Historical Events In 1896

Sep 13   In the year 1896 morris Kirksey, US, 4 X 100m (Olympic-gold-1920)  

Sep 15   Tadeusz Szeligowski, composer on this day in history.  

Sep 16   On this day in history andre Cheron, French chess/bridge theorist  

Sep 16   Carlos Gomez, composer, dies at 60 in the year 1896.  

Sep 17   On this day in history denise Grey, [Edouardine Verthuy], Turin Italy, actress (Julietta)  

Sep 18   Armand-Hippolyte-Louis Fizeau, physicist, dies in the year 1896.  

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

Sep 20   On this day in history gottfried Conradi, composer, dies at 76  

Sep 20   On this day in history john Mcdermott wins 1st US marathon (NYC)  

Sep 21   On this day in history british force under Horatio Kitchener takes Dongola in the Sudan.  

Sep 21   General Kitcheners army occupies Dongola Sudan on this day in history.  

Sep 22   Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history on this day in history.  

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

Sep 24   On this day in history f Scott Fitzgerald, St Paul Minn, author (Great Gatsby)  

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

Sep 24   On this day in history the birth of F. Scott Fitzgerald, American novelist  

Sep 25   Elsa Triolet, writer on this day in history.  

Sep 27   George Bender, Cleveland, (Rep/Sen-R-Oh) in the year 1896.  

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

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

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

Oct 03   William Morris, writer, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

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

Oct 06   On this day in history otto Siegl, composer  

Oct 07   On this day in history cyril Allcott, cricketer (NZ all-rounder in their early Tests)  

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

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

Oct 11   In the year 1896 anton Bruckner, Austr composer (Te Deum, Wagner Symphony), dies at 72  

Oct 11   In the year 1896 roman Jakobson, linguist/Slavic scholar (Fundamentals of Language)  

Oct 12   On this day in history eugenio Montale, Italy, poet/translator (Xenia-Nobel 1975)  

Oct 14   In the year 1896 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   On this day in history edmond van Dooren, Flemish painter  

Oct 17   In the year 1896 anton Tsjechovs "Chayka," premieres in St Petersburg  

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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 on this day in history.  

Jan 01   In the year 1896 birth of yitzhak Edel, composer  

Jan 02   Dziga Vertiv, [Denis A Kaufman], Russian director (Sjagai, Soviet!) was born in the year 1896.  

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of ernst-Lothar von Knorr, composer  

Jan 02   On this day in history 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   In the year 1896 birth of everett Dirksen, American politician (d. 1969)  

Jan 01   In the year 1896 death of alfred Ely Beach, American inventor (b. 1826)  

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

Jan 08   In the year 1896 death of william Rainey Marshall, Governor of Minnesota (b. 1825)  

Jan 15   Matthew B Brady, US photographer (Civil War), dies at about 72 in the year 1896.  

Jan 18   On this day in history death of charles Floquet, French statesman (b. 1828)  

Jan 20   On this day in history heinrich M von Battenberg, German son-in-law of Victoria, dies at 37  

Jan 25   Frans C Baeckelmans, Flemish architect (Court of Justice), dies at 68 in the year 1896.  

Jan 28   On this day in history joseph Barnby, composer, dies at 57