About the day » Wednesday April 8, 1891Calender converter

• Adrianus van Blokland, Montfoort
• Alida Koopman, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1968)
• Aaltje Egbertje Duivesteijn, Nieuwer-Amstel
• Aleida Hendrika Willemina Lensink, Aalten († 1897)
• Anna Maria Janssen, Helden,, Limburg, Nederland († 1907)
• Alida Christina Kalkhoven, Amsterdam († 1968)
• Adriana Maria van der Vloet, Alphen en Riel
• Alida Hendrika Lammens, 's Gravenhage († 1982)
• Andreas Radau, Schwillgarben, Braunsberg, Ostpreußen († 1968)
• Aagje Wetselaar, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1957)

• Anna Braat (37), Etten, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert GROOT-ILSINK (78), Harfsen, Lochem, Achterhoek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aloijsius Suij (51), Koewacht
• Agatha van Zijl (93), Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
• Antje Sierks Bijma (68), Oostermeer, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Antje Sierks Bijma (68), Oostermeer
• Anna Macator (61), Antwerpen
• Alida Verbij (71), Haarlemmermeer
• Aart Lodder (64), Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• - Klinkers (0), Halen (Beilen)

• 1882 » (O.S. 27 March) - Dmytro Doroshenko, Lithuanian-Ukrainian historian and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and Prime Minister of Ukraine († 1951)
• 1883 » Julius Seljamaa, Estonian journalist and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia († 1936)
• 1883 » R. P. Keigwin, English cricketer and academic († 1972)
• 1885 » Dimitrios Levidis, Greek-French soldier, composer, and educator († 1951)
• 1886 » Margaret Ayer Barnes, American author and playwright († 1967)
• 1888 » Dennis Chávez, American journalist and politician († 1962)
• 1889 » Adrian Boult, English conductor († 1983)
• 1892 » Mary Pickford, Canadian-American actress, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded United Artists († 1979)
• 1892 » Richard Neutra, Austrian-American architect, designed the Los Angeles County Hall of Records († 1970)
• 1896 » Yip Harburg, American composer († 1981)

• 1848 » Gaetano Donizetti, Italian composer (b. 1797)
• 1860 » István Széchenyi, Hungarian statesman and reformer (b.1791)
• 1861 » Elisha Otis, American businessman, founded the Otis Elevator Company (b. 1811)
• 1870 » Charles Auguste de Bériot, Belgian violinist and composer (b. 1802)
• 1894 » Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Indian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1838)
• 1906 » Auguste Deter, German woman, first person diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease (b. 1850)
• 1919 » Loránd Eötvös, Hungarian physicist, academic, and politician, Hungarian Minister of Education (b. 1848)
• 1920 » Charles Griffes, American pianist and composer (b. 1884)
• 1931 » Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Swedish poet Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1936 » Róbert Bárány, Austrian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1876)

• 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.
• February 15 » Allmänna Idrottsklubben (AIK) (Swedish Sports Club) is founded.
• 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.
• May 15 » Pope Leo XIII defends workers' rights and property rights in the encyclical Rerum novarum, the beginning of modern Catholic social teaching.
• July 26 » France annexes Tahiti.
• 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 April 8, 1891 was about 4.8 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.