About the day » Friday January 23, 1891Calender converter

• Amelia Figueroa Sánchez, Madrid († 1974)
• * Teunis Huisman, Gouda († 1975)
• Adriaan Johannes Hogendoorn, Rotterdam
• Anna van der Gaag, Loosduinen († 1915)
• Feenstra, Groningen († 1891)
• Albertus Tersteeg, IJsselstein
• Adrienne Lucia Maria Willemse, Haarlem
• Albertus Teunis VERDONK, Schulp (Dld) († 1973)
• Aaltje VREDEVELD, Nieuweroord (Westerbork), Drenthe, Nederland († 1959)
• Adrianus Pieter de WIT, Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1977)

• Arnolda van Duijnhoven (84), Gemert,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Andries Jans Dragt (0), Blokzijl
• Anna van Es (50), Baarn
• Antonia Hendrina Maria van de Burgt (1), Helmond, Nederland
• Antoon Lemmens (51), Venray
• Aafje Vader (77), Wieringerwaard
• Akke van der Brug (81), Mirns/Bakhuizen, Gaasterland (Frl)
• Arie LEGERSTEE (76), Zwijndrecht
• Antonius THOMASSEN (81), Stratum, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alnora Stephenson (16)

• 1889 » Claribel Kendall, American mathematician (d.1965)
• 1894 » Jyotirmoyee Devi, Indian author († 1988)
• 1896 » Alf Blair, Australian rugby league player and coach († 1944)
• 1896 » Alf Hall, English-South African cricketer († 1964)
• 1897 » Ieva Simonaitytė, Lithuanian author († 1978)
• 1897 » Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, Austrian architect († 2000)
• 1897 » Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian activist and politician († 1945)
• 1897 » William Stephenson, Canadian captain and spy († 1989)
• 1898 » Georg Kulenkampff, German violinist († 1948)
• 1898 » Randolph Scott, American actor († 1987)

• 1866 » Thomas Love Peacock, English author and poet (b. 1785)
• 1875 » Charles Kingsley English priest and author (b. 1819)
• 1883 » Gustave Doré, French engraver and illustrator (b. 1832)
• 1893 » José Zorrilla, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1817)
• 1893 » Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II, American lawyer and politician, 16th United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1825)
• 1921 » Mykola Leontovych, Ukrainian composer and conductor (b. 1877)
• 1922 » Arthur Nikisch, Hungarian conductor and academic (b. 1855)
• 1922 » René Beeh, Alsatian painter and draughtsman (b. 1886)
• 1923 » Max Nordau, Austrian physician and author (b. 1849)
• 1931 » Anna Pavlova, Russian-English ballerina (b. 1881)

• 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.
• April 1 » The Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago, Illinois.
• 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 18 » Major hurricane strikes Martinique, leaving 700 dead.
• August 24 » Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera.
• October 1 » Stanford University opens its doors in California, United States.

The temperature on January 23, 1891 was about 3.8 °C. There was 9 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.