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• Alice Louise (Liske) Jehaes, Hoeselt, België († 2008)
• Anna Maria van Orsouw (Oorsouw), Berghem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1984)
• Bartholomeüs Corn Storm, Delft († 1983)
• Alice Gertrude Dirix, Maaseik, België († 1945)
• Babette Allgeyr, Nördlingen, Donau-Ries, Bayern, Germany († 2011)
• Bhene Petersen († 1922)
• Cornelia Hoogeveen, Amsterdam († 2010)
• Agnes Maria Cuelenaere, Eede,, Zeeland, Nederland († 1971)
• Cornelis Bakker, Gorinchem, Nederland († 2017)
• Celina Janssen († 2003)

• Cornelius Priems (74), Tilburg
• Aantje Adriana Brouwer (56), Harmelen, Utrecht, Nederland
• C.W.L. Kuitert (42), Semarang, Jawa Tengah (Djawa Tengah), Indonesië
• Charles Ernest FALIZE (64), SPA, Liège, Belgique
• ANNA BOELE (67), DOORWERTH
• Anna Banus (85), Stadskanaal, gem. Onstwedde, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana Oosterom (70), IJsselmonde
• Anna Bollwinkle
• Carolina Wilhelmina Willemsen (8), Westervoort, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Joseph de Vet (29), Gilze en Rijen

• 1918 » Leonard Bernstein, American pianist, composer, and conductor († 1990)
• 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
• 1923 » Álvaro Mutis, Colombian-Mexican author and poet († 2013)
• 1923 » Allyre Sirois, Canadian lawyer and judge († 2012)

• 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. Adrianus
9. Petrus
10. Jacob
11. Jacobus
12. Wilhelmus
13. Gerardus
14. Antonius
15. Hendrikus
16. Arie

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

• 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 6.9 million citizens.
• January 20 » The first Constitution of Turkey is adopted, making fundamental changes in the source and exercise of sovereignty by consecrating the principle of national sovereignty.
• February 21 » Rezā Shāh takes control of Tehran during a successful coup.
• March 1 » Following mass protests in Petrograd demanding greater freedom in the RSFSR, the Kronstadt rebellion began, with sailors and citizens taking up arms against the Bolsheviks.
• June 15 » Bessie Coleman earns her pilot's license, becoming the first female pilot of African-American descent.
• August 3 » Major League Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis confirms the ban of the eight Chicago Black Sox, the day after they were acquitted by a Chicago court.
• October 5 » The World Series is the first to be broadcast on radio.

The temperature on August 25, 1921 was between 12.6 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.