Historical Events In 1896

Sep 13   Morris Kirksey, US, 4 X 100m (Olympic-gold-1920) in the year 1896.  

Sep 15   In the year 1896 tadeusz Szeligowski, composer  

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

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

Sep 17   In the year 1896 denise Grey, [Edouardine Verthuy], Turin Italy, actress (Julietta)  

Sep 18   Armand-Hippolyte-Louis Fizeau, physicist, dies in the year 1896.  

Sep 20   In the year 1896 fjodor I Panfjorov, Russian author (Volga) [NS=Oct 2]  

Sep 20   Gottfried Conradi, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

Sep 20   On this day in history john Mcdermott wins 1st US marathon (NYC)  

Sep 21   In the year 1896 british force under Horatio Kitchener takes Dongola in the Sudan.  

Sep 21   On this day in history general Kitcheners army occupies Dongola Sudan  

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) in the year 1896.  

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

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

Sep 25   On this day in history elsa Triolet, writer  

Sep 27   George Bender, Cleveland, (Rep/Sen-R-Oh) in the year 1896.  

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

Oct 01   Sherlock Holmes adventure "Veiled Lodger" takes place (BG) in the year 1896.  

Oct 02   Fjodor I Panfjorov, Russian author (Volga) [OS=Sep 20] on this day in history.  

Oct 03   On this day in history william Morris, writer, dies at 62  

Oct 05   In the year 1896 william Gillette's "Secret Service," premieres in NYC  

Oct 06   Otto Siegl, composer in the year 1896.  

Oct 07   Cyril Allcott, cricketer (NZ all-rounder in their early Tests) on this day in history.  

Oct 08   Dow Jones starts reporting an average of industrial stocks on this day in history.  

Oct 08   Dow Jones starts reporting an average of selected industrial stocks on this day in history.  

Oct 11   On this day in history anton Bruckner, Austr composer (Te Deum, Wagner Symphony), dies at 72  

Oct 11   In the year 1896 roman Jakobson, linguist/Slavic scholar (Fundamentals of Language)  

Oct 12   In the year 1896 eugenio Montale, Italy, poet/translator (Xenia-Nobel 1975)  

Oct 14   On this day in history lillian Gish, silent film/stage actress (Birth of a Nation)  

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

Oct 16   Edmond van Dooren, Flemish painter on this day in history.  

Oct 17   Anton Tsjechovs "Chayka," premieres in St Petersburg on this day in history.  

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of maurice Jacobson, composer  

Jan 01   In the year 1896 birth of teinosuke Kinugasa, Japans actor/director (Jujiro, Jigoku-mon)  

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of yitzhak Edel, composer  

Jan 02   In the year 1896 birth of dziga Vertiv, [Denis A Kaufman], Russian director (Sjagai, Soviet!)  

Jan 02   In the year 1896 birth of ernst-Lothar von Knorr, composer  

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of sir Lawrence Wackett, Australian aircraft engineer (d. 1982)  

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of everett McKinley Dirkson, (Sen-R-Ill)  

Jan 04   Everett Dirksen, American politician (d. 1969) was born in the year 1896.  

Jan 01   Alfred Ely Beach, American inventor (b. 1826) died in the year 1896.  

Jan 04   Joseph Hubert Reinkens, German Old Catholic bishop (b. 1821) died on this day in history.  

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   Heinrich M von Battenberg, German son-in-law of Victoria, dies at 37 in the year 1896.  

Jan 25   Frans C Baeckelmans, Flemish architect (Court of Justice), dies at 68 in the year 1896.  

Jan 28   Joseph Barnby, composer, dies at 57 in the year 1896.