About the day » Thursday January 24, 1901Calender converter

• Amerentia Rutters, Raamsdonk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida van der ZIJDEN, Ameide
• Adriaantje Elizabeth Slotboom († 1990)
• Adriana Burgmeijer, Leimuiden († 1942)
• Albina Horkova († 1983)
• Anna Bertha Frieda Hoppe († 1983)
• Alfons Jan Baptist Mariën, Lier, België
• Andries Zijlstra, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, The Netherlands († 1978)
• Alje Kuiper, Delfzijl († 1983)
• Anna Catharina de Voogt, Biervliet, Zeeland, Nederland

• Aleida Catharina Van Delden (79), The Hague, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
• Aldegonda Janssen (69), Baarlo
• Adriana Ouwens (3), IJsselmonde
• Alida Hendrika Stol (26), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Elisabeth Dimphena Snels (1), Dongen, Nederland
• Aartje Verkerk (65), Ammerstol
• Albert Sieger Van Bergen (0), Eelde, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Adriana Elisabeth Dimphena Johanna Snels (1), Dongen
• Albertus van Vembde (73), Vaassen
• Aafke Kuipers (51), Usquert, Groningen, Nederland

• 1895 » Eugen Roth, German poet and songwriter († 1976)
• 1897 » Paul Fejos, Hungarian-born American director († 1963)
• 1899 » Hoyt Vandenberg, U.S. Air Force general († 1954)
• 1900 » René Guillot, French writer († 1969)
• 1901 » Cassandre, French painter († 1968)
• 1901 » Edward Turner, English engineer († 1973)
• 1901 » Harry Calder, South African cricketer († 1995)
• 1905 » J. Howard Marshall, American lawyer and businessman († 1995)
• 1906 » Wilfred Jackson, American animator and composer († 1988)
• 1907 » Ismail Nasiruddin of Terengganu, fourth Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia († 1979)

• 1877 » Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist and journalist (b. 1796)
• 1881 » James Collinson, English painter (b. 1825)
• 1883 » Friedrich von Flotow, German composer (b. 1812)
• 1895 » Lord Randolph Churchill, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1884)
• 1939 » Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician, created Muesli (b. 1867)
• 1943 » John Burns, English trade union leader and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (b. 1858)
• 1960 » Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor (b. 1886)
• 1961 » Alfred Carlton Gilbert, American pole vaulter and businessman, founded the A. C. Gilbert Company (b. 1884)
• 1962 » André Lhote, French sculptor and painter (b. 1885)

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. Arie
15. Hendrikus
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.
• July 24 » O. Henry is released from prison in Columbus, Ohio, after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank.
• October 24 » Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
• November 1 » Sigma Phi Epsilon, the largest national male collegiate fraternity, is established at Richmond College, in Richmond, Virginia.
• November 8 » Gospel riots: Bloody clashes take place in Athens following the translation of the Gospels into demotic Greek.
• November 18 » Britain and the United States sign the Hay–Pauncefote Treaty, which nullifies the Clayton–Bulwer Treaty and withdraws British objections to an American-controlled canal in Panama.
• November 27 » The U.S. Army War College is established.

The temperature on January 24, 1901 was between -1.2 °C and 5.7 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%).