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• Ada TUTEIN NOLTHENIUS, Delft († 1985)
• Alida Roomenburg, Utrecht
• Albertus Gerard Westerhof, Beilen
• Alphonsus Joannes Albertus+ Bemelmans+, Nuth, LI, Netherlands
• Adriaan Nobels, Den Helder († 1984)
• Akke Beekhuis, Schiermonnikoog († 1979)
• Alvin August Schobel, Shaw's Bend, Colorado Co, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 1977)
• Alfons Johannes Albertus Bemelmans, Nuth, Nederland († 1942)
• Albert Jan DORENBOS, Amsterdam Noord-Holland Netherlands
• Anna "Annie" Elizabeth Koop, Cordell, Washita, Oklahoma, Verenigde Staten († 1985)

• Caroline Lamping (41), Oldenburg, Franklin, Indiana
• Baukjen Fokkes de Groot (62), Wommels, Hennaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Cornelis Jacobus Abbo (0), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Berend Voortman (0), Rijssen
• Alida Maria Duivenvoorden (1), Lisse
• Clementine Henriette Marie Françoise de Paule Marguerite Meeus (37), Antwerpen / Anvers, België
• Cornelis Marinus Puyk (80), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Jacoba Van Den Heuvel (73), Breda,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• ALPHONSUS JOZEF MARIA VAN BRANDE (0), SINT-NIKLAAS,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE
• Cornelis Marinus Puijk (79), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1896 » Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, American author and academic († 1953)
• 1898 » Marguerite Bise, French chef († 1965)
• 1901 » Ernest Lawrence, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1958)
• 1902 » Paul Dirac, English-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1984)
• 1904 » Achille Varzi, Italian racing driver († 1948)
• 1905 » André Jolivet, French composer († 1974)
• 1907 » Benny Carter, American saxophonist, trumpet player, and composer († 2003)
• 1908 » Arthur Goldberg, American jurist and politician, 6th United States Ambassador to the United Nations († 1990)
• 1909 » Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham, English cricketer and politician, 9th Governor-General of New Zealand († 1977)
• 1909 » Jack Renshaw, Australian politician, 31st Premier of New South Wales († 1987)

• 1879 » Immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher and academic (b. 1797)
• 1887 » Alexander William Doniphan, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1808)
• 1897 » Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss historian and academic (b. 1818)
• 1898 » Eugène Boudin, French painter (b. 1824)
• 1902 » James Tissot, French painter and illustrator (b. 1836)
• 1902 » John Henry Twachtman, American painter and academic (b. 1853)
• 1909 » Mary MacKillop, Australian nun and saint, co-founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart (b. 1842)
• 1911 » William P. Frye, American lawyer and politician (b. 1830)
• 1920 » Eduard Birnbaum, Polish-born German cantor (b. 1855)
• 1921 » Juhani Aho, Finnish journalist and author (b. 1861)

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

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

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
• June 11 » The boundaries of the Colony of New Zealand are extended by the UK to include the Cook Islands.
• June 17 » The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT.
• August 21 » Six hundred American school teachers, Thomasites, arrived in Manila on the USAT Thomas.
• September 2 » Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair.
• September 17 » Second Boer War: A Boer column defeats a British force at the Battle of Blood River Poort.
• December 3 » In a State of the Union message, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt delivers a 20,000-word speech to the House of Representatives asking Congress to curb the power of trusts "within reasonable limits".

The temperature on August 8, 1901 was between 15.6 °C and 22.3 °C and averaged 18.2 °C. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (24%).