October 1891 in History

Events in History

Event of Interest

Oct 1 Stanford University, California opens its doors after being founded by Leland Stanford and his wife Jane with a $40M donation (1891 dollars), in memory of their son. Among its first graduation class, future US President Herbert Hoover.

Oct 12 Astronomical Society of France is inaugurated
Oct 20 1st International 6 day bike race at New York's Madison Square Garden begins
Oct 25 1st International 6 day bike race (NY Madison Square Garden) ends
Oct 28 Quake strikes Mino-Owari, Japan kills 7,300

Birthdays in History

Oct 11 Antonius [Jacob LT] van der Veen Zeppenfeldt, Antillian Bishop
Oct 12 Edith Stein, German philosopher and Discalced Carmelite nun (St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross), born in Breslau (Silesia), Germany (d. 1942) [1]
Oct 12 Fumimaro Konoe, Japanese politician (Prime Minister of Japan 1937-39, 1940-41, invasion of China), born in Tokyo, Japan (d. 1945)
Oct 13 Bernard IJzerdraat, Dutch resistance leader (De Geuzen), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1941)
Oct 14 Paul de Keyser, Flemish philologist and folklorist, born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1966)

James Chadwick (1891-1974)

Oct 20 British physicist (Nobel Prize, 1935; discovered neutron), born in Bollington, Cheshire, England

Jomo Kenyatta (1891-1978)

Oct 20 1st Prime Minister of Kenya (1963-64) and the 1st President of Kenya (1964-78), born in Gatundu, Kenya

Oct 21 John Metzelaar, Dutch/US (About Tropical Atl Visschen)
Oct 24 Rafael Trujillo [Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina], Dominican politician, soldier and dictator of the Dominican Republic (1930-61), born in San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic (d. 1961)
Oct 25 Father Coughlin, Canadian-American Roman Catholic priest and pro-Fascist radio broadcaster, born in Hamilton, Canada (d. 1979)
Oct 28 Ormer Locklear, American movie stunt pilot (The Great Air Robbery), born in Greenville, Texas (d. 1920)

Deaths in History

Oct 3 Edouard Lucas, French mathematician (Lucas sequences), dies at 49
Oct 6 Charles Stewart Parnell, English-Irish Home Rule Party leader, dies at 45
Oct 9 Johannes Tideman, theologist, dies at 83
Oct 11 Charles Stewart Parnells remains buried in Ireland
Oct 15 Gilbert Arthur à Beckett, English writer (Punch), dies at 54
Oct 15 William Henry Fitzhugh Lee, American Major General (Confederate Army), dies at 54
Oct 16 Sarah Winnemucca, indian scout, dies
Oct 21 Alpheus Baker, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 63
Oct 22 Ernst von Fleischl-Marxow, Austrian physiologist (b. 1846)