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Died on Saturday October 6, 1900
- Alida Pouw (79), Aalsmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Anna Mary Whitley (33), Watertown, Massachusetts
- Bartje van Lo(o)zenoord (63), Putten
- Cornelis Jacobus Leonardus Zonneveld (0), Schoten, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Corstiaan Jabaaij (0), 's-Gravendeel, ZH, Nederland
- Catharina Talboom (0), Rucphen
- Angelique Adolphine Andreas (1), Klaten, Soerakarta, Ned. Indie
- Catrina Schröder (18), Kralingen
- Bartje Lozenoord (61), Putten
- Anna Catharina Hubertina Janssen (69), Simpelveld, Limburg, Nederland
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from October 6, 1900 at Delpher
- Het nieuws van den dag : kleine courant
- Amigoe di Curacao : weekblad voor de Curacaosche eilanden
- De Sumatra post
- De Tijd : godsdienstig-staatkundig dagblad
- De locomotief : Samarangsch handels- en advertentie-blad
- Algemeen Handelsblad
- Algemeen Handelsblad
- Middelburgsche courant
- Bataviaasch nieuwsblad
- Leeuwarder courant
Born on October 6
- 1895 » Caroline Gordon, American author and critic († 1981)
- 1896 » David Howard, American film director († 1941)
- 1897 » Florence B. Seibert, American biochemist and academic († 1991)
- 1900 » Stan Nichols, English cricketer († 1961)
- 1900 » Vivion Brewer, American activist and desegregationist († 1991)
- 1900 » Willy Merkl, German mountaineer († 1934)
- 1901 » Eveline Du Bois-Reymond Marcus, German-Brazilian zoologist and academic († 1990)
- 1903 » Ernest Walton, Irish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1995)
- 1905 » Helen Wills, American tennis player and painter († 1998)
- 1906 » Janet Gaynor, American actress († 1984)
Died on October 6
- 1873 » Paweł Strzelecki, Polish-English geologist and explorer (b. 1797)
- 1883 » Dục Đức, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1852)
- 1891 » Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish politician (b. 1846)
- 1892 » Alfred, Lord Tennyson, English poet (b. 1809)
- 1912 » Auguste Beernaert, Belgian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Belgium, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1829)
- 1923 » Damat Ferid Pasha, Ottoman politician, 285th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1853)
- 1942 » Siegmund Glücksmann, German politician (b. 1884)
- 1945 » Leonardo Conti, German SS officer (b. 1900)
- 1947 » Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer and critic (b. 1887)
- 1951 » Will Keith Kellogg, American businessman, founded the Kellogg Company (b. 1860)
Names that were popular for boys in 1900
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Pieter
- Jacobus
- Petrus
- Gerrit
- Adrianus
- Antonius
- Wilhelmus
- Jacob
- Gerardus
- Hendrikus
- Franciscus
Names that were popular for girls in 1900
- Maria
- Johanna
- Cornelia
- Anna
- Elisabeth
- Wilhelmina
- Catharina
- Hendrika
- Adriana
- Petronella
- Jacoba
- Geertruida
- Helena
- Margaretha
- Antonia
- Christina
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1900
- 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.
- January 16 » The United States Senate accepts the Anglo-German treaty of 1899 in which the United Kingdom renounces its claims to the Samoan islands.
- March 18 » AFC Ajax Amsterdam, The Netherlands's biggest and most successful football club, was founded.
- 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 17 » The children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, is first published in the United States. The first copy is given to the author's sister.
- June 18 » Empress Dowager Cixi of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign diplomats and their families.
- November 7 » The People's Party is founded in Cuba.
The weather on Saturday October 6, 1900
The temperature on October 6, 1900 was about 13.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI