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• Anna Christina Lindijer, Rotterdam
• Agnes M. Hess, West Mifflin, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1994)
• Adrianus Dingeman van Gorp, Alphen en Riel († 1990)
• Aart WIJNSTEKERS, zaltbommel
• Aaldert IJmker, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, The Netherlands († 1910)
• Alida Sanderina Walraven, Hillegom, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida van Zonderen, Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland († 1909)
• Albert Zonneveld, 's-Gravenzande († 1910)
• Albert Wemmenhove, Noord (gem. Hoogeveen)
• Roelofje Wemmenhove, Hoogeveen

• Cornelia van Wijk (0), Schoonrewoerd, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Berend Hofman (83), Assen
• Anna Hesselink (28), Lodgepole (Perkins County) (South Dakota)
• Albertje Bijl (28), Wildervank, Groningen, Nederland
• Bernadus Johannes van Aalst (45), Oer, Gendringen, Nederland
• Berend Hofman (83), Assen
• Arendiena de Vries (66), Hasselt
• Eise Dankert (90), St. Annaparochie, Friesland, Nederland
• Alexandre von Falkenhausen (64)
• Anna Christina Maria* Tenbeil (95), Gronau

• 1905 » Marie-Louise Dubreil-Jacotin, French mathematician († 1972)
• 1906 » Anton Karas, Austrian zither player and composer († 1985)
• 1906 » Satchel Paige, American baseball player and coach († 1982)
• 1906 » William Feller, Croatian-American mathematician and academic († 1970)
• 1907 » Robert A. Heinlein, American science fiction writer and screenwriter († 1988)
• 1908 » Revilo P. Oliver, American author and academic († 1994)
• 1909 » Gottfried von Cramm, German tennis player († 1976)
• 1910 » Doris McCarthy, Canadian painter and author († 2010)
• 1911 » Gian Carlo Menotti, Italian-American composer († 2007)
• 1913 » Pinetop Perkins, American singer and pianist († 2011)

• 1890 » Henri Nestlé, German businessman, founded Nestlé (b. 1814)
• 1901 » Johanna Spyri, Swiss author (b. 1827)
• 1913 » Edward Burd Grubb Jr., American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Spain (b. 1841)
• 1922 » Cathal Brugha, Irish revolutionary and politician, active in the Easter Rising, Irish War of Independence; first Ceann Comhairle and first President of Dáil Éireann (b. 1874)
• 1925 » Clarence Hudson White, American photographer and educator (b. 1871)
• 1927 » Gösta Mittag-Leffler, Swedish mathematician and academic (b. 1846)
• 1930 » Arthur Conan Doyle, British writer (b. 1859)
• 1932 » Alexander Grin, Russian author (b. 1880)
• 1932 » Henry Eyster Jacobs, American theologian and educator (b. 1844)
• 1939 » Deacon White, American baseball player and manager (b. 1847)

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 28 » United States troops leave Cuba with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base after being there since the Spanish–American War.
• February 15 » The Flores Theater fire in Acapulco, Mexico kills 250.
• February 22 » The sixteen battleships of the Great White Fleet, led by USSConnecticut, return to the United States after a voyage around the world.
• 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.
• July 16 » Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar is forced out as Shah of Persia and is replaced by his son Ahmad Shah Qajar.
• August 19 » The first automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

The temperature on July 7, 1909 was between 10.4 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 7.4 mm of rain. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.