• Adrianus Pruijmboom, Wormelghem (B)
• Anna Maria Rensen, Gendt, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Geertruda Maas, Baardwijk
• Adriana Catharina Heppe, Hillegersberg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1992)
• Albert Stanley Frankum, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales († 1966)
• Adriana Zwart, Egmond aan Zee († 1992)
• Anna Cornelia van Isselt, Halsteren, N-Br, NL
• Adriana Catharina Johanna van Werven, Meppel († 1953)
• Anna Catharina Helena Gorissen, Rotterdam
• Adriana Wilhelmina LEENMAN, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Anthonie van Iwaarden (0), Rilland-Bath, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aalbertha Hendriksen (61), Ede, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alphonsus Maria Vernimmen (54), Utrecht, U. NL
• Balsink (0), Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antonia Verzandvoort (39), Den Dungen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Andreas Eugeen Lodewijk Van den Broeck (0), Antwerpen,, Antwerpen, België
• Alida VOSBERGEN (43), Rotterdam
• Alphonsus Maria Vernimmen (54), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Alida Geertruida Onderberg (42), Amsterdam
• Adriaan Arie Backer Overbeek (76), Oisterwijk

• 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 » Lindsay Hassett, Australian cricketer and sportscaster († 1993)

• 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. Arie
14. Wilhelmus
15. Gerardus
16. Hendrikus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Adriana
8. Hendrika
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.
• March 4 » The Collinwood school fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people.
• April 8 » Harvard University votes to establish the Harvard Business School.
• April 11 » SMSBlücher, the last armored cruiser to be built by the Imperial German Navy, is launched.
• April 16 » Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah.
• July 1 » SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.
• November 28 » A mine explosion in Marianna, Pennsylvania, kills 154 men, leaving only one survivor.

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.