About the day » Saturday July 25, 1914Calender converter

• Alida Goeman, 's-Gravenhage († 1980)
• Aaltje van de Bunte, Doornspijk, Gelderland, Nederland († 1975)
• Adrianus Schrauwen, Zundert
• ANNA EMMA JEANNE MEIJER, DJOKJAKARTA (NI) († 1995)
• (1) Mary Hugelier, Chatham-Kent (Ont) Canada († 1967)
• Agatha Koppes, Heerhugowaard, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Wetten, Dinslaken (D) († 1990)
• Adriana Johanna Elisabeth Dijkshoorn, Delft
• Albert Jan Kelder, Ambt-Ommen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Florentina Philomena VAN OEKELEN, Uden, Maashorst, Province of North Brabant, Netherlands

• Ane Marra (58), Oosterbierum, Friesland, Nederland
• Conrad 1846 Schepp - GERMANY, Manchester, Green Lake, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Bartholomeus Gerardus Verkuil (0), Utrecht
• Areke Grietje Boon (0), Ophemert, Nederland
• Dina Christina SALEMINK (42), Dinxperlo, Nederland, Gelderland, Nederland
• Dirk Bakkum (78), Egmond aan Zee
• Cornelia Nortier (87), Breskens, Nederland
• Catharina Johanna Margrietha Meijs (41), Bloemendaal
• Christina Smits (82), Den Dungen
• Antonij Kolkman (32), Weteringen (Diepenveen)

• 1908 » Ambroise-Marie Carré, French priest and author († 2004)
• 1908 » Bill Bowes, English cricketer († 1987)
• 1908 » Jack Gilford, American actor († 1990)
• 1914 » Woody Strode, American football player and actor († 1994)
• 1915 » Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., American lieutenant and pilot († 1944)
• 1915 » S. U. Ethirmanasingham, Sri Lankan businessman and politician
• 1916 » Lucien Saulnier, Canadian lawyer and politician († 1989)
• 1917 » Fritz Honegger, Swiss lawyer and politician († 1999)
• 1918 » Jane Frank, American painter and sculptor († 1986)
• 1920 » Rosalind Franklin, English biophysicist, chemist, and academic († 1958)

• 1865 » James Barry, English soldier and surgeon (b. 1799)
• 1887 » John Taylor, American religious leader, 3rd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1808)
• 1934 » Engelbert Dollfuss, Austrian politician, 14th Chancellor of Austria (b. 1892)
• 1934 » François Coty, French businessman, founded Coty, Inc. (b. 1874)
• 1942 » Fred Englehardt, American triple jumper (b. 1879)
• 1952 » Herbert Murrill, English organist and composer (b. 1909)
• 1958 » Otto Lasanen, Finnish wrestler (b. 1891)
• 1959 » Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog, Polish-born Irish rabbi and author (b. 1888)
• 1962 » Thibaudeau Rinfret, Canadian lawyer and jurist, 9th Chief Justice of Canada (b. 1879)
• 1963 » Ugo Cerletti, Italian neurologist and academic (b. 1877)

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

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

• 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
• February 26 » HMHSBritannic, sister to the RMSTitanic, is launched at Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
• August 1 » The German Empire declares war on the Russian Empire at the opening of World War I. The Swiss Army mobilizes because of World War I.
• August 12 » World War I: The Battle of Halen a.k.a. Battle of the Silver Helmets a clash between large Belgian and German cavalry formations at Halen, Belgium.
• August 15 » The Panama Canal opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship SSAncon.
• November 28 » World War I: Following a war-induced closure in July, the New York Stock Exchange re-opens for bond trading.
• December 8 » World War I: A squadron of Britain's Royal Navy defeats the Imperial German East Asia Squadron in the Battle of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic.

The temperature on July 25, 1914 was between 9.9 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.