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• Adrianus Jacobus Buddenbaum, Rotterdam
• Aleida Johanna Franzina Steennis, Griethausen (D) († 1997)
• Albertha Adriana Margaretha Gelderblom, Rotterdam ZH Nederland
• Adrianus Jacobus Suijkerbuijk, Woensdrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1957)
• Aafje Mol, Wervershoof, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida van Weenen, Ouderkerk aan den IJssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Boersma († 1981)
• Andries Willem Landman, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriana Stapper, Boskoop († 1996)
• Adriana Gent van, Fijnaart en Heijningen († 1994)

• Arie van der Kaaij van der Kaai (61), Leiden
• Berend Witteveen (0), Wijhe
• Angelina Van den Broeck (47), Antwerpen,, Antwerpen, België
• Abraham Van Dort (50), Rotterdam
• Antonius Franciscus van der Knaap (17), Schiedam
• Afke Jogchums Epema (71), Grouw Friesland Nederland
• Bjintze Pieters Boschker (88)
• Adelbert Elwyn Rider (14), Mauston, Juneau County, Wisconsin, 53948, Verenigde Staten
• Albert Haar (25), Avereest, Nederland
• Amelia Deloose (Loose) (65), St.-Andries (Brugge)

• 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)
• 1913 » Heinrich Bär, German colonel and pilot († 1957)
• 1913 » Richard Dimbleby, English journalist and producer († 1965)
• 1916 » Brian Dickson, Canadian captain, lawyer, and politician, 15th Chief Justice of Canada († 1998)
• 1916 » Giuseppe Tosi, Italian discus thrower († 1981)
• 1917 » Steve Cochran, American film, television and stage actor († 1965)
• 1917 » Theodore Hesburgh, American priest, theologian, and academic († 2015)

• 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
• February 25 » Marie-Adélaïde, the eldest of six daughters of Guillaume IV, becomes the first reigning Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.
• March 30 » Sultan Abd al-Hafid signs the Treaty of Fez, making Morocco a French protectorate.
• May 8 » Paramount Pictures is founded.
• September 4 » Albanian rebels succeed in their revolt when the Ottoman Empire agrees to fulfill their demands
• October 14 » Former president Theodore Roosevelt is shot and mildly wounded by John Flammang Schrank. With the fresh wound in his chest, and the bullet still within it, Roosevelt delivers his scheduled speech.
• October 26 » First Balkan War: The Ottomans lose the cities of Thessaloniki and Skopje.

The temperature on May 25, 1912 was between 5.6 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.