About the day » Tuesday January 20, 1891Calender converter

• Aaltje Kuijper, Oostzaan, Oostzaan, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aleida Cornelia Enhus, Emmen († 1918)
• Adamina MOOKHOEK, 's-Gravendeel
• Aleida Kats, Zuidwolde, Drenthe, Netherlands(Kerkenveld) († 1954)
• Anna Catharina Maria SLIJPER, Dordrecht († 1891)
• Aleida Cornelia Enhus, Erica († 1918)
• Anna Catharina Bulle, Ter Apelkanaal gem. Vlagtwedde
• Aleida Kats, Zuidwolde, Groningen, Nederland († 1954)
• Alphons Marie Arthur Hubert Imkamp, Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland († 1994)
• Adrianus Frederiks., Haarlem, Noord Holland, Nederland († 1894)

• Antonia Reniers (11), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe. Noord Brabant
• Aaltje Massop (71), Wehl, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana de Raadt, Ede
• Anne M. Greenman (23), Minaville, Florida, Montgomery, New York
• Abraham~Salomons de Mol_Moncourt (70), Groningen
• Aaltje van der LINDEN (80), Westmaas
• Archie B WATKINS (0), Jefferson County, Alabama
• Anne Baukes Visser (60), Bergum, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus SCHILPEROORT (78), Klaaswaal
• Adriana Johanna Luijken (0)

• 1883 » Enoch L. Johnson, American mob boss († 1968)
• 1888 » Lead Belly, American folk/blues musician and songwriter († 1949)
• 1889 » Allan Haines Loughead, American engineer and businessman, founded the Alco Hydro-Aeroplane Company († 1969)
• 1891 » Mischa Elman, Ukrainian-American violinist († 1967)
• 1893 » Georg Åberg, Swedish triple jumper († 1946)
• 1894 » Harold Gray, American cartoonist, created Little Orphan Annie († 1968)
• 1894 » Walter Piston, American composer, theorist, and academic († 1976)
• 1895 » Gábor Szegő, Hungarian mathematician and academic († 1985)
• 1896 » George Burns, American actor, comedian, and producer († 1996)
• 1898 » U Razak, Burmese educator and politician († 1947)

• 1873 » Basil Moreau, French priest, founded the Congregation of Holy Cross (b. 1799)
• 1875 » Jean-François Millet, French painter and educator (b. 1814)
• 1891 » Kalākaua, king of Hawaii (b. 1836)
• 1900 » John Ruskin, English painter and critic (b. 1819)
• 1901 » Zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer, invented the Gramme machine (b. 1826)
• 1907 » Agnes Mary Clerke, Irish astronomer and author (b. 1842)
• 1908 » John Ordronaux, American surgeon and academic (b. 1830)
• 1913 » José Guadalupe Posada, Mexican engraver and illustrator (b. 1852)
• 1915 » Arthur Guinness, 1st Baron Ardilaun, Irish businessman, philanthropist, and politician (b. 1840)
• 1920 » Georg Lurich, Estonian-Russian wrestler and strongman (b. 1876)

• 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.
• February 15 » Allmänna Idrottsklubben (AIK) (Swedish Sports Club) is founded.
• March 10 » Almon Strowger patents the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
• May 5 » The Music Hall in New York City (later known as Carnegie Hall) has its grand opening and first public performance, with Tchaikovsky as the guest conductor.
• May 20 » History of cinema: The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope.
• July 26 » France annexes Tahiti.

The temperature on January 20, 1891 was about -0.3 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%.