About the day » Wednesday August 11, 1909Calender converter

• Agnes Maria Domnick, Westerfielde, Dortmund, Duitsland († 1994)
• Adriana Hollander, rotterdam
• Albertus Wilhelmus Sas, Dreumel († 1982)
• Alida Nisette Fiolet, Delft
• Anna Catharina Janus, Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1959)
• Aloysius Aerts, Paal, Beringen († 1987)
• Alphonsus Christiaan Bloemers, Belfeld (Venlo), Limburg, Nederland
• Alberdina Buisman, Rotterdam Zhl. NL († 1999)
• Aletta Henderika van Klaveren, Rijnsburg
• Adriana van Gend, Willemstad

• Antje Majoor (0), Eemnes, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna (Johanna) de Granje (78), Hilversum
• Abraham Raspe (51), Sappemeer
• Bernardina Jansen (65), Zelhem
• Catharina De Hondt (89), Herentals
• Aagtje Bakker (57), Callantsoog, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida van Bezu (75), Zoeterwoude B31
• Antonia Rouwendal (80), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltiena Jantiena Bijker (0), Dwingeloo
• Aleida Braakhuis (34), Borne, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1905 » Ernst Jaakson, Estonian diplomat († 1998)
• 1905 » Erwin Chargaff, Austrian-American biochemist and academic († 2002)
• 1907 » Ted a'Beckett, Australian cricketer and lawyer († 1989)
• 1908 » Don Freeman, American author and illustrator († 1978)
• 1908 » Torgny T:son Segerstedt, Swedish sociologist and philosopher († 1999)
• 1909 » Uku Masing, Estonian philosopher and theologian († 1985)
• 1909 » Yūji Koseki, Japanese composer († 1989)
• 1911 » Thanom Kittikachorn, Thai field marshal and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Thailand († 2004)
• 1912 » Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs, German astronomer and academic († 1954)
• 1912 » Raphael Blau, American screenwriter and producer († 1996)

• 1886 » Lydia Koidula, Estonian poet and playwright (b. 1843)
• 1890 » John Henry Newman, English cardinal and theologian (b. 1801)
• 1892 » Enrico Betti, Italian mathematician and academic (b. 1813)
• 1903 » Eugenio María de Hostos, Puerto Rican-American sociologist, philosopher, and lawyer (b. 1839)
• 1908 » Khudiram Bose, Indian Bengali revolutionary (b. 1889)
• 1919 » Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Carnegie Steel Company and Carnegie Hall (b. 1835)
• 1921 » Mary Sumner, English philanthropist, founded the Mothers' Union (b. 1828)
• 1936 » Blas Infante, Spanish historian and politician (b. 1885)
• 1937 » Edith Wharton, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1862)
• 1939 » Jean Bugatti, German-Italian engineer (b. 1909)

• 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.
• January 25 » Richard Strauss's opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera.
• April 13 » The military of the Ottoman Empire reverses the Ottoman countercoup of 1909 to force the overthrow of Sultan Abdul Hamid II.
• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on August 11, 1909 was between 8.3 °C and 22.2 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.