Historical Events In 1896

Sep 12   In the year 1896 giuseppe Zoppi, Swiss writer (Il Libro Dell'Alpe)  

Sep 13   In the year 1896 morris Kirksey, US, 4 X 100m (Olympic-gold-1920)  

Sep 15   Tadeusz Szeligowski, composer in the year 1896.  

Sep 16   In the year 1896 andre Cheron, French chess/bridge theorist  

Sep 16   On this day in history carlos Gomez, composer, dies at 60  

Sep 17   Denise Grey, [Edouardine Verthuy], Turin Italy, actress (Julietta) in the year 1896.  

Sep 18   Armand-Hippolyte-Louis Fizeau, physicist, dies on this day in history.  

Sep 20   Fjodor I Panfjorov, Russian author (Volga) [NS=Oct 2] on this day in history.  

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

Sep 20   John Mcdermott wins 1st US marathon (NYC) on this day in history.  

Sep 21   On this day in history british force under Horatio Kitchener takes Dongola in the Sudan.  

Sep 21   General Kitcheners army occupies Dongola Sudan in the year 1896.  

Sep 22   Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history in the year 1896.  

Sep 23   Ivar A Aasen, Norwegian linguistic/poet, dies at 83 on this day in history.  

Sep 24   F Scott Fitzgerald, St Paul Minn, author (Great Gatsby) on this day in history.  

Sep 24   Francis SK Fitzgerald, US writer (Great Gatsby, Zelda), dies on this day in history.  

Sep 24   In the year 1896 the birth of F. Scott Fitzgerald, American novelist  

Sep 25   Elsa Triolet, writer in the year 1896.  

Sep 27   In the year 1896 george Bender, Cleveland, (Rep/Sen-R-Oh)  

Oct 01   Sherlock Holmes adventure "The Veiled Lodger" takes place (BG) on this day in history.  

Oct 01   In the year 1896 sherlock Holmes adventure "Veiled Lodger" takes place (BG)  

Oct 02   Fjodor I Panfjorov, Russian author (Volga) [OS=Sep 20] in the year 1896.  

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

Oct 05   William Gillette's "Secret Service," premieres in NYC in the year 1896.  

Oct 06   In the year 1896 otto Siegl, composer  

Oct 07   On this day in history cyril Allcott, cricketer (NZ all-rounder in their early Tests)  

Oct 08   In the year 1896 dow Jones starts reporting an average of industrial stocks  

Oct 08   In the year 1896 dow Jones starts reporting an average of selected industrial stocks  

Oct 11   Anton Bruckner, Austr composer (Te Deum, Wagner Symphony), dies at 72 on this day in history.  

Oct 11   Roman Jakobson, linguist/Slavic scholar (Fundamentals of Language) on this day in history.  

Oct 12   Eugenio Montale, Italy, poet/translator (Xenia-Nobel 1975) in the year 1896.  

Oct 14   Lillian Gish, silent film/stage actress (Birth of a Nation) in the year 1896.  

Oct 15   Melville Cooper, Birmingham England, TV panelist (I Got a Secret) in the year 1896.  

Oct 16   Edmond van Dooren, Flemish painter in the year 1896.  

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

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of teinosuke Kinugasa, Japans actor/director (Jujiro, Jigoku-mon)  

Jan 01   Yitzhak Edel, composer was born in the year 1896.  

Jan 02   In the year 1896 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   In the year 1896 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   In the year 1896 birth of everett Dirksen, American politician (d. 1969)  

Jan 01   On this day in history death of alfred Ely Beach, American inventor (b. 1826)  

Jan 04   In the year 1896 death of joseph Hubert Reinkens, German Old Catholic bishop (b. 1821)  

Jan 08   In the year 1896 death of william Rainey Marshall, Governor of Minnesota (b. 1825)  

Jan 15   Matthew B Brady, US photographer (Civil War), dies at about 72 in the year 1896.  

Jan 18   On this day in history death of charles Floquet, French statesman (b. 1828)  

Jan 20   On this day in history heinrich M von Battenberg, German son-in-law of Victoria, dies at 37  

Jan 25   Frans C Baeckelmans, Flemish architect (Court of Justice), dies at 68 on this day in history.  

Jan 28   On this day in history joseph Barnby, composer, dies at 57