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• Anna Maria Van Haaren, Maastricht,, Limburg, Nederland († 1989)
• Adriaan Lankhaar, Waspik († 1990)
• Aartje van Nijhuis, Ermelo
• Alfred Ignace Maria Kraus, Serajevo, Bosnië-Herzegovina
• Andries Koopman, Wolvega († 1985)
• Alfred Lammer von Castell Rombaldo, Linz, Austria
• Adriana Catharina Berger, Avenhorn
• Abraham Quist, Borssele, Zeeland, Nederland († 1962)
• Adriana Catharina Berger, Avenhorn
• Anna Maria de Bruin, Watergraafsmeer († 2009)

• Carolus Ludovicus Jansegers (41), Bornem, België
• Albert Roelof van Dorssen (45), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje van Dijk (74), Woudenberg, Utr, NL
• Antonij van Corven (67), Diessen
• Cornelia Buijerse (45), Gouderak, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Roelof van Dorssen (45), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
• Andries Remmerswaal (76), ,, Leiderdorp, Nederland
• Alexander Wilhelmus de Zwart (48), Den Haag
• Barbara Maria Theresia Vervoir (Geboren als Vrijdaghs) (34), Mielen-boven-Aalst, België
• Bartha Fredrika Moes (67), Kerkenveld, Zuidwolde

• 1904 » James Eastland, American planter and politician († 1986)
• 1904 » Nancy Mitford, English journalist and author († 1973)
• 1906 » Henry Picard, American golfer († 1997)
• 1907 » Alberto Moravia, Italian journalist and author († 1990)
• 1907 » Rose Bampton, American soprano and educator († 2007)
• 1908 » Claude Lévi-Strauss, Belgian-French anthropologist and ethnologist († 2009)
• 1908 » Michael Adekunle Ajasin, Nigerian educator and politician, 3rd Governor of Ondo State († 1997)
• 1910 » Elsie Quarterman, American ecologist and academic († 2014)
• 1911 » Václav Renč, Czech poet and playwright († 1973)
• 1912 » Morris Louis, American painter († 1962)

• 1890 » Jyotirao Phule, Indian philosopher and activist (b. 1827)
• 1891 » Sir James Corry, 1st Baronet, British politician (b. 1826)
• 1901 » Moses Dickson, African-American abolitionist, soldier, minister, and founder of The Knights of Liberty (b. 1824)
• 1904 » Hermann de Pourtalès, Swiss sailor (b. 1847)
• 1907 » Stanisław Wyspiański, Polish playwright, poet, and painter (b. 1869)
• 1912 » Walter Benona Sharp, American businessman (b. 1870)
• 1917 » Mikelis Avlichos, Greek poet and scholar (b. 1844)
• 1921 » `Abdu'l-Bahá, Head of the Bahá’í Faith (b. 1844)
• 1930 » Constantine VI of Constantinople (b. 1859)
• 1935 » Erich von Hornbostel, Austrian musicologist and scholar (b. 1877)

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

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

• 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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
• March 4 » The Collinwood school fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people.
• May 26 » The first major commercial oil strike in the Middle East was made at Masjed Soleyman in southwest Persia. The rights to the resource were quickly acquired by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.
• June 18 » Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the ship Kasato-Maru.
• July 26 » United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation).
• October 1 » Ford Model T automobiles are offered for sale at a price of US$825.
• November 28 » A mine explosion in Marianna, Pennsylvania, kills 154 men, leaving only one survivor.

The temperature on November 28, 1908 was between 1.2 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.