About the day » Wednesday July 22, 1891Calender converter

• Anna A. Breas, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1984)
• Adriana Goos, Princenhage
• Adriana Koster, Colijnsplaat, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aagje Blokland, Giessendam († 1971)
• Albertus Oosterbroek, Nederhorst den Berg
• Aartje Christina SPRONK, Hei en boeicop († 1949)
• Albertus Johan Spaa, Leiden
• Alida Marie Laetitia (Ou Augustine) STRADIOT, Beloeil, 51008, Hainaut, Belgique, Rue d'Ath († 1938)
• Anna van Beusekom, Haarlem († 1975)
• Anna Catharina Wijkstra, Nuis, Marum, Groningen, Nederland

• Berend Jan Zwierink (56), Diepenheim
• Berend van Harn (49), Ede
• Bernardus Jacobus Kaptein (2), Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anje ten Cate (65), Foxhol, Hoogezand-Sappemeer, Groningen, Netherlands
• Christina Maria Krul (70), Kralingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anje ten Cate (65), Foxhol {GR}
• Anna Jane Gann (72)
• Benjamin Jones (77), Willard, Box Elder, Utah Territory, United States
• Aaltjen Klaver (78), Ambt Vollenhove
• Aaltjen Roelofs Teunis Klaver (78), Ambt Vollenhove

• 1886 » Hella Wuolijoki, Estonian-Finnish author († 1954)
• 1887 » Gustav Ludwig Hertz, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1975)
• 1888 » Kirk Bryan, American geologist and academic († 1950)
• 1888 » Selman Waksman, Jewish-American biochemist and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1973)
• 1889 » James Whale, English director († 1957)
• 1890 » Rose Kennedy, American philanthropist († 1995)
• 1892 » Jack MacBryan, English cricketer and field hockey player († 1983)
• 1893 » Jesse Haines, American baseball player and coach († 1978)
• 1893 » Karl Menninger, American psychiatrist and author († 1990)
• 1895 » León de Greiff, Colombian poet, journalist, and diplomat († 1976)

• 1864 » James B. McPherson, American general (b. 1828)
• 1869 » John A. Roebling, German-American engineer, designed the Brooklyn Bridge (b. 1806)
• 1902 » Mieczysław Halka-Ledóchowski, Polish cardinal (b. 1822)
• 1903 » Cassius Marcellus Clay, American publisher, lawyer, and politician, United States Ambassador to Russia (b. 1810)
• 1904 » Wilson Barrett, English actor and playwright (b. 1846)
• 1906 » William Snodgrass, Canadian minister and academic (b. 1827)
• 1908 » Randal Cremer, English politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1828)
• 1915 » Sandford Fleming, Scottish-Canadian engineer and inventor, developed Standard time (b. 1827)
• 1916 » James Whitcomb Riley, American poet and author (b. 1849)
• 1918 » Indra Lal Roy, Indian lieutenant and first Indian fighter aircraft pilot (b. 1898)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
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.
• March 17 » SSUtopia collides with HMSAnson in the Bay of Gibraltar and sinks, killing 562 of the 880 passengers on board.
• 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).
• July 26 » France annexes Tahiti.
• August 18 » Major hurricane strikes Martinique, leaving 700 dead.
• August 24 » Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera.

The temperature on July 22, 1891 was about 18.2 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.