Historical Events In 1891

Feb 26   In the year 1891 1st buffalo purchased for Golden Gate Park  

Feb 26   On this day in history alan Bridge, PA, actor (North of Arizona, Badmen of the Hills)  

Feb 26   In the year 1891 first buffalo purchased for Golden Gate Park  

Feb 26   On this day in history henrik Ibsens "Hedda Gabler," premieres in Oslo  

Feb 27   In the year 1891 david Sarnoff, US, radio/TV pioneer/CEO (RCA)  

Feb 28   On this day in history oscar Grundén skates world record 500m (50.8 sec)  

Mar 03   On this day in history congress creates Office of Superintendent of Immigration (Treasury Department)  

Mar 03   Congress creates US Courts of Appeal on this day in history.  

Mar 03   Federico Moreno Torroba, composer in the year 1891.  

Mar 04   Dazzy Vance, hall of fame pitcher (led NL in strike-outs 7-yrs) on this day in history.  

Mar 05   On this day in history harold Ogden "Chic" Johnson, Chicago Ill, comedian (Olsen & Johnson)  

Mar 06   In the year 1891 victor Kilian, Jersey City NJ, actor (Gentleman's Agreement)  

Mar 07   Battle in Bunyoro Captain F Lugard stops Moslem rebellion, 300 killed in the year 1891.  

Mar 07   In the year 1891 battle in Bunyoro: Captain F Lugard stops Moslem rebellion, 300 killed  

Mar 07   Marcel Barger, [Meyer Streliskie], cabaret performer (I keep Susy) on this day in history.  

Mar 08   On this day in history sam Jaffe, NYC, actor (Gunga Din, Dr Zorba-Ben Casey)  

Mar 10   Almon Strowger, an undertaker in Topeka, Kansas, patents the strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching on this day in history.  

Mar 10   Jacob van Gelderen, economist/sociologist/Dutch 2nd Chamber (SDAP) on this day in history.  

Mar 12   Michael Polany, Hungarian/English chemist/economist/sociologist on this day in history.  

Mar 14   John P Strijbos, Dutch writer (Wandering through South-Africa) in the year 1891.  

Mar 14   The submarine Monarch lays telephone cable along the English Channel bed to prepare for the first telephone links across the Channel in the year 1891.  

Mar 17   In the year 1891 british Steamer "Utopia" sinks off Gibraltar killing 574  

Mar 17   In the year 1891 napoleon JKP Bonaparte, Fren prince/member Natl Convention, dies at 68  

Mar 18   In the year 1891 britain is linked to the continent by Telephone  

Mar 19   Earl Warren, Ca, (Gov-R-Ca)/14th supreme court chief justice (1953-69) on this day in history.  

Mar 21   A Hatfield marries a McCoy, ends long feud in West Virginia it started with an accusation of pig-stealing & lasted 20 years on this day in history.  

Mar 21   A Hatfield marries a McCoy, ends long feud in West Virginia; it started with an accusation of pig-stealing & lasted 20 years in the year 1891.  

Mar 21   Jonathan Hale, actor (Saint's Double Trouble, Saint Strikes Back) on this day in history.  

Mar 23   Catherine Murphy Urner, composer on this day in history.  

Mar 23   The first jazz concert was held at Carnegie Hall on this day in history.  

Mar 24   Annie "Charley" Toorop, Dutch painter (3 Generations) on this day in history.  

Mar 28   On this day in history 1st world weightlifting championship held  

Mar 28   In the year 1891 dick Pilling, cricketer ("Prince of Wicketkeepers", Eng 1881-88), dies  

Mar 28   Karel MJF Cruysberghs, Flemish author on this day in history.  

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Jan 01   Frank Pettingell, Liverpool England, actor (Gaslight, Goose Steps Out) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of osip E Mandelstam, Polish/Russian poet/author (Kamenj) [NS=Jan 15]  

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of edward Brooker, Premier of Tasmania (d. 1948)  

Jan 05   In the year 1891 birth of johan Boskamp, Dutch actor/singer (Potasch & Perlemoer) [or 1893]  

Jan 06   Ted McDonald, cricketer (great Australian quick of 20's) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of zora Neale Hurston, American writer (d. 1960)  

Jan 08   In the year 1891 birth of bronislava Nijinska, ballet choreographer  

Jan 08   Walter Bothe, Germany, subatomic particle physicist (Nobel 1954) was born in the year 1891.  

Jan 04   In the year 1891 joe Hunter, cricket wicket-keeper (England on 1884-85 Aust tour), dies  

Jan 05   In the year 1891 guillaume L Baud, Dutch minister of Colonies (1848-49), dies at 89  

Jan 07   In the year 1891 carl Gottfried Wilhelm Taubert, composer, dies at 79  

Jan 08   Fredrik Pacius, composer, dies at 81 in the year 1891.  

Jan 11   In the year 1891 georges-Eugene Haussmann, French senator/baron, dies at 81  

Jan 16   In the year 1891 clement-Philibert-Leo Delibes, composer, dies at 54  

Jan 17   In the year 1891 johannes Josephus Hermanus Verhulst, composer, dies at 74  

Jan 20   David Kalakahua, emperor of Hawaii, dies on this day in history.