About the day » Saturday August 10, 1901Calender converter

• Aarke Struik, Culemborg († 1949)
• Adrianus van Manen, Veenendaal († 1901)
• Alida Petronella Maria Driessen, Schoonhoven († 1993)
• Adrianus Bekers, Ginneken en Bavel
• Aleida Cornelia Gravemaker, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1983)
• Adrianus Overeijnder, Rotterdam
• Adrianus Ruijs, Rotterdam
• Alberta Charlotta van Ravenhorst, Veenendaal († 1988)
• Albert de Jonge, Wildervank († 1902)
• Agatha Bijlsma, Katernberg

• Anna Olga Martha FIEGERT (27), Bremen, Duitsland
• Albert Weerd (0), Kampen, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Abilio Gonçalves (8)
• Adriana Cornelia van den Bleek (60), Gilze en Rijen
• Adriaan GROEN (71), Utrecht (Utrecht)
• Adrianus Timmers (68), Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Mathilda van Gorp (60), Breda
• Anthony Diederik van Vliet (48), Nederhemert, ge.nld
• Adriana Cornelia van den BLEEK (60), Gilze, 3596, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• ANTOINETTE DESURMONT (49)

• 1895 » Hammy Love, Australian cricketer († 1969)
• 1897 » Jack Haley, American actor and singer († 1979)
• 1897 » John W. Galbreath, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Darby Dan Farm († 1988)
• 1900 » Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt, New Zealand physician and politician, 11th Governor-General of New Zealand († 1994)
• 1902 » Arne Tiselius, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1971)
• 1902 » Curt Siodmak, German-English author and screenwriter († 2000)
• 1902 » Norma Shearer, Canadian-American actress († 1983)
• 1903 » Ward Moore, American author († 1978)
• 1905 » Era Bell Thompson, American journalist and author († 1986)
• 1907 » Su Yu, Chinese general and politician († 1984)

• 1875 » Karl Andree, German geographer and journalist (b. 1808)
• 1889 » Arthur Böttcher, German pathologist and anatomist (b. 1831)
• 1890 » John Boyle O'Reilly, Irish-born poet, journalist and fiction writer (b. 1844)
• 1896 » Otto Lilienthal, German pilot and engineer (b. 1848)
• 1904 » Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau, French lawyer and politician, 68th Prime Minister of France (b. 1846)
• 1913 » Johannes Linnankoski, Finnish author (b. 1869)
• 1915 » Henry Moseley, English physicist and engineer (b. 1887)
• 1916 » John J. Loud, American inventor (b. 1844)
• 1918 » Erich Löwenhardt, German lieutenant and pilot (b. 1897)
• 1920 » Ádám Politzer, Hungarian-Austrian physician and academic (b. 1835)

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 1 » Nigeria becomes a British protectorate.
• May 9 » Australia opens its first national parliament in Melbourne.
• 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.
• 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 28 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas kill more than forty American soldiers while losing 28 of their own.
• 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 10, 1901 was between 14.8 °C and 29.7 °C and averaged 21.5 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (62%).