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• de With, Hagestein, Utrecht, Nederland († 1891)
• Adrianus Marinus Doesburg, Rotterdam, Netherlands († 1895)
• Ainsley Mordecai, Kingston, Jamaica († 1919)
• Adrianus den Arend, Pernis († 1908)
• Akke Baukes Oosthoek, Kortezwaag, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Klaui, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1891)
• Johanna Wilhelmina Bouwhuizen, Naaldwijk († 1974)
• Abraham Weiland, Kralingen
• Adrianus van der Lee, Hedikhuizen († 1963)
• Aagje Adrianusdr Enden van den, Rotterdam

• Cassie Hamrick Green (54), Cleveland County, North Carolina
• Adrianus Antonius Segers (83), Liège (Luik), Wallonie, Belgique
• Adriana van der Borden (74), Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Klaui (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaldert Jan van Elst (0), Veenendaal
• Bartholomeus Hanselaar (41), Rosmalen,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adam Jansen (74), Stellendam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Geessien Staats (0), Oostwold
• Charles Keyser (85), Shenandoah, Virginia, United States
• de With (0), Hagestein, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1881 » Max Gerson, German-born American physician († 1959)
• 1882 » Lucien Petit-Breton, French cyclist († 1917)
• 1887 » Takashi Sakai, Japanese general and politician, Governor of Hong Kong († 1946)
• 1888 » Paul Vermoyal, French actor († 1925)
• 1893 » George Ohsawa, Japanese philosopher and academic († 1966)
• 1893 » Sidney Holland, New Zealand lieutenant and politician, 25th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1961)
• 1894 » H. L. Davis, American author and poet († 1960)
• 1894 » Tibor Déry, Hungarian author and translator († 1977)
• 1897 » Isabel Briggs Myers, American theorist and author († 1980)
• 1898 » Lotte Lenya, Austrian singer and actress († 1981)

• 1865 » Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, English soldier and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1784)
• 1871 » Charles Babbage, English mathematician and engineer, invented the mechanical computer (b. 1791)
• 1876 » Francis Preston Blair, American journalist (b. 1791)
• 1886 » Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician and botanist (b. 1796)
• 1889 » Antonio Meucci, Italian-American engineer (b. 1808)
• 1892 » William W. Chapman, American lawyer and politician (b. 1808)
• 1893 » Charles Gounod, French composer and educator (b. 1818)
• 1908 » Nozu Michitsura, Japanese field marshal (b. 1840)
• 1911 » Alfred Binet, French psychologist and author (b. 1857)
• 1921 » Ludwig III of Bavaria (b. 1845)

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.
• January 29 » Liliuokalani is proclaimed the last monarch and only queen regnant of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
• 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.
• May 15 » Pope Leo XIII defends workers' rights and property rights in the encyclical Rerum novarum, the beginning of modern Catholic social teaching.
• 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 October 18, 1891 was about 12.5 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%.