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• Alida Van der Pas, Den Helder, Nederland
• Akke Numan, Schoten, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Agnes Voncken, SImpelveld, Nederland († 2000)
• Albert Bruinink, Velsen
• Elisabeth Maes, Aken († 1997)
• Aaltje van der Heide, Surhuisterveen, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1910)
• Adriana Janneke Vinjé, Nieuwvliet († 2004)
• Agnes Francisca Jimkes, Bergen Op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1991)
• Adriana Struijk, Ammerzoden, Gelderland, Nederland († 1982)
• * Heimen (Hein) Brienen, de Werken

• Adries Dijkgraaf (47), Halsteren, Noord-Brabant, NL
• August Eduard Van Herbruggen (15)
• Appolonia van Leeuwen (89), Utrecht
• Camiel Foubert (0), Kruibeke
• Anna Maria van den Bergh (86), Nieuwstadt, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Maria Margaretha van den Oord (66), Leiden
• Catharina Johanna Arts (32), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antje (berends) Klijnstra (79), Franekeradeel
• Bernardus Linnenbank (73), Kilder, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arie Zantman (2), Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1905 » Robert Bacher, American physicist and academic († 2004)
• 1907 » Altiero Spinelli, Italian theorist and politician († 1986)
• 1907 » Augustus F. Hawkins, American lawyer and politician († 2007)
• 1907 » Ramon Magsaysay, Filipino captain, engineer, and politician, 7th President of the Philippines († 1957)
• 1907 » Valter Biiber, Estonian footballer († 1977)
• 1907 » William Shawn, American journalist († 1992)
• 1908 » William Saroyan, American novelist, playwright, and short story writer († 1981)
• 1909 » Ferenc Fejtő, Hungarian-French journalist and political scientist († 2008)
• 1911 » Arsenio Rodríguez, Cuban-American tres player, composer, and bandleader († 1970)
• 1911 » Edward Brongersma, Dutch journalist and politician († 1998)

• 1884 » Robert Torrens, Irish-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of South Australia (b. 1814)
• 1908 » Leslie Green, English architect (b. 1875)
• 1910 » Emīls Dārziņš, Latvian composer, conductor, and music critic (b. 1875)
• 1912 » Jean, duc Decazes, French sailor (b. 1864)
• 1920 » Wilhelm Wundt, German physician, psychologist, and philosopher (b. 1832)
• 1924 » Todor Aleksandrov, Bulgarian soldier (b. 1881)
• 1927 » Andranik, Armenian general (b. 1865)
• 1937 » Ruth Baldwin, British socialite (b. 1905)
• 1940 » Georges Gauthier, Canadian archbishop (b. 1871)
• 1941 » Thomas Bavin, New Zealand-Australian politician, 24th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1874)

• 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 28 » United States troops leave Cuba with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base after being there since the Spanish–American War.
• February 2 » The Paris Film Congress opens. An attempt by European producers to form an equivalent to the MPCC cartel in the United States.
• February 23 » The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire.
• March 4 » U.S. President William Taft used what became known as a Saxbe fix, a mechanism to avoid the restriction of the U.S. Constitution's Ineligibility Clause, to appoint Philander C. Knox as U.S. Secretary of State.
• 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.
• 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 31, 1909 was between 8.4 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 11.8 mm of rain. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.