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Born on Friday March 6, 1891
Died on Friday March 6, 1891

Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from March 6, 1891 at Delpher


Born on March 6
  • 1882 » F. Burrall Hoffman, American architect, co-designed Villa Vizcaya († 1980)
  • 1884 » Molla Mallory, Norwegian-American tennis player († 1959)
  • 1885 » Ring Lardner, American journalist and author († 1933)
  • 1886 » Jam Handy, American swimmer and water polo player († 1983)
  • 1886 » Nella Walker, American actress and vaudevillian († 1971)
  • 1892 » Bert Smith, English international footballer, right half († 1969)
  • 1893 » Ella P. Stewart, pioneering Black American pharmacist († 1987)
  • 1893 » Furry Lewis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1981)
  • 1895 » Albert Tessier, Canadian priest and historian († 1976)
  • 1898 » Gus Sonnenberg, American football player and wrestler († 1944)

Died on March 6

Names that were popular for boys in 1891
  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
Names that were popular for girls in 1891
  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

Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1891
  • 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 31 » History of Portugal: The first attempt at a Portuguese republican revolution breaks out in the northern city of Porto.
  • March 3 » Shoshone National Forest is established as the first national forest in the US and world.
  • April 1 » The Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago, Illinois.
  • May 15 » Pope Leo XIII defends workers' rights and property rights in the encyclical Rerum novarum, the beginning of modern Catholic social teaching.
  • August 16 » The Basilica of San Sebastian, Manila, the first all-steel church in Asia, is officially inaugurated and blessed.
  • December 22 » Asteroid 323 Brucia becomes the first asteroid discovered using photography.
Weather March 6, 1891

The temperature on March 6, 1891 was about 8.8 °C. The air pressure was 15 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%.

Source: KNMI