Events 1891
- 1891
- Triple Alliance of Germany, Austria and Italy is renewed for 12 years, Kaiser Wilhelm failing to persuade Britain to join Franco-Russian entente
- New Scotland Yard opens as new home of Criminal Investigation Department of the Metropolitan Police Force
- Prince of Wales, as a witness in a libel trial, admits playing baccarat for high stakes
- Oscar Wilde’s Picture of Dorian Gray published
- The adventures of Sherlock Holmes begin publication in the Strand magazine
- Zipper invented
- Free public education established in England.
