About the day » Sunday August 28, 1881Calender converter

• Andries de Groot, Zwaagwesteinde, gem. Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1968)
• Albert Geuzinge, Steenbergen († 1919)
• Ana de Campos, Jaú, São Paulo, Brasil
• Albertus van Eeden, Leiden († 1938)
• Adrianus Smit-, Heerhugowaard, Nederland
• A.A. van Muijen, Amsterdam
• Adrianus van Erp, Berghem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1972)
• Adriana Kwint, Wijk bij Duurstede († 1882)
• Agatha de Bruijn, Haastrecht, Vlist, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1924)
• Adriaan Cornelis Geijp, 's-Gravenhage († 1907)

• Annechien Wietzes (50), Hoornschedijk, Haren, Groningen, Nederland
• Cornelis (Adriaanszoon) Honigh (75), Zaandijk
• Albertus Cornelis Johannes Pickkers (0), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Adriaanszoon Honigh (75), Zaandijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Cornelis de Graaf (1), Delfshaven
• Cornelis van den Heuvel (14), Lexmond
• Carolus Franciscus Verfaillie (78), Klerken
• Albertus Reijn (0), Hilversum, North Holland, Netherlands
• Cornelis Johannes Oudshoorn (0), Zoeterwoude
• Benedictus Fransman (0), Rotterdam

• 1867 » Umberto Giordano, Italian composer and academic († 1948)
• 1878 » George Whipple, American physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1976)
• 1884 » Peter Fraser, Scottish-New Zealand journalist and politician, 24th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1950)
• 1885 » Vance Palmer, Australian author, playwright, and critic († 1959)
• 1887 » August Kippasto, Estonian-Australian wrestler and poet († 1973)
• 1887 » István Kühár, Slovenian priest and politician († 1922)
• 1888 » Evadne Price, Australian actress, astrologer, and author († 1985)
• 1891 » Benno Schotz, Estonian-Scottish sculptor and engineer († 1984)
• 1894 » Karl Böhm, Austrian conductor and director († 1981)
• 1896 » Firaq Gorakhpuri, Indian author, poet, and critic († 1982)

• 1820 » Andrew Ellicott, American surveyor and urban planner (b. 1754)
• 1839 » William Smith, English geologist and engineer (b. 1769)
• 1888 » Julius Krohn, Finnish poet and journalist (b. 1835)
• 1891 » Robert Caldwell, English missionary and linguist (b. 1814)
• 1900 » Henry Sidgwick, English economist and philosopher (b. 1838)
• 1903 » Frederick Law Olmsted, American journalist and architect, co-designed Central Park (b. 1822)
• 1919 » Adolf Schmal, Austrian fencer and cyclist (b. 1872)
• 1934 » Edgeworth David, Welsh-Australian geologist and explorer (b. 1858)
• 1937 » George Prendergast, Australian politician, 28th Premier of Victoria (b. 1854)
• 1943 » Georg Hellat, Estonian architect (b. 1870)

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

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

• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
• March 1 » The first Minnesota State Capitol burns down.
• March 13 » Alexander II of Russia is assassinated.
• April 11 » Spelman College is founded in Atlanta, Georgia as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, an institute of higher education for African-American women.
• June 13 » The USS Jeannette is crushed in an Arctic Ocean ice pack.
• September 19 » U.S. President James A. Garfield dies of wounds suffered in a July 2 shooting. Vice President Chester A. Arthur becomes President upon Garfield's death.
• October 13 » First known conversation in modern Hebrew by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and friends.

The temperature on August 28, 1881 was about 11.0 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%.