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• Hendrik (Henk) Veldhuis, Kampen († 1985)
• Albartus van den Hatert, Ochten, Nederland († 1974)
• Arthur Rowley Jones, Wellington, Carbon, Utah († 1980)
• Anna Mathijse, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• antonia berben, helden-panningen († 1964)
• Antonio de Saavedra, Barcelona († 2005)
• Agatha Beerse, Heerhugowaard († 1999)
• Aantje Alida van Veenendaal, Rhenen, Gelderland, Netherlands († 2005)
• Alida van ZIJDERVELD, ophemert († 1993)
• Marinus Deuten, Hoogeveen († 1918)

• Aafke Sybrens Yntema (58), Tjerkwerd
• Aafke Yntema (58), Wonseradeel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Aaltje VAN DIJK (72), Velp
• Adriana Johanna van de Sande (0), Stompwijk (Leidschendam-Voorburg), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Vermeulen (68), Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nl
• Aalbert Beulen (65), Ede, Gelderland, Nederland
• Berbertje Pieters de Meer (48), Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Allegonda van den Eijnde (64), Veghel,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Antje de Ridder (24), Amsterdam
• Anna Maria Paulina Beelen (61), Weert

• 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)
• 1920 » Arthur Wint, Jamaican runner and diplomat († 1992)
• 1921 » Hal David, American songwriter and composer († 2012)
• 1921 » Kitty Kallen, American singer († 2016)

• 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)
• 1934 » Gustav Holst, English trombonist, composer, and educator (b. 1874)

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

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

• 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 6.4 million citizens.
• January 27 » World War I: The British government passed a legislation that introduced conscription in the United Kingdom.
• March 15 » United States President Woodrow Wilson sends 4,800 United States troops over the U.S.–Mexico border to pursue Pancho Villa.
• August 27 » World War I: The Kingdom of Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary, entering the war as one of the Allied nations.
• November 7 » Woodrow Wilson is reelected as President of the United States.
• November 21 » Mines from SM U-73 sink the HMHS Britannic, the largest ship lost in the First World War.
• December 6 » World War I: The Central Powers capture Bucharest.

The temperature on May 25, 1916 was between 11.3 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 15.8 mm of rain. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.