What Happened In August 1891 - Historical Events 1891 August

Historical Events for August, 1891

16th » The Basilica of San Sebastian, Manila called Basilica of San Sebastian in Manila, the first all-steel church in Asia, is officially inaugurated and blessed.
18th » 1891 Martinique hurricane known as Major hurricane strikes Martinique, leaving 700 dead.
24th » Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera.

1st » Karl Kobelt, Swiss politician (d. 1968)
2nd » Arthur Bliss, English composer and conductor (d. 1975)
2nd » Viktor Zhirmunsky, Russian linguist and historian (d. 1971)
4th » Margit Makay, Hungarian actress (d. 1989)
6th » William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, English field marshal, 13th Governor-General of Australia (d. 1970)
8th » Adolf Busch, German violinist and composer (d. 1952)
11th » Stancho Belkovski, Bulgarian architect and educator (d. 1962)
12th » C. E. M. Joad, English philosopher and academic (d. 1953)
21st » Emiliano Mercado del Toro, Puerto Rician soldier (d. 2007)
22nd » Jacques Lipchitz, Lithuanian-Italian sculptor (d. 1973)
25th » David Shimoni, Belarusian-Israeli poet and translator (d. 1956)
26th » Acharya Chatursen Shastri, Indian author (d. 1960)
28th » Benno Schotz, Estonian-Scottish sculptor and engineer (d. 1984)
29th » Marquis James, American journalist and author (d. 1955)

12th » James Russell Lowell, American poet and critic (b. 1819)
14th » Sarah Childress Polk, American wife of James K. Polk, 12th First Lady of the United States (b. 1803)
22nd » Jan Neruda, Czech journalist, author, and poet (b. 1834)
27th » Samuel C. Pomeroy, American businessman and politician (b. 1816)
28th » Robert Caldwell, English missionary and linguist (b. 1814)
29th » Pierre Lallement, French businessman, invented the bicycle (b. 1843)