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Born on Wednesday March 6, 1895
Died on Wednesday March 6, 1895

Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from March 6, 1895 at Delpher


Born on March 6
  • 1886 » Jam Handy, American swimmer and water polo player († 1983)
  • 1892 » Bert Smith, English international footballer, right half († 1969)
  • 1893 » Ella P. Stewart, pioneering Black American pharmacist († 1987)
  • 1893 » Furry Lewis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1981)
  • 1895 » Albert Tessier, Canadian priest and historian († 1976)
  • 1898 » Gus Sonnenberg, American football player and wrestler († 1944)
  • 1900 » Gina Cigna, French-Italian soprano and actress († 2001)
  • 1900 » Henri Jeanson, French journalist and author († 1970)
  • 1900 » Lefty Grove, American baseball player († 1975)
  • 1903 » Empress Kōjun of Japan († 2000)

Died on March 6

Names that were popular for boys in 1895
  1. Johannes
  2. Jan
  3. Cornelis
  4. Hendrik
  5. Willem
  6. Pieter
  7. Jacobus
  8. Gerrit
  9. Petrus
  10. Adrianus
  11. Jacob
  12. Wilhelmus
  13. Hendrikus
  14. Antonius
  15. Franciscus
  16. Gerardus
Names that were popular for girls in 1895
  1. Maria
  2. Johanna
  3. Cornelia
  4. Anna
  5. Catharina
  6. Elisabeth
  7. Wilhelmina
  8. Hendrika
  9. Adriana
  10. Jacoba
  11. Petronella
  12. Geertruida
  13. Helena
  14. Margaretha
  15. Christina
  16. 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.
  • February 9 » William G. Morgan creates a game called Mintonette, which soon comes to be referred to as volleyball.
  • February 24 » Revolution breaks out in Baire, a town near Santiago de Cuba, beginning the Cuban War of Independence, that ends with the Spanish–American War in 1898.
  • April 8 » In Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. the Supreme Court of the United States declares unapportioned income tax to be unconstitutional.
  • April 17 » The Treaty of Shimonoseki between China and Japan is signed. This marks the end of the First Sino-Japanese War, and the defeated Qing Empire is forced to renounce its claims on Korea and to concede the southern portion of the Fengtien province, Taiwan and the Pescadores Islands to Japan.
  • 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.
  • October 21 » The Republic of Formosa collapses as Japanese forces invade.
The weather on Wednesday March 6, 1895
The temperature on March 6, 1895 was about -2.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%.

Source: KNMI