The year 1891 has a special significance of its own in India and world history. Let us know some such important events of the year 1891 such as: born famous people, death of famous people, war treaty, independence of a country, invention of new technology, change of power, important national and international day etc., knowing which your general Knowledge will increase.

Important Historical Events of the Year 1891 in World ⚡

Event__DateIncident/Event
14 SeptemberThe Empire State Express train completed 702 kilometers from New York City to Buffalo in 7 hours 6 minutes. It was a high speed train at that time.
22 December323 Brucian' became the first meteorite to be discovered by photography.
27 January109 people were killed in a mine explosion in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania.
01 JanuaryPayment of old age pension started in Germany.
13 FebruaryAnti-tobacco campaign started in Iran.
28 MarchThe first world weightlifting championship was held.
25 AprilUS President Benjamin Harrison traveled to San Francisco.
15 MayPhillips & Company was established in Holland.
16 JuneJohn Abbot became the third Prime Minister of Canada.
14 JulyErik Gustaf Bostrom became Prime Minister of Sweden.
05 AugustAmerican Express issued the world's first traveler's check.
20 OctoberThe first international 6-day bike race began at New York's Madison Square Garden.
10 NovemberThe first women's Christian Temperance Association meeting was held in Boston.
17 DecemberDrexel University in Philadelphia was inaugurated as the Drexel Institute of Arts, Sciences and Industry.
29 JanuaryQueen Liliuokalani, the last monarch and only woman to reign in the Kingdom of Hawaii.
17 MarchThe transatlantic steamship SS Utopia accidentally collidedwith the battleship HMS Anson in the Bay of Gibraltar, sinking in lessthan twenty minutes and killing 562.
05 MayCarnegie Hall (Internal Figure) of New York City, produced by bifylthropist Andrew Carnegie, was officially opened with the concert by Russian musician Pyotra Ilych Tachikovski.
15 MayPope Leo XIII released encyclopedia raum noveram, which was the condition of the working classes and is considered to lay the foundation of modern Catholic social teaching.
15 AugustThe Basilica of San Sebastian in Manila was the only All-Silchurch in Asia, officially preserved.
18 AugustA storm killed Martineic, killing around 700 people, and injured at least 1,000 people, and destroyed houses, trees and gardens throughout the island.
28 SeptemberIn the Monte video, railwaymen founded the Central Uruguay Railway Cricket Club, which later changed its name to Peenarol, which is now Uruguay's most successful football club.
01 OctoberStanford University, Rail Magnet and California governor Leyland was founded by Stanford and his wife Jane, officially open with 559 students and farewells on their former land in East Alpolo, California.
28 OctoberThe largest known inland Nobe of Japan spread to the East Provinces of Mino and Overi.
29 DecemberPhysical education teacher James Nismith introduced a game with thirteen rules and nine players on each player in Massachusetts' inprombield, which he called 'Basket Ball'.

Important Historical Events of the Year 1891 in India ⚡

Event__DateIncident/Event
14 AprilBaba Saheb Bhimrao Ambedkar, the creator of the Indian Constitution, was born.
18 SeptemberRiete Maxwell said the first white woman became an Indian chief.
31 MayThe Buddhagaya Mahabodhi Society, which is an organization to encourage Buddhist studies in India and abroad. The Maha Bodhi Society is a South Asian Buddhist society, founded by Sri Lankan Buddhist leader Anarika Dharampal and British journalist and poet Sir Edwin Arnold.

Famous People's Birthdays in 1891 😀

BirthName/Category/Country
22 AprilRadhabai Subbarayan / Politician / India
14 AprilBhimrao Ambedkar / Freedom Fighter / India
01 JanuarySampurnanand / Politician / India
02 AprilTristão de Bragança Cunha / Activist / India
04 FebruaryM. A. Ayyangar / Politician / India
04 FebruaryMadabhushi Ananthasayanam Ayyang / Politician / India
06 JuneMasti Venkatesha Iyengar / Author / India
14 AprilB. R. Ambedkar / Economist / India
14 AprilBhim Rao Ambedkar / Freedom Fighter / India
15 AugustBijan Kumar Mukherjea / Lawyer / India
21 AprilSir James Braid Taylor / Civil Servant / India
22 AprilRadhabai Subairan / Politician / India
22 AprilRadhabai Subariyan / Politician / India
26 AugustAcharya Chatursen Shastri / Author / India
26 AugustAcharya Chatursen Shastri / Writer / India
29 AprilBharathidasan / Poet / India
NA NAPrafulla Chandra Ghosh / Politician / India

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