About the day » Tuesday January 31, 1911Calender converter

• Anna Martha Van Poucke, Bottelare († 1928)
• Alphonse C. Hildebrand, Quincy, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1984)
• Albertus Sieraad, Haarlem
• Anne Draisma, Piaam (gem. Súdwest-Fryslân) († 1918)
• Aafje Groot, Andijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Adrianus Romeijn, Rotterdam
• Abraham Bavelaar, Leiden
• Alberta Philippina Servranckx, Winxele († 1998)
• Antonius Jacobus van den Heijkant († 1995)
• Allegonda Johanna Maria MATHEZING, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2006)

• Agnieta Peters (69), Rozendaal, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Elisabeth van Daal (39), Den Bosch
• Adrianus Blankestijn (41), Amerongen
• Anna Mary Rohrbach (93), York, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Marie Schubert (60)
• Alfredo de Menezes Carneiro (49)
• Albert Pouwelsz Bloemhof (82), Havelte, dr.nld
• Annechien Luder (75), Nieuwe Pekela, Groningen, Nederland
• Amelia LOGIER (74), Passendale, 33019, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Adrianus Hermsen (0), Elst, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1905 » John O'Hara, American author, playwright, and screenwriter († 1970)
• 1909 » Miron Grindea, Romanian-English journalist († 1995)
• 1913 » Don Hutson, American football player and coach († 1997)
• 1914 » Jersey Joe Walcott, American boxer and police officer († 1994)
• 1915 » Alan Lomax, American historian, author, and scholar († 2002)
• 1915 » Bobby Hackett, American trumpet player and cornet player († 1976)
• 1915 » Garry Moore, American comedian and game show host († 1993)
• 1915 » Thomas Merton, American monk and author († 1968)
• 1916 » Frank Parker, American tennis player († 1997)
• 1917 » Fred Bassetti, American architect and academic, founded Bassetti Architects († 2013)

• 1870 » Cilibi Moise, Moldavian-Romanian journalist and author (b. 1812)
• 1888 » John Bosco, Italian priest and educator, founded the Salesian Society (b. 1815)
• 1892 » Charles Spurgeon, English pastor and author (b. 1834)
• 1900 » John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry, Scottish nobleman (b. 1844)
• 1907 » Timothy Eaton, Canadian businessman, founded Eaton's (b. 1834)
• 1923 » Eligiusz Niewiadomski, Polish painter and critic (b. 1869)
• 1933 » John Galsworthy, English novelist and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1942 » Henry Larkin, American baseball player and manager (b. 1860)
• 1944 » Jean Giraudoux, French author and playwright (b. 1882)
• 1954 » Edwin Howard Armstrong, American engineer, invented FM radio (b. 1890)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Adrianus
10. Jacob
11. Jacobus
12. Wilhelmus
13. Gerardus
14. Arie
15. Dirk
16. Hendrikus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Hendrika
8. Catharina
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Grietje
14. Aaltje
15. Helena
16. Neeltje

• 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
• January 3 » A gun battle in the East End of London left two dead and sparked a political row over the involvement of then-Home Secretary Winston Churchill.
• January 12 » The University of the Philippines College of Law is formally established; three future Philippine presidents are among the first enrollees.
• May 23 » The New York Public Library is dedicated.
• July 1 » Germany despatches the gunship SMSPanther to Morocco, sparking the Agadir Crisis.
• July 24 » Hiram Bingham III re-discovers Machu Picchu, "the Lost City of the Incas".
• September 20 » The White Star Line's RMSOlympic collides with the British warship HMSHawke.

The temperature on January 31, 1911 was between -5.9 °C and 0.3 °C and averaged -3.3 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (91%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.