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• Alida Dinie ter Horst, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Hendrika VAN DER ZEE, Bolsward(Friesland)
• Albertus Bernardus Driever, Ulft (Oude Ijsselstreek), Gelderland, Nederland († 1909)
• van der Waard, Voorschoten
• (Stillborn) DIJKSTRA, De Wilp (Marum) Groningen Netherlands († 1909)
• Anneke Cornelia van Oudenallen, Oosterbeek (GL)
• Antonius Cornelius Johannes Bruijns, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1987)
• Adriana Petronella Oudshoorn, 's-Gravenhage, ZH, Nederland († 1973)
• * Martinus Josephus Gijsbertus Schoonen, Leiden († 1958)
• Alphons Philemon Van Schoonacker, IJzendijke, Zeeland, Nederland Nederland († 1909)

• Bontje Olkes van der Meer (70), Daarlerveen
• Arie Balte Bos (74), Assendelft, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Augustinus Bernardus Nitert (67), Gelderingen (Steenwijkerwold)
• Anna Geelhoed (63), Kortgene
• Aaltje Kempe Kempes (92), Stedum, Groningen, Nederland
• "Friedrich" Achatius Stanislaus zu Dohna-Lauck (65), Ławki / Lauck, Wilczęta, Pologne
• van Splunder (0), Ouddorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Azubah Catherine Fay (61), Kansas, Verenigde Staten
• (Stillborn) SIKKEMA (0), Grootegast Groningen Netherlands
• Arendje Oudsen (54), Wageningen

• 1905 » Clara Bow, American actress († 1965)
• 1905 » Dag Hammarskjöld, Swedish economist and diplomat, 2nd Secretary-General of the United Nations, Nobel Prize Laureate († 1961)
• 1905 » Stanley Kunitz, American poet and translator († 2006)
• 1906 » Thelma Todd, American actress and singer († 1935)
• 1907 » Melvin Belli, American lawyer († 1996)
• 1909 » Chester Himes, American-Spanish author († 1984)
• 1909 » Samm Sinclair Baker, American author († 1997)
• 1910 » Gale Page, American actress († 1983)
• 1911 » Archbishop Iakovos of America († 2005)
• 1911 » Foster Furcolo, American lawyer and politician, 60th Governor of Massachusetts († 1995)

• 1887 » Agostino Depretis, Italian politician, 9th Prime Minister of Italy († 1813)
• 1890 » Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1853)
• 1895 » Floriano Peixoto, Brazilian general and politician, 2nd President of Brazil (b. 1839)
• 1900 » Umberto I of Italy (b. 1844)
• 1908 » Marie Adam-Doerrer (b. 1838)
• 1913 » Tobias Asser, Dutch lawyer and jurist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1838)
• 1918 » Ernest William Christmas, Australian-American painter (b. 1863)
• 1924 » Sotirios Krokidas, Greek educator and politician, 110th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1852)
• 1934 » Didier Pitre, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1883)
• 1938 » Nikolai Krylenko, Russian lawyer, jurist, and politician, Prosecutor General of the Russian SFSR (b. 1885)

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.
• March 31 » Serbia formally withdraws its opposition to Austro-Hungarian actions in the Bosnian Crisis.
• May 31 » The National Negro Committee, forerunner to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), convenes for the first time.
• 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.
• August 30 » Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott.
• September 7 » Eugène Lefebvre crashes a new French-built Wright biplane during a test flight at Juvisy, south of Paris, becoming the first aviator in the world to lose his life in a powered heavier-than-air craft.
• October 26 » An Jung-geun assassinates Japan's Resident-General of Korea.

The temperature on July 29, 1909 was between 8.5 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.