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• Berend Haverkamp († 1996)
• Antoinette Smit, Zenderen († 2010)
• Alberta van Velde († 2016)
• Christiaan Carel OOGJEN, Rotterdam († 1957)
• Aaltje Snippe, Emmen († 1992)
• Albertus Frans van der Burg, Vlaardingen († 1974)
• Berendina Gritter, Lonneker, Overijssel, Nederland († 1992)
• Clarence J. Powell, Wheeler, Gratiot Co., Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1998)
• Catherine Minerva Hudson, Winterset, Madison, Iowa, United States
• Clinton Chambers, Sapulpa, Creek, Oklahoma, United States († 1995)

• Adriaantje Koert (84), Passaic, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Oostdijk (63), Yerseke
• Aletta Blonk (2), Barwoudswaarder
• Benjamin Blok (76), 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arnold Verhaegen (69), Meijel
• Bauke Luinstra (27), Twijzel
• Antonia Hendrika de Leeuw (28), Kamerik
• Albert J Boldt (35), Chicago, Cook, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Anthonie van 't Hof (62), Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Ambrosius van HORSSEN (66), Ammerzoden, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1913 » Gert Fröbe, German actor; title role in Goldfinger († 1988)
• 1913 » Jim Backus, American actor and screenwriter; the voice of Mr. Magoo († 1989)
• 1915 » S. Rajaratnam, 1st Senior Minister of Singapore († 2006)
• 1917 » Anthony Burgess, English author, playwright, and critic († 1993)
• 1918 » Bobby Riggs, American tennis player; winner of three major titles, 1939–1941 († 1995)
• 1919 » Monte Irvin, American baseball player and executive († 2016)
• 1920 » Philip Habib, American academic and diplomat, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs († 1992)
• 1921 » Andy Pafko, American baseball player and manager († 2013)
• 1921 » Pierre Laporte, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician, Deputy Premier of Quebec († 1970)
• 1922 » Molly Reilly, Canadian aviator († 1980)

• 1906 » Anton Arensky, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1861)
• 1910 » Worthington Whittredge, American painter and educator (b. 1820)
• 1911 » Friedrich Spielhagen, German author, theorist, and translator (b. 1829)
• 1912 » William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (b. 1852)
• 1914 » John Tenniel, English illustrator (b. 1820)
• 1915 » Charles Edwin Bessey, American botanist, author, and academic (b. 1845)
• 1920 » Marcel-Auguste Dieulafoy, French archaeologist and engineer (b. 1844)
• 1928 » William O'Brien, Irish journalist and politician (b. 1852)
• 1934 » Elizabeth Gertrude Britton, American botanist and academic (b. 1857)
• 1934 » John McGraw, American baseball player and manager (b. 1873)

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
• January 29 » Ukrainian–Soviet War: An armed uprising organized by the Bolsheviks in anticipation of the encroaching Red Army begins at the Kiev Arsenal, which will be put down six days later.
• February 5 » Stephen W. Thompson shoots down a German airplane; this is the first aerial victory by the U.S. military.
• March 25 » The Belarusian People's Republic is established.
• August 30 » Fanni Kaplan shoots and seriously injures Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin, which along with the assassination of Bolshevik senior official Moisei Uritsky days earlier, prompts the decree for Red Terror.
• October 28 » First World War: A new Polish government in western Galicia is established, triggering the Polish–Ukrainian War.
• November 21 » The Flag of Estonia, previously used by pro-independence activists, is formally adopted as the national flag of the Republic of Estonia.

The temperature on February 25, 1918 was between -0.6 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.