Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In 1896

Jun 10 On this day in history death of amelia Dyer, English murderer (b. 1829)  

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

Jun 25 On this day in history 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 Alexander Sergeyevich Famintsin, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

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 On this day in history edmond-Louis-Antoine Huot de Goncourt, novelist, dies at 74  

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 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 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 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 On this day in history 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 On this day in history gottfried Conradi, composer, dies at 76  

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

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 On this day in history 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 In the year 1896 antonio Pena y Goni, composer, dies at 50  

Nov 22 George Washington Gale Ferris, inventor (Ferris wheel), dies in the year 1896.  

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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 in the year 1896.  

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 in the year 1896.  

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 Everett Dirksen, American politician (d. 1969) was born on this day in history.