1891

Centuries: Year in Review 19th Century (18th century - 19th century - 20th century)

Decades: 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s - 1890s - 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s

Years: 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 - 1891 - 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896

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Events

• May 20 - first public display of Thomas Alva Edison's kinetoscope? (see Film history).

Births

• February 11 - [J W Hearne]? English cricket player.

Deaths

• July 4 - Hannibal Hamlin, US politician.
• October 15 - Gilbert Arthur a Beckett, writer.