About the day » Monday June 8, 1891Calender converter

• Alice Vanbrabant († 1975)
• Anna Trippe († 1975)
• Aaltje Jansen, Harderwijk († 1894)
• Anna Vergouwen, Rucphen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1982)
• Adrianus Johannes van Dijk, Mierlo († 1938)
• Alphonsus Louisa Kindt, Graauw,, Zeeland, Nederland († 1970)
• Aartje van de Veer, Hoevelaken
• Aaltje Davids, Diever nr. 86 († 1975)
• Anna Wellens, Tervuren,, Vlaams-Brabant, België
• AAGJE VISSER, SLIEDRECHT

• Adrianus EEKMAN (ECKMAN) (0), Alkemade, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anje ten Hove (26), Stitswerd
• Agathe Turbide (54)
• Anna Hermanna van der MOLEN (0), Groningen
• Annette Laura Baldwin (58), Findlay, Hancock, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Aatje Pieters de Vries (72), Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Abraham Gerritsz Visser (65), Rozenburg
• Anna Sophia EUSSEN (0), Spaubeek
• Aaron Watson Reed (62), Big Creek Township, Neosho, Kansas, United States
• - Spronck (0), Berg &, Terblijt, Limburg, Nederland

• 1885 » Karl Genzken, German physician († 1957)
• 1891 » William Funnell, Australian public servant († 1962)
• 1893 » Ernst Marcus, German zoologist († 1968)
• 1893 » Gaby Morlay, French actress († 1964)
• 1894 » Erwin Schulhoff, Czech composer and pianist († 1942)
• 1895 » Santiago Bernabéu Yeste, Spanish footballer and manager († 1978)
• 1897 » John G. Bennett, English mathematician and technologist († 1974)
• 1899 » Ernst-Robert Grawitz, German physician († 1945)
• 1899 » Eugène Lapierre, Canadian organist, composer and arts administrator († 1970)
• 1900 » Lena Baker, African-American maid executed for capital murder, later pardoned posthumously († 1945)

• 1846 » Rodolphe Töpffer, Swiss teacher, author, painter, cartoonist, and caricaturist (b. 1799)
• 1857 » Douglas William Jerrold, English journalist and playwright (b. 1803)
• 1874 » Cochise, American tribal chief (b. 1805)
• 1876 » George Sand, French author and playwright (b. 1804)
• 1885 » Ignace Bourget, Canadian bishop (b. 1799)
• 1889 » Gerard Manley Hopkins, English poet (b. 1844)
• 1899 » Mary of the Divine Heart, German nun and saint (b. 1863)
• 1924 » Andrew Irvine, English mountaineer and explorer (b. 1902)
• 1924 » George Mallory, English lieutenant and mountaineer (b. 1886)
• 1929 » Bliss Carman, Canadian-American poet and playwright (b. 1861)

• 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 10 » Almon Strowger patents the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
• 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.
• July 26 » France annexes Tahiti.
• August 18 » Major hurricane strikes Martinique, leaving 700 dead.
• October 1 » Stanford University opens its doors in California, United States.

The temperature on June 8, 1891 was about 15.1 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%.