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• Aaltje Romein, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Huybens, Haarlem
• Andrea Bochicchio, New York City, New York († 1977)
• Aaltje Lunenborg, Hollandscheveld, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1910)
• Egas, Hardinxveld
• Aaltje Roelofs Visscher, Leeuwte, Ambt Vollenhove
• Aaltje Visscher, Ambt Vollenhove-Leeuwte
• Abraham van Delft, Wildervank, Groningen, Nederland († 1943)
• Anna Nabuurs, Boxmeer, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1998)
• Abraham van Delft, Wildervank († 1943)

• Christina Jansen (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• * Albertus Muscus (70), Vlijmen
• Anna Maria Muis (32), Venray
• Annie Elizabeth Brock (63)
• Adriana Jacoba Maria VLOEMANS (0), Loon op Zand, Province of North Brabant, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Muis (32), Venray
• Berend Jan Kurk (80), Dedemsvaart, Overijssel, Nederland
• Albertine Nicolette Wilhelmine barones van Aerssen Beijeren van Voshol (74), Havelange,Province de Namur,Walloon Region,Belgique,kasteel Doyon
• Albertine Nicolette Wilhelmina Aerssen van Beieren-Voshol (74), Château Doyon, Havelange, Namen, Wallonië
• Arnolda Johanna van Hesteren (55), Tiel, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1904 » Leopold Nowak, Austrian composer and musicologist († 1991)
• 1904 » Mary Cain, American journalist and politician († 1984)
• 1909 » Larry Clinton, American trumpet player and bandleader († 1985)
• 1909 » Wilf Copping, English footballer († 1980)
• 1911 » Martin Sandberger, German colonel and lawyer († 2010)
• 1911 » Mikhail Botvinnik, Russian chess player and engineer († 1995)
• 1913 » Mark Felt, American lawyer and agent, 2nd Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation († 2008)
• 1913 » Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, Argentinian race car driver († 1989)
• 1913 » Rudy York, American baseball player and manager († 1970)
• 1914 » Bill Downs, American journalist († 1978)

• 1897 » William Jervois, English engineer and diplomat, 10th Governor of South Australia (b. 1821)
• 1901 » Edmond Audran, French organist and composer (b. 1842)
• 1903 » Hans Gude, Norwegian-German painter and academic (b. 1825)
• 1908 » Radoje Domanović, Serbian satirist and journalist (b. 1873)
• 1909 » Madan Lal Dhingra, Indian activist (b. 1883)
• 1918 » Moisei Uritsky, Russian activist and politician (b. 1873)
• 1920 » Ray Chapman, American baseball player (b. 1891)
• 1924 » Tom Kendall, English-Australian cricketer and journalist (b. 1851)
• 1925 » Ioan Slavici, Romanian journalist and author (b. 1848)
• 1935 » Adam Gunn, American decathlete (b. 1872)

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.
• 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.
• April 27 » Sultan of Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V.
• August 28 » A group of mid-level Greek Army officers launches the Goudi coup, seeking wide-ranging reforms.
• November 18 » Two United States warships are sent to Nicaragua after 500 revolutionaries (including two Americans) are executed by order of José Santos Zelaya.
• December 10 » Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

The temperature on August 17, 1909 was between 14.7 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 6.2 mm of rain. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.