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)