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• Arie Loendersloot († 1998)
• Anna Maria Lindeboom, Alkmaar
• Aart Gijsbertus Rietveld, Maasland († 1990)
• Albert Klein, Ter Apel
• Bartholomeus Dirkson, Limmen
• Anna Maria Sebrechts, Ossendrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1919)
• Abraham Meijer KOOL, Amsterdam († 1942)
• Berend Westerbeek, Steenwijkerwold († 1918)
• Annechien Kuilman, Delfzijl († 1986)
• Anna Alijda Frederika Friesema († 1996)

• Baukje Jongsma (50)
• Albert Marskamp (72), Wilsum,Kampen,Overijssel,Nederland
• Anna Maria GERDSEN (86), Dodge County, Nebraska, Verenigde Staten
• "Alberdina" Berendina Berendina, Renkum, NL
• Adriana Dimphana Zwaanen (37), Rucphen
• Bernardus Lourentius Bos (35), Paasloo
• Arend Jan Hannink (75), winterwijk
• Attje (Ottje) Hendriks Harmsma (70), Lippenhuizen
• Adriana Dimphna Zwaanen (37), Rucphen
• Berendina Bosman (1), Coevorden

• 1913 » Heinrich Bär, German colonel and pilot († 1957)
• 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 » Jack Steinberger, German-Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1921 » Kitty Kallen, American singer († 2016)
• 1922 » Enrico Berlinguer, Italian politician († 1984)

• 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)

• 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 17 » Finnish Civil War: The first serious battles take place between the Red Guards and the White Guard.
• May 9 » World War I: Germany repels Britain's second attempt to blockade the port of Ostend, Belgium.
• October 1 » Sayid Abdullah becomes the last Khan of Khiva.
• October 30 » World War I: The Ottoman Empire signs the Armistice of Mudros with the Allies.
• November 10 » The Western Union Cable Office in North Sydney, Nova Scotia, receives a top-secret coded message from Europe (that would be sent to Ottawa and Washington, D.C.) that said on November 11, 1918, all fighting would cease on land, sea and in the air.
• November 11 » Emperor Charles I of Austria relinquishes power.

The temperature on May 25, 1918 was between 7.5 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.