WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO MAY 1891
Find out what all happened April to May 1891

The Ōtsu incident: Tsarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich of Imperial Russia (later Nicholas II) suffers a critical head injury during a sword attack by Japanese policeman Tsuda Sanzō. He is rescued by Prince George of Greece and Denmark. (11. May 1891)

Pope Leo XIII defends workers' rights and property rights in the encyclical Rerum Novarum, the beginning of modern Catholic social teaching. (15. May 1891)

The Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago, Illinois. (1. April 1891)

The Music Hall in New York City (later known as Carnegie Hall) has its grand opening and first public performance, with Tchaikovsky as the guest conductor. (5. May 1891)

History of cinema: The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope. (20. May 1891)

The International Electro-Technical Exhibition opens in Frankfurt, Germany, and will feature the world's first long distance transmission of high-power, three-phase electrical current (the most common form today). (16. May 1891)

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