Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In 1896

Jun 10 Amelia dyer: English murderer (b. 1829)  

Jun 11 Friedrich gottlieb schwencke: Composer,  

Jun 25 Emile ah seipgens: Dutch priest/beer brewer/man of letters,  

Jun 26 Louis cpr of orleans: French duke (chosen king of belgian),  

Jul 01 Harriet beecher stowe: Us author (uncle tom's cabin),  

Jul 06 Alexander sergeyevich famintsin: Composer,  

Jul 11 Ernst curtius: German archaeologist/historian (olympia),  

Jul 13 Friedrich august kekulé von stradonitz: German chemist (b. 1829)  

Jul 16 Edmond-louis-antoine huot de goncourt: Novelist,  

Jul 19 Abraham h. cannon: American mormon apostle (b. 1859)  

Aug 09 Otto lilenthal: Aircraft pioneer, killed during a glider test at 48  

Aug 10 Otto lilienthal: German aircraft pioneer,  

Aug 12 Thomas chamberlain: Officer of the 20th maine at the battle of gettysburg  

Aug 13 John everett millais: English painter,  

Aug 17 Bridget driscoll: 1st brit to die in an auto-accident  

Aug 18 Frederick nichols crouch: Composer,  

Aug 30 Alexei lobanov-rostovsky: Russian statesman (b. 1824)  

Sep 01 Johannes habert: Composer,  

Sep 02 Nat thompson: Cricketer (played 1st two tests for australia),  

Sep 11 Anton joseph bruckner: Composer,  

Sep 16 Carlos gomez: Composer,  

Sep 18 Armand-hippolyte-louis fizeau: Physicist,  

Sep 20 Gottfried conradi: Composer,  

Sep 23 Ivar a aasen: Norwegian linguistic/poet,  

Sep 24 Francis sk fitzgerald: Us writer (great gatsby, zelda),  

Oct 03 William morris: Writer,  

Oct 11 Anton bruckner: Austr composer (te deum, wagner symphony),  

Oct 12 Christian emil krag-juel-vind-frijs: Danish nobleman and politician (b. 1817)  

Oct 21 James henry greathead: British engineer (b. 1844)  

Oct 26 Paul-armand challemel-lacour: French statesman (b. 1827)  

Oct 30 Charles tupper: Pm of canada (c) (1896),  

Nov 12 Spyridon xyndas: Composer,  

Nov 13 Antonio pena y goni: Composer,  

Nov 22 George washington gale ferris: Inventor (ferris wheel),  

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Jan 01 Maurice jacobson: Composer  

Jan 01 Teinosuke kinugasa: Japans actor/director (jujiro, jigoku-mon)  

Jan 02 Dziga vertiv: [denis a kaufman], russian director (sjagai, soviet!)  

Jan 02 Ernst-lothar von knorr: Composer  

Jan 02 Sir lawrence wackett: Australian aircraft engineer  

Jan 04 Everett mckinley dirkson: (sen-r-ill)  

Jan 04 Everett dirksen: American politician  

Jan 04 Everett dirksen: American politician (sen-r-ill)