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August 15 – Chief Yowlachie, Native American actor (died 1966) August 29 – Joyce Hall, founder of Hallmark Cards (died 1982) September 3 – Annie Elizabeth Delany, African American physician and author (died 1995) September 28 – Myrtle Gonzalez, silent film actress (died 1918) October 7 – Charles R. Chickering, illustrator (died 1970)
1891 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1891st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 891st year of the 2nd millennium, the 91st year of the 19th century, and the 2nd year of the 1890s decade. As of the start of 1891, the ...
1890 – National American Woman Suffrage Association founded; 1890 - Reporter Nelly Bly circles globe by train and steamship in 72 days; 1891 – Baltimore crisis; 1891 – James Naismith invents basketball; 1891 - Hamlin Garland publishes Main-Travelled Roads; 1892 – Homestead Strike; 1892 – General Electric Company founded
The incident is noteworthy as the engagement in military history in which the most Medals of Honor have been awarded in the military history of the United States. This was the last tribe to be invaded which broke the backbone of the American Indian Wars and the American Frontier. [9] In 1891 the Chilean Civil War was fought from January to ...
March 3 – The first American football game in Ohio State University history is played in Delaware, Ohio against Ohio Wesleyan University; Ohio State wins 20–14. March 8 – North Dakota State University is founded in Fargo, North Dakota. March 27 – A tornado strikes Louisville, Kentucky, killing 76 people and injuring 200.
This article provides a list of wars occurring between 1800 and 1899.Conflicts of this era include the Napoleonic Wars in Europe, the American Civil War in North America, the Taiping Rebellion in Asia, the Paraguayan War in South America, the Zulu War in Africa, and the Australian frontier wars in Oceania.
1891 Dow process. The Dow process is the electrolytic method of bromine extraction from brine, and was Herbert Henry Dow's second revolutionary process for generating bromine commercially in 1891. [20] 1891 Tesla coil. A Tesla coil is a type of resonant transformer circuit invented by Nikola Tesla around 1891. Nikola Tesla used these coils to ...
October 2 – The first International Conference of American States begins in Washington, D.C. November 2 – North Dakota and South Dakota become the 39th and 40th states, respectively (see History of North Dakota) and (see History of South Dakota). November 8 – Montana becomes the 41st state (see History of Montana).