Page 10: Historical Events In 1896

Sep 12   Giuseppe Zoppi, Swiss writer (Il Libro Dell'Alpe) on this day in history.   

Sep 13   Morris Kirksey, US, 4 X 100m (Olympic-gold-1920) on this day in history.   

Sep 15   On this day in history tadeusz Szeligowski, composer   

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

Sep 16   Carlos Gomez, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

Sep 17   On this day in history denise Grey, [Edouardine Verthuy], Turin Italy, actress (Julietta)   

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

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

Sep 20   In the year 1896 gottfried Conradi, composer, dies at 76   

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

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

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   On this day in history ivar A Aasen, Norwegian linguistic/poet, dies at 83   

Sep 24   On this day in history f Scott Fitzgerald, St Paul Minn, author (Great Gatsby)   

Sep 24   In the year 1896 francis SK Fitzgerald, US writer (Great Gatsby, Zelda), dies   

Sep 24   The birth of F. Scott Fitzgerald, American novelist on this day in history.   

Sep 25   Elsa Triolet, writer in the year 1896.   

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

Oct 01   On this day in history 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] in the year 1896.   

Oct 03   William Morris, writer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

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

Oct 06   Otto Siegl, composer on this day in history.   

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

Oct 08   On this day in history 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   On this day in history anton Bruckner, Austr composer (Te Deum, Wagner Symphony), dies at 72   

Oct 11   On this day in history roman Jakobson, linguist/Slavic scholar (Fundamentals of Language)   

Oct 12   Eugenio Montale, Italy, poet/translator (Xenia-Nobel 1975) on this day in history.   

Oct 14   In the year 1896 lillian Gish, silent film/stage actress (Birth of a Nation)   

Oct 15   In the year 1896 melville Cooper, Birmingham England, TV panelist (I Got a Secret)   

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

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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 in the year 1896.   

Jan 01   Yitzhak Edel, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   Dziga Vertiv, [Denis A Kaufman], Russian director (Sjagai, Soviet!) was born in the year 1896.   

Jan 02   Ernst-Lothar von Knorr, composer was born on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1896 death of alfred Ely Beach, American inventor (b. 1826)   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 18   Charles Floquet, French statesman (b. 1828) died in the year 1896.   

Jan 20   In the year 1896 heinrich M von Battenberg, German son-in-law of Victoria, dies at 37   

Jan 25   On this day in history frans C Baeckelmans, Flemish architect (Court of Justice), dies at 68   

Jan 28   Joseph Barnby, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.