* Henry Austin ( architect ) ( 1804 – 1891 ), American architect

Aldous had another brother, Noel Trevelyan Huxley ( 1891 – 1914 ), who committed suicide after a period of clinical depression.

* 1809 – Hannibal Hamlin, American politician, 15th Vice President of the United States ( d. 1891 )

* 1891 – William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, English general, 13th Governor-General of Australia ( d. 1970 )

* 1841 – Johnny Mullagh, Australian cricketer ( d. 1891 )

The 1890s games were more closely fought, Australia taking their first series win since 1882 with a 2 – 1 victory in 1891 – 92.

* 1891 – Viktor Zhirmunsky, Russian historian and linguist ( d. 1971 )

* 1891 – The Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago, Illinois.

* 1976 – Max Ernst, German artist ( b. 1891 )

* 1819 – Herman Melville, American writer ( d. 1891 )

* 1891 – Karl Kobelt, Swiss politician ( d. 1968 )

* 1855 – Joe Hunter, English cricketer ( d. 1891 )

* 1891 – Adolf Busch, German violinist and composer ( d. 1952 )

* 1813 – Jules Grévy, French politician, 3rd President of the French Republic ( d. 1891 )

* 1891 – The Basilica of San Sebastian in Manila, the first all-steel church in Asia, is officially inaugurated and blessed.

* 1831 – Helena Blavatsky, Russian scholar and theosophist ( d. 1891 )

* 1891 – C. E. M. Joad, English philosopher and broadcaster ( d. 1953 )

* 1891 – Major hurricane strikes Martinique, leaving 700 dead.

* 1813 – Jean Stas, Belgian chemist ( d. 1891 )

* 1891 – Emiliano Mercado del Toro, Puerto Rician super-centenarian ( d. 2007 )

* 1891 – David Shimoni, Russian-Israeli poet and writer ( d. 1956 )

* 1891 – Jack Buchanan, Scottish actor, singer, producer and director ( d. 1957 )

* 1891 – Max Ernst, German painter ( d. 1976 )

Although founded as a preparatory and vocational school by Amos G. Throop in 1891, the college attracted influential scientists such as George Ellery Hale, Arthur Amos Noyes, and Robert Andrews Millikan in the early 20th century.

Classic works of this Urban Gothic include Robert Louis Stevenson's Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde ( 1886 ), Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray ( 1891 ), George du Maurier's Trilby ( 1894 ), Richard Marsh's The Beetle: A Mystery ( 1897 ), Henry James ' The Turn of the Screw ( 1898 ), and the stories of Arthur Machen.

Gilbert Arthur à Beckett ( 1837 – October 15, 1891 ) was an English writer.

An operatic adaptation by Sir Arthur Sullivan ( entitled Ivanhoe ) ran for over 150 consecutive performances in 1891.

* 1891 – Arthur Hays Sulzberger, American publisher ( d. 1968 )

A German pharmacologist, Arthur Heffter, isolated the alkaloids in the peyote cactus in 1891.

Grace was a non-smoker but he enjoyed good food and wine ; many years later, when discussing the overheads incurred during Lord Sheffield's profitless tour of Australia in 1891 – 92, Arthur Shrewsbury commented: " I told you what wine would be drunk by the amateurs ; Grace himself would drink enough to swim a ship.

** Arthur Conan Doyle surprises the reading public by revealing in the story The Adventure of the Final Problem, published in this month's Strand Magazine, that his character Sherlock Holmes had apparently died at the Reichenbach Falls on May 4, 1891.

* Sir Arthur Conan Doyle published the first Sherlock Holmes in Strand Magazine in 1891.

* October 20 – Arthur Rimbaud, French poet ( d. 1891 )

********* HRH Princess Alexandra of Fife, Princess Arthur of Connaught, Duchess of Fife ( 1891 – 1959 )

* Carnegie, David W. Spinifex and Sand: A Narrative of Five Years ' Pioneering and Exploration in Western Australia, C. Arthur Pearson, London, 1891 Spinifex and Sand: Project Gutenberg EBook, 2004

Arthur Conan Doyle was active in the area between 1891 and 1894.

* Arthur H. Bell ( 1891 – 1973 ), Ku Klux Klan leader in New Jersey in the 1920s.

In 1891 Arthur B. Davies and Dr. Lucy Meriwether married and purchased what is now the Davies home farm for $ 6500. 00.

The Merricks had two more children, William Arthur ( born 1866 ) who died of scarlet fever aged four and Marion Eliza ( born 1867 ), who was born with physical disabilities and died in 1891.

Henry Arthur Brassey ( 1840 – 1891 ) was a great benefactor of Aylesford, and as well as financing major repairs to the church, also provided the village with a school.

* Arthur Chuquet, La Première Invasion, Valmy, La Retraite de Brunswick, Jemappes, La Trahison de Dumouriez ( Paris, 1886 – 1891 ).

* Arthur Rimbaud ( 1854 – 1891 ), French poet

The theatre opened as the " Royal English Opera House " in January 1891 with a lavish production of Arthur Sullivan's opera Ivanhoe.

The theatre opened as the " Royal English Opera House " in January 1891 with Arthur Sullivan's Ivanhoe.

* October 1891 ; Arthur James Balfour succeeds William Henry Smith ( deceased ) as First Lord of the Treasury and Leader of the House of Commons.

Isidor Arthur Gunsberg ( November 2, 1854 – May 2, 1930 ) was a chess player, best known for narrowly losing the 1891 World Chess Championship match to Wilhelm Steinitz.

There was initial opposition to the match from the Duke of Clarence's parents, the Prince and Princess of Wales: Arthur Balfour wrote to Lord Salisbury in 1890 that "( t ) he Teck girl they won't have because they hate Teck and because the vision of Princess Mary haunting Marlborough House makes the Prince of Wales ill ." Nevertheless, the Queen gave her official consent to the engagement on 12 December 1891.