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• Dood Geboren Kind van Lokven, Berlicum, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alan James Quinton, Croydon, Surrey, England († 2013)
• Cornelis van Lier, Huis A95, Alblasserdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1926)
• Bodo Albrecht Hubertus Menzendorff († 1976)
• Eduard NOORLANDER, Amsterdam († 1927)
• Alexandra Iwanowna Gloeschtschenko, Bojewoi (Rus) († 2018)
• Andrew Roy Laning, Kalamazoo, Michigan, VS († 2000)
• Anna Jans Huisman, Westergeest († 2016)
• Anna Huisman, Westergeest († 2016)
• Alida Willemina Sjouke, Soerabaja (Indonesie) († 1973)

• Judith de Bruin (86), Den Haag
• Aaltje van der Vlist (79), Boskoop
• Aart Willem Hengeveld (70), Amsterdam
• Annie B. RUNNELS (68), Logan Township
• Angelina Wouters (84), Herenthout, België
• Albert Lazarus (69), Havre, Hill, Montana, Verenigde Staten
• Alida Catharina Peereboom (71), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Eimericus Schel, Rosmalen
• Anna Maria van Grunsven (71), Groesbeek
• Anna Jocker (95), Rotterdam

• 1922 » Cy Leslie, American record producer, founded Pickwick Records († 2008)
• 1923 » Ernst Florian Winter, Austrian-American historian and political scientist († 2014)
• 1923 » Menahem Pressler, German-American pianist
• 1924 » Nicolas Sidjakov, Latvian-American illustrator († 1993)
• 1926 » A. N. R. Robinson, Trinidadian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Trinidad and Tobago († 2014)
• 1926 » James McCracken, American tenor and actor († 1988)
• 1926 » Jeffrey Stone, American actor and screenwriter († 2012)
• 1927 » Peter Dickinson, Rhodesian-English author and poet († 2015)
• 1927 » Randall Garrett, American author and poet († 1987)
• 1928 » Terry Carter, American actor, director, and producer

• 1908 » American Horse, American tribal leader and educator (b. 1840)
• 1917 » Frank Gotch, American wrestler (b. 1878)
• 1921 » Camille Saint-Saëns, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1835)
• 1922 » Gabriel Narutowicz, Lithuanian–Polish engineer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Poland (b. 1865)
• 1928 » Elinor Wylie, American poet and author (b. 1885)
• 1935 » Thelma Todd, American actress and comedian (b. 1905)
• 1936 » Frank Eugene, American-German photographer and educator (b. 1865)
• 1940 » Billy Hamilton, American baseball player and manager (b. 1866)
• 1940 » Eugène Dubois, Dutch paleoanthropologist (b. 1858)
• 1943 » George Bambridge, English diplomat (b. 1892)

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

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

• 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.3 million citizens.
• February 15 » The 1925 serum run to Nome: The second delivery of serum arrives in Nome, Alaska.
• March 16 » An earthquake occurs in Yunnan, China.
• April 10 » The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is first published in New York City, by Charles Scribner's Sons.
• May 30 » May Thirtieth Movement: Shanghai Municipal Police Force shoot and kill 13 protesting workers.
• June 16 » The most famous Young Pioneer camp of the Soviet Union, Artek, is established.
• July 21 » Malcolm Campbell becomes the first man to exceed 150mph (241km/h) on land. At Pendine Sands in Wales, he drives Sunbeam 350HP built by Sunbeam at a two-way average speed of 150.33mph (242km/h).

The temperature on December 16, 1925 was between -8.8 °C and 0.6 °C and averaged -3.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.