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• Adriaan Roozen, Emmen († 1989)
• Ardell Gilmore Bunke, HETTINGER N. DAK Hettinger († 1920)
• Anna Carolina De Keersmaecker, Bornem, Antwerpen, België († 2000)
• Antonius van Raaij, Gendringen († 1997)
• Andreas Graaf Potocki († 1995)
• Aaltje Helena van den Anker († 2001)
• Cornelia Maria van der Eerden, Eindhoven († 2004)
• Adriana Elizabeth de Quelereij, Vlissingen († 2010)
• Schouten, Goirle
• Annie Eekhout, Sitoeboendo (besoeki, Panaroekan)

• Abram Hagen (76), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth van Beusekom (85), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Bartje Meijer (54), WARNSVELD (Zutphen), GD, NL
• Carolina Antonia Heijhoff (59), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Cornelia van Ierssel (81), Etten
• Anna Catharina Kouijzer (81), ,, Boschkapelle, Nederland
• Anna Maria Loots (17), Wognum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Berend Jan Aukes (7), Rotterdam
• Adrianus Cornelis Peters (88), Rotterdam (ZH NL)
• Adriana Elisabeth Polak (77), Willemstad, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 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 » Brian Moore, Northern Irish-Canadian author and screenwriter († 1999)
• 1921 » Bryce Mackasey, Canadian businessman and politician, 20th Canadian Minister of Labour († 1999)
• 1921 » Monty Hall, Canadian-American television personality and game show host († 2017)
• 1922 » Ivry Gitlis, Israeli violinist

• 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)
• 1938 » Aleksandr Kuprin, Russian pilot, explorer, and author (b. 1870)

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

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

• 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 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 6.8 million citizens.
• February 9 » Under the terms of the Svalbard Treaty, international diplomacy recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Arctic archipelago Svalbard, and designates it as demilitarized.
• April 28 » Azerbaijan is added to the Soviet Union.
• May 9 » Polish–Soviet War: The Polish army under General Edward Rydz-Śmigły celebrates its capture of Kiev with a victory parade on Khreshchatyk.
• July 20 » The Greek Army takes control of Silivri after Greece is awarded the city by the Paris Peace Conference; by 1923 Greece effectively lost control to the Turks.
• August 16 » Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians is hit on the head by a fastball thrown by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees, and dies early the next day. Chapman was the second player to die from injuries sustained in a Major League Baseball game, the first being Doc Powers in 1909.
• August 31 » Polish–Soviet War: A decisive Polish victory in the Battle of Komarów.

The temperature on August 25, 1920 was between 7.0 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.