About the day » Tuesday December 22, 1891Calender converter

• Albert KOLKMAN, Holten, 7451, Nederland († 1976)
• Achille Ghislain Vanneste, Ingelmunster
• Adrianus Leendert van DuiJvenbode, Rotterdam
• Abraham Willem Christiaanse, Leiden
• Adrianus Cornelis DEKKERS, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1960)
• Adrianus Leendert van Duivenbode, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Albert Kolkman, Holten († 1976)
• Aart de Pater, Haastrecht († 1963)
• Hacquebard, Leeuwarden
• Agnes Leona Cowing, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States

• Adriana Johanna Kuiper (58), Dordrecht
• Anna Elizabeth KAERCHER (63), Rotterdam (Z-H)
• Adriaan Grootemaat (67), Goes
• Anna Catharina Brosens (75), Hoogstraten 2320, Antwerpen, Belgie
• Aaltje Burema (67), Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland
• Albertine (56), Buffalo, Erie County, New York, United States of America
• Abraham Johannes Westdijk (1), Rotterdam
• Adrianus van Doorn (76), Utrecht
• Aagje ten Katen (Kate) (39), Hattem {GE}
• Adriana Bouwmeester (58), Amersfoort (UT, NLD)

• 1883 » Edgard Varèse, French-American composer († 1965)
• 1883 » Marcus Hurley, American cyclist († 1941)
• 1884 » St. Elmo Brady, African American chemist and educator († 1966)
• 1885 » Deems Taylor, American conductor and critic († 1966)
• 1887 » Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician and theorist († 1920)
• 1888 » J. Arthur Rank, 1st Baron Rank, English businessman, founded Rank Organisation († 1972)
• 1889 » George Hutson, English runner and soldier († 1914)
• 1892 » Herman Potočnik, Croatian-Austrian engineer († 1929)
• 1898 » Vladimir Fock, Russian physicist and mathematician († 1974)
• 1899 » Gustaf Gründgens, German actor and director († 1963)

• 1867 » Jean-Victor Poncelet, French mathematician and engineer (b. 1788)
• 1870 » Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Spanish journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1836)
• 1880 » George Eliot, English novelist and poet (b. 1819)
• 1891 » Paul de Lagarde, German biblical scholar and orientalist (b. 1827)
• 1899 » Dwight L. Moody, American evangelist and publisher, founded Moody Publishers (b. 1837)
• 1902 » Richard von Krafft-Ebing, German-Austrian psychiatrist and author (b. 1840)
• 1915 » Rose Talbot Bullard, American medical doctor and professor (b. 1864)
• 1917 » Frances Xavier Cabrini, Italian-American nun and saint (b. 1850)
• 1918 » Aristeidis Moraitinis, Greek lieutenant and pilot (b. 1891)
• 1919 » Hermann Weingärtner, German gymnast (b. 1864)

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.
• 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 24 » Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera.
• October 1 » Stanford University opens its doors in California, United States.

The temperature on December 22, 1891 was about -5.5 °C. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.