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• Bernard ten Dam, Hengelo († 2004)
• Antonius van Schilt, Halsteren († 2005)
• Antonie Verweij, Jaarsveld († 1919)
• Anne Johannes HALBESMA, Akkerwoude (Dantumadiel) Friesland Netherlands († 1999)
• Aafje Steur, Volendam († 2012)
• Anna van der Lei, Emmer-Erfscheidenveen, Emmen († 1996)
• Anny Henriette Lansdorp ongehuwd, Watergraafsmeer, NH, Nederland († 2007)
• den Hollander, Oudenbosch († 1918)
• Agnes Cecilia Melder, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, Verenigde Staten († 1996)
• Aurora Marie Ludwig, Arkansas († 1981)

• Andries Jonker (9), Apeldoorn,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Cornelia Pieternella Dietvors (0), Zevenbergen
• den Hollander (0), Oudenbosch
• Adriana Johanna Hasselman (70), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antje Noordam (71), Schiedam
• Adrianus van Doorn (0), Uden
• Bertha Vananderoye (28), Maastricht, Nederland
• Cornelis Simonszn Paul (75), Bergschenhoek, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Cornelis Paul (75), Bergschenhoek, Nederland
• Catharina Versteeg (1), Bennebroek, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 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)
• 1919 » George Wallace, American sergeant, lawyer, and politician, 45th Governor of Alabama († 1998)
• 1919 » Jaap Rijks, Dutch Olympic medalist († 2017)
• 1919 » William P. Foster, American bandleader and educator († 2010)
• 1921 » Monty Hall, Canadian-American television personality and game show host († 2017)

• 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. Jacob
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Wilhelmus
13. Albert
14. Gerardus
15. Hendrikus
16. Johan

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

• 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.
• July 17 » Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his immediate family and retainers are executed by Bolshevik Chekists at the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, Russia.
• September 10 » Russian Civil War: The Red Army captures Kazan.
• November 11 » Emperor Charles I of Austria relinquishes power.
• December 1 » The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later known as the Kingdom of Yugoslavia) is proclaimed.
• December 14 » Friedrich Karl von Hessen, a German prince elected by the Parliament of Finland to become King Väinö I, renounces the Finnish throne.
• December 14 » The 1918 United Kingdom general election occurs, the first where women were permitted to vote.

The temperature on August 25, 1918 was between 5.1 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 11.2 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.