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• Antje Bosma, Haulerwijk († 2011)
• Agatha Maria Duin, Opdam († 1917)
• Abraham Gunter, 's-Gravenhage († 1916)
• Abigail Houmes, Westkapelle († 1998)
• Adriaan Wilhelmus Verhoeven, Oisterwijk, Gemeente Oisterwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1987)
• Anna Maria Scheffer, Roermond, Limburg, Nederland († 1984)
• Annigje Hoogendonk, Tiel, Gelderland, Nederland († 2012)
• Agatha DUIN († 1917)
• Kootje, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1916)
• Alida (Alyda Mae) Ver Hoeven, Ottawa, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2008)

• Antonia van Doorn (77), Utrecht
• Anna Liefbroer (23)
• Arie van Leeuwen (15), Hoek van Holland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Luiks (79), Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia de Dooij (70), Ossendrecht
• Alexander Van Laer (84), Bornem
• Antonius Mossink (54), Epe, GD, Nederland
• Anthonia van Doorn (77), Utrecht
• Albert Johan Jacob van Styrum (57), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Adriana Magdalena Ekkebus (75), IJzendijke

• 1911 » Bob Crisp, South African cricketer († 1994)
• 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)
• 1918 » Johnny Wayne, Canadian comedian († 1990)

• 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)
• 1964 » Terry Dillon, American football player (b. 1941)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacob
10. Albert
11. Adrianus
12. Jacobus
13. Wilhelmus
14. Gerardus
15. Dirk
16. Marinus

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

• 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 6.4 million citizens.
• March 8 » World War I: A British force unsuccessfully attempts to relieve the siege of Kut (present-day Iraq) in the Battle of Dujaila.
• August 5 » World War I: Battle of Romani: Allied forces, under the command of Archibald Murray, defeat an attacking Ottoman army under the command of Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein, securing the Suez Canal and beginning the Ottoman retreat from the Sinai Peninsula.
• August 29 » The United States passes the Philippine Autonomy Act.
• September 17 » World War I: Manfred von Richthofen ("The Red Baron"), a flying ace of the German Luftstreitkräfte, wins his first aerial combat near Cambrai, France.
• September 27 » Iyasu V is proclaimed deposed as ruler of Ethiopia in a palace coup in favor of his aunt Zewditu.
• November 18 » World War I: First Battle of the Somme: In France, British Expeditionary Force commander Douglas Haig calls off the battle which started on July 1, 1916.

The temperature on May 28, 1916 was between 5.8 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.