About the day » Monday October 19, 1891Calender converter

• Anna ZWIERS, Meppel Drenthe Netherlands
• Abraham Marius Cornelis Johannes van Rouveroy van Nieuwaal, Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland († 1982)
• Adriana Goossen, Axel, Zeeland, Nederland, Nederland († 1950)
• Aleida Siebum, Erica, Nederland († 1970)
• Adrianus Cornelis Leendert Leonardus Spruyt, Sappemeer,Gemeente Hoogezand-Sappemeer,Province of Groningen,Netherlands († 1892)
• Albert Kroon, Urk, Flevoland, Nederland
• Adrianus HOPMAN, Egmond aan Zee, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1976)
• Alice Muirhead Johns, The Dalles, Wasco, Oregon († 1978)
• Adrianus Cornelis Spruijt, Sappemeer († 1892)
• Albertus Theodorus Albers, Nijmegen († 1891)

• van der Velde (0), Dragten
• Cornelia Rockx (0), Oud Gastel, Nederland
• Adriana Cornelia van Gorkom (0), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Barteld Pieter Dijkhuis (18), Ulrum
• Bernardus Schuurmans (89), Geffen
• Berendina Scheffer (47), Rheden
• christina kerkhof (53), nistelrode
• Redert (0), Andel, Gemeente Altena, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Angelica Van de Ven (83), Mol, België
• Betsy E. Wavle (79), Freetown Corners, Cortland County, NY

• 1882 » Umberto Boccioni, Italian painter and sculptor († 1916)
• 1885 » Charles E. Merrill, American banker and philanthropist, co-founded Merrill Lynch Wealth Management († 1956)
• 1895 » Frank Durbin, American soldier († 1999)
• 1895 » Lewis Mumford, American historian, sociologist, and philosopher († 1990)
• 1896 » Bob O'Farrell, American baseball player and manager († 1988)
• 1897 » Salimuzzaman Siddiqui, Pakistani chemist and scholar († 1994)
• 1899 » Miguel Ángel Asturias, Guatemalan journalist, author, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate († 1974)
• 1900 » Bill Ponsford, Australian cricketer and baseball player († 1991)
• 1900 » Erna Berger, German soprano and actress († 1990)
• 1900 » Roy Worters, Canadian ice hockey player († 1957)

• 1851 » Marie Thérèse of France (b. 1778)
• 1856 » William Sprague III, American businessman and politician, 14th Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1799)
• 1889 » Luís I of Portugal (b. 1838)
• 1897 » George Pullman, American engineer and businessman, founded the Pullman Company (b. 1831)
• 1901 » Carl Frederik Tietgen, Danish businessman and philanthropist, founded GN Store Nord (b. 1829)
• 1905 » Virgil Earp, American marshal (b. 1843)
• 1916 » Ioannis Frangoudis, Greek general and target shooter (b. 1863)
• 1918 » Harold Lockwood, American actor (b. 1887)
• 1924 » Louis Zborowski, English race car driver and engineer (b. 1895)
• 1936 » Lu Xun, Chinese author and critic (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.
• January 29 » Liliuokalani is proclaimed the last monarch and only queen regnant of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
• April 1 » The Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago, Illinois.
• May 15 » Pope Leo XIII defends workers' rights and property rights in the encyclical Rerum novarum, the beginning of modern Catholic social teaching.
• 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).
• July 26 » France annexes Tahiti.
• August 18 » Major hurricane strikes Martinique, leaving 700 dead.

The temperature on October 19, 1891 was about 10.5 °C. There was 11 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.