Centuries: Year in Review 20th Century (19th century - 20th century - 21st century)
Decades: 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s - 1910s - 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s
Years: 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 - 1914 - 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
Births
- February 5 - William S. Burroughs, US author
- February 11 - Matt Dennis, singer.
- February 11 - French Duynstee, Dutch constitutional lawyer.
- February 11 - Menelaos Pallantios, composer.
- February 11 - Winand Borgerhoff Mulder court judge of Amsterdam.
- October 21 - Martin Gardner, writer on mathematics and games
- October 27 - Dylan Thomas, poet and author
Deaths
Events
- World War I begins in August.
- Physics - Max von Laue
- Chemistry- Theodore William Richards
- Medicine - Robert Bárány
- Literature - not awarded
- Peace - not awarded