About the day » Monday August 5, 1901Calender converter

• Andrew Hurt, Marblehill, Pickens, Georgia († 1962)
• Anna Leonie Hendrikx, Horn
• Alida van der Lans († 1901)
• Anna Ryder, Pennsylvania, United States of America († 1969)
• Anna Wilhelmina Grugel, Munster, Lake, Indiana, Verenigde Staten († 1956)
• Albarta Adriana Dirnika van den Berg, Ochten,, Gelderland, Nederland († 1929)
• Anna Wilhelmina Maria Lempers, Teteringen († 1996)
• Alistair Kellas GAIRNS, 102 Bonnymuir Pl., Aberdeen Rosemount, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
• Janssens, Bornem († 1901)
• Aloisius Antonius, Lowie Scholte, Rotterdam († 1976)

• Archibald McLachlan (82), Brooke Twp., Lampton Co., Ontario, Canada
• Abraham SIMONSE (0), Biggekerke
• Barbara Gingerich (85), Kalona, Washington, Iowa, United States
• Caroline van der Pluijm (87), Oosterhout
• Alida Jacoba Westgeest (64), Nootdorp
• Adriana Lekkerkerker (0), Benschop
• Aaltjen Heinneman (35), Neede
• Antonius van der Elsen (34), Erp, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonius van den Elsen (34), Erp, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arendje Hofman (2), Zevenhuizen

• 1897 » Aksel Larsen, Danish lawyer and politician († 1972)
• 1897 » Roberta Dodd Crawford, American soprano and educator († 1954)
• 1900 » Rudolf Schottlaender, German philosopher, classical philologist and translator († 1988)
• 1901 » Claude Autant-Lara, French director, screenwriter, and politician († 2000)
• 1904 » Kenneth V. Thimann, English-American botanist and microbiologist († 1997)
• 1906 » Joan Hickson, English actress († 1998)
• 1906 » John Huston, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 1987)
• 1906 » Wassily Leontief, German-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1999)
• 1908 » Harold Holt, Australian lawyer and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Australia († 1967)
• 1908 » Jose Garcia Villa, Filipino short story writer and poet († 1997)

• 1877 » Robert Williams (known as Trebor Mai), Welsh poet (b. 1830)
• 1880 » Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, Austrian physician and dermatologist (b. 1816)
• 1881 » Spotted Tail, American tribal chief (b. 1823)
• 1895 » Friedrich Engels, German philosopher (b. 1820)
• 1901 » Victoria, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom (b. 1840)
• 1904 » George Dibbs, Australian politician, 10th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1834)
• 1911 » Bob Caruthers, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1864)
• 1916 » George Butterworth, British composer, killed at the Battle of the Somme (b. 1885)
• 1921 » Dimitrios Rallis, Greek lawyer and politician, 78th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1844)
• 1929 » Millicent Fawcett, English trade union leader and activist (b. 1847)

• 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 10 » The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
• February 20 » The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time.
• May 3 » The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida.
• May 9 » Australia opens its first national parliament in Melbourne.
• September 17 » Second Boer War: Boers capture a squadron of the 17th Lancers at the Battle of Elands River.
• November 13 » The 1901 Caister lifeboat disaster.

The temperature on August 5, 1901 was between 13.0 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (32%).