About the day » Wednesday August 9, 1911Calender converter

• Angelyn N. van Kley († 2007)
• , Knocke-Heist, 8300
• Adrianus van Reuler, Driebergen, Utrecht, Nederland († 2001)
• Angelena Geerdes, Shell Rock, Butler County, Iowa († 1977)
• Adolphe Bleyen, Lommel († 1988)
• Anna Maria HOEBEN, Merins en Bakhuizen
• Antje ten Wolde, Steenwijkerwold († 1997)
• Adolphe Benoit HUYBRECHTS, Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Albert Julius Meijer, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Anthonia Geertruida de Vroomen († 1952)

• Aria Pieternella van Eijk (0), Rotterdam
• Anna van der Wel (52), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Afke Tewis (52), Wonseradeel
• Kuivenhoven, Monster
• Adriana Fransina Boers (38), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Francina Boers (38), Rotterdam
• Adrianus Cornelis Hoppenbrouwer (75), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Hendrikus Lamers (0), Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Berend Arkema (0), Huizinge, Middelstum, Groningen, Nederland
• Auguste Friederike Wilhelmina Plicht

• 1909 » Adam von Trott zu Solz, German lawyer and diplomat († 1944)
• 1909 » Vinayaka Krishna Gokak, Indian scholar, author, and academic († 1992)
• 1909 » Willa Beatrice Player, American educator, first Black woman college president († 2003)
• 1911 » Eddie Futch, American boxer and trainer († 2001)
• 1911 » John McQuade, Northern Irish soldier, boxer, and politician († 1984)
• 1911 » William Alfred Fowler, American astronomer and astrophysicist, Nobel Laureate († 1996)
• 1913 » Wilbur Norman Christiansen, Australian astronomer and engineer († 2007)
• 1914 » Ferenc Fricsay, Hungarian-Austrian conductor and director († 1963)
• 1914 » Joe Mercer, English footballer and manager († 1990)
• 1914 » Tove Jansson, Finnish author and illustrator († 2001)

• 1886 » Samuel Ferguson, Irish lawyer and poet (b. 1810)
• 1910 » Huo Yuanjia, Chinese martial artist, co-founded the Chin Woo Athletic Association (b. 1868)
• 1919 » Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer and educator (b. 1857)
• 1920 » Samuel Griffith, Welsh-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Queensland (b. 1845)
• 1932 » John Charles Fields, Canadian mathematician, founder of the Fields Medal (b. 1863)
• 1942 » Edith Stein, German nun and saint (b. 1891)
• 1943 » Chaim Soutine, Belarusian-French painter and educator (b. 1893)
• 1945 » Harry Hillman, American runner and coach (b. 1881)
• 1945 » Robert Hampton Gray, Canadian lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1917)
• 1946 » Bert Vogler, South African cricketer (b. 1876)

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. Grietje
13. Geertruida
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 12 » The University of the Philippines College of Law is formally established; three future Philippine presidents are among the first enrollees.
• August 29 » The Canadian Naval Service becomes the Royal Canadian Navy.
• September 18 » Russian Premier Pyotr Stolypin is shot at the Kiev Opera House.
• September 23 » Pilot Earle Ovington makes the first official airmail delivery in America under the authority of the United States Post Office Department
• November 17 » Omega Psi Phi fraternity was founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C.
• December 27 » "Jana Gana Mana", the national anthem of India, is first sung in the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress.

The temperature on August 9, 1911 was between 16.4 °C and 32.2 °C and averaged 24.4 °C. There was 12.5 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.