About the day » Monday August 16, 1909Calender converter

• Nijmeijer, Sleen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1909)
• * Maria van der Voort, Mengede († 2004)
• Anna (Ann) Mulder, Campbell Co., SD († 1975)
• Afra Catharia Rood, Bovenkarspel, Stede Broec, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Hubertina (Anna) Stoffels, Koningsbosch, Netherlands († 1997)
• Alida van Hulst, rotterdam, Nederland († 2004)
• Anna Berendina Johanna Stute, Haarlemmerliede
• Abdon Karel Lodewyk Van Landeghem, Temse, België
• Adrien Joseph Paul Baudry, Oherville, 76560, Seine Maritieme, FRANCE († 1984)
• Adrianus Johannes Epping, IJsselstein, UTR, Nederland († 1994)

• Anna Evekink (17), Boskoop
• Arien Rood- (0), Hoogwoud, Nederland
• Benedict Von Schneider (76)
• Alida de Wit (22), Hekendorp
• Antje Arends (36), Hoenkoop
• Nijmeijer (0), Sleen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Arien Rood (0), Hoogwoud
• Arnoldus Janssen (88), Huissen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arnoldus Jansen (88), Huissen (Lingewaard)
• August Carlos Camiel Robrecht Delacourt (1), Uitkerke

• 1904 » Minoru Genda, Japanese general, pilot, and politician († 1989)
• 1904 » Wendell Meredith Stanley, American biochemist and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1971)
• 1908 » Orlando Cole, American cellist and educator († 2010)
• 1908 » William Keepers Maxwell, Jr., American editor, novelist, short story writer, and essayist († 2000)
• 1909 » Paul Callaway, American organist and conductor († 1995)
• 1910 » Gloria Blondell, American actress († 1986)
• 1910 » Mae Clarke, American actress († 1992)
• 1911 » E. F. Schumacher, German economist and statistician († 1977)
• 1912 » Ted Drake, English footballer and manager († 1995)
• 1913 » Menachem Begin, Belarusian-Israeli politician, Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel Prize laureate († 1992)

• 1888 » John Pemberton, American pharmacist and chemist, invented Coca-Cola (b. 1831)
• 1893 » Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist and academic (b. 1825)
• 1899 » Robert Bunsen, German chemist and academic (b. 1811)
• 1900 » José Maria de Eça de Queirós, Portuguese journalist and author (b. 1845)
• 1904 » Prentiss Ingraham, American soldier and author (b. 1843)
• 1911 » Patrick Francis Moran, Irish-Australian cardinal (b. 1830)
• 1914 » Carl Theodor Schulz, German-Norwegian gardener (b. 1835)
• 1916 » George Scott, English footballer (b. 1885)
• 1920 » Henry Daglish, Australian politician, 6th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1866)
• 1921 » Peter I of Serbia (b. 1844)

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 » New Zealand's worst maritime disaster of the 20th century happens when the SSPenguin, an inter-island ferry, sinks and explodes at the entrance to Wellington Harbour.
• February 15 » The Flores Theater fire in Acapulco, Mexico kills 250.
• May 31 » The National Negro Committee, forerunner to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), convenes for the first time.
• June 2 » Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
• August 28 » A group of mid-level Greek Army officers launches the Goudi coup, seeking wide-ranging reforms.
• 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 16, 1909 was between 14.7 °C and 26.6 °C and averaged 20.1 °C. There was 5.7 mm of rain. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.