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Died on Monday August 28, 1905
- - Mastenbroek (0), Enschede
- Arie Goedendorp (0), Rijswijk, Nederland
- Arie Dingemans (77), Zuilichem, Gelderland, Nederland
- Anna Koudijs (62), Woudenberg
- Anna Maria Christina GLASBERGEN (73), Haarlem, Noord Holland, Nederland
- Adrianus Duijvestijn (82), Loosduinen
- Bart Becker, Ter Aar, Nederland
- Anna Cornelia Lenaerts (63), Rijkevorsel, Beerse, Par Sint-Jozef, Antwerpen, Belgium
- Theodorus van Rossum (71), Ede
- Aaltje den Bleker (71), Aarlanderveen
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from August 28, 1905 at Delpher
Born on August 28
- 1899 » Andrei Platonov, Russian author and poet († 1951)
- 1899 » Charles Boyer, French-American actor, singer, and producer († 1978)
- 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)
- 1906 » John Betjeman, English poet and academic († 1984)
- 1908 » Roger Tory Peterson, American ornithologist and author († 1996)
- 1910 » Morris Graves, American painter and academic († 2001)
- 1910 » Tjalling Koopmans, Dutch-American mathematician and economist Nobel Prize laureate († 1985)
Died on August 28
- 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)
Names that were popular for boys in 1905
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Jacobus
- Pieter
- Petrus
- Gerrit
- Antonius
- Adrianus
- Wilhelmus
- Hendrikus
- Jacob
- Gerardus
- Franciscus
Names that were popular for girls in 1905
- Maria
- Johanna
- Cornelia
- Anna
- Elisabeth
- Wilhelmina
- Catharina
- Hendrika
- Adriana
- Petronella
- Jacoba
- Geertruida
- Helena
- Margaretha
- Antonia
- Marie
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1905
- 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.
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
- May 5 » The trial in the Stratton Brothers case begins in London, England; it marks the first time that fingerprint evidence is used to gain a conviction for murder.
- May 27 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins.
- August 20 » Sun Yat-sen, Chinese revolutionary, forms the first chapter of T'ung Meng Hui, a union of all secret societies determined to bringing down the Manchus.
- September 23 » Norway and Sweden sign the "Karlstad treaty", peacefully dissolving the Union between the two countries.
- October 30 » Czar Nicholas II issues the October Manifesto, granting the Russian peoples basic civil liberties and the right to form a duma. (October 17 in the Julian calendar)
- December 30 » Former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated at the front gate of his home in Caldwell.
The weather on Monday August 28, 1905
The temperature on August 28, 1905 was between 11.1 °C and 15.4 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI