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• Albert COOMANS, Sumenep (NOI) († 1998)
• Andreas (Dré) van Egmond, Uithoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2012)
• Oosterwijk, Bergambacht, Nederland († 1915)
• Abraham Verweij, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1992)
• Anna Maria Geertruida PERSOON, Naaldwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1992)
• Bok, van der, Ouddorp, NL († 1915)
• Catharina Maria van Denderen, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1991)
• Berend Keizer *, Steenwijkerwold († 1983)
• Anna Vaartjes, Staphorst († 2002)
• Catharina Mechtilda Lomme († 1987)

• Barend Jan Sneller (77), Barneveld, Nederland
• Adrianus Catharinus Cornelius Folkersma (68), Leeuwarden
• Alfred BOURGOIS (66), Bruxelles, Belgique
• Alida de Koe (76), Vlaardingen
• Adrianus Boom (67), Loon op Zand
• Anna Elisabeth Hovinga (4), Oostwold (gem. Oldambt)
• Arend van Hassent (0), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Catharinus Cornelius Folkersma (68), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Bok, van der (0), Ouddorp, NL
• Charles Louis DUFLOUCQ (62), Elverdinge

• 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)
• 1918 » Leonard Bernstein, American pianist, composer, and conductor († 1990)
• 1918 » Richard Greene, English actor († 1985)

• 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. Albert
10. Adrianus
11. Jacobus
12. Jacob
13. Antonius
14. Wilhelmus
15. Arie
16. Dirk

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Grietje
14. Neeltje
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 6.3 million citizens.
• January 17 » Russia defeats Ottoman Turkey in the Battle of Sarikamish during the Caucasus Campaign of World War I.
• May 6 » Babe Ruth, then a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, hits his first major league home run.
• May 7 » The Republic of China accedes to 13 of the 21 Demands, extending the Empire of Japan's control over Manchuria and the Chinese economy.
• May 7 » World War I: German submarine U-20 sinks RMS Lusitania, killing 1,198 people, including 128 Americans. Public reaction to the sinking turns many former pro-Germans in the United States against the German Empire.
• June 29 » The North Saskatchewan River flood of 1915 is the worst flood in Edmonton history.
• August 15 » A story in New York World newspaper reveals that the Imperial German government had purchased excess phenol from Thomas Edison that could be used to make explosives for the war effort and diverted it to Bayer for aspirin production.

The temperature on August 25, 1915 was between 8.0 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.