Historical Events Happened In 1896

Jun 02   In the year 1896 gerhard Rohlfs, German explorer (Abbsynia/Ethiopia), dies  

Jun 02   Guglielmo Marconi patents the radio in the year 1896.  

Jun 04   Henry takes his 1st Ford through streets of Detroit in the year 1896.  

Jun 04   In the year 1896 henry takes his first Ford through streets of Detroit  

Jun 06   In the year 1896 21st Preakness: Henry Griffin aboard Margrave wins in 1:51  

Jun 06   George Samuelson leaves NY harbor to row across the Atlantic on this day in history.  

Jun 06   Italo Balbo, Italian pilot/gov-gen of Libya (La marcia su Rome) on this day in history.  

Jun 07   On this day in history g Harpo & F Samuelson leave NY to row the Atlantic (takes 54 days)  

Jun 07   G Harpo &F Samuelson leave NY to row the Atlantic (takes 54 days) in the year 1896.  

Jun 07   Robert Mulliken, US, chemist/physicist (Nobel 1966) on this day in history.  

Jun 08   In the year 1896 1st car is stolen  

Jun 08   In the year 1896 samuel Gonard, chairman (International Red Cross)  

Jun 09   Aura Abranches, Lisbon Portugal, actress (Lisboa, O Primo Basilio) on this day in history.  

Jun 11   On this day in history friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke, composer, dies at 72  

Jun 11   US Assay Office in Deadwood South Dakota authorized in the year 1896.  

Jun 11   US Assay Office in Deadwood, South Dakota authorized in the year 1896.  

Jun 12   J.T. Hearne sets a cricket record for the earliest date of taking 100 first-class wickets in a season in the year 1896.  

Jun 15   On this day in history tsunami strikes Shinto festival on beach at Sanriku Japan 27,000 are killed, 9,000 injured, with 13,000 houses destroyed  

Jun 16   Jean Peugeot, Frans auto manufacturer (Peugeot) on this day in history.  

Jun 16   On this day in history temperature hits 127°F at Fort Mojave, Calif  

Jun 16   On this day in history temperture hits 127øF at Fort Mojave, Calif  

Jun 18   Blanche Sweet, Chicago, actress (Home Sweet Home, Avenging Conscience) in the year 1896.  

Jun 19   Bessie Wallis Warfield Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, divorcee on this day in history.  

Jun 22   Francis C Denebrink, US Naval officer (WW I, WW II, Korea) on this day in history.  

Jun 25   Emile AH Seipgens, Dutch priest/beer brewer/man of letters, dies at 58 in the year 1896.  

Jun 26   1st movie theater in US opens, charging 10 cents for admission on this day in history.  

Jun 26   Louis CPR of Orleans, French duke (chosen king of Belgian), dies at 81 on this day in history.  

Jun 27   Franciscus J Feron, vicaris-general of Roermond on this day in history.  

Jun 29   Irene Browne, England, actress (All at Sea, Peg O' My Heart) in the year 1896.  

Jun 30   The birth of Howard Hawks, American film director in the year 1896.  

Jun 30   W S Hadaway patents electric stove in the year 1896.  

Jun 30   Wilfred Pelletier, Montreal Canada, conductor (Voice of Firestone) on this day in history.  

Jul 01   Harbor of Ymuiden opens on this day in history.  

Jul 01   Harriet Beecher Stowe, US author (Uncle Tom's Cabin), dies at 85 on this day in history.  

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Jan 01   Maurice Jacobson, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01   Teinosuke Kinugasa, Japans actor/director (Jujiro, Jigoku-mon) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01   Yitzhak Edel, composer was born in the year 1896.  

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of dziga Vertiv, [Denis A Kaufman], Russian director (Sjagai, Soviet!)  

Jan 02   Ernst-Lothar von Knorr, composer was born in the year 1896.  

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of sir Lawrence Wackett, Australian aircraft engineer (d. 1982)  

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of everett McKinley Dirkson, (Sen-R-Ill)  

Jan 04   Everett Dirksen, American politician (d. 1969) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01   Alfred Ely Beach, American inventor (b. 1826) died on this day in history.  

Jan 04   On this day in history death of joseph Hubert Reinkens, German Old Catholic bishop (b. 1821)  

Jan 08   William Rainey Marshall, Governor of Minnesota (b. 1825) died on this day in history.  

Jan 15   In the year 1896 matthew B Brady, US photographer (Civil War), dies at about 72  

Jan 18   In the year 1896 death of charles Floquet, French statesman (b. 1828)  

Jan 20   Heinrich M von Battenberg, German son-in-law of Victoria, dies at 37 on this day in history.  

Jan 25   Frans C Baeckelmans, Flemish architect (Court of Justice), dies at 68 on this day in history.  

Jan 28   Joseph Barnby, composer, dies at 57 in the year 1896.