About the day » Saturday August 3, 1901Calender converter

• Goudsblom, Warmenhuizen
• Agatha Wilhelmina Alida de Vogel, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida van der Vlag, Wildervank, Groningen, Nederland († 1981)
• Andreas VAN IMPE, Erpe,9420,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Adriana Maria Cornelia Franken, Roosendaal en Nispen († 1906)
• Alice E SCHOLTEN († 1994)
• Andries Koster, Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Blondina Van Daele, Hoboken, Antwerpen
• Alphonsus Antonius Josephus Vinck, Sint Jansteen, Zeeland, Nederland († 1902)
• Adrianus Leonardus van Dijk, Wateringen, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Albert Theodoor Wagemans (0), 's-Gravenhage, ZH, Nederland
• Catharina Zeebregts (0), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Betje Oosterkamp (69), Avereest
• Arnold Theuws (72)
• Betje Oosterkamp (69), Doorwerth
• Antonia Van Den Bergh (76)
• Antje Aukes Haarsma (27), Siegerswoude, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• (55), Valthermond, Nederland
• Ada Josina Hubregtse (58), Middelburg
• Ada Josina HUBREGTSE (58), Middelburg,, Zeeland, Nederland

• 1899 » Louis Chiron, Monegasque race car driver († 1979)
• 1900 » Ernie Pyle, American soldier and journalist († 1945)
• 1900 » John T. Scopes, American educator († 1970)
• 1901 » John C. Stennis, American lawyer and politician († 1995)
• 1901 » Stefan Wyszyński, Polish cardinal († 1981)
• 1902 » David Buttolph, American film composer († 1983)
• 1902 » Regina Jonas, German rabbi († 1944)
• 1903 » Habib Bourguiba, Tunisian journalist and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Tunisia († 2000)
• 1904 » Clifford D. Simak, American journalist and author († 1988)
• 1904 » Dolores del Río, Mexican actress († 1983)

• 1877 » William B. Ogden, American businessman and politician, 1st Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
• 1879 » Joseph Severn, English painter (b. 1793)
• 1894 » George Inness, American painter (b. 1825)
• 1913 » William Lyne, Australian politician, 13th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1844)
• 1916 » Roger Casement, Irish poet and activist (b. 1864)
• 1917 » Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, German mathematician and academic (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Peeter Süda, Estonian organist and composer (b. 1883)
• 1922 » Ture Malmgren, Swedish journalist and politician (b. 1851)
• 1924 » Joseph Conrad, Polish-born British novelist (b. 1857)
• 1925 » William Bruce, Australian cricketer (b. 1864)

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.
• January 22 » Edward VII is proclaimed King after the death of his mother, Queen Victoria.
• February 20 » The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time.
• 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.
• October 12 » President Theodore Roosevelt officially renames the "Executive Mansion" to the White House.
• November 1 » Sigma Phi Epsilon, the largest national male collegiate fraternity, is established at Richmond College, in Richmond, Virginia.

The temperature on August 3, 1901 was between 10.3 °C and 21.8 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (43%).