Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In 1896

Jun 10 Amelia Dyer, English murderer (b. 1829) died in the year 1896.  

Jun 11 Friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke, composer, dies at 72 in the year 1896.  

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 In the year 1896 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 Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz, German chemist (b. 1829) died on this day in history.  

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 On this day in history death of otto Lilenthal, aircraft pioneer, killed during a glider test at 48  

Aug 10 Otto Lilienthal, German aircraft pioneer, dies in the year 1896.  

Aug 12 On this day in history 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 On this day in history 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 In the year 1896 death of alexei Lobanov-Rostovsky, Russian statesman (b. 1824)  

Sep 01 Johannes Habert, composer, dies at 62 in the year 1896.  

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

Sep 11 In the year 1896 anton Joseph Bruckner, composer, dies at 72  

Sep 16 Carlos Gomez, composer, dies at 60 in the year 1896.  

Sep 18 On this day in history armand-Hippolyte-Louis Fizeau, physicist, dies  

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

Sep 23 On this day in history ivar A Aasen, Norwegian linguistic/poet, dies at 83  

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

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

Oct 11 In the year 1896 anton Bruckner, Austr composer (Te Deum, Wagner Symphony), dies at 72  

Oct 12 Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish nobleman and politician (b. 1817) died in the year 1896.  

Oct 21 In the year 1896 death of james Henry Greathead, British engineer (b. 1844)  

Oct 26 Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French statesman (b. 1827) died in the year 1896.  

Oct 30 Charles Tupper, PM of Canada (C) (1896), dies on this day in history.  

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

Nov 13 Antonio Pena y Goni, composer, dies at 50 in the year 1896.  

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

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

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 in the year 1896.  

Jan 02 Ernst-Lothar von Knorr, composer was born in the year 1896.  

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)