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• Adrianus Verschoor, 's Gravenhage († 1989)
• Adriana Louisa de Graauw, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1992)
• Anna Verschut, amsterdam, Nederland
• Albertus de Waard (Wagner), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1983)
• Andy Ard († 1982)
• "Arnoudina" Johanna barones van Heemstra, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1975)
• Adrianus Casper Marie Antonius Godfroij, Rotterdam († 1912)
• Adriana Maria Johanna Vink, delft († 1913)
• Agatha van Everdingen, Vlaardingen († 2000)
• Anna Elisabeth Wijnen, Stein, Limburg, Nederland († 1912)

• Antoinius Bruggink (0), Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Chrijsostimus Broeders (45), Oosterhout
• Adriana Maria van den Biggelaar (0), Terheijden, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Bertha Bos (27)
• cornelia WAARDENBURG (81), oud-beijerland
• Albert Cornelis Siewertsz van Reesema (58), Scheveningen,Gemeente ’s-Gravenhage,South Holland,Netherlands
• Cornelia Overkleeft (23), Rotterdam
• Adolph, Maria, Sylvain Van Den Borre (58)
• Adolphe Camille Delaere (54), Kortrijk (BE)
• Corneliske Dirks Gosliga (75), Buitenpost, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland

• 1909 » Douglas Fairbanks Jr., American captain, actor, and producer († 2000)
• 1911 » Broderick Crawford, American actor († 1986)
• 1911 » Ryūzō Sejima, Japanese colonel and businessman († 2007)
• 1912 » Jim Turnesa, American golfer († 1971)
• 1912 » Tip O'Neill, American lawyer and politician, 55th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives († 1994)
• 1914 » Frances Reid, American actress († 2010)
• 1914 » Ljubica Sokić, Serbian painter and illustrator († 2009)
• 1914 » Max Manus, Norwegian lieutenant († 1996)
• 1915 » Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, German-Austrian soprano and actress († 2006)
• 1915 » Eloise Jarvis McGraw, American author († 2000)

• 1887 » Mahmadu Lamine, Senegalese religious leader
• 1906 » Ferdinand Brunetière, French author and critic (b. 1849)
• 1916 » Natsume Sōseki, Japanese author and poet (b. 1867)
• 1924 » Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer and educator (b. 1854)
• 1930 » Rube Foster, American baseball player and manager (b. 1879)
• 1932 » Begum Rokeya, Bangladeshi social worker and author (b. 1880)
• 1932 » Karl Blossfeldt, German photographer, sculptor, and educator (b. 1865)
• 1935 » Walter Liggett, American journalist and activist (b. 1886)
• 1937 » Gustaf Dalén, Swedish physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
• 1937 » Lilias Armstrong, English phonetician (b. 1882)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Adrianus
10. Jacob
11. Jacobus
12. Wilhelmus
13. Gerardus
14. Arie
15. Dirk
16. Hendrikus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Hendrika
8. Catharina
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Grietje
14. Aaltje
15. Helena
16. Neeltje

• 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 30 » The destroyer USSTerry makes the first airplane rescue at sea saving the life of Douglas McCurdy ten miles from Havana, Cuba.
• August 14 » United States Senate leaders agree to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the Senate among leading candidates to fill the vacancy left by William P. Frye's death.
• August 29 » The Canadian Naval Service becomes the Royal Canadian Navy.
• September 1 » The armored cruiser Georgios Averof is commissioned into the Greek Navy. It now serves as a museum ship.
• October 13 » Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, becomes the first Governor General of Canada of royal descent.
• December 29 » Sun Yat-sen becomes the provisional President of the Republic of China; he formally takes office on January 1, 1912.

The temperature on December 9, 1911 was between 0.7 °C and 5.9 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.