About the day » Thursday August 1, 1901Calender converter

• Adolf Noor, Beerta
• Albert Mommaerts, Green bay, Brown county, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 1983)
• Adriana Anna Maria Apollonia van Gils, Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1951)
• ? ? († 1981)
• Anna Catharina Rijff, Amsterdam
• Anna Catharina Rijff, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Johannes van Tilborg, Almkerk, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1963)
• Albert Voskamp, Stad Almelo, in wijk C nr. 288
• Adriana Berendina Kors, Den Helder
• Aaltje Koetsier, Aarlanderveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Adolf Stoer (1), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Bernardus Gerritsz Klappe (0), Kampen, ov.nld
• Bernardus Johannes Grimberg (11), Hengelo
• Bernardus Klappe (0), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriana Lereveld (71), Utrecht
• Adrianus van Zeeland (5), Geffen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaan Beeke (67), Scherpenisse
• Adriana KREUK (59), Gouderak, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antoine Neveu (73), St-Germain-de-Grantham, Drummond, Québec
• Adriana LEREVELD (71), Utrecht

• 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)
• 1910 » James Henry Govier, English painter and illustrator († 1974)

• 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.
• 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 23 » Emilio Aguinaldo, only President of the First Philippine Republic, was captured at Palanan, Isabela by the forces of General Frederick Funston.
• May 3 » The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida.
• August 5 » Peter O'Connor sets the first IAAF recognised long jump world record of 24ft 11.75in (7.6137m), a record that would stand for 20 years.
• August 10 » The U.S. Steel recognition strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers begins.
• September 17 » Second Boer War: A Boer column defeats a British force at the Battle of Blood River Poort.
• October 29 » In Amherst, Massachusetts, nurse Jane Toppan is arrested for murdering the Davis family of Boston with an overdose of morphine.

The temperature on August 1, 1901 was between 14.2 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 18.3 °C. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (32%).