Historical Events In 1896

Aug 17   George Washington Carmack discoveres gold in Klondike region of Yukon in the year 1896.  

Aug 17   In the year 1896 gold discovered in the Yukon Territory, Canada  

Aug 17   On this day in history gold is discovered on Klondike River  

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

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

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

Aug 18   Frederick Nichols Crouch, composer, dies at 88 in the year 1896.  

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

Aug 20   Dial telephone patented on this day in history.  

Aug 21   Blossom Rock, actress, (Grandmamma-Addams Family) in the year 1896.  

Aug 23   On this day in history first Cry of the Philippine Revolution is made in Pugad Lawin (Quezon City), in the province of Manila.  

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

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

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   England defeated Zanzibar in a 38-minute war (9:02 AM-9:40 AM) in the year 1896.  

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

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

Aug 29   In the year 1896 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   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 in the year 1896.  

Aug 30   Raymond Massey, Toronto Canada, actor (Dr Gillespie-Dr Kildare) in the year 1896.  

Aug 31   In the year 1896 louis Napoleon Parker's "Rosemary," premieres in NYC  

Sep 01   Johannes Habert, composer, dies at 62 in the year 1896.  

Sep 02   In the year 1896 nat Thompson, cricketer (played 1st Two Tests for Australia), dies  

Sep 04   Agnes Ayres, [Hinkle], US, actress (Sheik, Souls at Sea) in the year 1896.  

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   In the year 1896 a. H. Whiting won 1st closed-circuit auto race held  

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

Sep 09   On this day in history fritz Reuter, composer  

Sep 10   In the year 1896 elsa Schiaparelli, French fashion designer  

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

Sep 12   In the year 1896 giuseppe Zoppi, Swiss writer (Il Libro Dell'Alpe)  

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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 on this day in history.  

Jan 01   In the year 1896 birth of yitzhak Edel, composer  

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

Jan 02   On this day in history 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   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   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   Matthew B Brady, US photographer (Civil War), dies at about 72 in the year 1896.  

Jan 18   Charles Floquet, French statesman (b. 1828) died on this day in history.  

Jan 20   On this day in history heinrich M von Battenberg, German son-in-law of Victoria, dies at 37  

Jan 25   In the year 1896 frans C Baeckelmans, Flemish architect (Court of Justice), dies at 68  

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