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• Andreas Simon Petrus Heeffer, Halsteren († 1908)
• Aaltje Meijers, Ouder-Amstel († 1987)
• Scheper, Holte (Onstwedde) († 1908)
• Adrianus Ran, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Weeke, Nieuw Scheemda (gem. Oldambt) († 1979)
• Anjo Daalman, Winschoten († 1909)
• Abraham Hindrik Buiten, Veendam
• Adonis Alfred DIVE, St Quentin,02100,Aisne,Picardie,FRANCE († 1978)
• André Haeck, Wingene, WVL, B
• Adriaantje 't Hart, Pernis, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1979)

• Antjen Arentsen (68), Varsseveld
• Alida Maria Kordes (67)
• Azuerus VAN OVERBEEK (70)
• Azuerus van Overbeek (70)
• Adriana Zwets (37), Werkendam, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arnoldus Bottij (63), Stevensweert
• Anna Philippa Six (58), Breda, N.B
• Anna Catharina Pannemans (73), Lanaken (B)
• Adriaan Johan Rees (59), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Scheper (0), Holte (Onstwedde)

• 1902 » Elsa Lanchester, English-American actress and singer († 1986)
• 1903 » Evelyn Waugh, English journalist, author, and critic († 1966)
• 1903 » John Chamberlain, American historian, journalist, and critic († 1995)
• 1904 » George Dangerfield, English-American historian, journalist, and author († 1986)
• 1905 » Tatyana Pavlovna Ehrenfest, Dutch mathematician († 1984)
• 1907 » John Hewitt, Irish poet, playwright, and critic († 1987)
• 1908 » Arturo Frondizi, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 32nd President of Argentina († 1995)
• 1909 » Francis Bacon, Irish painter and illustrator († 1992)
• 1912 » Richard Doll, English physiologist and epidemiologist († 2005)
• 1914 » Glenn Robert Davis, American lieutenant and politician († 1988)

• 1899 » Ottmar Mergenthaler, German-American engineer, invented the Linotype machine (b. 1854)
• 1900 » Max Müller, German philologist and orientalist (b. 1823)
• 1914 » Richard Heuberger, Austrian composer and critic (b. 1850)
• 1916 » Cleveland Abbe, American meteorologist and academic (b. 1838)
• 1916 » Oswald Boelcke, German WWI flying ace (b. 1891)
• 1917 » Dimitrios Votsis, Greek lawyer and politician (b. 1841)
• 1917 » Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (b. 1831)
• 1918 » Ulisse Dini, Italian mathematician and politician (b. 1845)
• 1929 » Bernhard von Bülow, German soldier and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1849)
• 1936 » Newton Moore, Australian soldier and politician, 8th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1870)

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.
• 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 1 » Ford Model T automobiles are offered for sale at a price of US$825.
• October 14 » The Chicago Cubs defeat the Detroit Tigers, 2–0, clinching the 1908 World Series; this would be their last until winning the 2016 World Series.
• November 7 » Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are reportedly killed in San Vicente Canton, Bolivia.

The temperature on October 28, 1908 was between 5.6 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.