About the day » Saturday August 14, 1909Calender converter

• Aart van den Edel, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1978)
• Antje Jans Veenstra, Drachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaron Perry, Tennessee
• Anna Maria Antonia Jansen, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1983)
• Adrianus Maria van Gelder, Wijk bij Duurstede († 1909)
• Alex ( Alexander ) De Vierman, Puurs
• Aalf Nijborg, Engelbert, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1985)
• Anna Maria Crum, Arnhem
• Adriana Lena van DRIEL, Oud-Vossemeer
• Anna Maria Petronella Smets, Helden,, Limburg, Nederland († 2004)

• Catharina Apolonia Berbee (0), Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catherine Shoup (79), Saint Petersburg, Clarion County, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Catharina Kroeze (26), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Elisabet HÖRT (0), Groß-Gerau, Hessen, Deutschland
• Anna COCHIUS (65), Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonie KOX (21), Hapert, 3635, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• August Samuelson (59), Oakley, Cassia, Idaho, Verenigde Staten
• Basil Hayden (85), Bardstown, Nelson County, Kentucky
• Cornelis Hendrik van der Duyn Schouten (0), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Sieben, Willem (28), Noordwijk

• 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)

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.
• February 12 » The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.
• February 23 » The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire.
• March 10 » By signing the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, Thailand relinquishes its sovereignty over the Malay states of Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis and Terengganu, which become British protectorates.
• 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.
• September 23 » The novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra (The Phantom of the Opera), by Gaston Leroux, is published as a serialization in Le Gaulois.
• 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.