Page 9: Historical Events In 1896

Aug 17   Bridget Driscoll, 1st Brit to die in an auto-accident on this day in history.   

Aug 17   In the year 1896 george Washington Carmack discoveres gold in Klondike region of Yukon   

Aug 17   On this day in history gold discovered in the Yukon Territory, Canada   

Aug 17   Gold is discovered on Klondike River in the year 1896.   

Aug 17   In the year 1896 henry P de Vries, Dutch painter/poet (Laws of the Americas)   

Aug 18   Adolph Ochs (39) buys NY Times on this day in history.   

Aug 18   Alan Mowbray, London England, actor (Dante, Colonel Flack) in the year 1896.   

Aug 18   In the year 1896 frederick Nichols Crouch, composer, dies at 88   

Aug 19   On this day in history eino Mauno Aleksanteri Linnala, composer   

Aug 20   On this day in history dial telephone patented   

Aug 21   On this day in history blossom Rock, actress, (Grandmamma-Addams Family)   

Aug 23   First Cry of the Philippine Revolution is made in Pugad Lawin (Quezon City), in the province of Manila in the year 1896.   

Aug 24   On this day in history phil Baker, Phila, comedian (Who's Whose)   

Aug 25   Dick Ryan, CT, actor (For Heaven's Sake, Born to be Bad) in the year 1896.   

Aug 26   In the year 1896 armenian revolutionairy assault on Ottoman Bank Constantinople   

Aug 26   Richard Hammond, composer on this day in history.   

Aug 27   In the year 1896 england defeated Zanzibar in a 38-minute war (9:02 AM-9:40 AM)   

Aug 27   Zanzibar loses to England in a 38 minute war (9 02 AM-9 40 AM) in the year 1896.   

Aug 27   Zanzibar loses to England in a 38 minute war (9:02 AM-9:40 AM) on this day in history.   

Aug 29   On this day in history chop suey invented in NYC by chef of visiting Chinese Ambassador   

Aug 29   The Chinese-American dish Chop Suey is invented by the personal chef to China's US Ambassador, while on a trip to New York City in the year 1896.   

Aug 30   On this day in history eight provinces in the Philippines were declared under martial law by the Spanish Governor General Ramon Blanco. This included the provinces of Batangas, Rizal, Cavite, Nueva Ecija as well as the nearby areas.   

Aug 30   On this day in history raymond Massey, Toronto Canada, actor (Dr Gillespie-Dr Kildare)   

Aug 31   Louis Napoleon Parker's "Rosemary," premieres in NYC in the year 1896.   

Sep 01   In the year 1896 johannes Habert, composer, dies at 62   

Sep 02   Nat Thompson, cricketer (played 1st Two Tests for Australia), dies in the year 1896.   

Sep 04   Agnes Ayres, [Hinkle], US, actress (Sheik, Souls at Sea) on this day in history.   

Sep 06   Frutuoso de Lima Viana, composer in the year 1896.   

Sep 07   1st closed-circuit auto race, at Cranston, RI on this day in history.   

Sep 07   A. H. Whiting won 1st closed-circuit auto race held in the year 1896.   

Sep 07   On this day in history the first auto race held at a race track takes place today in Cranston, RI.   

Sep 09   Fritz Reuter, composer on this day in history.   

Sep 10   On this day in history elsa Schiaparelli, French fashion designer   

Sep 11   Anton Joseph Bruckner, composer, dies at 72 in the year 1896.   

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

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   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   Everett McKinley Dirkson, (Sen-R-Ill) was born in the year 1896.   

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

Jan 08   William Rainey Marshall, Governor of Minnesota (b. 1825) died on this day in history.   

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

Jan 18   In the year 1896 death of charles Floquet, French statesman (b. 1828)   

Jan 20   In the year 1896 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   Joseph Barnby, composer, dies at 57 in the year 1896.