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• Koster, Gemeente Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Christina (Anneke) BEX, Hamont (B) Lived Eindhoven (NL/NB) Lived Budel (NL/NB) († 1994)
• Timmerman, Zuna, gemeente Wierden († 1909)
• Adrianus Stoker, Velsen († 1988)
• a. Enteren († 1991)
• Aaltjen Wunderink, Eefde
• Anna Cornelia ROOZEN, Dordrecht
• Adrianus Antonius van Grinsven, Geffen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1932)
• Adrianus Jacobus Louis van der Meijs, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna van Dijkhuizen, Enschede

• Anthonia van Wassenberg (61), Amsterdam
• Aartje Kroes (0), Doornspijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Catharina Maria Devilee (55), Leiden
• Aartje Kroes (0), Doornspijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonie van Beurden (67), Maasdriel
• Aleida Berdina Papenhoven (1), Nijmegen
• Adriana den Outer (38), Rotterdam
• Berend Dijkslag (1), Raalte
• Agnes Rijkers (81), Stevensweert
• Knipsadeler, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1905 » Tshekedi Khama, regent of the Bamangwato tribe († 1959)
• 1906 » Edgar Wayburn, American physician and environmentalist († 2010)
• 1906 » J. R. Jayewardene, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Sri Lanka († 1996)
• 1907 » Warren E. Burger, American lawyer and judge, 15th Chief Justice of the United States († 1995)
• 1908 » John Creasey, English author and politician († 1973)
• 1908 » Rafael Israelyan, Armenian architect and educator, designed the Sardarapat Memorial and St. Vartan Cathedral († 1973)
• 1909 » Elizabeth Enright, American author and illustrator († 1968)
• 1912 » Irena Kwiatkowska, Polish actress († 2011)
• 1912 » Maksim Tank, Belarusian poet, journalist, and translator († 1995)
• 1914 » Thomas J. Bata, Czech-Canadian businessman († 2008)

• 1894 » Deng Shichang, Chinese captain (b. 1849)
• 1899 » Charles Alfred Pillsbury, American businessman, co-founded the Pillsbury Company (b. 1842)
• 1907 » Edmonia Lewis, American sculptor (b. 1844)
• 1907 » Ignaz Brüll, Czech-Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1846)
• 1908 » Henri Julien, Canadian cartoonist (b. 1852)
• 1908 » Thomas Selfridge, American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1882)
• 1909 » Thomas Bent, Australian businessman and politician, 22nd Premier of Victoria (b. 1838)
• 1911 » Edmonia Lewis, American sculptor (b. 1844)
• 1923 » Stefanos Dragoumis, Greek judge and politician, 92nd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1842)
• 1925 » Carl Eytel, German-American painter and illustrator (b. 1862)

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 2 » The Paris Film Congress opens. An attempt by European producers to form an equivalent to the MPCC cartel in the United States.
• February 12 » The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.
• 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.
• August 30 » Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott.
• September 20 » The South Africa Act 1909 creates the Union of South Africa from the British Colonies from four smaller colonies.
• September 23 » The novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra (The Phantom of the Opera), by Gaston Leroux, is published as a serialization in Le Gaulois.

The temperature on September 17, 1909 was between 10.2 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.