About the day » Friday June 1, 1900Calender converter

• Amelia Maria Maij, Koog aan de Zaan († 1959)
• Vermeeren, Gulpen
• Alida Clazina van der Zee, Drachten
• Adrianus Johannes Petrus Moonen, Goirle († 1981)
• Andries Lourens Buschman, Abcoude-Baambrugge, Utrecht, Nederland († 1980)
• Akke Dijk, Deersum, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus Fortuin, Strijen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Clasina van der Zee, Drachten, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus Antonius van Rooij, Dongen († 1975)
• Anke Friso, Opsterland, Groningen, Nederland

• Alijda Caroliena Bolderman (79), Zwolle
• Berend Woudstra (69), Surhuisterveen, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Bernardus Franciscus van Bree (64), De Pol (Ge), Gelderland, Nederland
• Arnoldus Johannes van den Berg (22), Zeeland
• antje de wit (68), oldehove
• Aaltje (Alie) van Schalkwijk (28), Diemen,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aafje Reinders Groot (64), Sijbekarspel
• Barbera Herpers (0), Kerkrade (L
• Anna Kuper- (39), Hancock, Iowa, United States
• Baby 2 of Hamilton & Edith Viers (10)

• 1892 » Amanullah Khan, sovereign of the Kingdom of Afghanistan, († 1960)
• 1899 » Edward Charles Titchmarsh, English mathematician and academic († 1963)
• 1901 » Hap Day, Canadian ice hockey player, referee, and manager († 1990)
• 1901 » John Van Druten, English-American playwright and director († 1957)
• 1901 » Tom Gorman, Australian rugby league player († 1978)
• 1903 » Hans Vogt, Norwegian linguist and academic († 1986)
• 1903 » Vasyl Velychkovsky, Ukrainian-Canadian bishop and martyr († 1973)
• 1905 » Robert Newton, English-American actor († 1956)
• 1907 » Frank Whittle, English airman and engineer, developed the jet engine († 1996)
• 1907 » Jan Patočka, Czech philosopher († 1977)

• 1868 » James Buchanan, American lawyer and politician, 15th President of the United States (b. 1791)
• 1872 » James Gordon Bennett, Sr., American publisher, founded the New York Herald (b. 1795)
• 1873 » Joseph Howe, Canadian journalist and politician, 5th Premier of Nova Scotia (b. 1804)
• 1876 » Hristo Botev, Bulgarian poet and journalist (b. 1848)
• 1879 » Napoléon, Prince Imperial of France (b. 1856)
• 1908 » Allen Butler Talcott, American painter (b. 1867)
• 1927 » J. B. Bury, Irish historian, philologist, and scholar (b. 1861)
• 1927 » Lizzie Borden, American accused murderer (b. 1860)
• 1934 » Sir Alfred Rawlinson, 3rd Baronet, English colonel and polo player (b. 1867)
• 1935 » Arthur Arz von Straußenburg, Romanian-Hungarian general († 1857)

• 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 6 » The Permanent Court of Arbitration, an international arbitration court at The Hague, is created when the Senate of the Netherlands ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree.
• February 7 » A Chinese immigrant in San Francisco falls ill to bubonic plague in the first plague epidemic in the continental United States.
• May 23 » American Civil War: Sergeant William Harvey Carney is awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism in the Assault on the Battery Wagner in 1863.
• June 17 » Boxer Rebellion: Western Allied and Japanese forces capture the Taku Forts in Tianjin, China.
• June 20 » Baron Eduard Toll, leader of the Russian Polar Expedition of 1900, departs Saint Petersburg in Russia on the explorer ship Zarya, never to return.
• September 13 » Filipino insurgents defeat a small American column in the Battle of Pulang Lupa, during the Philippine–American War.

The temperature on June 1, 1900 was about 10.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.