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Died on Friday December 6, 1895
- Arnold Johan E. Bomer (0), Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
- Ada Mary Manson (12)
- Anna Margaret Aielts (29)
- Aimé** NICOD (56), La Longeville, Franche-Comté, France
- Berend Rijmeijer Oostinga (76), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
- Adriana Vermetten (36), Tilburg
- Berend Rijmeyer Oostinga (76), Leeuwarden
- Adriana Weintje Dogterom (22), Stolwijk
- Antje Hoekstra (0), Augustinusga
- van der Hoek (0), oostvoorne
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from December 6, 1895 at Delpher
- Het nieuws van den dag : kleine courant
- Nieuw Israelietisch weekblad
- Suriname : koloniaal nieuws- en advertentieblad
- De locomotief : Samarangsch handels- en advertentie-blad
- Leeuwarder courant
- Middelburgsche courant
- Nieuwsblad van het Noorden
- De Tijd : godsdienstig-staatkundig dagblad
- Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad
- Bataviaasch nieuwsblad
Born on December 6
- 1890 » Dion Fortune, Welsh occultist, psychologist, and author († 1946)
- 1890 » Yoshio Nishina, Japanese physicist and academic († 1951)
- 1892 » Osbert Sitwell, English-Italian captain, poet, and author († 1969)
- 1893 » Homer N. Wallin, American admiral († 1984)
- 1893 » Sylvia Townsend Warner, English author and poet († 1978)
- 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)
Died on December 6
- 1867 » Jean Pierre Flourens, French physiologist and academic (b. 1794)
- 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)
Names that were popular for boys in 1895
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Pieter
- Jacobus
- Gerrit
- Petrus
- Adrianus
- Jacob
- Wilhelmus
- Hendrikus
- Antonius
- Franciscus
- Gerardus
Names that were popular for girls in 1895
- Maria
- Johanna
- Cornelia
- Anna
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Wilhelmina
- Hendrika
- Adriana
- Jacoba
- Petronella
- Geertruida
- Helena
- Margaretha
- Christina
- Marie
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1895
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- January 13 » First Italo-Ethiopian War: the war's opening battle, the Battle of Coatit, occurs; it is an Italian victory.
- March 15 » Heian Shrine is founded.
- March 19 » Auguste and Louis Lumière record their first footage using their newly patented cinematograph.
- March 22 » Before the Société pour L'Encouragement à l'Industrie, brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière demonstrate movie film technology publicly for the first time.
- May 7 » In Saint Petersburg, Russian scientist Alexander Stepanovich Popov demonstrates to the Russian Physical and Chemical Society his invention, the Popov lightning detector—a primitive radio receiver. In some parts of the former Soviet Union the anniversary of this day is celebrated as Radio Day.
- December 28 » The Lumière brothers perform for their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines.
The weather on Friday December 6, 1895
The temperature on December 6, 1895 was about 6.9 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI