About the day » Wednesday June 6, 1900Calender converter

• Amy Francis Peek, Cumberland County, Tennessee, Verenigde Staten († 1922)
• Alida Ruijs, Haarlem
• Alfred de Liechtenstein († 1972)
• Adriana Suzanna Lobbezoo, Rilland-Bath (Zld) († 1901)
• Agatha Sara Hengstmangers, Goes
• Alfred Joseph Karl Maria von Und zu Lichtenstein, Pressburg (Slo) († 1972)
• Alida Jantina Auwina Schrage, Heiligerlee, Groningen, Nederland († 1901)
• Alida Johanna BRANDERHORST, Genderen († 1946)
• "Alfred" Joseph Karl Maria von und zu Liechtenstein, Btratislava († 1972)
• Andries Johannes Marinus Heining, Nijkerk

• Albert Kleine (1), De Wijk
• Annetje Voogd (76), Hoogvliet
• Albert Kleine (1), De Wijk
• Adrianus SNIJDERS (70), Standdaarbuiten, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alexander Felix In ‘t Veld (73), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alexander Felix IN 't VELD (73), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Dol (0), Wervershoof
• Adriana Maria Van Asch (48), Zaltbommel, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Anna Kappenburg (9)
• Anna Magrieta Hof (51), Veenoord (Sleen), Drenthe, Nederland

• 1896 » Henry Allingham, English World War I soldier and supercentenarian († 2009).
• 1898 » Jacobus Johannes Fouché, South African politician, 2nd State President of South Africa († 1980)
• 1898 » Ninette de Valois, English ballerina, choreographer, and director († 2001)
• 1898 » Walter Abel, American actor († 1987)
• 1900 » Manfred Sakel, Ukrainian-American psychiatrist and physician († 1957)
• 1901 » Jan Struther, English author and hymnwriter († 1953)
• 1901 » Sukarno, Indonesian engineer and politician, 1st President of Indonesia († 1970)
• 1902 » Jimmie Lunceford, American saxophonist and bandleader († 1947)
• 1903 » Aram Khachaturian, Armenian composer and conductor († 1978)
• 1903 » Bakht Singh, Indian evangelist, well-known bible teacher and preacher († 2000)

• 1865 » William Quantrill, American captain (b. 1837)
• 1878 » Robert Stirling, Scottish minister and engineer, invented the stirling engine (b. 1790)
• 1881 » Henri Vieuxtemps, Belgian violinist and composer (b. 1820)
• 1883 » Ciprian Porumbescu, Romanian composer and poet (b. 1853)
• 1891 » John A. Macdonald, Scottish-Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1815)
• 1916 » Yuan Shikai, Chinese general and politician, 2nd President of the Republic of China (b. 1859)
• 1922 » Lillian Russell, American actress and singer (b. 1860)
• 1924 » William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie, Irish businessman and politician, Lord Mayor of Belfast (b. 1847)
• 1934 » Julije Kempf, Croatian historian and author (b. 1864)
• 1935 » Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, English field marshal and politician, 12th Governor-General of Canada (b. 1862)

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 23 » Second Boer War: During the Battle of the Tugela Heights, the first British attempt to take Hart's Hill fails.
• May 22 » The Associated Press is formed in New York City as a non-profit news cooperative.
• June 14 » The second German Naval Law calls for the Imperial German Navy to be doubled in size, resulting in an Anglo-German naval arms race.
• October 19 » Max Planck discovers Planck's law of black-body radiation.
• October 25 » The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.
• December 14 » Quantum mechanics: Max Planck presents a theoretical derivation of his black-body radiation law.

The temperature on June 6, 1900 was about 14.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%.