1891 facts for kids
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 18th century – 19th century – 20th century |
| Decades: | 1860s 1870s 1880s – 1890s – 1900s 1910s 1920s |
| Years: | 1888 1889 1890 – 1891 – 1892 1893 1894 |
The year 1891 was a time of many important events around the world. It was a year when new ideas and inventions were shaping the future, and many people who would become famous were born.
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People Born in 1891
This year saw the birth of many individuals who would later make a big impact in different fields, from science and art to politics.
Famous Births: January to June
- January 1 – Charles Bickford, an American actor.
- January 7 – Zora Neale Hurston, a famous American writer from the Harlem Renaissance.
- January 8 – Walther Bothe, a German physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics.
- January 22 – Antonio Gramsci, an Italian writer and politician.
- February 9 – Ronald Colman, an English actor.
- February 27 – David Sarnoff, a Russian-born American who helped start modern broadcasting.
- March 10 – Sam Jaffe, an American actor.
- March 19 – Earl Warren, who became a very important judge in the United States.
- April 2 – Max Ernst, a German painter.
- April 7 – Ole Kirk Christiansen, the person who founded the famous Lego toy company.
- April 23 – Sergei Prokofiev, a well-known Soviet composer.
- May 15 – Mikhail Bulgakov, a Russian writer.
- May 23 – Pär Lagerkvist, a Swedish writer who won the Nobel Prize.
- June 9 – Cole Porter, a famous American composer and songwriter.
- June 20 – John A. Costello, who became the second Prime Minister of Ireland.
Famous Births: July to December
- July 5 – John Howard Northrop, an American chemist who won a Nobel Prize.
- August 21 – Emiliano Mercado del Toro, a Puerto Rican who became one of the longest-living people ever.
- September 3 – Bessie Delany, an African American doctor and writer.
- September 16 – Karl Dönitz, who became President of Germany for a short time.
- October 20 – James Chadwick, an English physicist who won a Nobel Prize.
- November 14 – Frederick Banting, a Canadian doctor who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering insulin.
- November 15 – Erwin Rommel, a German field marshal.
- December 10 – Nelly Sachs, a German writer who won the Nobel Prize.
- December 26 – Henry Miller, an American writer.
People Who Passed Away in 1891
The year 1891 also marked the end of life for several notable people who had made their mark on history.
Notable Deaths: January to June
- January 16 – Léo Delibes, a French composer.
- February 14 – William Tecumseh Sherman, a famous American Civil War General.
- March 29 – Georges Seurat, a French painter known for his unique style.
- April 7 – P. T. Barnum, a well-known American showman who created circuses.
- May 8 – Helena Blavatsky, a Russian-born writer and founder of Theosophy.
- June 6 – John A. Macdonald, the very first Prime Minister of Canada.
Notable Deaths: July to December
- July 4 – Hannibal Hamlin, a former Vice President of the United States.
- August 12 – James Russell Lowell, an American poet and writer.
- August 14 – Sarah Childress Polk, a former First Lady of the United States.
- August 29 – Pierre Lallement, a French inventor who helped create the bicycle.
- September 28 – Herman Melville, a famous American novelist who wrote "Moby Dick."
- October 6 – Charles Stewart Parnell, an important Irish political leader.
- November 10 – Arthur Rimbaud, a French poet.
- December 5 – Pedro II, the last emperor of Brazil.
Images for kids
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January 21: Queen Lili'Uokalani of Hawaii.
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May 5: Composer Tchaikovsky opens Carnegie Hall.
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May 20: Edison's kinetoscope, an early movie viewer.
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Ahmad bin Yahya
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Karl Kobelt
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Ethel Roosevelt Derby
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Madame Minna Craucher
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Hu Shih
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Saint Ambrose of Optina
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Prince Kuni Asahiko
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See also
In Spanish: 1891 para niños
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