About the day » Friday February 13, 1891Calender converter

• Abraham Mengers, Miste, gem. Winterswijk
• Anna Margaretha Bürmann, Altenberge, Haren (Ems)
• Annigje Ambagtsheer, Hardinxveld
• Aaltje van Kampen, Bedum, Groningen, Nederland († 1971)
• Albrecht Tüshaus, Düsseldorf (D) († 1929)
• Anna Maria van Berkel, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgie
• Albers, Venekamp, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany († 1891)
• Abraham Mozes, Arnhem († 1923)
• Albertus J.(Bert) van der Zalm, Noordwijk († 1974)
• Alphonsius van Limpt, Hooge en Lage Mierde, Nederland († 1959)

• Adriana Maria Graumans (79), Breda
• Adelaide Francisca Commeyne, Moorsele
• Albers (0), Venekamp, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Antonius van der Ende (0), Wateringen
• Antonius Ende, van der (0), Wateringen,Zuid Holland,Nederland
• Augusta Schanz (0), Obereggingen
• Anna Maria Floren (72), Princenhage, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Floren (72), Princenhage, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Jans Visscher (78), Veendam, Veendam, Groningen (NL)
• Antonius van den Berg (53), Veghel

• 1883 » Hal Chase, American baseball player and manager († 1947)
• 1884 » Alfred Carlton Gilbert, American pole vaulter and businessman, founded the A. C. Gilbert Company († 1961)
• 1885 » Bess Truman, American wife of Harry S. Truman, 35th First Lady of the United States († 1982)
• 1887 » Géza Csáth, Hungarian playwright and critic († 1919)
• 1888 » Georgios Papandreou, Greek lawyer, economist, and politician, 162nd Prime Minister of Greece († 1968)
• 1889 » Leontine Sagan, Austrian actress and director († 1974)
• 1891 » Grant Wood, American painter and academic († 1942)
• 1891 » Kate Roberts, Welsh author and activist († 1985)
• 1892 » Robert H. Jackson, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 57th United States Attorney General († 1954)
• 1898 » Hubert Ashton, English cricketer and politician († 1979)

• 1845 » Henrik Steffens, Norwegian-German philosopher and poet (b. 1773)
• 1877 » Costache Caragiale, Romanian actor and manager (b. 1815)
• 1883 » Richard Wagner, German composer (b. 1813)
• 1888 » Jean-Baptiste Lamy, French-American archbishop (b. 1814)
• 1892 » Provo Wallis, Canadian-English admiral (b. 1791)
• 1893 » Ignacio Manuel Altamirano, Mexican intellectual and journalist (b. 1834)
• 1905 » Konstantin Savitsky, Russian painter (b. 1844)
• 1906 » Albert Gottschalk, Danish painter (b. 1866)
• 1934 » József Pusztai, Slovene-Hungarian poet and journalist (b. 1864)
• 1942 » Otakar Batlička, Czech journalist (b. 1895)

• 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.
• 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 5 » The Music Hall in New York City (later known as Carnegie Hall) has its grand opening and first public performance, with Tchaikovsky as the guest conductor.
• July 26 » France annexes Tahiti.
• August 16 » The Basilica of San Sebastian, Manila, the first all-steel church in Asia, is officially inaugurated and blessed.
• December 22 » Asteroid 323 Brucia becomes the first asteroid discovered using photography.

The temperature on February 13, 1891 was about 1.3 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.