About the day » Tuesday August 28, 1900Calender converter

• Anne Doldersum, Veenoord (Sleen) († 1929)
• Alida Maria van de Huijgevoort, Valkenswaard († 1960)
• Adriana Cornelia van Dooren, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1980)
• Andrea Catharina Alberdina de Vries, Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland
• Albertus Berghuis, Wijk aan Zee en Duin
• Albertus Huibers, Warmenhuizen, Harenkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1901)
• Adrianus Gerardus Keijl, Halsteren, N-Br, NL († 1970)
• Posthuma, Oudega (Small.) († 1900)
• Alida Bakker, Woudrichem, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1988)
• Amelia Alvarez Botero, sonsón, Colombia

• Miltenburg (0), Abcoude-Baambrugge
• Antonia Roeloffzen (0), Apeldoorn
• Amelia Charlotta Wilhelmina Eschweiler (56), Kampen
• Adriana Huijgens (0), Made en Drimmelen, Noord Brabant
• Anna Elisabeth Baeten (74), Tongerlo, Westerlo, Antwerpen, België
• Albertus Mader (0), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Aarnoud Dekker (15), Aagtekerke
• Albertus Eikendal (0), Brink &, Orden, gem Apeldoorn
• Antje van der Bijl (6), Lemsterland
• Aagje Verloop (1), Rotterdam

• 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 31 » Datu Muhammad Salleh is killed in Kampung Teboh, Tambunan, ending the Mat Salleh Rebellion.
• February 23 » Second Boer War: During the Battle of the Tugela Heights, the first British attempt to take Hart's Hill fails.
• February 27 » The British Labour Party is founded.
• February 28 » The Second Boer War: The 118-day "Siege of Ladysmith" is lifted.
• May 17 » Second Boer War: British troops relieve Mafeking.
• June 14 » The second German Naval Law calls for the Imperial German Navy to be doubled in size, resulting in an Anglo-German naval arms race.

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