About the day » Wednesday July 31, 1901Calender converter

• Adrianus Nicolaas de Roo, Siddeburen (Slochteren) († 1902)
• (1) Gezina Jonker, Weesp, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 1959)
• Aaltje Schakelaar, Oldebroek (Molecaten),, Gelderland, Nederland († 1901)
• Hendricus Cornelis de Krom, Halsteren
• Adam Marijnissen, Terheijden, Noord Brabant († 1961)
• Adrianus Nicolaas De Roo, Siddeburen, Groningen, Nederland († 1962)
• Adriana de ROOIJ, Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alfons STERCKX, Geel Belgie († 1981)
• Alberdina Habing, Dalen († 1998)
• Albert Johannes Jansen, Leerdam († 1947)

• Antonius van der BURGT (67), Deurne,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida Angenieta van der Velde (0), Buren
• Bernardus Baveld (73), Epe
• Albert Harm Heidotting (81), Emmen Bargercompascuum
• (Stillborn) VISSER (0), Leens Groningen Netherlands
• Anna Maria Léontine Gilbert (51), Brugge (BE)
• Ann THORNTON (91)
• Alexius Johannes Antonius Schoof- (0), Schiedam, Nederland
• Alfred Frank Sutterer (0), Perry, Missouri, Verenigde Staten
• Aaldert Jans Huisman (73), Wetering, Steenwijkerwold, Nederland

• 1892 » Herbert W. Armstrong, American evangelist and publisher, founded Worldwide Church of God († 1986)
• 1892 » Joseph Charbonneau, Canadian archbishop († 1959)
• 1894 » Fred Keenor, Welsh footballer († 1972)
• 1901 » Jean Dubuffet, French painter and sculptor († 1985)
• 1902 » Gubby Allen, Australian-English cricketer and soldier († 1989)
• 1904 » Brett Halliday, American engineer, surveyor, and author († 1977)
• 1909 » Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn, Austrian theorist and author († 1999)
• 1911 » George Liberace, American violinist († 1983)
• 1912 » Bill Brown, Australian cricketer († 2008)
• 1912 » Milton Friedman, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2006)

• 1864 » Louis Christophe François Hachette, French publisher (b. 1800)
• 1875 » Andrew Johnson, American general and politician, 17th President of the United States (b. 1808)
• 1884 » Kiến Phúc, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1869)
• 1886 » Franz Liszt, Hungarian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1811)
• 1891 » Jean-Baptiste Capronnier, Belgian stained glass painter (b. 1814)
• 1913 » John Milne, British geologist and mining engineer. (b. 1850)
• 1914 » Jean Jaurès, French journalist and politician (b. 1859)
• 1917 » Francis Ledwidge, Irish soldier and poet (b. 1881)
• 1917 » Hedd Wyn, Welsh language poet (b. 1887)
• 1920 » Ion Dragoumis, Greek philosopher and diplomat (b. 1878)

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.
• January 22 » Edward VII is proclaimed King after the death of his mother, Queen Victoria.
• February 15 » The association football club Alianza Lima is founded in Lima, Peru, under the name Sport Alianza.
• April 25 » New York becomes the first U.S. state to require automobile license plates.
• October 12 » President Theodore Roosevelt officially renames the "Executive Mansion" to the White House.
• November 13 » The 1901 Caister lifeboat disaster.
• December 10 » The first Nobel Prize ceremony is held in Stockholm on the fifth anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death.

The temperature on July 31, 1901 was between 12.3 °C and 23.5 °C and averaged 19.4 °C. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (56%).