About the day » Thursday May 7, 1891Calender converter

• ADRIANA HELENA BARENDINA VERKADE, VRIJENBAN († 1949)
• Adriana van der Neut, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1968)
• Alfredo da Rocha Camargo, Descalvado, São Paulo, Brasil († 1946)
• Aaltje Hennipman, Weesperkarspel
• Angela Eugenia Maria Schmit, Antwerpen, Antwerpen († 1959)
• Anne Hollander, Exloërmond (Odoorn) († 1951)
• Alexandra Princess of England , Duchess of Fife, East Sheen Lodge, Richmond († 1959)
• Alida Maria Borst, Alkemade, Kaag en Braassem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1979)
• Aartje Dannijs, Sassenheim († 1977)
• Adrianus Anthonius Scheepmaker, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1966)

• Adrianus Koks (0), Vlijmen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Baartje Kleinjan (65), Zwijndrecht
• Binne Eits Wietzema (78), Surhuisterveen, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Baartje Jansdr Kleinjan (65), Zwijndrecht
• Andries Snijders (0), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Maria van den Bemt (40), Dongen
• Bernardus Timotheus van Santen (59), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Maria Peeters (49), Echt, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Corvers (10), Obbicht, Limburg, Nederland
• Aaltjen Kwak (58), Silvolde

• 1881 » George E. Wiley, American cyclist († 1954)
• 1882 » Willem Elsschot, Belgian author and poet († 1960)
• 1885 » George "Gabby" Hayes, American actor († 1969)
• 1889 » Viktor Puskar, Estonian colonel († 1943)
• 1891 » Harry McShane, Scottish engineer and activist († 1988)
• 1892 » Archibald MacLeish, American poet, playwright, and lawyer († 1982)
• 1892 » Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav field marshal and politician, 1st President of Yugoslavia († 1980)
• 1893 » Frank J. Selke, Canadian ice hockey coach and manager († 1985)
• 1896 » Kathleen McKane Godfree, English tennis and badminton player († 1992)
• 1899 » Alfred Gerrard, English sculptor and academic († 1998)

• 1868 » Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1778)
• 1872 » Alexander Loyd, American carpenter and politician, 4th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
• 1876 » William Buell Sprague, American clergyman, historian, and author (b. 1795)
• 1887 » C. F. W. Walther, German-American religious leader and theologian (b. 1811)
• 1896 » H. H. Holmes, American serial killer (b. 1861)
• 1902 » Agostino Roscelli, Italian priest and saint (b. 1818)
• 1917 » Albert Ball, English fighter pilot (b. 1896)
• 1922 » Max Wagenknecht, German pianist and composer (b. 1857)
• 1924 » Alluri Sitarama Raju, Indian activist (b. 1897/1898)
• 1925 » William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme, English businessman and politician (b. 1851)

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on May 7, 1891 was about 14.1 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%.