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• Adrianus Martinus Brabers, Waalwijk († 2001)
• Aaltje van de Velde, Hasselt, Overijssel, Nederland († 1997)
• Cawley, of Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States († 1925)
• Carolus Ludovicus Boey, Bornem († 1991)
• Adriana Hendrika Mooij († 2010)
• Christina Gesina Beekman, Diessen († 1988)
• Clazina Cornelia Verhage, Middelburg, Zeeland, NL († 2009)
• Beatrice Annie Louisa Gabbatis († 2015)
• Antje Cornelis Hakman, Drachten, Nederland († 1997)
• Antoon Delllo, Munsterbilzen († 2010)

• Cornelia van der Linden (68), Utrecht
• Apolonia Maria van Halderen (80), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia van der Linden (68), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Cornelia Oonincx, Gilze-Rijen
• Alida van Steenbergen (1), Leiden (Zuid-Holland)
• August Dirk Pluim Mentz (48), Bandoeng
• Cornelia Onincx (81), Gilze en Rijen
• Cornelia Scholtens (19), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina van Nunspeet (0), Maastricht
• Andries Dekker (73), Koudekerke, Zeeland, NL

• 1920 » Alberto Crespo, Argentinian race car driver († 1991)
• 1921 » Francesco Scavullo, American photographer († 2004)
• 1923 » Anthony Hecht, American poet († 2004)
• 1923 » Gene Feist, American director and playwright, co-founded the Roundabout Theatre Company († 2014)
• 1924 » Katy Jurado, Mexican actress († 2002)
• 1925 » James Robinson Risner, American general and pilot († 2013)
• 1925 » Peter Hirsch, German-English metallurgist and academic
• 1928 » Pilar Lorengar, Spanish soprano and actress († 1996)
• 1928 » William Kennedy, American novelist and journalist
• 1929 » Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah, Sri Lankan anthropologist and academic († 2014)

• 1906 » Marshall Field, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Marshall Field's (b. 1834)
• 1917 » George Dewey, American admiral (b. 1837)
• 1919 » Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 5th President of Brazil (b. 1848)
• 1933 » Bekir Sami Kunduh, Turkish politician (b. 1867)
• 1936 » Albert Fish, American serial killer, rapist and cannibal (b. 1870)
• 1938 » Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay Indian author and playwright (b. 1876)
• 1942 » Carole Lombard, American actress and comedian (b. 1908)
• 1942 » Ernst Scheller, German lawyer and politician, Mayor of Marburg (b. 1899)
• 1942 » Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (b. 1850)
• 1942 » Villem Grünthal-Ridala, Estonian poet and linguist (b. 1885)

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. Arie
15. Antonius
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.
• February 28 » The Charlevoix-Kamouraska earthquake strikes northeastern North America.
• March 16 » An earthquake occurs in Yunnan, China.
• July 10 » Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, the so-called "Monkey Trial" begins of John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher accused of teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act.
• September 8 » Rif War: Spanish forces including troops from the Foreign Legion under Colonel Francisco Franco landing at Al Hoceima, Morocco.
• November 5 » Secret agent Sidney Reilly, the first "super-spy" of the 20th century, is executed by the OGPU, the secret police of the Soviet Union.
• December 11 » Roman Catholic papal encyclical Quas primas introduces the Feast of Christ the King.

The temperature on January 16, 1925 was between -2.1 °C and 5.6 °C and averaged 0.7 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.