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What Happened In December 1891 In History

Historical Events for December, 1891

  • 22nd » Asteroid 323 Brucia becomes the first asteroid discovered using photography.

Famous Birthdays on December in 1891

  • 2nd » Otto Dix, German painter and illustrator (d. 1969)
  • 2nd » Charles H. Wesley, American historian and author (d. 1987)
  • 3rd » Thomas Farrell (general) known as Thomas Farrell, American general (d. 1967)
  • 5th » Paul Kogerman, Estonian chemist and academic (d. 1951)
  • 9th » Maksim Bahdanovič, Belarusian poet and critic (d. 1917)
  • 10th » Nelly Sachs, German-Swedish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize in Literature called Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)
  • 19th » Juhan Kallaste, Estonian cleric and actor (d. 1999)
  • 19th » Edward Bernard Raczyński called Edward Bernard Raczynski, former Polish government-in-exile Presidents named President-in-exile of Poland (d. 1993)
  • 21st » John William McCormack, American lawyer and politician, 53rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1980)
  • 24th » Feodor Stepanovich Rojankovsky, Russian illustrator (d. 1970)
  • 25th » Clarrie Grimmett, New Zealand-Australian cricketer (d. 1980)
  • 26th » Henry Miller, American author and painter (d. 1980)

Famous Deaths for December 1891

  • 5th » Pedro II of Brazil (b. 1825)
  • 29th » Leopold Kronecker, Polish-German mathematician and academic (b. 1823)
  • 31st » Samuel Ajayi Crowther, Nigerian bishop and linguist (b. 1809)

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