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• Adrianus Gerardus (Adriaan) Tinnenbroek, Den Haag, Nederland († 1999)
• Arcade RUCART, Rouen, Haute-Normandie, Friesland, Nederland († 2009)
• Adriene Frederika (tante Addy) Riedé, Cheribon († 2004)
• Alida Smit, Terschelling-Hoorn († 2017)
• C. Arlington Borst, Schoharie (Schoharie County) (New York) († 1997)
• Adriaan de Groot († 1981)
• Anna Maria Böke, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands († 1926)
• Anna Spoelder, Beilen
• Antonius Franciscus Pulles, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1990)
• Antonie Jozephus Kreukniet, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1917)

• Anne de Jong (20)
• Antonio Candido Bueno (39), Paraguaçu, Minas Gerais, Brasil
• Albertus Fran‡ois Beijer (77), Rotterdam
• Annechien Dekker (78), Donderen (gem. Tynaarlo)
• Annechien Dekker (78), Vries, Drenthe, Netherlands(Donderen)
• Diepeveen (0), Ede
• Aalbert Looijen (18), Ede (GL)
• Berendina Hesseld (67), Zenderen
• Albertus Jacob Cost Budde (71), Wilp, Voorst, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Van Der Krabben (39), Drunen

• 1913 » Candy Candido, American singer, bass player, and voice actor († 1999)
• 1914 » James Fletcher Jnr, New Zealand businessman († 2007)
• 1914 » Oscar Lewis, American anthropologist of Latin America († 1970)
• 1915 » Pete Rugolo, Italian-American composer and producer († 2011)
• 1916 » Ahmed Ben Bella, Algerian soldier and politician, 1st President of Algeria († 2012)
• 1917 » Arseny Mironov, Russian scientist, engineer, pilot, oldest active researcher in aircraft aerodynamics and flight testing († 2019)
• 1917 » Lincoln Verduga Loor, Ecuadorian journalist and politician († 2009)
• 1918 » Anwar Sadat, Egyptian lieutenant and politician, 3rd President of Egypt, Nobel Prize laureate († 1981)
• 1919 » Naushad Ali, Indian composer and director († 2006)
• 1919 » Paul David, Canadian cardiologist and politician, founded the Montreal Heart Institute († 1999)

• 1916 » Albert Chmielowski, Polish saint, founded the Albertine Brothers (b. 1845)
• 1921 » Vladimir Korolenko, Russian journalist, author, and activist (b. 1853)
• 1925 » Karl Abraham, German psychoanalyst and author (b. 1877)
• 1926 » Emperor Taishō of Japan (b. 1879)
• 1928 » Miles Burke, American boxer (b. 1885)
• 1930 » Jakob Mändmets, Estonian journalist and author (b. 1871)
• 1933 » Francesc Macià, Catalan colonel and politician, 122nd President of Catalonia (b. 1859)
• 1935 » Paul Bourget, French author and critic (b. 1852)
• 1938 » Karel Čapek, Czech author and playwright (b. 1890)
• 1940 » Agnes Ayres, American actress (b. 1898)

• 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 6.5 million citizens.
• February 23 » First demonstrations in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The beginning of the February Revolution (March 8 in the Gregorian calendar).
• March 8 » International Women's Day protests in St. Petersburg mark the beginning of the February Revolution (February 23rd in the Julian calendar).
• May 13 » Three children report the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima in Fátima, Portugal.
• June 11 » King Alexander assumes the throne of Greece after his father, Constantine I, abdicates under pressure from allied armies occupying Athens.
• October 15 » World War I: Dutch dancer Mata Hari is executed by France for espionage.
• November 7 » The Gregorian calendar date of the October Revolution, which gets its name from the Julian calendar date of 25 October. On this date in 1917, the Bolsheviks storm the Winter Palace.

The temperature on December 25, 1917 was between -1.3 °C and 4.9 °C and averaged 1.0 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.