Historical Events In 1896

Mar 10   On this day in history harry Krimer, actor (Napoleon)  

Mar 12   On this day in history 1st movie in Netherlands (Kalverstr 220)  

Mar 12   Jesse "Lone Cat" Fuller, San Francisco Blues Great on this day in history.  

Mar 12   The first movie in Netherlands (Kalverstr 220) in the year 1896.  

Mar 13   On this day in history dorothy Aldis, writer  

Mar 14   Sutro Baths (San Francisco) opens by Cliff House (closed Sept 1, 1952) on this day in history.  

Mar 14   Sutro Baths (SF) opens by Cliff House (closed Sept 1, 1952) in the year 1896.  

Mar 16   In the year 1896 conrad Nagel, Keokuk Iowa, actor (Celebrity Time)  

Mar 16   In the year 1896 premiere of Mahler's "Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen"  

Mar 20   In the year 1896 hal Walker, Ottumwa Ia, director (I Married Joan)  

Mar 20   On this day in history marines land in Nicaragua to protect US citizens  

Mar 20   In the year 1896 the Grand Trunk Railway obtains control of the Central Vermont Railway which retained its corporate identity.  

Mar 20   Uprising in Matabeleland on this day in history.  

Mar 20   In the year 1896 wilfred 'Wop' May pilot, World War I air ace, born on this day.. May was being pursued by German ace Manfred von Richthofen when the Red Baron was shot down.  

Mar 22   Charilaos Vasilakos wins 1st marathon (3:18) in the year 1896.  

Mar 22   On this day in history giulia D De Albertis, writer  

Mar 23   On this day in history umberto Giordano's opera "Andrea Chénier," premieres in Milan  

Mar 24   Gianna Manzini, writer in the year 1896.  

Mar 25   In the year 1896 modern Olympics began in Athens, Greece [NS=Apr 6]  

Mar 25   Modern Olympics begin in Athens Greece in the year 1896.  

Mar 26   Nanny v Hof, writer, dies in the year 1896.  

Mar 26   In the year 1896 richard Flury, composer  

Mar 28   E Rundle Charles, writer, dies on this day in history.  

Mar 28   The opera "Andrea Chenier" is produced (Milan) in the year 1896.  

Mar 31   Whitcomb Judson, Chicago IL, patents a hookless fastening (zipper) on this day in history.  

Apr 03   Douwe Kalma, Dutch literary/leader (Young Frisian Movement) on this day in history.  

Apr 04   On this day in history announcement of Gold in the Yukon  

Apr 04   In the year 1896 announcement of Gold in Yukon  

Apr 04   News of the Yukon's Klondike gold strike reaches the outside world in the year 1896.  

Apr 04   Robert Sherwood, dramatist (Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Idiot's Delight) on this day in history.  

Apr 04   On this day in history the birth of Tristan Tzara, French poet  

Apr 05   1st modern Olympic Games officially open in Athens in the year 1896.  

Apr 05   1st modern Olympic Games officially opens in Athens in the year 1896.  

Apr 05   In the year 1896 john Rogers Thomas, composer, dies at 66  

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Jan 01   Maurice Jacobson, composer was born in the year 1896.  

Jan 01   Teinosuke Kinugasa, Japans actor/director (Jujiro, Jigoku-mon) was born in the year 1896.  

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   Ernst-Lothar von Knorr, composer was born in the year 1896.  

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

Jan 04   Everett McKinley Dirkson, (Sen-R-Ill) was born on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1896.  

Jan 08   On this day in history death of william Rainey Marshall, Governor of Minnesota (b. 1825)  

Jan 15   In the year 1896 matthew B Brady, US photographer (Civil War), dies at about 72  

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

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   In the year 1896 joseph Barnby, composer, dies at 57