About the day » Saturday September 2, 1911Calender converter

• Alberdina Scheffer, Heemse
• Adriana Cornelia Kool, Hillegom, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Quist, Oude Tonge
• Albertus Johannes Kwanten, Rotterdam († 1916)
• Andries Schipper, Putten († 1944)
• Adriana Maria van de Water, Schiedam
• Albert Edward Shingler #2255*10, Stourbridge, Worcestershire, England († 1983)
• Holwerda, Nes († 1911)
• Abraham Willem Frank, Rotterdam, ZH, Nederland († 1912)
• Andries Schipper, Putten († 1944)

• Holwerda (0), Nes
• Antonius Johannes Lamers (13), Nijmegen
• Anna Maria Petronella Lazeroms (63), Roosendaal, Nederland
• Adriana Hekker (0), Princenhage, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Jacobszoon Henneman (65), Heemskerk
• Arie Leendertszn van der Meer (90), 's-Gravenzande
• Antonie Adriaan Van Dongen (56), Raamsdonk
• Arie van de Meer (90), 's-Gravenzande, Nederland
• Ariana Hekker, Princenhage, Nederland
• Antonius-Johannes Kuijs (0), Vlijmen

• 1907 » Pertev Naili Boratav, Turkish author and educator († 1998)
• 1908 » Ruth Bancroft, American landscape and garden designer († 2017)
• 1910 » Donald Watson, English activist, founded the Vegan Society († 2005)
• 1910 » Paul Saagpakk, Estonian linguist, lexicographer, and academic († 1996)
• 1911 » Lill Tschudi, Swiss artist († 2004)
• 1911 » Romare Bearden, American painter and author († 1988)
• 1911 » William F. Harrah, American businessman, founded the Caesars Entertainment Corporation († 1978)
• 1912 » Ernest Bromley, Australian cricketer († 1967)
• 1913 » Bill Shankly, Scottish footballer and manager († 1981)
• 1913 » Israel Gelfand, Russian-American mathematician and biologist († 2009)

• 1885 » Giuseppe Bonavia, Maltese architect (b. 1821)
• 1898 » Wilford Woodruff, American religious leader, 4th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1807)
• 1910 » Henri Rousseau, French painter (b. 1844)
• 1918 » John Forrest, Australian politician, 1st Premier of Western Australia (b. 1847)
• 1921 » Henry Austin Dobson, English poet and critic (b. 1840)
• 1922 » Henry Lawson, Australian poet and author (b. 1867)
• 1927 » Umegatani Tōtarō II, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 20th Yokozuna (b. 1878)
• 1934 » Alcide Nunez, American clarinet player (Original Dixieland Jass Band) (b. 1884)
• 1934 » James Allan, New Zealand rugby player (b. 1860)
• 1934 » Russ Columbo, American singer, violinist, and actor (b. 1908)

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.
• April 6 » During the Battle of Deçiq, Dedë Gjon Luli Dedvukaj, leader of the Malësori Albanians, raises the Albanian flag in the town of Tuzi, Montenegro, for the first time after George Kastrioti (Skanderbeg).
• May 15 » More than 300 Chinese immigrants are killed in the Torreón massacre when the forces of the Mexican Revolution led by Emilio Madero take the city of Torreón from the Federales.
• July 4 » A massive heat wave strikes the northeastern United States, killing 380 people in eleven days and breaking temperature records in several cities.
• November 1 » World's first combat aerial bombing mission takes place in Libya during the Italo-Turkish War. Second Lieutenant Giulio Gavotti of Italy drops several small bombs.
• December 9 » A mine explosion near Briceville, Tennessee, kills 84 miners despite rescue efforts led by the United States Bureau of Mines.
• December 14 » Roald Amundsen's team, comprising himself, Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, and Oscar Wisting, becomes the first to reach the South Pole.

The temperature on September 2, 1911 was between 9.5 °C and 29.2 °C and averaged 19.3 °C. There was 11.2 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.