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• Abraham Jacob de Jong, Rotterdam
• Alphonsus Vercauteren, Sint-Niklaas
• Adriana Wilhelmina Kouwijzer, Terneuzen († 1928)
• Achiel VERNIERS, Evergem († 1974)
• Anna Catherina Verhaert, Kontich, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Adriaantje Jannigje Vuurens, Den Haag, Netherlands
• Albert Ruiter, Odoorn (DR
• Remeijsen Léopold Victor, Baarle-Nassau, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1953)
• Adriana Margaretha de Boer, Hoogwoud († 1968)
• Adrianus Franciscus Maria van Rooij, Stratum

• Aaltje Bruinsma (43), Opende, Groningen, Nederland
• Annigje Pront (59), Bunnik
• Aart van den Dolewaard (5), Utrecht
• Adolphe Gabriel STALPORT (52), Maisières,7010,Hainaut,Wallonie,BELGIQUE
• annigje van der SPIJK (87), rotterdam
• Aaltje Hayes Bruinsma (43), Opeinde
• Aaltje Bruinsma (43), Opende (Grootegast)
• Adrianus van den Bok (39), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Adriana de Pijper (75), Heijningen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Annigje van Spijk (87), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1900 » Tommy Ladnier, American trumpet player († 1939)
• 1903 » S. L. Kirloskar, Indian businessman, founded Kirloskar Group († 1994)
• 1906 » Henry Thambiah, Sri Lankan lawyer, judge, and diplomat, Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Canada († 1997)
• 1908 » Ian Fleming, English journalist and author, created James Bond († 1964)
• 1908 » Léo Cadieux, Canadian journalist and politician, 17th Canadian Minister of National Defence († 2005)
• 1909 » Red Horner, Canadian ice hockey player († 2005)
• 1910 » Georg Gaßmann, German politician, Mayor of Marburg († 1987)
• 1910 » Rachel Kempson, English actress († 2003)
• 1910 » T-Bone Walker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1975)
• 1911 » Bob Crisp, South African cricketer († 1994)

• 1864 » Simion Bărnuțiu, Romanian historian and politician (b. 1808)
• 1878 » John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1792)
• 1904 » Kicking Bear, Native American tribal leader (b. 1846)
• 1916 » Ivan Franko, Ukrainian economist, journalist, and poet (b. 1856)
• 1927 » Boris Kustodiev, Russian painter and stage designer (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Alfred Adler, Austrian-Scottish ophthalmologist and psychologist (b. 1870)
• 1946 » Carter Glass, American publisher and politician, 47th United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1858)
• 1947 » August Eigruber, Austrian-German politician (b. 1907)
• 1952 » Philippe Desranleau, Canadian archbishop (b. 1882)
• 1953 » Tatsuo Hori, Japanese author and poet (b. 1904)

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. Wilhelmus
14. Dirk
15. Hendrikus
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Adriana
7. Elisabeth
8. Hendrika
9. Catharina
10. Jacoba
11. Aaltje
12. Geertruida
13. Petronella
14. Grietje
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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
• January 1 » The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California.
• January 28 » The Carnegie Institution of Washington is founded in Washington, D.C. with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.
• April 14 » James Cash Penney opens his first store in Kemmerer, Wyoming.
• May 8 » In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts, destroying the town of Saint-Pierre and killing over 30,000 people. Only a handful of residents survive the blast.
• November 29 » The Pittsburgh Stars defeated the Philadelphia Athletics, 11–0 to win the first championship associated with an American national professional football league.
• December 28 » The Syracuse Athletic Club defeated the New York Philadelphians, 5–0, in the first indoor professional football game, which was held at Madison Square Garden.

The temperature on May 28, 1902 was between 6.5 °C and 23.3 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 16.2 hours of sunshine (100%).