About the day » Thursday November 5, 1891Calender converter

• Adam Neigel, Baljennie, Saskatchewan, Canada († 1960)
• Andries TROOSTWIJK, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland († 1954)
• Anna Pieternella Pannekoek, Ouwerkerk
• Alberic Joseph Desmet, Meulebeke
• Adriana Cornelia Jonkers, Halsteren, N-Br, NL
• Andreas Leonardus Peeters, Oud-Vroenhoven, Maastricht († 1956)
• Albertus Bernardus Kniest, Kilder, Gelderland, Nederland († 1971)
• Aantje Roos, Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1972)
• Antonetta Manders, Gemert, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1954)
• Aaltje FEIJT, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1896)

• Anna Petronella Krammer (1), Oss
• Bastiaan de Haan (33), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Bastiaan de Haan (33), Utrecht
• Andries Klazes Veenstra (92), Rottevalle, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Arie Driesprong (67), Ooltgensplaat-Netherlands
• Aartje Wildenberg (78), Rotterdam
• Antonius van Barneveld (54)
• Anna Maria Susanna Verheggen (2), Wessem
• Anne Jacobs Hilverda (43), Utingeradeel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Anna Antonia van Meer (0), Oosterhout

• 1885 » Will Durant, American historian and philosopher († 1981)
• 1886 » Sadae Inoue, Japanese general († 1961)
• 1887 » Paul Wittgenstein, Austrian-American pianist and educator († 1961)
• 1890 » Jan Zrzavý, Czech painter and illustrator († 1977)
• 1892 » J. B. S. Haldane, English-Indian geneticist and biologist († 1964)
• 1892 » John Alcock, captain in the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force († 1919)
• 1893 » Raymond Loewy, French-American engineer and designer († 1986)
• 1894 » Beardsley Ruml, American economist and statistician († 1960)
• 1895 » Charles MacArthur, American playwright and screenwriter († 1956)
• 1895 » Walter Gieseking, French-German pianist and composer († 1956)

• 1872 » Thomas Sully, English-American painter (b. 1783)
• 1876 » Theodor von Heuglin, German explorer and ornithologist (b. 1824)
• 1879 » James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist and mathematician (b. 1831)
• 1923 » Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French author and poet (b. 1880)
• 1928 » Vlasios Tsirogiannis, Greek general (b. 1872)
• 1930 » Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
• 1930 » Luigi Facta, Italian politician, journalist and Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1861)
• 1931 » Konrad Stäheli, Swiss target shooter (b. 1866)
• 1933 » Texas Guinan, American actress and businesswoman (b. 1884)
• 1933 » Walther von Dyck, German mathematician and academic (b. 1856)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Hendrik
4. Cornelis
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Arie
13. Dirk
14. Hendrikus
15. Gerardus
16. Wilhelmus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Hendrika
7. Catharina
8. Wilhelmina
9. Adriana
10. Aaltje
11. Grietje
12. Neeltje
13. Jacoba
14. Geertruida
15. Trijntje
16. Petronella

• 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 April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
• January 29 » Liliuokalani is proclaimed the last monarch and only queen regnant of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
• May 15 » Pope Leo XIII defends workers' rights and property rights in the encyclical Rerum novarum, the beginning of modern Catholic social teaching.
• May 16 » The International Electrotechnical Exhibition opens in Frankfurt, Germany, and will feature the world's first long-distance transmission of high-power, three-phase electric current (the most common form today).
• August 24 » Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera.
• October 1 » Stanford University opens its doors in California, United States.
• October 28 » The Mino–Owari earthquake is the largest inland earthquake in Japan's history.

The temperature on November 5, 1891 was about 4.9 °C. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%.