About the day » Wednesday August 1, 1900Calender converter

• Albert MOOIJER, Volendam, Gemeente Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1976)
• Albert Pooijer, Volendam († 1976)
• Adolfo Perdomo Escobar, Cob n, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala († 1982)
• Aaltje Roelofs Oosten, Nijehaske, Haskerland, Fryslân, Nederland († 1966)
• Abraham Snoeij, Rockanje († 1973)
• Adriana Scheurwater, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1946)
• Adrianus Nooten, Ginneken en Bavel († 1991)
• Afra Cornelia Klaver, Amsterdam († 1974)
• Adriana Dekker, Koudekerke, Zeeland, NL († 1900)
• Aaltje Buitendam († 1962)

• Andries Jonasz Erades (67), Leiden
• Aafie van der Oord (57), Alkmaar
• Antonie Vermeulen (31), Oudenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Annie Godshalk BOORSE (75)
• Anthonij Johannes Pracht (55), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aafje van der Oord (57), Alkmaar
• Andries Eradus (67), Leiden
• August Kampsen (0), Covington, Kenton Co., Kentucky, Verenigde Staten
• Carolus Jacob Nartinus Punselie (0), Rotterdam, Holland
• Augustinus Edouardus WATTEYN (68), Kortrijk, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique

• 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)

• 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.
• January 24 » Second Boer War: Boers stop a British attempt to break the Siege of Ladysmith in the Battle of Spion Kop.
• January 31 » Datu Muhammad Salleh is killed in Kampung Teboh, Tambunan, ending the Mat Salleh Rebellion.
• February 9 » The Davis Cup competition is established.
• July 29 » In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by the anarchist Gaetano Bresci.
• September 8 » Galveston hurricane: A powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people.
• October 9 » The Cook Islands become a territory of the United Kingdom.

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