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• Aart Burggraaf, Brandwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1983)
• Aleida Wagenvoort, Epe
• Abraham Vuisje, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1943)
• Alida Johanna Maria Scholten, Velsen († 1977)
• Aleida Petronella VAN Esveld, Schoten
• Alida Elisabeth Baars, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2002)
• Albert Cloo, Zeist, U, The Netherlands († 1994)
• Abel Drent, Oude-Pekela, Groningen, Nederland († 1950)
• Adrianus FOEKEN, Dordrecht
• Aaltje Diekmann, Haarlem

• Christina Johanna Goedhart (0), Rijswijk (Maurik)
• Antoon D 'Hulst (0), ,, Rotterdam, Nederland
• Clarence Weaver Deeds (1), Glen Elder, Mitchell County, Kansas, Verenigde Staten
• Antonetta Heijkoop (0), Kedichem (Leerdam), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bastiaan van Gogh (78), Apeldoorn
• Anna Catharina Vermeiren (1), St-Lenaarts (B)
• Blaas van Belzen (0), Arnemuiden
• Christina Eva Post (54), 's-Gravenhage (Akte 2543)
• Allegonda van den Elshout (77), oosterhout
• Anna Gertrud Ackermann (60), Drüpt, Duitsland

• 1906 » Philo Farnsworth, American inventor, invented the Fusor († 1971)
• 1907 » Hazari Prasad Dwivedi, Indian historian, author, and scholar († 1979)
• 1907 » Thruston Ballard Morton, American soldier and politician († 1982)
• 1909 » Ronald King, New Zealand rugby player († 1988)
• 1910 » Quentin Bell, English historian and author († 1996)
• 1910 » Saint Alphonsa, first woman of Indian origin to be canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church († 1946)
• 1911 » Anna Terruwe, Dutch psychiatrist and author († 2004)
• 1913 » John Argyris, Greek engineer and academic († 2004)
• 1913 » Peter Kemp, Indian-English soldier and author († 1993)
• 1913 » Richard Simmons, American actor († 2003)

• 1883 » Jeremiah S. Black, American lawyer and politician, 24th United States Attorney General (b. 1810)
• 1889 » Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1838)
• 1895 » John Wesley Hardin, American Old West outlaw, gunfighter (b. 1853)
• 1900 » Jean-Baptiste Accolay, Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1833)
• 1914 » Franz Xavier Wernz, German religious leader, 25th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1844)
• 1915 » Tevfik Fikret, Turkish poet and educator (b. 1867)
• 1923 » Vilfredo Pareto, Italian sociologist and economist (b. 1845)
• 1928 » Stephanos Skouloudis, Greek banker and diplomat, 97th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1838)
• 1929 » Sergei Diaghilev, Russian critic and producer, founded Ballets Russes (b. 1872)
• 1932 » Louis Anquetin, French painter (b. 1861)

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 23 » The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire.
• March 23 » Theodore Roosevelt leaves New York for a post-presidency safari in Africa. The trip is sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and National Geographic Society.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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 19, 1909 was between 12.3 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.