About the day » Wednesday May 20, 1891Calender converter

• Albino Tucci, Araraquara, São Paulo, Brasil
• Alexander Hendrikus Rudolphus Prenger, Millingen, Millingen aan de Rijn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus de Vos, Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa
• Adriana Rijsdijk, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht († 1897)
• Adriaan de Bakker, Capelle aan den IJssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1892)
• Jan De Vries, Hollandscheveld
• Anna SIKKEMA, Fulton Whiteside County Illinois U.S.A († 1965)
• Anna van Heijzen, Brielle
• Aaltje Hoekstra, Buenos Aires, Argentinië
• Adrianus van Herk, Berkel en Rodenrijs, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1940)

• Anton Kleinveld (0), Woudenberg,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana Glissenaar (0), Harmelen, Nederland
• Age van Rees (0), Genemuiden
• Aaltje Ras (44), ooltgensplaat (goeree overflakkee)
• Anna Maria Wilhelmina Sonnen (61), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Burgers (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Vrolijk- (78), Velsen, Nederland
• Aartje Tamboer (77), Brink en Orden, gem. Apeldoorn
• Claessens, Wouw, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Venema (4), Leek

• 1882 » Sigrid Undset, Danish-Norwegian novelist, essayist, and translator, Nobel Prize laureate († 1949)
• 1883 » Faisal I of Iraq († 1933)
• 1886 » Ali Sami Yen, Turkish footballer and manager, founded the Galatasaray Sports Club († 1951)
• 1894 » Chandrashekarendra Saraswati, Indian guru and scholar († 1994)
• 1895 » R. J. Mitchell, English engineer, designed the Supermarine Spitfire and Supermarine S.6B († 1937)
• 1897 » Diego Abad de Santillán, Spanish economist and author († 1983)
• 1897 » Malcolm Nokes, English hammer and discus thrower († 1986)
• 1898 » Eduard Ole, Estonian painter († 1995)
• 1899 » Aleksandr Deyneka, Russian painter and sculptor († 1969)
• 1899 » John Marshall Harlan II, American lawyer and jurist († 1971)

• 1864 » John Clare, English poet (b. 1793)
• 1873 » George-Étienne Cartier, Canadian soldier, lawyer, and politician, 9th Premier of East Canada (b. 1814)
• 1880 » Ana Néri, Brazilian nurse and philanthropist (b. 1814)
• 1896 » Clara Schumann, German pianist and composer (b. 1819)
• 1909 » Ernest Hogan, American actor and composer (b. 1859)
• 1917 » Philipp von Ferrary, Italian stamp collector (b. 1850)
• 1917 » Valentine Fleming, Scottish soldier and politician (b. 1887)
• 1924 » Bogd Khan, Mongolian ruler (c. 1869)
• 1925 » Joseph Howard, Maltese politician, 1st Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1862)
• 1931 » Ernest Noel, Scottish businessman and politician (b. 1831)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Hendrik
4. Cornelis
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Arie
13. Dirk
14. Hendrikus
15. Gerardus
16. Wilhelmus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Hendrika
7. Catharina
8. Wilhelmina
9. Adriana
10. Aaltje
11. Grietje
12. Neeltje
13. Jacoba
14. Geertruida
15. Trijntje
16. Petronella

• 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.
• April 1 » The Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago, Illinois.
• May 16 » The International Electrotechnical Exhibition opens in Frankfurt, Germany, and will feature the world's first long-distance transmission of high-power, three-phase electric current (the most common form today).
• August 16 » The Basilica of San Sebastian, Manila, the first all-steel church in Asia, is officially inaugurated and blessed.
• 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 May 20, 1891 was about 13.0 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%.