About the day » Thursday February 5, 1891Calender converter

• Adriana Juliana van Eijden, Laren, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1965)
• Adolf Vink, Opwierde, Appingedam, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus Frijlink, Dordrecht († 1968)
• Aart van der Hoef, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adrianus Guillhelmus Johannes den Doop, Grave, Nederland († 1961)
• Ann Innes, Aldivalloch, Cabrach, Banffshire († 1977)
• Adrianus Cornelis Meijer, Voorhout (Zuid-Holland NL)
• , Zoutelande, Nederland († 1980)
• Albertus Cornelis van Borkum
• Adriana Kunde Allegonda Schermers, Ameide, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Albert Koopman (46), Gemeente Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha Theodora Helena Johanna Cassa (1), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha Spelman (52), Rotterdam
• Albertha ter Balkt (0), Enschede
• Adrianus Hubertus van Neck (61), Rotterdam
• Anna Margaretha Spelman (52), Rotterdam
• Adriana de Rooij (16), Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertus Johannes Anthonij Caspers (70), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Elisabetha Swinnen (69), Scherpenheuvel
• Aaltje Gerrits Topma (72), Barradeel

• 1880 » Gabriel Voisin, French pilot and engineer († 1973)
• 1889 » Ernest Tyldesley, English cricketer († 1962)
• 1889 » Patsy Hendren, English cricketer and footballer († 1962)
• 1889 » Recep Peker, Turkish officer and politician († 1950)
• 1891 » Renato Petronio, Italian rower († 1976)
• 1892 » Elizabeth Ryan, American tennis player († 1979)
• 1897 » Dirk Stikker, Dutch businessman and politician, 3rd Secretary General of NATO († 1979)
• 1900 » Adlai Stevenson II, American soldier, politician, and diplomat, 5th United States Ambassador to the United Nations († 1965)
• 1903 » Joan Whitney Payson, American businesswoman and philanthropist († 1975)
• 1903 » Koto Matsudaira, Japanese diplomat, ambassador to the United Nations († 1994)

• 1881 » Thomas Carlyle, Scottish philosopher, historian, and academic (b. 1795)
• 1882 » Adolfo Rivadeneyra, Spanish orientalist and diplomat (b. 1841)
• 1892 » Emilie Flygare-Carlén, Swedish author (b. 1807)
• 1915 » Ross Barnes, American baseball player and manager (b. 1850)
• 1917 » Jaber II Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1860)
• 1922 » Christiaan de Wet, South African general and politician, State President of the Orange Free State (b. 1854)
• 1922 » Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, Croatian engineer, invented the mechanical pencil (b. 1871)
• 1927 » Inayat Khan, Indian mystic and educator (b. 1882)
• 1931 » Athanasios Eftaxias, Greek politician, 118th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1849)
• 1933 » Josiah Thomas, English-Australian miner and politician (b. 1863)

• 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.
• February 15 » Allmänna Idrottsklubben (AIK) (Swedish Sports Club) is founded.
• March 3 » Shoshone National Forest is established as the first national forest in the US and world.
• July 26 » France annexes Tahiti.
• August 16 » The Basilica of San Sebastian, Manila, the first all-steel church in Asia, is officially inaugurated and blessed.
• August 18 » Major hurricane strikes Martinique, leaving 700 dead.
• October 1 » Stanford University opens its doors in California, United States.

The temperature on February 5, 1891 was about 1.7 °C. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%.