About the day » Sunday February 25, 1917Calender converter

• Albertus Willems, Ewijk,, Gelderland, Nederland († 1991)
• Bessie Gene Johnson Watkins [sWdDs], Neshoba County, Mississippi († 1995)
• Albert Cornelius Duym, Ninove († 1989)
• Anne de Haas, Tirns 8632, Gem.Wymbritseradeel, Nederland († 2001)
• Adriaan Visser († 1944)
• Aukje Abels Ottema, Jonkersvaart († 2003)
• Andre Camiel Deceuninck, Evaux Les Bains, Friesland, Nederland († 1995)
• Arie Vrolijk, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2009)
• Antonius Otto Herman Tellegen, 's Gravenhage († 1981)
• Anton Josef Huf, Watergraafsmeer († 1982)

• Albertje Kats (79), Hoogeveen Drenthe, Netherlands(Haagje)
• Albertje Kats (79), Hoogeveen (Het Haagje)
• Adriana Elizabeth Daniël (37), Semarang, Java, Indonesië
• Adriaan Cornelisse (0), Arnemuiden
• Adrianus Kleemans (67), Princenhage (NL)
• Adriana Elisabeth Maria Couwenberg (1), Goirle
• Aaltje Jonker (61), Steenwijk
• Adriaan Bos (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Jonkers (73), Ottawa, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Andries Kollaart (1), Den Helder

• 1913 » Gert Fröbe, German actor; title role in Goldfinger († 1988)
• 1913 » Jim Backus, American actor and screenwriter; the voice of Mr. Magoo († 1989)
• 1915 » S. Rajaratnam, 1st Senior Minister of Singapore († 2006)
• 1917 » Anthony Burgess, English author, playwright, and critic († 1993)
• 1918 » Bobby Riggs, American tennis player; winner of three major titles, 1939–1941 († 1995)
• 1919 » Monte Irvin, American baseball player and executive († 2016)
• 1920 » Philip Habib, American academic and diplomat, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs († 1992)
• 1921 » Andy Pafko, American baseball player and manager († 2013)
• 1921 » Pierre Laporte, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician, Deputy Premier of Quebec († 1970)
• 1922 » Molly Reilly, Canadian aviator († 1980)

• 1906 » Anton Arensky, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1861)
• 1910 » Worthington Whittredge, American painter and educator (b. 1820)
• 1911 » Friedrich Spielhagen, German author, theorist, and translator (b. 1829)
• 1912 » William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (b. 1852)
• 1914 » John Tenniel, English illustrator (b. 1820)
• 1915 » Charles Edwin Bessey, American botanist, author, and academic (b. 1845)
• 1920 » Marcel-Auguste Dieulafoy, French archaeologist and engineer (b. 1844)
• 1928 » William O'Brien, Irish journalist and politician (b. 1852)
• 1934 » Elizabeth Gertrude Britton, American botanist and academic (b. 1857)
• 1934 » John McGraw, American baseball player and manager (b. 1873)

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.
• January 9 » World War I: The Battle of Rafa is fought near the Egyptian border with Palestine.
• February 24 » World War I: The U.S. ambassador Walter Hines Page to the United Kingdom is given the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany pledges to ensure the return of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona to Mexico if Mexico declares war on the United States.
• March 11 » World War I: Mesopotamian campaign: Baghdad falls to Anglo-Indian forces commanded by General Stanley Maude.
• May 13 » Three children report the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima in Fátima, Portugal.
• July 27 » World War I: The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.
• November 26 » The Manchester Guardian publishes the 1916 secret Sykes-Picot Agreement between the United Kingdom and France.

The temperature on February 25, 1917 was between 1.7 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.