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• Adriana Catharina Zijl van, 's-Gravenhage († 1960)
• Aaltje LEGERSTEE, Zwijndrecht
• Aletta Christina Raaman, Amsterdam, Nederland († 1983)
• Antje van der Schaar, Barradeel
• adhémar RICHARD, Warquignies (Belgium) Hainaut († 1893)
• Anna Amalia Bohnert, Perryville, Perry, Missouri, Verenigde Staten († 1938)
• Adriana Bal, Roosendaal en Nispen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Gertrudis Thiessen, Weert, Limburg, Nederland
• Annette Waagbo, Northport, Leelanau, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1917)
• Agatha Maria WIERSMA, Leeuwarderadeel Friesland Netherlands

• Ann Nicholson (78), Ulverston
• Anne Jans van der Weit (70), Menaldum
• Adrianus Hubertus Huibrechtse (55), Achthuizen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Johannes Snijders (2), Geesteren
• Antje Reijgersberg (70), Loosduinen
• Adrianus Hubertus Huibrechtse (55), Ooltgensplaat
• Anna Hartman (36), Hoorn
• Antje Okkes Bosgra (94), Suameer
• Andries Kok (18), SCHIEDAM, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anke van der Veen (54), Groningen

• 1885 » Clément Pansaers, Belgian poet († 1922)
• 1885 » Ralph Stackpole, American sculptor and painter († 1973)
• 1887 » Alan Cunningham, Anglo-Irish general and diplomat, High Commissioners for Palestine and Transjordan († 1983)
• 1890 » Clelia Lollini, Italian physician (d. 1963 or 1964)
• 1891 » Lillian Estelle Fisher, American historian of Spanish America († 1988)
• 1895 » May Hollinworth, Australian theatre producer and director († 1968)
• 1895 » Nikolai Yezhov, Soviet secret police official, head of the NKVD († 1940)
• 1896 » Herbert Backe, German agronomist and politician († 1947)
• 1896 » J. Lawton Collins, American general († 1987)
• 1896 » Mark W. Clark, American general († 1984)

• 1838 » Antoine Louis Dugès, French obstetrician and naturalist (b. 1797)
• 1856 » John Wilbur, American minister and theologian (b. 1774)
• 1873 » David Livingstone, Scottish-English missionary and explorer (b. 1813)
• 1899 » Ludwig Büchner, German physiologist and physician (b. 1824)
• 1904 » Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer and academic (b. 1841)
• 1913 » John Barclay Armstrong, American lieutenant (b. 1850)
• 1920 » Princess Margaret of Connaught (b. 1882)
• 1935 » Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (b. 1889)
• 1943 » Johan Oscar Smith, Norwegian religious leader, founded the Brunstad Christian Church (b. 1871)
• 1945 » Joseph Goebbels, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1897)

• 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.
• March 17 » SSUtopia collides with HMSAnson in the Bay of Gibraltar and sinks, killing 562 of the 880 passengers on board.
• May 20 » History of cinema: The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope.
• July 26 » France annexes Tahiti.
• August 24 » Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera.
• December 22 » Asteroid 323 Brucia becomes the first asteroid discovered using photography.

The temperature on May 1, 1891 was about 10.7 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%.