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• Anna WOUTERS, Rillaer († 1999)
• Anna Maria Alexandrina Holdorp, Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands
• Adriaan Keuzenkamp, Schiedam
• Adriaan Keuzenkamp, Schiedam
• Adriana Aleida Heemskerk, Amsterdam, NHO, Nederland
• Alice Maria Vermeersch, Eernegem
• Albert Jan van Dijk, Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland
• Amy Mae Morgan, North Dakota, Verenigde Staten († 1986)
• Adriana Johanna GODRIE, Zundert,Noord-Brabant,NEDERLAND
• Ale Bijker, Twijzel, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1991)

• Abraham Werner (61), Est en Opijnen
• Angenieta Maria Cornelia van Trotsenburg (72)
• Adrianus van der Velden (85), Sint-Michielsgestel
• Anne Spiers CROOK (48), 33 Upper Rock Gardens, Brighton, Sussex
• Andina Dorethea Bleesing (74), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alphonsus Joannes Massoels (44), Alken, België
• Adriana Madder (84)
• annigje van der LINDEN (31), ridderkerk
• Apolonia Jacoba van der Horst (70), Velp Gelderland
• Althea A Penney (35), Clarks Harbour, Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada

• 1903 » King Clancy, Canadian ice hockey player, referee, and coach; rated one of the 100 greatest NHL players († 1986)
• 1905 » Perry Miller, American historian, author, and academic († 1963)
• 1906 » Mary Coyle Chase, American journalist and playwright; author of Harvey († 1981)
• 1907 » Sabahattin Ali, Turkish journalist, author, and poet († 1948)
• 1908 » Frank G. Slaughter, American physician and author († 2001)
• 1908 » Mary Locke Petermann, cellular biochemist († 1975)
• 1910 » Millicent Fenwick, American journalist and politician († 1992)
• 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)

• 1899 » Paul Reuter, German-English journalist and businessman, founded Reuters (b. 1816)
• 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)

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

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

• 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
• February 2 » The Paris Film Congress opens. An attempt by European producers to form an equivalent to the MPCC cartel in the United States.
• April 11 » The city of Tel Aviv is founded.
• June 2 » Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
• June 26 » The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity.
• July 25 » Louis Blériot makes the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine from Calais to Dover, England, United Kingdom in 37 minutes.
• September 30 » The Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania makes a record-breaking westbound crossing of the Atlantic, that will not be bettered for 20 years.

The temperature on February 25, 1909 was between -4.5 °C and 0.6 °C and averaged -1.8 °C. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.