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   On this day in history 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   Henry P de Vries, Dutch painter/poet (Laws of the Americas) in the year 1896.   

Aug 18   On this day in history adolph Ochs (39) buys NY Times   

Aug 18   In the year 1896 alan Mowbray, London England, actor (Dante, Colonel Flack)   

Aug 18   Frederick Nichols Crouch, composer, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

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

Aug 20   In the year 1896 dial telephone patented   

Aug 21   Blossom Rock, actress, (Grandmamma-Addams Family) on this day in history.   

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   Phil Baker, Phila, comedian (Who's Whose) on this day in history.   

Aug 25   Dick Ryan, CT, actor (For Heaven's Sake, Born to be Bad) on this day in history.   

Aug 26   Armenian revolutionairy assault on Ottoman Bank Constantinople in the year 1896.   

Aug 26   On this day in history richard Hammond, composer   

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

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

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

Aug 29   Chop suey invented in NYC by chef of visiting Chinese Ambassador on this day in history.   

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   Raymond Massey, Toronto Canada, actor (Dr Gillespie-Dr Kildare) in the year 1896.   

Aug 31   On this day in history louis Napoleon Parker's "Rosemary," premieres in NYC   

Sep 01   Johannes Habert, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

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

Sep 04   In the year 1896 agnes Ayres, [Hinkle], US, actress (Sheik, Souls at Sea)   

Sep 06   On this day in history frutuoso de Lima Viana, composer   

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   The first auto race held at a race track takes place today in Cranston, RI in the year 1896.   

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

Sep 10   Elsa Schiaparelli, French fashion designer in the year 1896.   

Sep 11   Anton Joseph Bruckner, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 02   In the year 1896 birth of sir Lawrence Wackett, Australian aircraft engineer (d. 1982)   

Jan 04   In the year 1896 birth of everett McKinley Dirkson, (Sen-R-Ill)   

Jan 04   In the year 1896 birth of everett Dirksen, American politician (d. 1969)   

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

Jan 04   On this day in history 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   In the year 1896 matthew B Brady, US photographer (Civil War), dies at about 72   

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 on this day in history.   

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