Historical Events In 1896

Sep 13   Morris Kirksey, US, 4 X 100m (Olympic-gold-1920) in the year 1896.  

Sep 15   In the year 1896 tadeusz Szeligowski, composer  

Sep 16   Andre Cheron, French chess/bridge theorist on this day in history.  

Sep 16   Carlos Gomez, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

Sep 17   Denise Grey, [Edouardine Verthuy], Turin Italy, actress (Julietta) on this day in history.  

Sep 18   In the year 1896 armand-Hippolyte-Louis Fizeau, physicist, dies  

Sep 20   Fjodor I Panfjorov, Russian author (Volga) [NS=Oct 2] on this day in history.  

Sep 20   Gottfried Conradi, composer, dies at 76 in the year 1896.  

Sep 20   In the year 1896 john Mcdermott wins 1st US marathon (NYC)  

Sep 21   In the year 1896 british force under Horatio Kitchener takes Dongola in the Sudan.  

Sep 21   General Kitcheners army occupies Dongola Sudan in the year 1896.  

Sep 22   In the year 1896 queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history.  

Sep 23   In the year 1896 ivar A Aasen, Norwegian linguistic/poet, dies at 83  

Sep 24   F Scott Fitzgerald, St Paul Minn, author (Great Gatsby) on this day in history.  

Sep 24   Francis SK Fitzgerald, US writer (Great Gatsby, Zelda), dies in the year 1896.  

Sep 24   The birth of F. Scott Fitzgerald, American novelist in the year 1896.  

Sep 25   In the year 1896 elsa Triolet, writer  

Sep 27   George Bender, Cleveland, (Rep/Sen-R-Oh) on this day in history.  

Oct 01   Sherlock Holmes adventure "The Veiled Lodger" takes place (BG) in the year 1896.  

Oct 01   In the year 1896 sherlock Holmes adventure "Veiled Lodger" takes place (BG)  

Oct 02   Fjodor I Panfjorov, Russian author (Volga) [OS=Sep 20] on this day in history.  

Oct 03   In the year 1896 william Morris, writer, dies at 62  

Oct 05   On this day in history william Gillette's "Secret Service," premieres in NYC  

Oct 06   Otto Siegl, composer on this day in history.  

Oct 07   In the year 1896 cyril Allcott, cricketer (NZ all-rounder in their early Tests)  

Oct 08   Dow Jones starts reporting an average of industrial stocks in the year 1896.  

Oct 08   In the year 1896 dow Jones starts reporting an average of selected industrial stocks  

Oct 11   On this day in history anton Bruckner, Austr composer (Te Deum, Wagner Symphony), dies at 72  

Oct 11   Roman Jakobson, linguist/Slavic scholar (Fundamentals of Language) in the year 1896.  

Oct 12   Eugenio Montale, Italy, poet/translator (Xenia-Nobel 1975) in the year 1896.  

Oct 14   On this day in history lillian Gish, silent film/stage actress (Birth of a Nation)  

Oct 15   On this day in history melville Cooper, Birmingham England, TV panelist (I Got a Secret)  

Oct 16   In the year 1896 edmond van Dooren, Flemish painter  

Oct 17   Anton Tsjechovs "Chayka," premieres in St Petersburg in the year 1896.  

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Jan 01   In the year 1896 birth of maurice Jacobson, composer  

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of teinosuke Kinugasa, Japans actor/director (Jujiro, Jigoku-mon)  

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   On this day in history birth of ernst-Lothar von Knorr, composer  

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

Jan 04   In the year 1896 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   On this day in history death of alfred Ely Beach, American inventor (b. 1826)  

Jan 04   In the year 1896 death of joseph Hubert Reinkens, German Old Catholic bishop (b. 1821)  

Jan 08   William Rainey Marshall, Governor of Minnesota (b. 1825) died in the year 1896.  

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

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