About the day » Sunday January 4, 1891Calender converter

• Adrainus Ludovicus Beerten, Tongerlo
• Aaltje Goris, Nunspeet Gld († 1965)
• Alice Mary Steer
• Adrianus Johannes Pieter de Groot, Vlaardingen
• Agatha Maria Mol, Monnickendam, Nederland († 1957)
• Albertus Hartskeerl, Brummen, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1960)
• Adriaantje Boekhout, Amsterdam
• Adriana Brandhorst, Moerkapelle, Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands († 1979)
• Adrianus Johannes Pieter de Groot, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Margaretha Davidina Peereboom, Steenwijk

• Adrianus Laurijssen (70), Baarle-Nassau
• Alexander Bax (60), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Heijendael (81), Schaesberg,Landgraaf,Limburg,Nederland
• Lagerweij (0), deventer
• Akke Alberts Looper (69), Tjalleberd, Friesland, Nederland
• Aldegonda HENDRICKX (70), Turnhout,2300,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Aafje den Hertog (37), Everdingen
• Aaltje Ybes Duursma (24), Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• *Dina Hoogeveen (79), Scheveningen, Z.H
• Adriana Zwart (75), Alblasserdam

• 1883 » Johanna Westerdijk, Dutch pathologist and academic († 1961)
• 1883 » Max Eastman, American author and poet († 1969)
• 1884 » Guy Pène du Bois, American painter, critic, and educator († 1958)
• 1889 » M. Patanjali Sastri, Indian lawyer and jurist, 2nd Chief Justice of India († 1963)
• 1891 » Edward Brooker, English-Australian sergeant and politician, 31st Premier of Tasmania († 1948)
• 1895 » Leroy Grumman, American engineer and businessman, co-founded Grumman Aeronautical Engineering Co. († 1982)
• 1896 » André Masson, French painter and illustrator († 1987)
• 1896 » Everett Dirksen, American politician († 1969)
• 1897 » Chen Cheng, Chinese politician, Vice President of the Republic of China († 1965)
• 1900 » James Bond, American ornithologist and zoologist († 1989)

• 1877 » Cornelius Vanderbilt, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1794)
• 1880 » Anselm Feuerbach, German painter and educator (b. 1829)
• 1880 » Edward William Cooke, English painter and illustrator (b. 1811)
• 1882 » John William Draper, English-American physician, chemist, and photographer (b. 1811)
• 1883 » Antoine Chanzy, French general (b. 1823)
• 1891 » Antoine Labelle, Canadian priest (b. 1833)
• 1896 » Joseph Hubert Reinkens, German bishop and academic (b. 1821)
• 1900 » Stanisław Mieroszewski, Polish-born politician, writer, historian and member of the Imperial Council of Austria (b. 1827)
• 1901 » Nikolaos Gyzis, Greek painter and academic (b. 1842)
• 1904 » Anna Winlock, American astronomer and academic (b. 1857)

• 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.
• April 1 » The Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago, Illinois.
• 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 15 » Pope Leo XIII defends workers' rights and property rights in the encyclical Rerum novarum, the beginning of modern Catholic social teaching.
• May 20 » History of cinema: The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope.
• August 24 » Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera.

The temperature on January 4, 1891 was about 0.7 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%.