• Anton Hendrik Gerhardus Burghart, Zwolle
• Apollonia Cornelia Ammerlaan, Naaldwijk
• Appolonia Cornelia Ammerlaan, Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1959)
• Agatha Huibers, haarlemmermeer († 1988)
• Arend Oldenburger, Emmen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Anthonius Bernardus van Drunen, Weesp, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alfred Victor Van Tittelboom, Aalst († 1966)
• Antonia van Leeuwen, Zwammerdam
• Adrianus Lodewijk Gubbels, Tegelen
• Anton Hendrik Gerhardus Burghart, Gemeente Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland († 1964)

• Cornelia Snepvangers (84), Zundert
• Albert Jan Roeterdink (80), Brink en Orden, Apeldoorn
• (67), Utrecht
• Albert Jan Roeterdink (80), Apeldoorn (buurtschap Brink en Orden)
• catharina elisabeth bols (73), heukelom (gld)
• Adriaan van Beek (44), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje HUSSLAGE (0), Wormerveer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arnoldus Verhoeven (67), Utrecht
• Annigje Verhoef (0), Stolwijk, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
• Anna Cornelia Emens (50), Amsterdam

• 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)
• 1898 » Charlie Grimm, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster († 1983)
• 1899 » Andrei Platonov, Russian author and poet († 1951)
• 1899 » Charles Boyer, French-American actor, singer, and producer († 1978)
• 1899 » James Wong Howe, Chinese American cinematographer († 1976)

• 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 » Boris III of Bulgaria (b. 1894)
• 1943 » Georg Hellat, Estonian architect (b. 1870)

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. Arie
14. Gerardus
15. Hendrikus
16. Johan

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

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
• January 7 » Thomas Edison makes a kinetoscopic film of someone sneezing. On the same day, his employee, William Kennedy Dickson, receives a patent for motion picture film.
• April 14 » The first ever commercial motion picture house opened in New York City using ten Kinetoscopes, a device for peep-show viewing of films.
• May 21 » The Manchester Ship Canal in the United Kingdom is officially opened by Queen Victoria, who later knights its designer Sir Edward Leader Williams.
• June 28 » Labor Day becomes an official US holiday.
• July 22 » The first ever motor race is held in France between the cities of Paris and Rouen. The fastest finisher was the Comte Jules-Albert de Dion, but the 'official' victory was awarded to Albert Lemaître driving his 3hp petrol engined Peugeot.
• August 1 » The First Sino-Japanese War erupts between Japan and China over Korea.

The temperature on August 28, 1894 was about 17.0 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%.