Historical Events In 1896

Sep 12   Giuseppe Zoppi, Swiss writer (Il Libro Dell'Alpe) in the year 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   In the year 1896 andre Cheron, French chess/bridge theorist  

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   Armand-Hippolyte-Louis Fizeau, physicist, dies on this day in history.  

Sep 20   In the year 1896 fjodor I Panfjorov, Russian author (Volga) [NS=Oct 2]  

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

Sep 20   John Mcdermott wins 1st US marathon (NYC) in the year 1896.  

Sep 21   In the year 1896 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   In the year 1896 f Scott Fitzgerald, St Paul Minn, author (Great Gatsby)  

Sep 24   On this day in history francis SK Fitzgerald, US writer (Great Gatsby, Zelda), dies  

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

Sep 25   On this day in history elsa Triolet, writer  

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

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

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   William Gillette's "Secret Service," premieres in NYC on this day in history.  

Oct 06   On this day in history otto Siegl, composer  

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

Oct 11   Anton Bruckner, Austr composer (Te Deum, Wagner Symphony), dies at 72 in the year 1896.  

Oct 11   Roman Jakobson, linguist/Slavic scholar (Fundamentals of Language) on this day in history.  

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  

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

Jan 01   In the year 1896 birth of teinosuke Kinugasa, Japans actor/director (Jujiro, Jigoku-mon)  

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

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   Sir Lawrence Wackett, Australian aircraft engineer (d. 1982) was born on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1896.  

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

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

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

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