About the day » Thursday February 19, 1891Calender converter

• Adriana Cornelia van der Velden, Papendrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Hagesteijn, Brouwershaven, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Brakeboer, Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1959)
• Adrianus Ludovicus Koolen, Stabroek († 1970)
• Adrianus Hendrik Maasdam, Numansdorp, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 1962)
• Anita O Keefe, Sun, Dane, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 1985)
• Alice Elisabeth Van Der Riet, Oudtshoorn, Cape, South Africa († 1892)
• Anna Geertruida Evers, Renkum, Gelderland, Nederland († 1957)
• Alzira Leonel Brizola, Itapetininga, São Paulo, Brasil
• Anna Maria de Groot, Stompwijk

• NIJSSEN (0), Santpoort (Velsen), Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alexander Reinerus Lourens (0), Randwijk
• Abraham Heij (68), Katwijk
• Abraham Verrips (49), Meerkerk, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje JAGER (0), Nieuw Scheemda, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriaan Zwijnenburg (77), Ottoland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Degens (1)
• Amel(II) Willemsz. Noome(Nome Nomen) (67), Schelluinen, Nederland
• Anna Adriana Bernardina Ingen Housz (4), Waalwijk,Gemeente Waalwijk,North Brabant,Netherlands
• Aaltien Raterink (15), Borger-Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland-Ees

• 1878 » Harriet Bosse, Swedish–Norwegian actress († 1961)
• 1880 » Álvaro Obregón, Mexican general and politician, 39th President of Mexico († 1928)
• 1886 » José Abad Santos, Filipino lawyer and jurist, 5th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines († 1942)
• 1888 » José Eustasio Rivera, Colombian lawyer and poet († 1928)
• 1893 » Cedric Hardwicke, English actor and director († 1964)
• 1895 » Louis Calhern, American actor († 1956)
• 1896 » André Breton, French poet and author († 1966)
• 1897 » Alma Rubens, American actress († 1931)
• 1899 » Lucio Fontana, Argentinian-Italian painter and sculptor († 1968)
• 1902 » Kay Boyle, American novelist, short story writer, and educator († 1992)

• 1837 » Georg Büchner, German-Swiss poet and playwright (b. 1813)
• 1837 » Thomas Burgess, English bishop and philosopher (b. 1756)
• 1887 » Multatuli, Dutch-German author and civil servant (b. 1820)
• 1897 » Karl Weierstrass, German mathematician and academic (b. 1815)
• 1915 » Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Indian philosopher and politician (b. 1866)
• 1916 » Ernst Mach, Austrian-Czech physicist and philosopher (b. 1838)
• 1927 » Robert Fuchs, Austrian composer and educator (b. 1847)
• 1928 » George Howard Earle Jr., American lawyer and businessman (b. 1856)
• 1936 » Billy Mitchell, American general and pilot (b. 1879)
• 1945 » John Basilone, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1916)

• 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 17 » SSUtopia collides with HMSAnson in the Bay of Gibraltar and sinks, killing 562 of the 880 passengers on board.
• April 1 » The Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago, Illinois.
• 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.
• October 28 » The Mino–Owari earthquake is the largest inland earthquake in Japan's history.

The temperature on February 19, 1891 was about -0.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.