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• Adrianus van der Heijden, Berlicum († 1991)
• Andries Onderstal, Wageningen († 1964)
• Abraham Allegro, Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1912)
• Adriana Zwart, Egmond aan Zee, prov. Noord Holland († 1992)
• Adrianus Augustinus Franciscus van Berkel, Boxtel († 1969)
• Aart Willem van Noort († 1990)
• Adriana Wilhelmina Leenman, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Ludovica Bas, Hasselt, België († 1908)
• Adriana Wilhelmina Leenman, Rotterdam
• Adriana Geertruida Maas, Baardwijk

• Alphonsus Maria Vernimmen (54), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriaan Arie Backer Overbeek (76), Oisterwijk
• Berendina BIJVANK (48), Noord Eschmarke, Lonneker, 5181, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antonia Verzandvoort (39), Den Dungen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Gossens (64), Meerlo, Li.NL
• Alida Geertruida Onderberg (42), Amsterdam
• Aalbertha Hendriksen (61), Ede
• Antonia Verzandvoort (39), Den Dungen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arnoldus Gerhardus Geerdink (0), Hengelo
• Anthonie van IWAARDEN (0), Rilland-Bath, Zeeland, Nederland

• 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)
• 1911 » Joseph Luns, Dutch politician and diplomat, 5th Secretary General of NATO († 2002)
• 1913 » Robertson Davies, Canadian journalist, author, and playwright († 1995)

• 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. Adrianus
10. Jacob
11. Jacobus
12. Dirk
13. Hendrikus
14. Wilhelmus
15. Arie
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Hendrika
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Jacoba
11. Petronella
12. Aaltje
13. Grietje
14. Geertruida
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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
• January 15 » The Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African American college women.
• March 4 » The Collinwood school fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people.
• June 18 » Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the ship Kasato-Maru.
• June 27 » A group of Vietnamese tirailleurs conducts a failed attempt to poison the entire French army's garrison in the Hanoi Citadel with the aim to make way for Hoàng Hoa Thám's rebel army to capture Hanoi.
• July 26 » United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation).
• October 6 » The Bosnian crisis erupts when Austria-Hungary formally annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The temperature on August 28, 1908 was between 11.3 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 25.4 mm of rain. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.