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• Anna Maria Schoorl, Wassenaar
• Antonia Maria Hendrika(Tonny) van Ierlant, Tilburg († 2013)
• Bonita Joyce Dawley, Minnesota († 1985)
• Antonia Hendrika Clasina Maria van Maarseveen, 's-Gravenhage († 2011)
• Arendje van der Meij, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2010)
• Anotonia Alberta Johanna Loevesijn, Hoofddorp († 2007)
• Anje Cornelia Ennema, Ambt Hardenberg († 1944)
• B W J Reijnen, Tilburg,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2014)
• Albert Velthoen, Rotterdam († 1989)
• Catharina Klaassen, Ermelo († 2001)

• Aaltje van de Kamp (53), Driebergen
• Albertus Hendrikus Janssen (64), Renkum
• Aldegonde PEETERS (81), Munsterbilzen (Limburg) (B)
• Anje (Annie, Antje) Schipma (61), Willard, Ohio
• Aaltje van de Kamp (53), Driebergen
• Akke Pieters Bijl (72), Amsterdam
• Albertus Hendrikus Janssen (64), Renkum, Gelderland, Nederland
• Amos Alexander Bashor (71), Texas, Missouri, Verenigde Staten
• Antje Hidding (51), Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
• Antonius Wilhelmus Petrus Jansen, 's-Hertogenbosch

• 1922 » Eric Willis, Australian sergeant and politician, 34th Premier of New South Wales († 1999)
• 1922 » Sylvia Lawler, English geneticist († 1996)
• 1923 » Ivor Cutler, Scottish pianist, songwriter, and poet († 2006)
• 1923 » Lee Teng-hui, Taiwanese-Chinese economist and politician, 4th President of the Republic of China († 2020)
• 1924 » George Lowe, New Zealand-English mountaineer and explorer († 2013)
• 1925 » Ignacio López Tarso, Mexican actor
• 1925 » Ruth Slenczynska, American pianist and composer
• 1926 » Maria Schell, Austrian-Swiss actress († 2005)
• 1927 » Phyllis Coates, American actress
• 1928 » W. R. Mitchell, English journalist and author († 2015)

• 1905 » George Thorn, Australian politician, 6th Premier of Queensland (b. 1838)
• 1909 » Arnold Janssen, German priest and missionary (b. 1837)
• 1916 » Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian playwright and translator (b. 1850)
• 1919 » Karl Liebknecht, German politician (b. 1871)
• 1919 » Rosa Luxemburg, German economist, theorist, and philosopher (b. 1871)
• 1926 » Enrico Toselli, Italian pianist and composer (b. 1883)
• 1929 » George Cope, American painter (b. 1855)
• 1936 » Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster, English cricketer and politician, 7th Governor-General of Australia (b. 1866)
• 1937 » Anton Holban, Romanian author, theoretician, and educator (b. 1902)
• 1945 » Wilhelm Wirtinger, Austrian-German mathematician and theorist (b. 1865)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Catharina
8. Adriana
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Geertruida
12. Jacoba
13. Margaretha
14. Helena
15. Aaltje
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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.3 million citizens.
• April 18 » The International Amateur Radio Union is formed in Paris.
• April 30 » Automaker Dodge Brothers, Inc is sold to Dillon, Read & Co. for US$146million plus $50million for charity.
• July 21 » Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes is found guilty of teaching human evolution in class and fined $100.
• August 5 » Plaid Cymru is formed with the aim of disseminating knowledge of the Welsh language that is at the time in danger of dying out.
• September 3 » USSShenandoah, the United States' first American-built rigid airship, was destroyed in a squall line over Noble County, Ohio. Fourteen of her 42-man crew perished, including her commander, Zachary Lansdowne.
• December 11 » Roman Catholic papal encyclical Quas primas introduces the Feast of Christ the King.

The average temperature on January 15, 1925 was 5.5 °C. There was 11.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.