1891
Shetlopedia - The Shetland Encyclopaedia
- Shetland Golf Club founded.
- Population of Lerwick - 3930.
- Tower was added to St Magnus Church.
- The Crofters Common Grazings Regulations Act of 1891 placed the management of commons under legislated statutory regulations.
January
- The Speedwell, a wooden hulled fishing boat, of Whalsay, capsized or foundered at an unrecorded location "off" Whalsay, with the loss of all four crew.
- 9th
Jounalist and publisher of The Shetland Advertiser, Charles D. Jamieson, died. - 14th
The Johannes Foss, a barque, in ballast, of and for Arendal, Norway, from Liverpool, England wrecked on the west coast of Scat Ness. All of the crew were saved.
July
- 3rd
Author and journalist Robert M. Greig born in Lerwick - 20th
Fishermen went on strike. The curers had proposed buying fish on a day to day price basis because paying fixed season prices for green fish forced some into bankruptcy in a poor market. When the fishermen objected, the curers offered a lower seasonal price on a limited weekly catch. The matter was finally resolved on August 1st with the fishermen keeping their price but accepting the catch limits, effectively reducing their income by about 12 1/2 percent.
October
- 3rd
The Walrus, a fishing ketch, of Voe, from Iceland, and for Grimsby, England wrecked on the south coast of Papa Stour. All of the crew were saved. - 27th
Hay Shennan, in his first appointment as Sheriff-substitute, commissioned at Lerwick
November
- 3rd
Election of the Lerwick Town Council. - 12th
An unregistered wooden hulled sailing vessel, name not known, 2 Tons, Captain Hughson, three crew, from West Sand Wick, Yell to fishing grounds, foundered off the Ness of West Sand Wick during WSW Force 8 wind conditions. One man was saved, two were lost.
