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• Antonia Francisca Maria Wilke, Hengelo
• Abraham Zimmerman, Minnesota, Amerika († 1968)
• Adrianus Willem APPELMAN, Rotterdam († 1945)
• Anthonie de Kruijk, Ameide (Vijfheerenlanden), Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1918)
• Albertus Johannes Ludovicus Abeln, Almelo
• Aafko Willinge Wittermans, Assen († 1999)
• Abram Zimmermann († 1968)
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• Antonia Margaretha Johanna Leeuwis, Renkum, 1766, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antje van Zanten, Roderwolde, Roden, Drenthe, Nederland († 1988)

• Adam van REES (68), Deil
• Abraham Nijhoff (44), Stad Almelo
• Alexander Frans BOWES-LYON (24)
• Anna Theresia Schütte (0), Rütenbrock, Haren (Ems)
• Arend Albertus Sijmes ter Stege (0), Enschede
• Antonius Mollink, Ambt Ommen
• Apolonia van Vliet (71), Maasland
• Adriana johnna Bakkers (81), Chaam
• Anna Banta (41), Midland Park (Bergen County) (New Jersey)
• Alexander Belzig von Kreutz (60)

• 1907 » Roger Wolfe Kahn, American bandleader and composer († 1962)
• 1908 » Geirr Tveitt, Norwegian pianist and composer († 1981)
• 1909 » Marguerite Perey, French physicist and academic († 1975)
• 1910 » Paul Robert, French lexicographer and publisher († 1980)
• 1910 » Shunkichi Hamada, Japanese field hockey player († 2009)
• 1910 » Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Indian-American astrophysicist, astronomer, and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1995)
• 1913 » Vinicius de Moraes, Brazilian poet, playwright, and composer († 1980)
• 1914 » Juanita Moore, American actress († 2014)
• 1916 » Emil Gilels, Ukrainian-Russian pianist († 1985)
• 1916 » Jean Dausset, French-Spanish immunologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2009)

• 1889 » Luís I of Portugal (b. 1838)
• 1897 » George Pullman, American engineer and businessman, founded the Pullman Company (b. 1831)
• 1901 » Carl Frederik Tietgen, Danish businessman and philanthropist, founded GN Store Nord (b. 1829)
• 1905 » Virgil Earp, American marshal (b. 1843)
• 1916 » Ioannis Frangoudis, Greek general and target shooter (b. 1863)
• 1918 » Harold Lockwood, American actor (b. 1887)
• 1924 » Louis Zborowski, English race car driver and engineer (b. 1895)
• 1936 » Lu Xun, Chinese author and critic (b. 1881)
• 1937 » Ernest Rutherford, New Zealand-English physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)
• 1943 » Camille Claudel, French sculptor and illustrator (b. 1864)

• 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 6.0 million citizens.
• January 5 » Kappa Alpha Psi, the world's third oldest and largest black fraternity, is founded at Indiana University.
• January 15 » Palestinian Arabic-language Falastin newspaper founded.
• January 21 » The first Monte Carlo Rally takes place.
• May 9 » The works of Gabriele D'Annunzio are placed in the Index of Forbidden Books by the Vatican.
• May 15 » More than 300 Chinese immigrants are killed in the Torreón massacre when the forces of the Mexican Revolution led by Emilio Madero take the city of Torreón from the Federales.
• July 4 » A massive heat wave strikes the northeastern United States, killing 380 people in eleven days and breaking temperature records in several cities.

The temperature on October 19, 1911 was between -0.6 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.