Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In 1896

Jun 10 Amelia Dyer, English murderer (b. 1829) died on this day in history.  

Jun 11 Friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

Jun 25 In the year 1896 emile AH Seipgens, Dutch priest/beer brewer/man of letters, dies at 58  

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

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 In the year 1896 ernst Curtius, German archaeologist/historian (Olympia), dies at 81  

Jul 13 Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz, German chemist (b. 1829) died in the year 1896.  

Jul 16 Edmond-Louis-Antoine Huot de Goncourt, novelist, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

Jul 19 On this day in history death of abraham H. Cannon, American Mormon apostle (b. 1859)  

Aug 09 Otto Lilenthal, aircraft pioneer, killed during a glider test at 48 died on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1896.  

Aug 13 In the year 1896 john Everett Millais, English painter, dies at 67  

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

Aug 18 On this day in history 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 In the year 1896 anton Joseph Bruckner, composer, dies at 72  

Sep 16 In the year 1896 carlos Gomez, composer, dies at 60  

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 In the year 1896 ivar A Aasen, Norwegian linguistic/poet, dies at 83  

Sep 24 Francis SK Fitzgerald, US writer (Great Gatsby, Zelda), dies in the year 1896.  

Oct 03 On this day in history 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 Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish nobleman and politician (b. 1817) died on this day in history.  

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

Nov 12 On this day in history spyridon Xyndas, composer, dies at 84  

Nov 13 In the year 1896 antonio Pena y Goni, composer, dies at 50  

Nov 22 In the year 1896 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 Teinosuke Kinugasa, Japans actor/director (Jujiro, Jigoku-mon) was born in the year 1896.  

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 Ernst-Lothar von Knorr, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02 In the year 1896 birth of sir Lawrence Wackett, Australian aircraft engineer (d. 1982)  

Jan 04 Everett McKinley Dirkson, (Sen-R-Ill) was born on this day in history.  

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