Historical Events In 1896

Sep 13   On this day in history morris Kirksey, US, 4 X 100m (Olympic-gold-1920)  

Sep 15   On this day in history 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   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   Fjodor I Panfjorov, Russian author (Volga) [NS=Oct 2] on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

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

Sep 23   Ivar A Aasen, Norwegian linguistic/poet, dies at 83 in the year 1896.  

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

Sep 24   In the year 1896 francis SK Fitzgerald, US writer (Great Gatsby, Zelda), dies  

Sep 24   The birth of F. Scott Fitzgerald, American novelist on this day in history.  

Sep 25   On this day in history elsa Triolet, writer  

Sep 27   In the year 1896 george Bender, Cleveland, (Rep/Sen-R-Oh)  

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

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

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

Oct 03   William Morris, writer, dies at 62 in the year 1896.  

Oct 05   In the year 1896 william Gillette's "Secret Service," premieres in NYC  

Oct 06   In the year 1896 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   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 on this day in history.  

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   Lillian Gish, silent film/stage actress (Birth of a Nation) in the year 1896.  

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

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

Oct 17   Anton Tsjechovs "Chayka," premieres in St Petersburg on this day in history.  

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

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   In the year 1896 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   In the year 1896 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 on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1896 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   Frans C Baeckelmans, Flemish architect (Court of Justice), dies at 68 on this day in history.  

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