Famous Deaths In 1896

Jun 10 In the year 1896 death of amelia Dyer, English murderer (b. 1829)  

Jun 11 In the year 1896 friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke, composer, dies at 72  

Jun 25 Emile AH Seipgens, Dutch priest/beer brewer/man of letters, dies at 58 on this day in history.  

Jun 26 On this day in history louis CPR of Orleans, French duke (chosen king of Belgian), dies at 81  

Jul 01 Harriet Beecher Stowe, US author (Uncle Tom's Cabin), dies at 85 on this day in history.  

Jul 06 On this day in history alexander Sergeyevich Famintsin, composer, dies at 54  

Jul 11 Ernst Curtius, German archaeologist/historian (Olympia), dies at 81 in the year 1896.  

Jul 13 On this day in history death of friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz, German chemist (b. 1829)  

Jul 16 Edmond-Louis-Antoine Huot de Goncourt, novelist, dies at 74 in the year 1896.  

Jul 19 Abraham H. Cannon, American Mormon apostle (b. 1859) died in the year 1896.  

Aug 09 In the year 1896 death of otto Lilenthal, aircraft pioneer, killed during a glider test at 48  

Aug 10 Otto Lilienthal, German aircraft pioneer, dies on this day in history.  

Aug 12 In the year 1896 death of thomas Chamberlain, officer of the 20th Maine at the Battle of Gettysburg  

Aug 13 John Everett Millais, English painter, dies at 67 in the year 1896.  

Aug 17 In the year 1896 death of bridget Driscoll, 1st Brit to die in an auto-accident  

Aug 18 In the year 1896 frederick Nichols Crouch, composer, dies at 88  

Aug 30 On this day in history death of alexei Lobanov-Rostovsky, Russian statesman (b. 1824)  

Sep 01 In the year 1896 johannes Habert, composer, dies at 62  

Sep 02 On this day in history nat Thompson, cricketer (played 1st Two Tests for Australia), dies  

Sep 11 On this day in history anton Joseph Bruckner, composer, dies at 72  

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

Sep 18 Armand-Hippolyte-Louis Fizeau, physicist, dies on this day in history.  

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

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

Sep 24 Francis SK Fitzgerald, US writer (Great Gatsby, Zelda), dies on this day in history.  

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

Oct 11 Anton Bruckner, Austr composer (Te Deum, Wagner Symphony), dies at 72 on this day in history.  

Oct 12 In the year 1896 death of christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish nobleman and politician (b. 1817)  

Oct 21 James Henry Greathead, British engineer (b. 1844) died in the year 1896.  

Oct 26 Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French statesman (b. 1827) died on this day in history.  

Oct 30 In the year 1896 charles Tupper, PM of Canada (C) (1896), dies  

Nov 12 In the year 1896 spyridon Xyndas, composer, dies at 84  

Nov 13 Antonio Pena y Goni, composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.  

Nov 22 George Washington Gale Ferris, inventor (Ferris wheel), dies on this day in history.  

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Jan 01 On this day in history birth of maurice Jacobson, composer  

Jan 01 Teinosuke Kinugasa, Japans actor/director (Jujiro, Jigoku-mon) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01 Yitzhak Edel, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02 Dziga Vertiv, [Denis A Kaufman], Russian director (Sjagai, Soviet!) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02 In the year 1896 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 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)