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• Anje Johanna Westerhof, Leens (gem. Het Hogeland)
• Anna Maria Faber, Leeuwarden
• Achilles Hendrik REUBENS, Knokke,8300,West Vlaanderen,BELGIE
• Albert Nieboer, Nieuwe-Pekela, Groningen, Nederland († 1974)
• Alice Maria DE MAN, Haasdonk († 1951)
• Andries Hendrik Johan Zijl, den haag
• Albertus van Eijk, Rotterdam († 1910)
• Aaltje Cornelia Simon, Schoonhoven († 1946)
• Anna Maria Petronella Smets, Helden,, Limburg, Nederland († 2004)
• Aart van den Edel, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1978)

• Berber Kornelis Hoekstra (71), Hallum
• Anke van der Laan (25), Surhuisterveen, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Catharina Gysbertha Mathlener (69), 's-Gravenhage
• Catharina Kroeze (26), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Catharina Gijsbertha Mathlener (69), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catherine Shoup (79), Saint Petersburg, Clarion County, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Berber Kornelis Hoekstra (71), Hallum, Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Ververs (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Metselaar (59), Waddinxveen
• August Samuelson (59), Oakley, Cassia, Idaho, Verenigde Staten

• 1903 » Lodewijk Bruckman, Dutch painter and illustrator († 1995)
• 1910 » Pierre Schaeffer, French composer and producer († 1995)
• 1910 » Willy Ronis, French photographer († 2009)
• 1911 » Jan Koetsier, Dutch composer and conductor († 2006)
• 1911 » Vethathiri Maharishi, Indian spiritual leader, philosopher, and author († 2006)
• 1912 » Frank Oppenheimer, American physicist and academic († 1985)
• 1913 » Hector Crawford, Australian director and producer († 1991)
• 1913 » Paul Dean, American baseball player († 1981)
• 1914 » Herman Branson, American physicist, chemist, and academic († 1995)
• 1915 » B. A. Santamaria, Australian political activist and publisher († 1998)

• 1890 » Michael J. McGivney, American priest, founded the Knights of Columbus (b. 1852)
• 1905 » Simeon Solomon, English soldier and painter (b. 1840)
• 1909 » William Stanley, American engineer and philanthropist (b. 1829)
• 1926 » John H. Moffitt, American sergeant and politician, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1843)
• 1928 » Klabund, German author and poet (b. 1890)
• 1938 » Hugh Trumble, Australian cricketer and accountant (b. 1876)
• 1941 » Maximilian Kolbe, Polish martyr and saint (b. 1894)
• 1941 » Paul Sabatier, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)
• 1943 » Joe Kelley, American baseball player and manager (b. 1871)
• 1943 » Lore Berger, Swiss author and translator (b. 1921)

• 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 18 » Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.
• 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.
• August 30 » Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott.
• October 16 » William Howard Taft and Porfirio Díaz hold the first summit between a U.S. and a Mexican president. They narrowly escape assassination.
• December 14 » New South Wales Premier Charles Wade signs the Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909, formally completing the transfer of State land to the Commonwealth to create the Australian Capital Territory.

The temperature on August 14, 1909 was between 7.6 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.