About the day » Saturday August 31, 1901Calender converter

• ?? van der Most, Schiedam († 1901)
• Abraham van Tol, Zevenhuizen († 1927)
• Aaltje van Hofwegen, papendrecht
• Adrianus Van De Corput, Gilze en Ryen,Noord Brabant,Netherlands
• Albertje Wielink, Nieuweroord, Westerbork
• Aafje (Aaf) Wester, Oude Niedorp
• Adelaide Isabel Maria Crisp, Deptford, Kent, England († 1991)
• Adrianus van de Corput, Gilze en Rijen
• Abraham Meijer, Amsterdam († 1943)
• Agnes Franzen, Moers, Moers, Kreis Moers, Rheinprovinz, Königreich Preußen

• Catharina van Bavel (68), Oosterhout
• Barbera GROENENDIJK (75), Krimpen aan de Lek, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Annigje WEIJERS (79), Nieuw-Beijerland
• Anna Christiansdatter Fischer (58), Vejstruprod, Denmark
• Bertus de Leeuw (0), Laren
• antje OOSTERBAAN (54), nieuw-beijerland
• Cornelia Jacoba Schrier (77), Aardenburg
• Adriana Petronella Carolina Andriesse (0), Boyolali, Java, Indonesië
• Alexander Willem Jacobsz (43), Batavia, Java, Ned. Indie
• Adriana Brand (1), Scheveningen

• 1896 » Brian Edmund Baker, English Air Marshal († 1979)
• 1896 » Félix-Antoine Savard, Canadian priest and author († 1982)
• 1897 » Fredric March, American lieutenant, actor, and singer († 1975)
• 1900 » Gino Lucetti, Italian anarchist, attempted assassin of Benito Mussolini († 1943)
• 1902 » Géza Révész, Hungarian general and politician, Hungarian Minister of Defence († 1977)
• 1903 » Arthur Godfrey, American radio and television host († 1983)
• 1903 » Vladimir Jankélévitch, French musicologist and philosopher († 1985)
• 1905 » Robert Bacher, American physicist and academic († 2004)
• 1905 » Sanford Meisner, American actor and educator († 1997)
• 1907 » Valter Biiber, Estonian footballer († 1977)

• 1867 » Charles Baudelaire, French poet and critic (b. 1821)
• 1869 » Mary Ward, Irish astronomer and entomologist (b. 1827)
• 1884 » Robert Torrens, Irish-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of South Australia (b. 1814)
• 1908 » Leslie Green, English architect (b. 1875)
• 1910 » Emīls Dārziņš, Latvian composer, conductor, and music critic (b. 1875)
• 1912 » Jean, duc Decazes, French sailor (b. 1864)
• 1920 » Wilhelm Wundt, German physician, psychologist, and philosopher (b. 1832)
• 1924 » Todor Aleksandrov, Bulgarian soldier (b. 1881)
• 1927 » Andranik, Armenian general (b. 1865)
• 1937 » Ruth Baldwin, British socialite (b. 1905)

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. Hendrikus
15. Arie
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.
• May 9 » Australia opens its first national parliament in Melbourne.
• June 11 » The boundaries of the Colony of New Zealand are extended by the UK to include the Cook Islands.
• July 24 » O. Henry is released from prison in Columbus, Ohio, after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank.
• 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 6 » Kiowa land in Oklahoma is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous reservation.
• September 28 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas kill more than forty American soldiers while losing 28 of their own.

The temperature on August 31, 1901 was between 12.8 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 15.1 °C.