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• Rinsema, Nederland Ureterp
• Agnieta Lübeck, Rotterdam, Nederland
• Aartje van Dam, Krimpen aan de IJssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2002)
• Adriana Dingemanse, Zoutelande, Nederland († 2004)
• Achiel Gerard CASTELEYN (Castelein), Lichtervelde († 1914)
• Albert Marinus BOVENKAMP, Hengelo Overijssel Netherlands
• Aartje Kievith, Zoelmond (Beusichem) (Buren) (GL) († 1996)
• Alberdina Brongers, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1915)
• Alma Louise McVeigh, Keosauqua, Van Buren County, Iowa († 2005)
• Adriana Dingemanse, Zoutelande, Zeeland, NL

• Adrianus Franciscus Houbraken (10), Dommelen
• Akke Hijma (54), Holland (Ottawa County) (Michigan)
• * Arie van der ham (71), Meerkerk
• Adriana van Basten (0), Utrecht
• Carolina Berendina Polman (18), Arnhem, NL
• Cornelis (Kornelis) van Dijk (80), De Bilt, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Visscher (0), Rotterdam
• Arend Jan Walrave (0), Harderwijk
• Andreas Vincent Brown (29), Perry County, Missouri, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelis Plompen (90), Valkenswaard

• 1908 » Theodore Roethke, American poet († 1963)
• 1909 » Alfred Kubel, German politician, 5th Prime Minister of Lower Saxony († 1999)
• 1912 » Dean Rockwell, American commander, wrestler, and coach († 2005)
• 1913 » Heinrich Bär, German colonel and pilot († 1957)
• 1913 » Richard Dimbleby, English journalist and producer († 1965)
• 1916 » Brian Dickson, Canadian captain, lawyer, and politician, 15th Chief Justice of Canada († 1998)
• 1916 » Giuseppe Tosi, Italian discus thrower († 1981)
• 1917 » Steve Cochran, American film, television and stage actor († 1965)
• 1917 » Theodore Hesburgh, American priest, theologian, and academic († 2015)
• 1920 » Arthur Wint, Jamaican runner and diplomat († 1992)

• 1895 » Ahmed Cevdet Pasha, Ottoman sociologist, historian, and jurist (b. 1822)
• 1899 » Rosa Bonheur, French painter and sculptor (b. 1822)
• 1912 » Austin Lane Crothers, American educator and politician, 46th Governor of Maryland (b. 1860)
• 1917 » Maksim Bahdanovič, Belarusian poet and critic (b. 1891)
• 1919 » Eliza Pollock, American archer (b. 1840)
• 1919 » Madam C. J. Walker, American businesswoman and philanthropist, founded the Madame C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company (b. 1867)
• 1924 » Lyubov Popova, Russian painter and illustrator (b. 1889)
• 1926 » Symon Petliura, Ukrainian journalist and politician (b. 1879)
• 1927 » Payne Whitney, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1876)
• 1930 » Randall Davidson, Scottish-English archbishop (b. 1848)

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

• 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
• January 5 » The Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and minimum daily wage of $5 in salary plus bonuses.
• June 23 » Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa takes Zacatecas from Victoriano Huerta.
• August 6 » World War I: Serbia declares war on Germany; Austria declares war on Russia.
• August 23 » World War I: Japan declares war on Germany.
• November 7 » The German colony of Kiaochow Bay and its centre at Tsingtao are captured by Japanese forces.
• November 13 » Zaian War: Berber tribesmen inflict the heaviest defeat of French forces in Morocco at the Battle of El Herri.

The temperature on May 25, 1914 was between 5.8 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.