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• Aletta Elisabeth Cornelia Kip, Utrecht
• Antonetta Engelen, Rotterdam Zuid-Holland Nederland († 1914)
• Arie Rijsdijk, IJsselmonde, Nederland († 1994)
• Antonia Jacoba Verduin, Terneuzen Nederland
• († 1927)
• Alice Carolyn Benson, Crosby, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 1982)
• Alida Maria de Rooij, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1991)
• Anthonius Remigius Vierboom, Leuth, Gelderland, Nederland († 1913)
• Anna van Diemen, Alphen aan de Rijn († 1912)
• Antonia van Scheppingen, Mijdrecht, Utrecht, Nederland

• Arnoldina van Vrede (87), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Agnes Vilhelmine Jensen (0)
• Albertus Mater (43), Amsterdam
• Akke Dijk, van (81), Apeldoorn Gld. NL
• Akke van Dijk (81), Apeldoorn
• Balis W. Grigsby (74), Hazard, Kentucky
• Berend van der Kroft (81), Deventer
• Akke Lieuwes van Dijk (81), Apeldoorn
• Anna Maria van Wegbergh (63), Maasbracht
• * Pieter Fischer (0), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, NL

• 1908 » Simone de Beauvoir, French philosopher and author († 1986)
• 1909 » Anthony Mamo, Maltese lawyer and politician, 1st President of Malta († 2008)
• 1909 » Patrick Peyton, Irish-American priest, television personality, and activist († 1992)
• 1910 » Tom Evenson, English runner († 1997)
• 1912 » Ralph Tubbs, English architect, designed the Dome of Discovery († 1996)
• 1913 » Richard Nixon, American commander, lawyer, and politician, 37th President of the United States († 1994)
• 1914 » Kenny Clarke, American jazz drummer and bandleader († 1985)
• 1915 » Anita Louise, American actress († 1970)
• 1916 » Fernando Lamas, Argentinian-American actor, singer, and director († 1982)
• 1916 » Vic Mizzy, American soldier, pianist, and composer († 2009)

• 1901 » Richard Copley Christie, English lawyer and academic (b. 1830)
• 1908 » Abraham Goldfaden, Russian actor, playwright, and author (b. 1840)
• 1908 » Wilhelm Busch, German poet, illustrator, and painter (b. 1832)
• 1911 » Edvard Rusjan, Italian-Slovene pilot and engineer (b. 1886)
• 1911 » Edwin Arthur Jones, American violinist and composer (b. 1853)
• 1917 » Luther D. Bradley, American cartoonist (b. 1853)
• 1918 » Charles-Émile Reynaud, French scientist and educator, invented the Praxinoscope (b. 1844)
• 1923 » Katherine Mansfield, New Zealand novelist, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1888)
• 1924 » Ponnambalam Arunachalam, Sri Lankan civil servant and politician (b. 1853)
• 1927 » Houston Stewart Chamberlain, English-German philosopher and author (b. 1855)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Grietje
13. Aaltje
14. Geertruida
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 23 » The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague.
• March 30 » Sultan Abd al-Hafid signs the Treaty of Fez, making Morocco a French protectorate.
• October 3 » U.S. forces defeat Nicaraguan rebels at the Battle of Coyotepe Hill.
• November 7 » The Deutsche Opernhaus (now Deutsche Oper Berlin) opens in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg, with a production of Beethoven's Fidelio.
• November 12 » The frozen bodies of Robert Scott and his men are found on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.
• December 16 » First Balkan War: The Royal Hellenic Navy defeats the Ottoman Navy at the Battle of Elli.

The temperature on January 9, 1912 was between -1.4 °C and 5.9 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.