What happened on 25 March 1916?

Discover what happened on 25 March 1916 in history! This day marks a series of notable events, famous births, and significant deaths. Explore the details below to learn more about the historical happenings of this day. On this day, history comes alive!

Births

  • Eugène Moke Motsüri (Catholic bishop)
  • Jean Rogers (actress (1916-1991))
  • Davy Kaye (British comedian (1916-1998))
  • Deba Wieland (German journalist (1916–1992))
  • Heinrich Pachowiak (German priest (1916–2000))
  • Nikolay Peyko (Russian composer and professor of composition (1916–1995))
  • Georges Anex (Swiss writer (1916-1991))
  • Madeleine Aubier-Gabail (French publisher (1916–2004))
  • Lucifero Martini (Italian poet, writer and journalist (1916-2001))
  • Uzeir Abduramanov (Hero of the Soviet Union (1916-1991))
  • Grigory Ges’ (Soviet Korean War flying ace, Hero of the Soviet Union (1916–1968))
  • A. J. DeMedio (American politician (1916–1997))
  • Gabriel Fielding (British writer (1916-1986))
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  • Kurt Zitzen (German officer and Knight’s Cross recipients)
  • Józef Urbanowicz (Latvian politician (1916-1989))
  • William A. Beardslee (American theologian (1916–2001))
  • Lucy Montoro
  • Kōzō Naitō (Japanese baseball player)
  • Yonetayū Takemoto
  • Jan Szelubski
  • S. M. Pandit (Indian artist (1916-1993))
  • Ralph Gilman (American swimmer, Olympic athlete (1916-1955))
  • István Kaszap (Hungarian jesuit (1916-1935))
  • Francis Whitfield (American linguist)
  • Lanfranco Ricci (Italian Ethiopianist (1916-2007))
  • Heinz Baader
  • Hubert Mijalski
  • Vivian Hickey (American politician (1916-2016))
  • Marjorie Elizabeth Olsen (wife of Wallace Herbert Higginbotham)
  • Robert Grady North (born:1916-03-25|died:2007-06-02|; North, Robert, 1916-2007; North, R.G. (Robert Grady), 1916-2007; North, Robert; North, Robert Grady 1916-; North, Robert, S.I., n. 1916)
  • Francis Russell Clucas ((born 1916))
  • Peter Bridges Plumptre ((1916-1995))
  • Barbara Mary Young ((1916-1999))
  • Grace Eleanor Mary Pacey ((1916-1966))
  • Valerie Murielle Morris ((born 1916))
  • Filadelfo Garcia
  • Giovanni Buzzoni (Italian politician (1916-1989))
  • Josef Beran (Czechoslovak painter)
  • Gertrud van Dam
  • Charlotte Behrendt (holocaust victim, b. 1916-03-25)
  • Karel Harbich
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  • Rudolf Práger
  • Karel Klein (holocaust victim, b. 1916-03-25)
  • Gerd Iversen
  • Paul Viktor Funck
  • Angelo Daccò (Italian librarian (1916-2005))
  • Pimen Tyomkin (Russian composer)
  • Marie Rabu (French Righteous Among the Nations)
  • Albert Sürenhagen (German navy officer and WWII submarine commander)
  • František Krpec
  • Morgan Harris (American cell biologist)
  • Aki Marte
  • Jerzy Wodzyński

Deaths

  • Karl Galster (German Naval officer)
  • Ishi (last of Yahi people)
  • Alphonse-Jules Wauters (Belgian historian, geographer, and editor (1845–1916))
  • Andrew Laughlin (Canadian politician (1844-1916))
  • David Mitchell (Scottish-Australian builder, born 1829)
  • Henry Hutson (English cricketer (1868-1916))
  • Jacob Davis Abohbot (Portuguese politician)
  • Pierre Farjon (French politician (1841-1916))
  • Stanislas Loison (French architect)
  • Emilie Wedekind-Kammerer ((1840-1916))
  • Karin Rezelius
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  • Charlotte Milligan Fox (Irish composer and music collector)
  • Flöry Baedeker
  • Ferdinand Antonín Tšída
  • Jacques Jourdan (French artist (1880-1916))
  • Wilhelm Schenz
  • Henry Biederbick (German explorer (1859-1916))
  • Augusto Gaudenzi (Italian legal historian (1858-1916))
  • Francesco Francaviglia (Italian ophthalmologist (1841-1916))
  • Petrus Brys
  • William Saunders Read (father of Thane Read)