About the day » Friday February 27, 1891Calender converter

• Adriana Clazina van Rodenrijs, Ter Aar († 1931)
• Aaltje Kruimink, Dalen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1891)
• Allene Little, GA († 1984)
• "Johann Heinrich" Maria Emanuel Merck, Darmstadt, Allemagne († 1944)
• Adriana Korteweg, Ooltgensplaat, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1968)
• Aart Hendrik van Zomeren, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Allegonda van Duren, Oploo, Sint Anthonis en Ledeacker († 1968)
• Albertus Martinus de Weert, Apeldoorn
• Albertus de Boer, Vollenhove, Overijssel, Nederland († 1967)
• Aaltje Wilhelmina Duizer, Asperen, Gld, NL († 1960)

• (Stillborn) SMIT (0), Ooststellingwerf Friesland Netherlands
• * Arigje van Hoorne (61), Schelluinen
• Antje Sasses Ydema (72), Ferwerderadiel, Noardeast-Fryslan, Friesland, Netherlands
• Anje Mulder (0), Wagenborgen, Termunten, Groningen, Netherlands
• Anna Johannesen Schirm (47), Amsterdam
• ANNIGJE EIJKELENBOOM (85), STREEFKERK
• Antonia Reijntjes (52), Hatert
• Alexander Kollen (1), Steenwijksmoer
• Agathe Joseph GAUTIER (60), Lille, France
• Albertje Smit (12), Dwingeloo, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1886 » Hugo Black, American captain, jurist, and politician († 1971)
• 1887 » Pyotr Nesterov, Russian captain, pilot, and engineer († 1914)
• 1888 » Lotte Lehmann, German-American soprano and actress († 1976)
• 1888 » Roberto Assagioli, Italian psychiatrist and psychologist († 1974)
• 1890 » Mabel Keaton Staupers, American nurse and advocate († 1989)
• 1891 » David Sarnoff, American businessman, founded RCA († 1971)
• 1892 » William Demarest, American actor († 1983)
• 1895 » Miyagiyama Fukumatsu, Japanese sumo wrestler († 1943)
• 1897 » Marian Anderson, American singer († 1993)
• 1899 » Charles Herbert Best, American-Canadian physiologist and biochemist, co-discovered Insulin († 1978)

• 1844 » Nicholas Biddle, American banker and politician (b. 1786)
• 1887 » Alexander Borodin, Russian composer and chemist (b. 1833)
• 1892 » Louis Vuitton, French fashion designer and businessman, founded Louis Vuitton (b. 1821)
• 1902 » Harry "Breaker" Morant, English-Australian lieutenant (b. 1864)
• 1921 » Schofield Haigh, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1871)
• 1931 » Chandra Shekhar Azad, Indian revolutionary (b. 1906)
• 1936 » Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1849)
• 1936 » Joshua W. Alexander, American judge and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1852)
• 1937 » Emily Malbone Morgan, American saint, foundress of the Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross (b. 1862)
• 1937 » Hosteen Klah, Navajo artist, medicine man, and weaver (b. 1867)

• 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 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.
• 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.
• May 20 » History of cinema: The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope.

The temperature on February 27, 1891 was about 3.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%.