page_title: 1909
section_title: February
hierarchical_section_title: 1909 / Deaths / February
caption_attribution_description: English: Geronimo - Apache (1905) Description by Edward S. Curtis: This portrait of the historical old Apache was made in March, 1905. According to Geronimo's calculation he was at the time seventy-six years of age, thus making the year of his birth 1829. The picture was taken at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, the day before the inauguration of President Roosevelt, Geronimo being one of the warriors who took part in the inaugural parade at Washington. He appreciated the honor of being one of those chosen for this occasion, and the catching of his features while the old warrior was in a retrospective mood was most fortunate. Northwestern University Library, Edward S. Curtis's 'The North American Indian': the Photographic Images, 2001. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html Source: http://memory.loc.gov/award/iencurt/cp01/cp01002v.jpg
context_page_description: 1909 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1909th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 909th year of the 2nd millennium, the 9th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1900s decade. As of the start of 1909, the Gregorian calendar was 13 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
context_section_description: February 5 – Alexandre Saint-Yves d'Alveydre, French occultist (b. 1842)
  February 8 – Catulle Mendès, French poet (b. 1841)
  February 13 – Hans Peter Jørgen Julius Thomsen, Danish chemist (b. 1826)
  February 17
  Geronimo, Apache leader (b. 1829)
  Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia, Russian army officer and nobleman (b. 1847)
  February 20 – Paul Ranson, French painter (b. 1864)
  February 26
  Caran d'Ache, French political cartoonist (b. 1858)
  Hermann Ebbinghaus, German psychologist (b. 1850)
caption: Geronimo
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