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• Adrianus de Koning, Princenhage, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1982)
• Olfe, Rütenbrock, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany († 1908)
• Andreas Crommentuijn, Beringe († 2000)
• Annigje WEEDA († 1989)
• Anna Maria (Maria) HENSEN HENSSEN, Spaubeek (NL/LI) († 1993)
• Deege († 1977)
• Adrianus Guntlisbergen, 's Hertogenbosch
• Adrianus Antonius Aalbers, Winssen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Andrisa van den Top, Barneveld
• Lacroix, rotterdam, Nederland († 1908)

• Aaltje Willemsen (71), Axel
• Clara Gertrud Rütgers (67), Ratingen, Stadt, Rheinland, Deutschland
• Aagje Boon (66), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• arie romijn (73), linschoten
• Christina van Lint (77), Amsterdam
• van Ling (0), Zeist
• Arnold Hatlinghus (0), Egge
• Cornelia Boots (43)
• Antonia van Dam (6), Den Haag,-
• Arien van Beem (51), Valburg

• 1902 » Eddie Shore, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach († 1985)
• 1904 » Lillian Copeland, American discus thrower and shot putter († 1964)
• 1904 » Toni Ortelli, Italian composer and conductor († 2000)
• 1905 » Samiha Ayverdi, Turkish mystic and author († 1993)
• 1906 » Alice Ambrose, American philosopher and logician († 2001)
• 1907 » John Stuart Hindmarsh, English race car driver and pilot († 1938)
• 1908 » Natyaguru Nurul Momen, Bangladeshi playwright, author, educator, director and media personality († 1990)
• 1909 » P. D. Eastman, American author and illustrator († 1986)
• 1911 » Roelof Frankot, Dutch painter and photographer († 1984)
• 1913 » Lewis Thomas, American physician, etymologist, and educator († 1993)

• 1884 » Hermann Kolbe, German chemist and academic (b. 1818)
• 1885 » Alfonso XII of Spain (b. 1857)
• 1885 » Thomas A. Hendricks, American lawyer and politician, 21st Vice President of the United States (b. 1819)
• 1909 » Edward P. Allen, American lawyer and politician (b. 1839)
• 1920 » Gaston Chevrolet, French-American race car driver and businessman (b. 1892)
• 1925 » Vajiravudh, Siam king (b. 1880)
• 1934 » N. E. Brown, English plant taxonomist and authority on succulents (b. 1849)
• 1944 » Kenesaw Mountain Landis, American lawyer and judge (b. 1866)
• 1948 » Kanbun Uechi, Japanese martial artist, founded Uechi-ryū (b. 1877)
• 1949 » Bill Robinson, American actor and dancer (b. 1878)

• 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
• January 21 » New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.
• February 1 » Lisbon Regicide: King Carlos I of Portugal and Infante Luis Filipe are shot dead in Lisbon.
• April 20 » Opening day of competition in the New South Wales Rugby League.
• May 26 » The first major commercial oil strike in the Middle East was made at Masjed Soleyman in southwest Persia. The rights to the resource were quickly acquired by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.
• June 30 » The Tunguska Event, the largest impact event on Earth in human recorded history, resulting in a massive explosion over Eastern Siberia.
• October 6 » The Bosnian crisis erupts when Austria-Hungary formally annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The temperature on November 25, 1908 was between 4.0 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.