Year by year · 19th century

1891

1891 in world history: 11 events, 14 births, 21 deaths, 3 states founded and 3 that came to an end. 910 recorded states existed that year.

Events

  1. 5 May

    Tchaikovsky helps open New York's Music Hall, later Carnegie Hall

    Andrew Carnegie's new concert hall opened with a festival at which Tchaikovsky conducted. Renamed Carnegie Hall in 1893, it became America's most famous concert venue.

    New York

  2. Battle

    Battle of Mulayda

    The Battle of Mulayda was fought in January 1891 in the Qassim region of central Arabia.

  3. War

    Anglo-Manipur War

    The Anglo-Manipur War was a brief conflict in 1891 between the British Empire and the Kingdom of Manipur.

  4. Campaign

    Hunza-Nagar Campaign

    The Hunza-Nagar Campaign was a British expedition of December 1891 led by Colonel Algernon Durand against the states of Hunza and Nagar in the Karakoram.

  5. Treaty

    Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of 1891

    The Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of 1891, signed in Lisbon on 11 June 1891, fixed the borders between Portugal's colonies of Mozambique and Angola and the British spheres in central Africa.

  6. Battle

    Battle of Lugalo

    The Battle of Lugalo was fought on 17 August 1891 near Iringa in present-day Tanzania, when Hehe warriors of Mkwawa ambushed a German column under Emil von Zelewski.

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Wars and longer events

Born in 1891 14

Died in 1891 21

States founded 3

States that came to an end 3

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