About the day » Thursday August 19, 1909Calender converter

• Abel Drent, Oude-Pekela, Groningen, Nederland († 1950)
• Aleida Wagenvoord, Epe
• Adriaan Servaas BLIEK, Kapelle, Zeeland, Nederland († 1909)
• Adriana Cornelie Johanna Pieternella Elisabeth Bastmeijer, Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje van Oosterum, HAAFTEN (West-Betuwe), GD, NL († 1997)
• Adela Olga Paal († 1988)
• Aaltje Palma, Terwispel, Opsterland († 2006)
• Albertus Henricus Doedée, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• * Petronella Johanna Maria de Laat, Vlijmen († 1981)
• Alberdina Lenten, Hordel, Dld († 1984)

• Alida maria Kraan (16), Utrecht
• Amanda E Galloway (18), Montgomery, Branch Co. Michigan
• Aaltje Alberts Monsieur (31), Diever
• Antoon d' Hulst (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abram van Rheenen (83), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Clarence Weaver Deeds (1), Glen Elder, Mitchell County, Kansas, Verenigde Staten
• Bernardus Hendrikus Brinker (58), Erica (Emmen)
• Beno Hendriks Kunst* (71), Vlagtwedde, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Maria Geelen (72), Roosteren
• Aaltje Laman (72), Wyoming (Kent, Michigan, USA)

• 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)

• 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.
• February 15 » The Flores Theater fire in Acapulco, Mexico kills 250.
• April 6 » Robert Peary and Matthew Henson become the first people to reach the North Pole; Peary's claim has been disputed because of failings in his navigational ability.
• April 9 » The U.S. Congress passes the Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act.
• August 7 » Alice Huyler Ramsey and three friends become the first women to complete a transcontinental auto trip, taking 59 days to travel from New York, New York to San Francisco, California.
• September 7 » Eugène Lefebvre crashes a new French-built Wright biplane during a test flight at Juvisy, south of Paris, becoming the first aviator in the world to lose his life in a powered heavier-than-air craft.

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.