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• Alexandra Louisetter Marie Haaxman, Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Adrianus Timmers, Princenhage († 1992)
• Abeltje van der Broek, Norg-Veenhuizen († 1997)
• Alida van Domburg, Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1968)
• Alina Francine BISSCHOP, Kallo († 1917)
• adriana KOUTSTAAL, leerdam († 1969)
• Adriana Maria Engel, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1959)
• Alexandrina Seraphina Steeno, Bierbeek († 1998)
• Aafje DE ROO, Krommenie, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Vorsteveld, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1978)

• Eduard Jozef Voncken (0), Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland
• aria ACHTERBERG (0), goudswaard
• Bernardus Hermanus Schulte (68), Amersfoort, UTR, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Van Gelder (0), Veerle
• Akke Jakles Wijnalda (60), Minnertsga, gem. Barradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Catharina Mark (74), leiden
• Elisabeth Rietveld (51), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Dirk Wit (34)
• Cornelis Pieter Zwetsloot (40), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Doodgeboren dochter Vreys (0), Balen, België

• 1906 » Charles Ritchie, Canadian diplomat, High Commission of Canada to the United Kingdom († 1995)
• 1907 » Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza († 1976)
• 1907 » Tiny Bradshaw, American singer-songwriter and pianist († 1958)
• 1908 » Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, Indian poet, academic, and politician († 1974)
• 1909 » Lorenc Antoni, Kosovo-Albanian composer and conductor († 1991)
• 1910 » Jakob Streit, Swiss anthroposophist and author († 2009)
• 1911 » Frank Moss, American lawyer and politician († 2003)
• 1912 » Ghulam Mustafa Khan, Pakistani linguist, author, and critic († 2005)
• 1912 » Tony Smith, American sculptor and educator († 1980)
• 1913 » Carl-Henning Pedersen, Danish painter and sculptor († 2007)

• 1877 » Urbain Le Verrier, French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1811)
• 1889 » Wilkie Collins, English novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1824)
• 1900 » William Marsh Rice, American businessman, founded Rice University (b. 1816)
• 1913 » Donato Álvarez, Argentinian general (b. 1825)
• 1917 » Werner Voss, German lieutenant and pilot (b. 1897)
• 1929 » Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, Austrian-German chemist, physicist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1939 » Francisco León de la Barra, Mexican politician and diplomat, interim president, 1911 (b. 1863)
• 1939 » Sigmund Freud, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (b. 1856)
• 1940 » Hale Holden, American businessman (b. 1869)
• 1943 » Elinor Glyn, English author, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1864)

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 16 » Ernest Shackleton's expedition finds the magnetic South Pole.
• February 26 » Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, is first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London.
• 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 18 » Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.
• August 19 » The first automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
• August 28 » A group of mid-level Greek Army officers launches the Goudi coup, seeking wide-ranging reforms.

The temperature on September 23, 1909 was between 10.6 °C and 22.1 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.