Historical Events In 1896

Sep 12   On this day in history giuseppe Zoppi, Swiss writer (Il Libro Dell'Alpe)  

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

Sep 15   In the year 1896 tadeusz Szeligowski, composer  

Sep 16   In the year 1896 andre Cheron, French chess/bridge theorist  

Sep 16   On this day in history carlos Gomez, composer, dies at 60  

Sep 17   Denise Grey, [Edouardine Verthuy], Turin Italy, actress (Julietta) in the year 1896.  

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

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

Sep 20   Gottfried Conradi, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

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

Sep 21   British force under Horatio Kitchener takes Dongola in the Sudan on this day in history.  

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   Ivar A Aasen, Norwegian linguistic/poet, dies at 83 on this day in history.  

Sep 24   F Scott Fitzgerald, St Paul Minn, author (Great Gatsby) in the year 1896.  

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   On this day in history george Bender, Cleveland, (Rep/Sen-R-Oh)  

Oct 01   Sherlock Holmes adventure "The Veiled Lodger" takes place (BG) on this day in history.  

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   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   Otto Siegl, composer in the year 1896.  

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) in the year 1896.  

Oct 12   Eugenio Montale, Italy, poet/translator (Xenia-Nobel 1975) on this day in history.  

Oct 14   In the year 1896 lillian Gish, silent film/stage actress (Birth of a Nation)  

Oct 15   Melville Cooper, Birmingham England, TV panelist (I Got a Secret) on this day in history.  

Oct 16   Edmond van Dooren, Flemish painter in the year 1896.  

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Jan 01   Maurice Jacobson, composer was born in the year 1896.  

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

Jan 01   On this day in history 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   Everett McKinley Dirkson, (Sen-R-Ill) was born in the year 1896.  

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of everett Dirksen, American politician (d. 1969)  

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

Jan 04   Joseph Hubert Reinkens, German Old Catholic bishop (b. 1821) died in the year 1896.  

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 in the year 1896.  

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