About the day » Saturday May 25, 1901Calender converter

• Abraham Harpe, Biggekerke, Walcheren, NL († 1967)
• Petronella Zijlmans, Raamsdonkveer († 1901)
• Adrianus Gijsbertus Bonink, Druten, Gelderland, Nederland († 1970)
• Alex Asperslagh, 's-Gravenhage († 1984)
• Aaltje Johanna (Aaltje) Timmerman (Timmermans, Zimmerman, Zimmermans, Zimmermann), Almelo, Nederland († 1970)
• Adriana de Nooijer, Arnemuiden
• Aanje Wijsbeek, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Moelker, heinkenszand (zeeland)
• Alfons MEYS, Hamme,9220,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1973)
• Adolf-Heinrich van der Schulenburg, Muskau († 1940)

• Abe Gerbens DEVRIES (86), Maurice, Sioux, Iowa, United States
• Aaltje Oldenbroek (21), Kampen,, Overijssel, Nederland
• Alje Van Hoorn (21), Noordbroek,, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Maria Roos (1), Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alje van Hoorn (21), Noordbroek
• Abe Gerbens de Vries (86), Maurice, Sioux County, Iowa
• Alje Doewes Hoorn, van (21), Noordbroek
• Adrianus Johannes van NIEL (71), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria ESCHAUZIER (56), Leiden
• Anna Elisabeth van DUINEN (74), Dordrecht

• 1893 » Ernest "Pop" Stoneman, American country musician († 1968)
• 1897 » Alan Kippax, Australian cricketer († 1972)
• 1897 » Gene Tunney, American boxer and soldier († 1978)
• 1898 » Bennett Cerf, American publisher and television game show panelist; co-founded Random House († 1971)
• 1899 » Kazi Nazrul Islam, Bengali poet, author, and flute player († 1976)
• 1900 » Alain Grandbois, Canadian poet and author († 1975)
• 1907 » U Nu, Burmese politician, 1st Prime Minister of Burma († 1995)
• 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)

• 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)

• 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
• June 11 » The boundaries of the Colony of New Zealand are extended by the UK to include the Cook Islands.
• August 6 » Kiowa land in Oklahoma is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous reservation.
• September 7 » The Boxer Rebellion in Qing dynasty (modern-day China) officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol.
• October 12 » President Theodore Roosevelt officially renames the "Executive Mansion" to the White House.
• October 29 » Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of U.S. President William McKinley, is executed by electrocution.
• November 13 » The 1901 Caister lifeboat disaster.

The temperature on May 25, 1901 was between 8.0 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (63%).