About the day » Tuesday October 20, 1891Calender converter

• Andreas Bruijsten, Niftrik
• Adrianus Meskes, Amersfoort
• Adriana Johanna Maria Lemmers, Parimaribo, Paramaribo, Suriname
• Aaltje de De Weerd, Heerde
• Adrianus (Arie) Vendrig, Willeskop, 5570, Utrecht, Nederland († 1966)
• Agnes Abigail Shierlaw, Southbridge, Canterbury, New Zealand († 1986)
• Alfons DEVREKER, Bovekerke Belgie
• Albert Klasens, Exloërveen. Odoorn (Coevorden), Dr, Nederland
• Andrew Peter van Lopik, Grand Haven-Michigan (USA) († 1951)
• Adrianus Vendrig, Willeskop, Utrecht, Nederland

• Hioolen (0), Kralingen
• Aaltje de Bar (1), Apeldoorn (Wormen)
• Andreas Tans (72), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Adrianus Koks (64), Vlijmen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Geertruida van Mal, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Aitze Wiebes Halbersma (50), Assen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Adriana van Es (60), Alphen, Nederland
• Anna Catharina van de Weem (54), Haps, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida Leget (Liget) (74), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Aleides Voorttaller (60), Palo Alto, Iowa, United States

• 1885 » Jelly Roll Morton, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (Red Hot Peppers and New Orleans Rhythm Kings) († 1941)
• 1887 » Prince Yasuhiko Asaka of Japan († 1981)
• 1889 » Johann Gruber, Austrian priest and saint († 1944)
• 1890 » Aleksander Maaker, Estonian bagpipe player († 1968)
• 1891 » James Chadwick, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1974)
• 1891 » Samuel Flagg Bemis, American historian and author († 1973)
• 1893 » Charley Chase, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 1940)
• 1894 » Olive Thomas, American model and actress († 1920)
• 1895 » Morrie Ryskind, American writer/director († 1985)
• 1895 » Rex Ingram, American actor († 1969)

• 1865 » Champ Ferguson, American guerrilla leader (b. 1821)
• 1870 » Michael William Balfe, Irish violinist and composer (b. 1808)
• 1871 » Karl Christian Ulmann, Latvian-German theologian and academic (b. 1793)
• 1880 » Lydia Maria Child, American journalist, author, and activist (b. 1802)
• 1883 » George Chichester, 3rd Marquess of Donegall (b. 1797)
• 1890 » Richard Francis Burton, English-Italian geographer and explorer (b. 1821)
• 1894 » James Anthony Froude, English historian, novelist, biographer and editor (b. 1818)
• 1900 » Naim Frashëri, Albanian poet and translator (b. 1846)
• 1908 » Vaiben Louis Solomon, Australian politician, 21st Premier of South Australia (b. 1853)
• 1910 » David B. Hill, American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of New York (b. 1843)

• 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 31 » History of Portugal: The first attempt at a Portuguese republican revolution breaks out in the northern city of Porto.
• March 10 » Almon Strowger patents the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
• 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 16 » The Basilica of San Sebastian, Manila, the first all-steel church in Asia, is officially inaugurated and blessed.
• August 24 » Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera.
• October 1 » Stanford University opens its doors in California, United States.

The temperature on October 20, 1891 was about 10.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.