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• Aaltje Rozendal, Epe, Gelderland, Nederland († 1991)
• Alice B Raider, Estill County, Kentucky († 1979)
• Albertus Johannes Zwezerijnen, Jutphaas
• Adriana Johanna de Bresser, Hilvarenbeek
• Antonia Maria Elisabeth Schimmel († 2009)
• Anna Margaret Junker, Nebraska († 2002)
• Arend Moes, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alejandro Zapata Builes, San Jerónimo, Antioquia, Colombia
• Aaltje Hermans Kwast, Vollenhove, Nederland
• adrianus van den Broek, st.Willebrord († 1995)

• Albertus Albers (42), Slagharen
• Barbara De Wever (78), Putte
• arie hazenoot (0), katwijk
• Auktje Elizabeth Korthuis (0), Bedum, Het Hogeland, Groningen, Nederland
• Albert Jans de Boer (0), Baarlo, Ambt Vollenhove
• Alphonse van Landschoot (31), Bioul prov. Namen
• Bernardus Hubertus Lamkin (0), Sint-Pieter, Maastricht
• Antonetta Stoffelen (87), Essen (B)
• Aaltje Bremer (33), Smilde, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Annigje van der Greft (64)

• 1910 » Dorothea Tanning, American painter, sculptor, and poet († 2012)
• 1910 » George Cisar, American baseball player († 2010)
• 1911 » Võ Nguyên Giáp, Vietnamese general and politician, 3rd Minister of Defence for Vietnam († 2013)
• 1912 » Erich Honecker, German soldier and politician († 1994)
• 1913 » Don DeFore, American actor († 1993)
• 1913 » Walt Kelly, American illustrator and animator († 1973)
• 1916 » Frederick Chapman Robbins, American pediatrician and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 2003)
• 1916 » Saburō Sakai, Japanese lieutenant and pilot († 2000)
• 1916 » Van Johnson, American actor († 2008)
• 1917 » Mel Ferrer, American actor, director, and producer († 2008)

• 1900 » Friedrich Nietzsche, German philologist, philosopher, and critic (b. 1844)
• 1904 » Henri Fantin-Latour, French painter and lithographer (b. 1836)
• 1908 » Henri Becquerel, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1916 » Mary Tappan Wright, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1851)
• 1921 » Nikolay Gumilyov, Russian poet and critic (b. 1886)
• 1924 » Mariano Álvarez, Filipino general and politician (b. 1818)
• 1924 » Velma Caldwell Melville, American editor, and writer of prose and poetry (b. 1858)
• 1925 » Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Austrian field marshal (b. 1852)
• 1930 » Frankie Campbell, American boxer (b. 1904)
• 1931 » Dorothea Fairbridge, South African author and co-founder of Guild of Loyal Women (b. 1862)

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. Wilhelmus
15. Arie
16. Hendrikus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Hendrika
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
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.
• April 24 » The Franck–Hertz experiment, a pillar of quantum mechanics, is presented to the German Physical Society.
• July 11 » Babe Ruth makes his debut in Major League Baseball.
• August 6 » World War I: Serbia declares war on Germany; Austria declares war on Russia.
• August 12 » World War I: The United Kingdom declares war on Austria-Hungary; the countries of the British Empire follow suit.
• September 5 » World War I: First Battle of the Marne begins. Northeast of Paris, the French attack and defeat German forces who are advancing on the capital.
• September 16 » World War I: The Siege of Przemyśl (present-day Poland) begins.

The temperature on August 25, 1914 was between 13.1 °C and 24.3 °C and averaged 18.9 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.