The world in 1891

General

• †  New Scotland Yard becomes the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police
• †  Radio patented by Thomas Edison
• †  Building of the Trans-Siberian Railway is started

Census

• †  The census taken on the night of 5 April 1891 gave the total population as 28,999,725.

The Arts

• †  Oscar Wilde – Salome
• †  Arthur Rimbaud dies
• †  Thomas Hardy – Tess of the D’Urbervilles

Political and Military

• †  Marquess of Salisbury Prime Minister.
• †  Charles Stewart Parnell dies
• Benjamin Harrison American President.

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