About the day » Tuesday August 28, 1900Calender converter

• Adrianus Gerardus Keijl, Halsteren, N-Br, NL († 1970)
• Alida Bakker, Woudrichem, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1988)
• Anne Doldersum, Veenoord (Sleen) († 1929)
• Aaltje de Jonge, Beilen, Drenthe, Netherlands (Tiendeveen) († 1902)
• Albert Berghuis, Wijk aan Zee en Duin
• Allegonda van Meurs, Rotterdam
• Adriana Gesina van der Heijden, Eefde
• Albertha Arendshorst, Meppel, Drente († 1900)
• Alberta Johnna Veldhoen, Woudhuis († 1900)
• Adriana Gesina van der Heide, Gorssel († 1923)

• Antje Johannes Dantuma (95), Leeuwarden
• Antje van der Bijl (6), Lemsterland
• Aarnoud Dekker (15), Aagtekerke
• Adriana Christina van den Hoven (16), Amersfoort
• Antje Johannes Dantuma (95), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Amelia Charlotte Wilhelmina Eschweiler (56), Kampen
• Alida Cornelia Emerentia Rooijakkers (0), Wassenaar aangifte
• Abraham Manneke (0), Sint Maartensdijk, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adrianus Vreugdenhil (0), Maasland
• Adriana Huijgens (0), Made en Drimmelen, Noord Brabant

• 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)
• 1903 » Bruno Bettelheim, Austrian-American psychologist and author († 1990)
• 1904 » Leho Laurine, Estonian chess player († 1998)
• 1904 » Secondo Campini, Italian-American engineer († 1980)
• 1905 » Cyril Walters, Welsh-English cricketer († 1992)

• 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)
• 1955 » Emmett Till, American murder victim (b. 1941)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Hendrika
9. Catharina
10. Grietje
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Petronella
14. Neeltje
15. Aaltje
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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
• January 23 » Second Boer War: The Battle of Spion Kop between the forces of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State and British forces ends in a British defeat.
• March 16 » Sir Arthur Evans purchased the land around the ruins of Knossos, the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete.
• April 30 » Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States, with Sanford B. Dole as governor.
• May 1 » The Scofield Mine disaster kills over 200 men in Scofield, Utah in what is to date the fifth-worst mining accident in United States history.
• June 14 » Hawaii becomes a United States territory.
• July 9 » The Governor of Shanxi province in North China orders the execution of 45 foreign Christian missionaries and local church members, including children.

The temperature on August 28, 1900 was about 12.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.