Historical Events In 1896

Aug 17   On this day in history bridget Driscoll, 1st Brit to die in an auto-accident   

Aug 17   On this day in history george Washington Carmack discoveres gold in Klondike region of Yukon   

Aug 17   Gold discovered in the Yukon Territory, Canada on this day in history.   

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

Aug 17   Henry P de Vries, Dutch painter/poet (Laws of the Americas) on this day in history.   

Aug 18   Adolph Ochs (39) buys NY Times in the year 1896.   

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 in the year 1896.   

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

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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history richard Hammond, composer   

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

Aug 27   On this day in history 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   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 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1896 raymond Massey, Toronto Canada, actor (Dr Gillespie-Dr Kildare)   

Aug 31   Louis Napoleon Parker's "Rosemary," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

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

Sep 02   On this day in history nat Thompson, cricketer (played 1st Two Tests for Australia), dies   

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

Sep 06   In the year 1896 frutuoso de Lima Viana, composer   

Sep 07   1st closed-circuit auto race, at Cranston, RI in the year 1896.   

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

Sep 07   In the year 1896 the first auto race held at a race track takes place today in Cranston, RI.   

Sep 09   In the year 1896 fritz Reuter, composer   

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

Sep 11   In the year 1896 anton Joseph Bruckner, composer, dies at 72   

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Jan 01   In the year 1896 birth of maurice Jacobson, composer   

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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1896 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   In the year 1896 birth of everett Dirksen, American politician (d. 1969)   

Jan 01   On this day in history 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   In the year 1896 death of william Rainey Marshall, Governor of Minnesota (b. 1825)   

Jan 15   On this day in history matthew B Brady, US photographer (Civil War), dies at about 72   

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

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.