About the day » Thursday May 7, 1891Calender converter

• Adriana van der Neut, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1968)
• Anthonie de Lange, Vleuten († 1902)
• Albertus FAAS, Kampen Overijssel Netherlands († 1891)
• Aaltje Vonder, Staphorst († 1931)
• Angela Eugenia Maria Schmit, Antwerpen, Antwerpen († 1959)
• Albertus Faas, Kampen († 1891)
• AALTJE HENNIPMAN, WEESPERKARSPEL
• Adriana Poldervaart, Haarlemmermeer († 1960)
• Annechien Koster, Thesinge (Ten Boer)
• Anna Maria Grietman, Niel, Noord Rhijn-Westfale, Duitsland († 1966)

• Anne Tjallings de Jong (56)
• Abraham Salomon de Vries (65), Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje van Someren (4), Nijkerk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Lunenburg (31), Tiendeveen (Beilen)
• baartje KLEINJAN (65), zwijndrecht
• Aaltje Hooijer (1), Voorthuizen, Barneveld
• Anna Engels (14), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alfred Lanham (11), aged 10 years, Gunning, NSW, AU
• Adrianus van Leijenhorst (0), Amersfoort
• Andries Snijders (0), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1881 » George E. Wiley, American cyclist († 1954)
• 1882 » Willem Elsschot, Belgian author and poet († 1960)
• 1885 » George "Gabby" Hayes, American actor († 1969)
• 1889 » Viktor Puskar, Estonian colonel († 1943)
• 1891 » Harry McShane, Scottish engineer and activist († 1988)
• 1892 » Archibald MacLeish, American poet, playwright, and lawyer († 1982)
• 1892 » Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav field marshal and politician, 1st President of Yugoslavia († 1980)
• 1893 » Frank J. Selke, Canadian ice hockey coach and manager († 1985)
• 1896 » Kathleen McKane Godfree, English tennis and badminton player († 1992)
• 1899 » Alfred Gerrard, English sculptor and academic († 1998)

• 1868 » Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1778)
• 1872 » Alexander Loyd, American carpenter and politician, 4th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
• 1876 » William Buell Sprague, American clergyman, historian, and author (b. 1795)
• 1887 » C. F. W. Walther, German-American religious leader and theologian (b. 1811)
• 1896 » H. H. Holmes, American serial killer (b. 1861)
• 1902 » Agostino Roscelli, Italian priest and saint (b. 1818)
• 1917 » Albert Ball, English fighter pilot (b. 1896)
• 1922 » Max Wagenknecht, German pianist and composer (b. 1857)
• 1924 » Alluri Sitarama Raju, Indian activist (b. 1897/1898)
• 1925 » William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme, English businessman and politician (b. 1851)

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.
• March 3 » Shoshone National Forest is established as the first national forest in the US and world.
• March 10 » Almon Strowger patents the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
• March 17 » SSUtopia collides with HMSAnson in the Bay of Gibraltar and sinks, killing 562 of the 880 passengers on board.
• April 1 » The Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago, Illinois.
• October 1 » Stanford University opens its doors in California, United States.
• December 22 » Asteroid 323 Brucia becomes the first asteroid discovered using photography.

The temperature on May 7, 1891 was about 14.1 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%.