About the day » Thursday October 8, 1891Calender converter

• Alphonsus Ludovicus Vroemans, Noorderwijk, 2200, Antwerpen, België († 1892)
• De Keyser Joannes Leopoldus, Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Waver, Antwerpen, België († 1939)
• Anna Pronk, Scheveningen
• Andrea Dionijsius Jansen, Tilburg († 1891)
• Adrianus de Blank, Rotterdam
• Adriaan Vosters, Reusel († 1965)
• Aagje Meijer, Rotterdam
• Amy Charlotte Eveline Parsons, Grahamstown, South Africa († 1908)
• Alberdina Kornelia Kieftenbelt, Zwolle († 1967)
• Anna Maria Thol

• Betje Hemmelder (48), Gemeente Borne, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Johanna Aalbers (36), Amsterdam
• Adriaantje Aaltje van 't Hof (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertiene Fennechiene Hazelhoff (0), Wedde, Groningen, Netherlands
• Alida Mulder (0), Zaandam
• Berend Eisses (72), Haren
• Alida WESTERVELD (73), Soest, Utrecht, Nederland
• Carolus Ludovicus BEAUPREZ (42), Oostende, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Arend Jans Smit (75), Meppel, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Barbara Fetterman (71), Chester Twp. Wayne County, Ohio

• 1887 » Donie Bush, American baseball player, manager, and team owner († 1972)
• 1887 » Ping Bodie, American baseball player († 1961)
• 1888 » Ernst Kretschmer, German psychiatrist and author († 1964)
• 1889 » Collett E. Woolman, American businessman, co-founded Delta Air Lines († 1966)
• 1889 » R. Fraser Armstrong, Canadian engineer († 1983)
• 1890 » Eddie Rickenbacker, American soldier and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient († 1973)
• 1890 » Philippe Thys, Belgian cyclist († 1971)
• 1890 » Snuffy Browne, Barbadian cricketer († 1964)
• 1892 » Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian poet and author († 1941)
• 1893 » Clarence Williams, American pianist and composer († 1965)

• 1869 » Franklin Pierce, American general, lawyer, and politician, 14th President of the United States (b. 1804)
• 1879 » Miguel Grau Seminario, Peruvian admiral (b. 1834)
• 1886 » Austin F. Pike, American lawyer and politician (b. 1819)
• 1897 » Alexei Savrasov, Russian painter and academic (b. 1830)
• 1928 » Larry Semon, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1889)
• 1931 » John Monash, Australian general and engineer (b. 1865)
• 1936 » Ahmet Tevfik Pasha, Ottoman politician, 292nd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1845)
• 1936 » Premchand, Indian author and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1936 » Red Ames, American baseball player and manager (b. 1882)
• 1936 » William Henry Stark, American businessman (b. 1851)

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.
• August 16 » The Basilica of San Sebastian, Manila, the first all-steel church in Asia, is officially inaugurated and blessed.
• August 18 » Major hurricane strikes Martinique, leaving 700 dead.
• August 24 » Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera.
• December 22 » Asteroid 323 Brucia becomes the first asteroid discovered using photography.

The temperature on October 8, 1891 was about 14.5 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%.