Historical Events For 1896

Jun 02   Gerhard Rohlfs, German explorer (Abbsynia/Ethiopia), dies on this day in history.  

Jun 02   On this day in history guglielmo Marconi patents the radio  

Jun 04   Henry takes his 1st Ford through streets of Detroit on this day in history.  

Jun 04   Henry takes his first Ford through streets of Detroit on this day in history.  

Jun 06   21st Preakness: Henry Griffin aboard Margrave wins in 1:51 on this day in history.  

Jun 06   In the year 1896 george Samuelson leaves NY harbor to row across the Atlantic  

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

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

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

Jun 07   In the year 1896 robert Mulliken, US, chemist/physicist (Nobel 1966)  

Jun 08   1st car is stolen in the year 1896.  

Jun 08   On this day in history samuel Gonard, chairman (International Red Cross)  

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

Jun 11   Friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke, composer, dies at 72 in the year 1896.  

Jun 11   In the year 1896 uS Assay Office in Deadwood South Dakota authorized  

Jun 11   In the year 1896 uS Assay Office in Deadwood, South Dakota authorized  

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   Temperture hits 127øF at Fort Mojave, Calif on this day in history.  

Jun 18   On this day in history blanche Sweet, Chicago, actress (Home Sweet Home, Avenging Conscience)  

Jun 19   In the year 1896 bessie Wallis Warfield Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, divorcee  

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 on this day in history.  

Jun 26   1st movie theater in US opens, charging 10 cents for admission in the year 1896.  

Jun 26   In the year 1896 louis CPR of Orleans, French duke (chosen king of Belgian), dies at 81  

Jun 27   Franciscus J Feron, vicaris-general of Roermond in the year 1896.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jun 30   In the year 1896 w S Hadaway patents electric stove  

Jun 30   On this day in history wilfred Pelletier, Montreal Canada, conductor (Voice of Firestone)  

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   In the year 1896 birth of maurice Jacobson, composer  

Jan 01   Teinosuke Kinugasa, Japans actor/director (Jujiro, Jigoku-mon) was born in the year 1896.  

Jan 01   Yitzhak Edel, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 02   In the year 1896 birth of sir Lawrence Wackett, Australian aircraft engineer (d. 1982)  

Jan 04   Everett McKinley Dirkson, (Sen-R-Ill) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04   Everett Dirksen, American politician (d. 1969) was born in the year 1896.  

Jan 01   Alfred Ely Beach, American inventor (b. 1826) died in the year 1896.  

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

Jan 08   On this day in history death of william Rainey Marshall, Governor of Minnesota (b. 1825)  

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

Jan 18   Charles Floquet, French statesman (b. 1828) died on this day in history.  

Jan 20   In the year 1896 heinrich M von Battenberg, German son-in-law of Victoria, dies at 37  

Jan 25   In the year 1896 frans C Baeckelmans, Flemish architect (Court of Justice), dies at 68  

Jan 28   In the year 1896 joseph Barnby, composer, dies at 57