (b. 1865)

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.
• February 23 » The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire.
• March 4 » U.S. President William Taft used what became known as a Saxbe fix, a mechanism to avoid the restriction of the U.S. Constitution's Ineligibility Clause, to appoint Philander C. Knox as U.S. Secretary of State.
• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on July 20, 1909 was between 9.9 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.