1891

1891 is a year o the Gregorian calendar.

 Events 

1st Januar : Nioro is taen aff bi the colonel Louis Archinard efter that Ahmadou (an Ahmadou's airmy) gangs awa' in Macina an Jenne. (In Mali an Niger).

Februar: the Netherlands and the Unitit Kinrick separe their possessions in the West Dutch Indies.

Eugène Dubois maks the first discovery o Homo erectus fossils in the Dutch colony o Java. (See Anthropology).

18 April : Jules Cambon is  Governor o Algeria (til 1897). He applees a mair-leeberal policy, wi the thocht o a speed economic development.

June 16 – John Abbott becomes Canada's third prime minister.

31st Julie : Unitit Kinrick say that territories atweesh Zambeeze an Congo river are belongin tae thaim.

On 28 September is Herman Melville born. He is the author o Moby-Dick.

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The next year on calendar is 1892, the precedent is 1890

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