* 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 – Arthur Bliss, English composer and conductor ( d. 1975 )

* 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 )

* Karl L. King ( 1891 – 1971 ) " Iowa's Own Music Man ," " The Circus Music King "

It was Walter who would convince Andrew Carnegie that New York needed a first-class concert hall and on May 5, 1891, both Walter and Russian composer Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky conducted at the inaugural concert of the city's new Music Hall, which in a few years would be renamed for its primary benefactor, Andrew Carnegie.

John Curwen ’ s son, John Spencer Curwen ( who founded the Stratford & East London Music Festival – the oldest English music festival – in 1882 ), published a paper called “ Old Plaistow ” in 1891 describing houses of the area.

He negotiated around resistance from many quarters, leading to the Federation Act in 1887 and affiliation ( and later federation ) with St. Michael's College in 1881, Wycliffe College and Knox College in 1885, the Ontario College of Agriculture and the Royal College of Dental Surgeons in 1888, Victoria College, the Ontario Medical College for Women and the Toronto College of Music in 1890, the College of Pharmacy in 1891, the Toronto Conservatory of Music in 1896, and the Ontario Veterinary College in 1897.

His new sketches during this period included Modern Music and Morals ( 1889 ), On Tour ; or, Piano and I ( 1891 ), A Seaside Holiday ( 1892 ), Fashionable Music ( 1892 ) and Is Music a Failure?

In the 1880s and 90s, King David Kalakaua promoted Hawaiian culture and also encouraged the addition of new instruments, such as the ukulele and possibly steel guitar ; Kalakaua died in 1891, and so it is highly unlikely he would have heard it Kanahele, George S., Hawaiian Music and Musicians, pp 367 – 368.

Alfvén was born in Stockholm and studied at the Music Conservatory there from 1887 to 1891 with the violin as his main instrument, receiving lessons from Lars Zetterquist.

* Ludvík Kundera ( musicologist ) ( 1891 – 1971 ), Czech musicologist and pianist who was head of the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts, father of Milan Kundera

It was the East barracks which accommodated the School of Music, until the Royal Naval School of Music was formed at Plymouth in 1903, but which moved to Deal in 1930, replacing the original depot band formed in 1891.

Morfydd Llwyn Owen ( 1891 – 1918 ) was a Welsh composer born in Treforest and educated at the Royal Academy of Music, London.

His first album of songs appeared in 1870 ( Schott Music ), and his first symphony was played at the Palazzo del Quirinale in 1881 ; this, as well as a piano concerto, was performed in the course of his first visit to England in 1882 ; and at his second visit, in 1891, his Sinfonia epitalamio was given at the Philharmonic.

She toured Australia in 1891 and South Africa in 1895 with Sir Charles Halle, eventually joining the teaching staff of the Royal College of Music in Manchester from which she resigned before the outbreak of the First World War.

He was awarded a music scholarship to King Henry VIII Grammar School in Coventry in 1891, and in 1896, he won an open scholarship to the Royal College of Music to study theory with Walford Davies.

Named for Justin Smith Morrill who created the Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act, Morrill Hall was completed in 1891.

* John Brown ( American football, born 1891 ) ( 1891 – 1963 ), player for Navy, College Football Hall of Fame inductee

File: East Turner Hall Davenport, Iowa. JPG | East Turner Hall ( 1891 ) Davenport, Iowa

On July 8, 1891, Harding married Florence Kling DeWolfe, the daughter of his nemesis ( and hers as well ), Amos Hall Kling.

The Steinway Hall seated more than 2, 000 and quickly became an important part of New York City's cultural life, housing the New York Philharmonic for the next 25 years until Carnegie Hall opened in 1891.

* Lindsay Bernard Hall, 1891 – 35

Historic structures include the Foust Building ( 1891 ), Spencer Hall ( 1904, 1907 ), the Quad ( 1919 – 1923 ), the Chancellor's Residence ( 1923 ), Aycock Auditorium ( 1927 ), and Alumni House ( 1937 ).

When Grange Hall was built in 1891, church service and school were held on the first floor.

In 1891, the Interlachen Town Hall burned down.

The public library was located in the Town Hall from 1891 until 1928.

In 1891, the Fitzhughs sold the land to the City of Bay City for $ 8, 500 " to be used for the erection of a City Hall and offices and for no other purposes whatever.

The City of Grand Rapids started annexing portions of the township and by 1891 had annexed a square mile () of the city from Division to Clyde Park and from Hall to Burton.

In honor of Jackson, the newly-organized Louisiana Historical Association dedicated its new Memorial Hall facility on January 8, 1891, the 76th anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans.

Founded in 1891, the Symphony makes its home at Orchestra Hall in Chicago and plays a summer season at the Ravinia Festival.

Hall retired from the Navy in 1891.

* Recitation Hall, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, 1891.

Near the end of the 19th century, modern conservatories opened in many cities, and New York became the home of the Metropolitan Opera House in 1882 and Carnegie Hall in 1891, the latter's opening being marked by an appearance by the famed Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

Joyce Clyde Hall ( August 29, 1891 – October 29, 1982 ), an American businessman, was the founder of Hallmark Cards.

Born in 1891 in David City, Nebraska, the son of Nancy Dudley Houston and George Nelson Hall, a traveling minister