Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In 1896

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

Jun 11 On this day in history 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 Louis CPR of Orleans, French duke (chosen king of Belgian), dies at 81 in the year 1896.  

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

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 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jul 19 In the year 1896 death of abraham H. Cannon, American Mormon apostle (b. 1859)  

Aug 09 Otto Lilenthal, aircraft pioneer, killed during a glider test at 48 died in the year 1896.  

Aug 10 On this day in history otto Lilienthal, German aircraft pioneer, dies  

Aug 12 Thomas Chamberlain, officer of the 20th Maine at the Battle of Gettysburg died on this day in history.  

Aug 13 On this day in history john Everett Millais, English painter, dies at 67  

Aug 17 Bridget Driscoll, 1st Brit to die in an auto-accident died on this day in history.  

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

Aug 30 Alexei Lobanov-Rostovsky, Russian statesman (b. 1824) died on this day in history.  

Sep 01 On this day in history johannes Habert, composer, dies at 62  

Sep 02 Nat Thompson, cricketer (played 1st Two Tests for Australia), dies on this day in history.  

Sep 11 Anton Joseph Bruckner, composer, dies at 72 in the year 1896.  

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

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

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

Sep 23 Ivar A Aasen, Norwegian linguistic/poet, dies at 83 on this day in history.  

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

Oct 03 In the year 1896 william Morris, writer, dies at 62  

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

Oct 12 On this day in history death of christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish nobleman and politician (b. 1817)  

Oct 21 On this day in history death of james Henry Greathead, British engineer (b. 1844)  

Oct 26 On this day in history death of paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French statesman (b. 1827)  

Oct 30 Charles Tupper, PM of Canada (C) (1896), dies in the year 1896.  

Nov 12 Spyridon Xyndas, composer, dies at 84 in the year 1896.  

Nov 13 On this day in history antonio Pena y Goni, composer, dies at 50  

Nov 22 On this day in history george Washington Gale Ferris, inventor (Ferris wheel), dies  

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

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

Jan 01 Yitzhak Edel, composer was born in the year 1896.  

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 On this day in history birth of sir Lawrence Wackett, Australian aircraft engineer (d. 1982)  

Jan 04 On this day in history birth of everett McKinley Dirkson, (Sen-R-Ill)  

Jan 04 In the year 1896 birth of everett Dirksen, American politician (d. 1969)