About the day » Thursday October 25, 1917Calender converter

• Albertus Luiten, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 1995)
• Agatha Janette (Pop) Landsvater, Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Antonius Johannes Adrianus Wijne, Zevenbergen († 2007)
• Baartje de Ruiter, Numansdorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, Nederland († 2000)
• Agatha Janette Landsvater, Rotterdam († 2008)
• Adrianus Antonius Graafmans, Tilburg († 1993)
• Berend Jonkeren, Den Velde († 1996)
• Antonius van Son, Drunen († 1918)
• Antonius Son van, Drunen († 1918)
• Catarina Cristina Catharine Driessen, Dodewaard, Gelderland, Netherlands († 2002)

• Antonie van Oosterhout (57), Capelle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Wassenaar (73), Haarlem, North Holland, Netherlands
• Arend Meijerhof (0), Woldendorp (NL)
• Betje WATERMAN (77), Lochem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Abraham van Ingen (0), Kesteren, Nederland
• Aalbertus Broekhuisen (79), Renkum, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Hinderikus Stapel (68), Groningen
• Arnoldus Theodorus (Arnold) Kortenhorst (69), Weltevreden (Batavia), Indonesia
• Aagje Schermer (57), Hilversum
• Anna Elisabeth Bruyndonckx (76), Wiekevorst

• 1913 » Klaus Barbie, German SS captain († 1991)
• 1914 » John Berryman, American poet and scholar († 1972)
• 1915 » Ivan M. Niven, Canadian-American mathematician and academic († 1999)
• 1916 » Helge Larsson, Swedish canoeist († 1971)
• 1917 » Carl Forssell, Swedish fencer († 2005)
• 1917 » Dmitry Polyansky, First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union († 2001)
• 1918 » David Ausubel, American psychologist († 2008)
• 1919 » Beate Uhse-Rotermund, German pilot and entrepreneur († 2001)
• 1919 » Raoul Remy, French cyclist († 2002)
• 1920 » Megan Taylor, British figure skater († 1993)

• 1895 » Charles Hallé, German-English pianist and conductor (b. 1819)
• 1902 » Frank Norris, American journalist and novelist (b. 1870)
• 1910 » Willie Anderson, Scottish-American golfer (b. 1878)
• 1916 » William Merritt Chase, American painter and educator (b. 1849)
• 1919 » William Kidston, Scottish-Australian politician, 17th Premier of Queensland (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Alexander of Greece (b. 1893)
• 1920 » Terence MacSwiney, Irish playwright and politician, Lord Mayor of Cork (b. 1879)
• 1921 » Bat Masterson, American lawman, buffalo hunter, and sport writer (b. 1853)
• 1924 » Ziya Gökalp, Turkish sociologist, poet, and activist (b. 1876)
• 1938 » Alfonsina Storni, Swiss-Argentinian poet and author (b. 1892)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Catharina
8. Hendrika
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Aaltje
14. Grietje
15. Helena
16. Trijntje

• 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 6.5 million citizens.
• March 8 » The United States Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.
• April 16 » Vladimir Lenin returns to Petrograd, Russia, from exile in Switzerland.
• August 18 » A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless.
• November 2 » The Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet, in charge of preparation and carrying out the Russian Revolution, holds its first meeting.
• November 7 » World War I: Third Battle of Gaza ends: British forces capture Gaza from the Ottoman Empire.
• December 15 » World War I: An armistice between Russia and the Central Powers is signed.

The temperature on October 25, 1917 was between 4.5 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 8.1 mm of rain. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.