Page 5: Historical Events In 1891
Tuesday, 19 August 2025
May 05 Music Hall (Carnegie Hall) opens in NY, Tchaikovsky as guest conductor in the year 1891.
May 05 New York City was the site of the dedication of a building called the Music Hall. The structure is not called the Music Hall anymore, it is called Carnegie Hall, named in honor of Andrew Carnegie on this day in history.
May 06 On this day in history conductors on London General Omnibus Company go on strike
May 07 Battle in Bunyoro Captain F Lugard stops Moslem rebellion, 300 killed on this day in history.
May 07 On this day in history battle in Bunyoro: Capt F Lugard stops Moslem rebellion, 300 killed
May 07 On this day in history battle in Bunyoro: Captain F Lugard stops Moslem rebellion, 300 killed
May 08 On this day in history chet "Red" Hoff, pitcher (NY Yankees 1911-15), lived to 103+
May 08 In the year 1891 helena Petrovina Blavatsky, Russian theosophist, dies
May 11 On this day in history henry Morgenthau Jr, US Secretary of Treasury (1934-45)
May 11 The Otsu Scandal takes place in the year 1891.
May 12 Riot against tax increase in Paramaribo Suriname on this day in history.
May 13 17th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Murphy aboard Kingman wins in 2:52.25 on this day in history.
May 13 Fritz Rasp, Bayreuth Germany, actor (Diary of a Lost Girl) on this day in history.
May 14 Egon Kornauth, composer on this day in history.
May 15 British Central African Protectorate (now Malawi) forms in the year 1891.
May 15 In the year 1891 british Central African Protectorate (now Malawi) is established
May 15 Chief Nipo T Strongheart, Yakima WA, US indian actor (Pony Soldier) on this day in history.
May 15 Operations begin at Philips & Company in Holland on this day in history.
May 16 On this day in history george A Hormel & Co introduce Spam
May 16 In the year 1891 george A Hormel & Company introduce Spam
May 18 Rudolf Carnap, philosopher (German Logical Positivist) in the year 1891.
May 19 In the year 1891 rice Institute, which became Rice University, is chartered
May 20 History of cinema: The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope on this day in history.
May 21 Boxers Peter Jackson & Jim Corbett fight to a draw in 61 rounds in the year 1891.
May 22 In the year 1891 1st motion picture shown to Natl Federation of Women's Clubs
May 22 J R Becher, writer in the year 1891.
May 22 The first motion picture shown to National Federation of Women's Clubs in the year 1891.
May 23 Ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach, composer, dies at 73 in the year 1891.
May 24 In the year 1891 benedictus H Danser, Dutch botanist
May 25 Robert W P Peereboom, Dutch editor in chief (Haarlem Newspaper) in the year 1891.
May 26 In the year 1891 frederick Bowen Jewson, composer, dies at 67
May 27 Claude Adonai Champagne, composer on this day in history.
May 30 Iman J van den Bosch, Belgian resistance fighter on this day in history.
May 31 In the year 1891 work on trans-Siberian railway begins
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