About the day » Wednesday August 1, 1900Calender converter

• Abraham Snoeij, Rockanje Z.H († 1973)
• Albert Pooijer, Edam
• Adriana Maria Christianen, Oud en Nieuw Gastel († 1982)
• Adolfo Perdomo Escobar, Cob n, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala († 1982)
• Andries Schuurman, Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Nooten, Ginneken en Bavel († 1991)
• Albert MOOIJER, Volendam, Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Buitendam († 1962)
• Albert Pooijer, Volendam († 1976)
• Alberic Raymons DEBROCK, Knokke,8300,West Vlaanderen,BELGIE

• August Kampsen (0), Covington, Kenton Co., Kentucky, Verenigde Staten
• Carolus Jacob Martinus Punselie (0), Rotterdam
• Aafje van der Oord (57), Alkmaar
• Anna Maria Snippers (29), Lonneker
• Stoppels (0)
• Alberdina Bakker (0), Groningen
• Aafje van der Oord (58), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Andries Eradus (67), Leiden
• Antonie Vermeulen (31), Oudenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Hubertina Peeters (0), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1891 » Karl Kobelt, Swiss lawyer and politician, 52nd President of the Swiss Confederation († 1968)
• 1893 » Alexander of Greece († 1920)
• 1894 » Ottavio Bottecchia, Italian cyclist († 1927)
• 1898 » Morris Stoloff, American composer and musical director († 1980)
• 1899 » Raymond Mays, English race car driver and businessman († 1980)
• 1900 » Otto Nothling, Australian cricketer and rugby player († 1965)
• 1901 » Francisco Guilledo, Filipino boxer († 1925)
• 1903 » Paul Horgan, American historian, author, and academic († 1995)
• 1905 » Helen Sawyer Hogg, American-Canadian astronomer and academic († 1993)
• 1907 » Eric Shipton, Sri Lankan-English mountaineer and explorer († 1977)

• 1869 » Peter Julian Eymard, French Priest and Founder Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament (b. 1811)
• 1869 » Richard Dry, Australian politician, 7th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1815)
• 1903 » Calamity Jane, American frontierswoman and scout (b. 1853)
• 1911 » Edwin Austin Abbey, American painter and illustrator (b. 1852)
• 1911 » Samuel Arza Davenport, American lawyer and politician (b. 1843)
• 1918 » John Riley Banister, American cowboy and police officer (b. 1854)
• 1920 » Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Indian freedom fighter, lawyer and journalist (b. 1856)
• 1921 » T.J. Ryan, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Queensland (b. 1876)
• 1922 » Donát Bánki, Hungarian engineer (b. 1856)
• 1929 » Syd Gregory, Australian cricketer (b. 1870)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Hendrika
9. Catharina
10. Grietje
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Petronella
14. Neeltje
15. Aaltje
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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
• February 18 » Second Boer War: Imperial forces suffer their worst single-day loss of life on Bloody Sunday, the first day of the Battle of Paardeberg.
• June 14 » Hawaii becomes a United States territory.
• June 20 » Boxer Rebellion: The Imperial Chinese Army begins a 55-day siege of the Legation Quarter in Beijing, China.
• July 2 » The first Zeppelin flight takes place on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.
• November 7 » Second Boer War: Battle of Leliefontein, a battle during which the Royal Canadian Dragoons win three Victoria Crosses.
• December 14 » Quantum mechanics: Max Planck presents a theoretical derivation of his black-body radiation law.

The temperature on August 1, 1900 was about 17.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%.