About the day » Sunday August 11, 1901Calender converter

• Aant Kingma, Engwierum, gem. Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1988)
• Aaltje van 't Hof, Blokker, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1986)
• Adriana Jansen van Rosendaal (Roosendaal), Axel, Zeeland, Nederland († 1986)
• Aant Kingma, Oostdongeradeel († 1988)
• Abraham Visser, Sliedrecht († 1974)
• Adriana Anna van der Vijver, Rijnsburg
• BROUWER, Rilland-Bath, Zeeland, Nederland († 1901)
• Adriana Jansen van Rosendaal, Axel (Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland († 1986)
• Adriana BOERTJE, IJsselmonde († 1958)
• Aaltje Schuitema, Nieuwolda († 1929)

• Anna van Kleef (41), Arnhem
• Aagtje KES (0), Marken, Waterland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• * Rafael de Haan (70), Gouda
• Amedé Alfons Van Royen (2), Temse
• Wever (0), Nieuw Amsterdam (Emmen)
• Alida Everdina van Tellingen (0), Zeist
• Bastiaan Bollen (3), Farmsum (gem. Eemsdelta)
• Anna Maria Frederica Vetter (64), Amsterdam
• Age Feddes Hannema (56), amsterdam
• Augustinus Franciscus Bogaert (60), Kachtem, Izegem, West Vlaanderen, Belgium

• 1897 » Enid Blyton, English author, poet, and educator († 1968)
• 1897 » Louise Bogan, American poet and critic († 1970)
• 1898 » Peter Mohr Dam, Faroese educator and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands († 1968)
• 1900 » Charley Paddock, American sprinter († 1943)
• 1900 » Philip Phillips, American archaeologist and scholar († 1994)
• 1902 » Alfredo Binda, Italian cyclist († 1986)
• 1902 » Lloyd Nolan, American actor († 1985)
• 1905 » Ernst Jaakson, Estonian diplomat († 1998)
• 1905 » Erwin Chargaff, Austrian-American biochemist and academic († 2002)
• 1907 » Ted a'Beckett, Australian cricketer and lawyer († 1989)

• 1868 » Halfdan Kjerulf, Norwegian pianist and composer (b. 1815)
• 1886 » Lydia Koidula, Estonian poet and playwright (b. 1843)
• 1890 » John Henry Newman, English cardinal and theologian (b. 1801)
• 1892 » Enrico Betti, Italian mathematician and academic (b. 1813)
• 1903 » Eugenio María de Hostos, Puerto Rican-American sociologist, philosopher, and lawyer (b. 1839)
• 1908 » Khudiram Bose, Indian Bengali revolutionary (b. 1889)
• 1919 » Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Carnegie Steel Company and Carnegie Hall (b. 1835)
• 1921 » Mary Sumner, English philanthropist, founded the Mothers' Union (b. 1828)
• 1936 » Blas Infante, Spanish historian and politician (b. 1885)
• 1937 » Edith Wharton, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1862)

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.
• March 1 » The Australian Army is formed.
• June 11 » The boundaries of the Colony of New Zealand are extended by the UK to include the Cook Islands.
• July 24 » O. Henry is released from prison in Columbus, Ohio, after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank.
• 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 14 » U.S. President William McKinley dies after being mortally wounded on September 6 by anarchist Leon Czolgosz and is succeeded by Vice President Theodore Roosevelt.
• November 1 » Sigma Phi Epsilon, the largest national male collegiate fraternity, is established at Richmond College, in Richmond, Virginia.

The temperature on August 11, 1901 was between 15.2 °C and 23.6 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (11%).