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• Anja Prenger, Gasselte
• Agnes May Whisenant, Choctaw, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma († 1995)
• "Jacqueline" Jeanne Anne Marie de Tricornot, Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, France († 1979)
• Albert Onnes, Haren, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana Johanna (Sjanet) Smits, Dordrecht († 2002)
• Alceu Celestino Soares, Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil († 1996)
• Andries Veenstra, Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aart Stefanus Barmentlo, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1969)
• Aloysia Jenniskens, Beers († 1999)
• Ada Sophy Pierson, Amsterdam († 1988)

• Berendje Termaat (86), Harderwijk
• Cornelia Hardeman (66), Rhenen
• Cornelia Hardeman (66), Rhenen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Maria Luppers (71), den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agnes de Wit (32), Dinther, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Augustinus Braeckmans (23), Lier, België
• Adrianus Keizer (90), Melissant, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Antonius van den Eijnden (21), Eethen,Genderen en Heesbeen,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Agnes de Wit (32), Dinther
• Adrianus KEIJZER Pzn (90), Melissant, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH

• 1911 » Bob Crisp, South African cricketer († 1994)
• 1911 » Fritz Hochwälder, Austrian playwright († 1986)
• 1911 » Thora Hird, English actress († 2003)
• 1912 » Herman Johannes, Indonesian scientist, academic, and politician († 1992)
• 1912 » Patrick White, Australian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1990)
• 1912 » Ruby Payne-Scott, Australian physicist and astronomer († 1981)
• 1914 » W. G. G. Duncan Smith, English captain and pilot († 1996)
• 1915 » Joseph Greenberg, American linguist and academic († 2001)
• 1916 » Walker Percy, American novelist and essayist († 1990)
• 1917 » Barry Commoner, American biologist, academic, and politician († 2012)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Hendrika
8. Catharina
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Grietje
13. Geertruida
14. Aaltje
15. Helena
16. Margaretha

• 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
• July 23 » Austria-Hungary issues a series of demands in an ultimatum to the Kingdom of Serbia demanding Serbia to allow the Austrians to determine who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Serbia accepts all but one of those demands and Austria declares war on July 28.
• August 26 » World War I: The German colony of Togoland surrenders to French and British forces after a 20-day campaign.
• September 8 » World War I: Private Thomas Highgate becomes the first British soldier to be executed for desertion during the war.
• September 16 » World War I: The Siege of Przemyśl (present-day Poland) begins.
• October 29 » Ottoman entry into World War I.
• November 28 » World War I: Following a war-induced closure in July, the New York Stock Exchange re-opens for bond trading.

The temperature on May 28, 1914 was between 5.6 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 6.2 mm of rain. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.