About the day » Thursday July 9, 1891Calender converter

• Aaltje Adema, Oudega, gem. Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland († 1891)
• Rutjens, Nederweert († 1891)
• Adriana Meijer, Ouddorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Leonardus Leeflang, Rotterdam († 1892)
• Anna Maria Peeters, Venray
• Aloijsius Rudolph Eduard Aarts, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nl († 1982)
• Albertus Van Landeghem, Kieldrecht († 1985)
• Aaltje Brink, Groningen († 1966)
• Akke Sybrandus Posthuma, Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland
• Albert Jan Reerink, Lochem († 1972)

• Bernardus Johannes Zuijderwijk (27), Den Haag
• Benjamin Groters (3), Clymer, Chautauqua County, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Antonius Boeijkens (65), Graauw en Langendam
• Catrina de Jongh (1), Tuil, Nederland
• Catharina Petrus Blinksma (46), Tietjerk, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria van der Zwiep (72), Amsterdam
• Albert Leferts Veldman (85), Avereest
• Alberta Wagtenveld (3), IJsselmuiden, Overijssel, Nederland
• Catrina de Jongh (1), Waardenburg
• Anthonius Boeijkens (64), Graauw

• 1879 » Carlos Chagas, Brazilian physician and parasitologist († 1934)
• 1879 » Ottorino Respighi, Italian composer and conductor († 1936)
• 1887 » James Ormsbee Chapin, American-Canadian painter and illustrator († 1975)
• 1887 » Samuel Eliot Morison, American admiral and historian († 1976)
• 1887 » Saturnino Herrán, Mexican painter († 1918)
• 1889 » Léo Dandurand, American-Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and referee († 1964)
• 1893 » George Geary, English cricketer and coach († 1981)
• 1901 » Barbara Cartland, prolific English author († 2000)
• 1902 » Peter Acland, English soldier († 1993)
• 1905 » Clarence Campbell, Canadian ice hockey player and referee († 1984)

• 1850 » Báb, Persian religious leader, founded Bábism (b. 1819)
• 1850 » Zachary Taylor, American general and politician, 12th President of the United States (b. 1784)
• 1852 » Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan, American lawyer and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1794)
• 1856 » Amedeo Avogadro, Italian chemist and academic (b. 1776)
• 1856 » James Strang, American religious leader and politician (b. 1813)
• 1880 » Paul Broca, French physician and anatomist (b. 1824)
• 1882 » Ignacio Carrera Pinto, Chilean captain (b. 1848)
• 1903 » Alphonse François Renard, Belgian geologist and photographer (b. 1842)
• 1927 » John Drew, Jr., American actor (b. 1853)
• 1932 » King Camp Gillette, American businessman, founded the Gillette Company (b. 1855)

• 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 3 » Shoshone National Forest is established as the first national forest in the US and world.
• May 15 » Pope Leo XIII defends workers' rights and property rights in the encyclical Rerum novarum, the beginning of modern Catholic social teaching.
• 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.
• October 1 » Stanford University opens its doors in California, United States.

The temperature on July 9, 1891 was about 17.2 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.