1891

Year 1891 () was a (link will display the full calendar) of the  (or a  of the 12-day slower ).

January - March



 * - Paying of s begins in.
 * - becomes the first native  to be governor of that state.
 * - proclaimed Queen of.
 * - The   broke out in the northern city of.
 * - In the Quarter Final, a goal is deliberately stopped by handball on the . An  is awarded, since the  was proposed that year but not implemented. This event probably changed public opinion on the penalty kick, which was seen as 'an Irishman's motion' before. (See .)
 * - was founded at Biblioteksgatan 8 in  by.
 * - mining disaster.
 * - The of 1891 was passed by the  of the
 * - - Powerful storm off England's south coast; 14 ships sink.
 * - was founded at Alberget 4A in  by John Jansson.
 * - In, storms the Old Parish Prison and lynches eleven Italians arrested but found innocent for the murder of Police Chief.
 * - The British SS Utopia sinks off the coast of, killing 574.

April - June

 * - The is founded in.




 * - Nine killed and thirty wounded when troops fire on workers' demonstration in support of eight-hour workday in,.
 * - The Music Hall in (now known as ) has its grand opening and first public performance, with maestro  as the guest conductor.
 * - Roman Catholic Pope Leo XIII issues the encyclical "Rerum Novarum" resulting in the creation of many Christian Democrat Parties throughout Europe.
 * - First public display of prototype  (shown at Edison's Laboratory for a convention of the National Federation of Women's Clubs).
 * - becomes 's third.
 * - First long-distance transmission of by the Ames power plant near  by Lucien and Paul Nunn.
 * - First long-distance transmission of by the Ames power plant near  by Lucien and Paul Nunn.

July - September

 * - and  conclude defensive alliance.
 * - The is founded in Montevideo under the name of  (Central Uruguay Railway Cricket Club)

October - December

 * - In, opens its doors
 * - An 8.0 strikes the village of Utsuzumi in rural, , killing over 7,000 across the region and creating a 3-meter-tall surface fault that is still visible today
 * - patents the

Undated

 * Building of The begins (ends 1917).
 * The Brahmin teacher and nationalist,, begins agitation for.
 * Civil War occurs in.
 * Maria Skłodowska (later enters.
 * becomes the HQ of.
 * is developed.
 * makes the first discovery of fossils in Dutch colony of.
 * - invents.
 * The occurs in.
 * Oba seizes the throne of.
 * is founded.
 * is established.

Births

 * The last documented living person born in 1891 was, who died on , at the age of 115.

January - June

 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, Harlem Renaissance writer (d. )
 * -, German physicist, (d. )
 * -, Russian writer (d. )
 * -, English actor (d. )
 * -, English cricketer (d. )
 * -, Irish rebel (d. )
 * -, Russian-born broadcasting pioneer (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, French lyricist and dramatist (d. )
 * -, German painter (d. )
 * -, Founder of the Lego group (d. )
 * -, American novelist (d. )
 * -, Polish-born UFO traveler (d. )
 * -, Soviet composer (d. )
 * -, Scottish socialist (d. )
 * , Russian writer (d. )
 * , Austrian-born chemist (d. )
 * -, Austrian tenor (d. )
 * -, German philosopher (d. )
 * -, German World War I pilot (d. )
 * -, American jazz trombonist (d. )
 * -, Swedish writer, laureate (d. )
 * -, American archeologist and Biblical scholar (d. )
 * -, American composer and songwriter (d. )
 * -, second (d. )
 * -, German conductor (d. )
 * -, American professional wrestler (d. )
 * -, American professional wrestler (d. )

July - December

 * -, American chemist, laureate (d. )
 * -, Russian literary historian, linguist (d. )
 * -, Puerto Rican supercentenarian, veteran (d. )
 * -, African American physician and author (d. )
 * -, advocate of Puerto Rican independence (d. )
 * -, American cryptographer (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * , Austrian-born German World War II spy (d. )
 * , Canadian supercentenarian (d. )
 * -, French conductor and violinist (d. )
 * -, American film and stage actress (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, English physicist, laureate (d. )
 * -, dictator of the Dominican Republic (d. )
 * -, Canadian physician, recipient of the (d. )
 * , American philanthropist (d. )
 * , German field marshal (d. )
 * -, Belarusian poet (d. )
 * -, German writer, laureate (d. )
 * -, American writer (d. )
 * -, German writer, laureate (d. )
 * -, American writer (d. )


 * See also .

January - June

 * -, American opera singer (b. )
 * -, French composer (b. )
 * -, Canadian composer (b. )
 * -, American Civil War General (b. )
 * -, French writer (b. )
 * -, English civil engineer (b. )
 * -, French painter (b. )
 * -, Turkish statesman (b. )
 * -, American showman (b. )
 * -, Prussian field marshal (b. )
 * -, educationalist (b. )
 * -, Russian-born author and theosophist (b. )

July - December

 * -, (b. )
 * -, American poet and essayist (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, French inventor of the (b. ?)
 * -, Portuguese poet (b. )
 * -, Russian author (b. )
 * -, American novelist (b. )
 * (b. )
 * , Irish nationalist leader (b. )
 * -, English writer (b. )
 * -, Russian Orthodox saint (b. )
 * -, Vermont governor (b. )
 * -, French poet (b. )
 * -, Brazilian deposed emperor (b. )
 * -, Brazilian deposed emperor (b. )


 * See also .