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June 5, 1900Born on Wednesday June 6, 1900
- * Wilhelmina Maria Johanna Jacoba Kuijer, Utrecht († 1946)
- Aagje MOELIKER, Barsingerhorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1900)
- André CHAMSON, Nîmes, 30189, Gard, Languedoc-Roussillon, Frankrijk († 1983)
- Agnes Beenders, Neeroeteren, Provincie Limburg, België († 1980)
- Sipma, Harlingen
- Alfred Joseph Karl Maria van Liechtenstein, Pressburg († 1972)
- Albert Elvin Tabb, Mt. Pleasant, Titus Co., Texas († 1985)
- Adriaan Hendrik Willem Bulten, Aalten († 1967)
- Alfred Joseph Karel Maria Prins van en tot Liechtenstein, Bratislava (Pressburg), Slowakije († 1972)
- Aaltje Schepers, Bergentheim, gemeente Ambt Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland
Died on Wednesday June 6, 1900
- Albert Jans Kleine (1), De Wijk
- Anna Kappenburg (9)
- Anna Margrieta Hof (51), Sleen/Veenoord
- Hulstmeijer (0), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Aart Nijsen (58), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Alexander Felix in 't Veld (72), 's Gravenhage
- Adriana Maria van Asch (48), Zaltbommel
- Aart Nijsen (58), Dordrecht, Nederland
- Alexander Josephus François Hamers (82), Padang-Pandjang, Sumatra
- Abe Jans Nauta (42), Kollumerzwaag, gem. Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from June 6, 1900 at Delpher
Born on June 6
- 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)
Died on June 6
- 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)
Names that were popular for boys in 1900
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Pieter
- Gerrit
- Petrus
- Jacob
- Jacobus
- Adrianus
- Arie
- Dirk
- Gerardus
- Wilhelmus
- Hendrikus
Names that were popular for girls in 1900
- Maria
- Johanna
- Anna
- Cornelia
- Elisabeth
- Wilhelmina
- Adriana
- Hendrika
- Catharina
- Grietje
- Jacoba
- Geertruida
- Petronella
- Neeltje
- Aaltje
- Trijntje
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.
- February 23 » Second Boer War: During the Battle of the Tugela Heights, the first British attempt to take Hart's Hill fails.
- March 13 » British forces occupy Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, during the Second Boer War.
- April 5 » Archaeologists in Knossos, Crete, discover a large cache of clay tablets with hieroglyphic writing in a script they call Linear B.
- 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.
- July 29 » In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by the anarchist Gaetano Bresci.
- August 3 » The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company is founded.
Weather June 6, 1900
The temperature on June 6, 1900 was about 14.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%.