About the day » Thursday December 6, 1900Calender converter

• Anthonetta Henderina Duinhouwer, Brouwershaven, Zeeland, Nederland († 1978)
• Anna Thecla Rupennest, Haar, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Adriaan Johannes de Jongh, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• ?? Nuyts, Vorst († 1900)
• "Juliana" Maria Margarethe Széchényi, Marcali, Hongrie († 1989)
• Adriana Verhees, Gilze en Rijen, Gemeente Gilze en Rijen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1977)
• Adriaantje Catharina Versteeg, Rotterdam
• Andries Anthonie Kappenberg, Nunspeet († 2000)
• Anna Cornelia GROFFEN, Steenbergen, 4233, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1979)
• 'n Levenloos geboren zoon van Slootweg, Ter Aar (Korteraar) († 1900)

• Bastiaan BROUWER (82), Benschop (Utrecht)
• Anna Kruishaar (67), Vinkeveen en Waverveen
• Bastiaan Brouwer (82), Benschop, Nederland
• Arnoldus Jacobus Andreas Turien (41), Coevorden, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Albert ten Katen (45), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Andries Teeuwen (74), Tilburg
• Albert ten Katen (45), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Baukje Jans Nijboer (76)
• Anna Maria Broers (1), Abbekerk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Bernardus Koppelman (0), Groenlo, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1896 » Ira Gershwin, American songwriter († 1983)
• 1898 » Alfred Eisenstaedt, German-American photographer and journalist († 1995)
• 1898 » Gunnar Myrdal, Swedish sociologist and economist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1987)
• 1898 » John McDonald, Scottish-Australian politician, 37th Premier of Victoria († 1977)
• 1898 » Winifred Lenihan, American actress, writer, and director († 1964)
• 1900 » Agnes Moorehead, American actress († 1974)
• 1901 » Eliot Porter, American photographer and academic († 1990)
• 1903 » Tony Lazzeri, American baseball player and manager († 1946)
• 1904 » Ève Curie, French-American journalist and pianist († 2007)
• 1905 » Elizabeth Yates, American journalist and author († 2001)

• 1868 » August Schleicher, German linguist and academic (b. 1821)
• 1878 » Theodoros Vryzakis, Greek painter and educator (b. 1814)
• 1879 » Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American businessman (b. 1814)
• 1882 » Alfred Escher, Swiss businessman and politician, founded Credit Suisse (b. 1819)
• 1882 » Anthony Trollope, English novelist, essayist, and short story writer (b. 1815)
• 1889 » Jefferson Davis, American general and politician, President of the Confederate States of America (b. 1808)
• 1892 » Werner von Siemens, German engineer and businessman, founded the Siemens Company (b. 1816)
• 1918 » Alexander Dianin, Russian chemist (b. 1851)
• 1921 » Said Halim Pasha, Ottoman politician, 280th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1865)
• 1924 » Gene Stratton-Porter, American author and screenwriter (b. 1863)

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

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

• 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.
• The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
• February 27 » Second Boer War: In South Africa, British military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronjé at the Battle of Paardeberg.
• March 24 » Mayor of New York City Robert Anderson Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground "Rapid Transit Railroad" that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn.
• May 1 » The Scofield Mine disaster kills over 200 men in Scofield, Utah in what is to date the fifth-worst mining accident in United States history.
• May 24 » Second Boer War: The United Kingdom annexes the Orange Free State.
• November 7 » Second Boer War: Battle of Leliefontein, a battle during which the Royal Canadian Dragoons win three Victoria Crosses.
• December 19 » Hopetoun Blunder: The first Governor-General of Australia John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, appoints Sir William Lyne premier of the new state of New South Wales, but he is unable to persuade other colonial politicians to join his government and is forced to resign.

The temperature on December 6, 1900 was about 10.2 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.