Historical Events In 1896
Saturday, 31 January 2026
Jan 02 Battle at Doornkop, South Africa (Boers beat Dr Jamesons troops). 


Jan 02 Dziga Vertiv, [Denis A Kaufman], Russian director (Sjagai, Soviet!) 


Jan 03 Emperor Wilhelm congratulates Pres Kruger on the Jameson Raid 


Jan 03 Emperor Wilhelm congratulates President Kruger on the Jameson Raid 


Jan 04 AFL charters Actors' National Protective Union, NYC 


Jan 04 Following Mormon abandonment of polygamy, Utah admitted as 45th state. 


Jan 04 Seven members of Prime Minister Mackenzie Bowell's cabinet resign over the Manitoba Schools Question 


Jan 04 Utah is admitted to the Union as the 45th state 


Jan 05 German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen's discovers x-rays 


Jan 05 Hendrik Algra, Dutch MP (ARP) 


Jan 06 1st US women's 6-day bicycle race starts, Madison Square Garden. 


Jan 06 Abram N Pritzker, US businessman (Hyatt Hotels, McCall's magazine). 


Jan 06 Cecil Rhodes steps down as premier of Cape colony. 


Jan 06 The inaugural US women's 6-day bicycle race starts, Madison Square Garden. 


Jan 07 Arnold Ridley, Bath England, actor/dramatist (The Ghost Train) 


Jan 07 In this year, Fanny Farmer publishes her 1st cookbook. 


Jan 07 In this year, Fanny Farmer publishes her inaugural cookbook. 


Jan 08 Jaromir Weinberger, Prague Czechoslovakia, composer (Bird's Opera) 


Jan 11 Eva Le Gallienne, London England, actress/director (Resurrection). 


Jan 12 1st X-ray photo in US (Dr Henry Smith, Davidson NC) 


Jan 12 Rex Ingram, Ireland, actor/director (Elmer Gantry, God's Little Acre). 


Jan 12 The inaugural X-ray photo in US (Dr Henry Smith, Davidson NC). 


Jan 14 John dos Passos, novelist (1919, Big Money, 42nd Parallel). 


Jan 15 Henry Arthur Jones' "Michael and his Lost Angel," premieres in London 


Jan 15 Jacobo Ficher, composer. 


Jan 15 Matthew B Brady, US photographer (Civil War), dies at about 72. 


Jan 16 Defeat of Cymru Fydd at South Wales Liberal Federation AGM, Newport, Monmouthshire. 


Jan 17 Harry Reser, Ohio, orch leader (Sammy Kaye Show) 


Jan 18 1st demonstration of an X-ray machine in US (NYC) 


Jan 18 British troops occupy Kumasi, West Africa 


Jan 18 Hans H Holm, Norwegian poet (Jonsoknatt). 


Jan 18 The inaugural demonstration of an x-ray machine in the US, New York City NY 


Jan 20 Elmer R Diktonius, Finnish musicologist/author (Janne Kubik). 


Jan 20 George Burns, American comedian is born. 


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