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• Agustien Moerdyck, Temse
• André Kleijnen, Aken (D), Duitsland († 1975)
• Alberta Miller, Petal, Forrest County, Mississippi, United States of America († 1981)
• Anna Maria Emerentia de Kerf, St. Jansteen (B),B
• Alida Maria Francisca Schouten, Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Adolphus Gerhardus Bernardus Maria Gerritsen, Hengelo († 1910)
• Alida Wilhelmina Vos, Blaricum, Nederland († 2000)
• Albertus Marinus Pots, almelo
• Adrianus van Alem, Alem, Maren en Kassel († 1978)
• Albarta Vos, Rotterdam,-

• Alexander D´hondt (68), Bazel, Kruibeke, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Adrianus Scheepens (86), Helmond
• Anna Margarita Albers (90), Vorden
• Alfons Leopold Maximilian ROMAN (72), Hamburg
• Alma Corrine Duncanson (32)
• van der Kuil (0), rotterdam
• Abraham van Damme (75), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Adrianus Willem Dersjant (0), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria MAES (63), Arendonk, Belgi√´
• Adriaan de BEER (86), Tilburg,,Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1901 » Arnulfo Arias Madrid, 21st president of the republic of Panamá († 1988)
• 1901 » Pyotr Novikov, Russian mathematician and theorist († 1975)
• 1902 » Jan Campert, Dutch journalist and critic († 1943)
• 1904 » George Klein, Canadian inventor, invented the motorized wheelchair († 1992)
• 1909 » Hugo Winterhalter, American composer and bandleader († 1973)
• 1912 » Julia Child, American chef and author († 2004)
• 1912 » Wendy Hiller, English actress († 2003)
• 1914 » Paul Rand, American graphic designer and art director († 1996)
• 1915 » Signe Hasso, Swedish-American actress († 2002)
• 1916 » Aleks Çaçi, Albanian journalist and author († 1989)

• 1907 » Joseph Joachim, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1831)
• 1909 » Euclides da Cunha, Brazilian sociologist and journalist (b. 1866)
• 1917 » Thomas J. Higgins, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1831)
• 1925 » Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter and educator (b. 1878)
• 1928 » Anatole von Hügel, Italian ethnologist and academic, co-founded St Edmund's College, Cambridge (b. 1854)
• 1935 » Paul Signac, French painter and author (b. 1863)
• 1935 » Wiley Post, American pilot (b. 1898)
• 1935 » Will Rogers, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (b. 1879)
• 1936 » Grazia Deledda, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)
• 1942 » Mahadev Desai, Indian activist and author (b. 1892)

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 23 » RMSRepublic, a passenger ship of the White Star Line, becomes the first ship to use the CQD distress signal after colliding with another ship, the SS Florida, off the Massachusetts coastline, an event that kills six people. The Republic sinks the next day.
• January 25 » Richard Strauss's opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera.
• January 28 » United States troops leave Cuba with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base after being there since the Spanish–American War.
• April 18 » Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.
• April 27 » Sultan of Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V.
• June 26 » The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity.

The temperature on August 15, 1909 was between 15.5 °C and 23.4 °C and averaged 18.4 °C. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.