Timeline March 1891

Events in March 1891 3

• 1859 – 1891 Georges Seurat Pointillism · France Georges Seurat (December 2, 1859 – March 29, 1891) was a French Post-Impressionist who invented Pointillism — applying tiny dots of pure colour that blend optically. A Sunday on La Grande Jatte is his masterpiece. He died at 31.
• 1891 Chace Act signed United States extends copyright to foreign authors The United States enacted the International Copyright Act, known as the Chace Act, extending limited copyright protection to foreign authors for the first time. It required foreign works to be manufactured in the US to qualify for protection. The law marked a step toward American participation in international copyright norms.
• 1891 New Orleans lynchings Mob killing of Italian immigrants A mob in New Orleans lynched eleven Italian immigrants after a jury acquitted several of them in the murder of police chief David Hennessy. The killings strained diplomatic relations between the United States and Italy, which briefly recalled its ambassador. It remains one of the largest mass lynchings in American history.