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1901 Calendar Trivia
The next time you can reuse this calendar will be on year 2030. Both calendars will be exactly the same! This is assuming you are not interested in the dates for Easter and other irregular holidays that are based on a solar cycle.
April 4 (4/4), June 6 (6/6), August 8 (8/8), October 10 (10/10), December 12 (12/12), and the last day of February always fall on the same day of the week in any given year. This is called the ‘Doomsday rule’. Check these dates using the full 12-month calendar below to verify.
1901 Calendar
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Historical Events Of 1901
- January 1, 1901 – The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton is appointed the first Prime Minister.
- January 10, 1901 – The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
- February 19, 1901 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Ox in Chinese astrology.
- March 1, 1901 – The Australian Army is formed.
- April 25, 1901 – New York becomes the first U.S. state to require automobile license plates.
- August 5, 1901 – Peter O'Connor sets the first IAAF recognised long jump world record of 24 ft. The record will stand for 20 years.
- August 21, 1901 – The International Secretariat of National Trade Union Centres is founded in Copenhagen.
- August 23, 1901 – 600 American school teachers, Thomasites, arrived in Manila on the USAT Thomas.
- September 14, 1901 – U.S. President William McKinley dies after an assassination attempt on September 6, and is succeeded by Vice President Theodore Roosevelt.
- September 28, 1901 – Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas kill more than forty American soldiers while losing 28 of their own, in a surprise attack in the town of Balangiga on Samar Island.
Who Were Born On 1901?
- January 24, 1901 – Edward Turner, English engineer (d. 1973)
- March 4, 1901 – Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo, Malagasy-French author, poet, and playwright (d. 1937)
- March 17, 1901 – Alfred Newman, American composer and conductor (d. 1970)
- May 15, 1901 – Luis Monti, Argentinian-Italian footballer and manager (d. 1983)
- July 1, 1901 – Irna Phillips, American actress and screenwriter (d. 1973)
- July 13, 1901 – Eric Portman, English actor (d. 1969)
- July 28, 1901 – Rudy Vallée, American singer, actor, and saxophonist (d. 1986)
- August 30, 1901 – Roy Wilkins, American journalist and activist (d. 1981)
- October 5, 1901 – John Alton, Austrian-American director and cinematographer (d. 1996)
- November 29, 1901 – Mildred Harris, American actress (d. 1944)