
{| align=right cellpadding=3 id=toc style="margin-left: 15px;" |- | align="center" colspan=2 | Years:
1893 1894 1895 - 1896 - 1897 1898 1899 |- | align="center" colspan=2 | Decades:
1860s 1870s 1880s - 1890s - 1900s 1910s 1920s |- | align="center" | Centuries:
18th century - 19th century - 20th century
|} 1896 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ==Events== ===January - April=== * January 4 - Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state. * January 5 - An Austrian newspaper reports that Wilhelm Röntgen discovered a type of radiation later known as X-rays. * January 12 - H.L. Smith takes the first X-ray photograph. * January 18 - The X-ray machine is exhibited for the first time. * February 1 - The opera ''La bohème'' premieres (Turin). * February 11 - Oscar Wilde's play ''Salomé'' premieres in Paris. * March 1 - With the Battle of Adowa, Ethiopia defended its independence from Italy. * 3 April - First edition of Italy sports newspaper ''La Gazzetta dello Sport'' is published. * 6 April - Opening ceremonies of the 1896 Summer Olympics, the first modern Olympic Games. ===May - August=== * May 8 - Against Warwickshire, Yorkshire sets a still-standing County Championship record when they accumulate an innings total of 887. * May 18 - The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Plessy v Ferguson, introducing the "Separate but Equal" doctrine. * May 26 - Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. * June 12 - Jack Hearne (John Thomas Hearne) sets a record for the earliest date of taking 100 wickets. It is equalled by Charlie Parker (cricketer) in 1931. * June 15 ? Earthquake and tsunami in Sanriku, Japan, kills 27.000 * July 9 - William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of gold speech. * July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Canada's seventh Prime Minister of Canada. * August 16 - Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in the Klondike. * August 27 - The shortest war in the world - 9.02 - 9.40 between United Kingdom and Zanzibar ===September - December=== * October 3 ? Dalton brothers try to rob two banks but only Emmet Dalton survives the shootout * November - William McKinley defeats William Jennings Bryan in the U.S. presidential election, 1896. ===Unknown date=== * Nepalese archaeologists rediscover the great stone pillar of Ashoka at Lumbini, using Fa Xian's records. * Pontifical University of Maynooth is established by decree of the Vatican * France establishes an administrative post in Abengourou, Ivory Coast. ==Births== * January 2 - Dziga Vertov, Russian filmmaker (d. 1954) * January 4 - Everett Dirksen, American politician (d. 1969) **André Masson, French artist (d. 1987) * January 12 - Rex Ingram (director), Irish director and actor (d. 1950) * January 14 - Martin Niemöller, German theologian and pacifist (d. 1984) **John Dos Passos, American author (d. 1970) * January 20 - George Burns, American comedian (d. 1996) * January 23 - Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg (d. 1985) * February 18 - André Breton, French writer (d. 1966) * March 1 - Dimitri Mitropoulos, Greek conductor, pianist, and composer (d. 1960) * March 20 - Wop May, Canadian World War I pilot (d. 1952) * March 29 - Wilhelm Ackermann, German mathematician (d. 1962) * April 30 - Gary Davis, American musician (d. 1972) * May 11 - Mari Sandoz, writer (d. 1966) * May 30 - Howard Hawks, American director (d. 1977) * June 19 - Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor (d. 1986) * July 2 - Quirino Cristiani, Argentine animated film director (d. 1984) * July 16 - Trygve Lie, first United Nations Secretary General (d. 1968) * August 9 - Jean Piaget, Swiss developmental psychologist (d. 1980) * August 18 - Jack Pickford, American actor (d. 1933) * August 30 - Raymond Massey, Canadian-born actor (d. 1983) * September 24 - F. Scott Fitzgerald, American writer (d. 1940) * October 1 - Liaquat Ali Khan, first Prime Minister of Pakistan (d. 1951) * October 28 - Howard Hanson, American composer (d. 1981) * October 31 - Ethel Waters, American singer and actress (d. 1977) * November 8 - Bucky Harris, Baseball Hall of Famer (d. 1977) * November 10 - Jimmy Dykes, Major League Baseball player and manager (d. 1976) * November 14 - Mamie Eisenhower, First Lady of the United States of America (d. 1979) * November 16 - Oswald Mosley, leader of the British Union of Fascists (d. 1980) * November 17 - Lev Vygotsky, Russian developmental psychologist (d. 1934) * December 6 - Ira Gershwin, American lyricist (d. 1983) * December 14 - Jimmy Doolittle, American World War II general (d. 1993) ==Deaths== * January 4 - Joseph Hubert Reinkens, German Old Catholic Church bishop (b. 1821) * January 8 - Paul Verlaine, French lyric poet (b. 1844) * April 30 - Hamilton Disston, Floridan developer (b. 1844) * May 20 - Clara Schumann, German composer (b. 1819) * August 10 - Otto Lilienthal, German aviation pioneer (b. 1848) * August 17 - Bridget Driscoll, world's first automobile fatality * October 11 - Anton Bruckner, Austrian composer (b. 1824) * October 11 - Edward White Benson, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1829) * October 23 ? Columbus Delano, American statesman (b. 1809) * December 10 - Alfred Nobel, Swedish inventor of dynamite and creator of the Nobel Prize (b. 1833) * December 30 - José Rizal, national hero of the Philippines (b. 1861) 1896 la:1896 nds:1896 os:1896 sq:1896 scn:1896
Refer my remarks on other pages this page is perfect: year by topic in a top table and not in a bottom paragraph User:BozMoUser Talk:BozMo --User:Zegoma beach 14:52, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC) F. Scott Fitzgerald, American writer (d. 1940) is listed as being born both on December 24 and September 24. --User:Zegoma beach 12:30, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC) fixed.
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{| align=right cellpadding=3 id=toc style="margin-left: 15px;" |- | align="center" colspan=2 | Years:
1893 1894 1895 - 1896 - 1897 1898 1899 |- | align="center" colspan=2 | Decades:
1860s 1870s 1880s - 1890s - 1900s 1910s 1920s |- | align="center" | Centuries:
18th century - 19th century - 20th century
|} 1896 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ==Events== ===January - April=== * January 4 - Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state. * January 5 - An Austrian newspaper reports that Wilhelm Röntgen discovered a type of radiation later known as X-rays. * January 12 - H.L. Smith takes the first X-ray photograph. * January 18 - The X-ray machine is exhibited for the first time. * February 1 - The opera ''La bohème'' premieres (Turin). * February 11 - Oscar Wilde's play ''Salomé'' premieres in Paris. * March 1 - With the Battle of Adowa, Ethiopia defended its independence from Italy. * 3 April - First edition of Italy sports newspaper ''La Gazzetta dello Sport'' is published. * 6 April - Opening ceremonies of the 1896 Summer Olympics, the first modern Olympic Games. ===May - August=== * May 8 - Against Warwickshire, Yorkshire sets a still-standing County Championship record when they accumulate an innings total of 887. * May 18 - The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Plessy v Ferguson, introducing the "Separate but Equal" doctrine. * May 26 - Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. * June 12 - Jack Hearne (John Thomas Hearne) sets a record for the earliest date of taking 100 wickets. It is equalled by Charlie Parker (cricketer) in 1931. * June 15 ? Earthquake and tsunami in Sanriku, Japan, kills 27.000 * July 9 - William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of gold speech. * July 11 - Wilfrid Laurier becomes Canada's seventh Prime Minister of Canada. * August 16 - Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in the Klondike. * August 27 - The shortest war in the world - 9.02 - 9.40 between United Kingdom and Zanzibar ===September - December=== * October 3 ? Dalton brothers try to rob two banks but only Emmet Dalton survives the shootout * November - William McKinley defeats William Jennings Bryan in the U.S. presidential election, 1896. ===Unknown date=== * Nepalese archaeologists rediscover the great stone pillar of Ashoka at Lumbini, using Fa Xian's records. * Pontifical University of Maynooth is established by decree of the Vatican * France establishes an administrative post in Abengourou, Ivory Coast. ==Births== * January 2 - Dziga Vertov, Russian filmmaker (d. 1954) * January 4 - Everett Dirksen, American politician (d. 1969) **André Masson, French artist (d. 1987) * January 12 - Rex Ingram (director), Irish director and actor (d. 1950) * January 14 - Martin Niemöller, German theologian and pacifist (d. 1984) **John Dos Passos, American author (d. 1970) * January 20 - George Burns, American comedian (d. 1996) * January 23 - Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg (d. 1985) * February 18 - André Breton, French writer (d. 1966) * March 1 - Dimitri Mitropoulos, Greek conductor, pianist, and composer (d. 1960) * March 20 - Wop May, Canadian World War I pilot (d. 1952) * March 29 - Wilhelm Ackermann, German mathematician (d. 1962) * April 30 - Gary Davis, American musician (d. 1972) * May 11 - Mari Sandoz, writer (d. 1966) * May 30 - Howard Hawks, American director (d. 1977) * June 19 - Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor (d. 1986) * July 2 - Quirino Cristiani, Argentine animated film director (d. 1984) * July 16 - Trygve Lie, first United Nations Secretary General (d. 1968) * August 9 - Jean Piaget, Swiss developmental psychologist (d. 1980) * August 18 - Jack Pickford, American actor (d. 1933) * August 30 - Raymond Massey, Canadian-born actor (d. 1983) * September 24 - F. Scott Fitzgerald, American writer (d. 1940) * October 1 - Liaquat Ali Khan, first Prime Minister of Pakistan (d. 1951) * October 28 - Howard Hanson, American composer (d. 1981) * October 31 - Ethel Waters, American singer and actress (d. 1977) * November 8 - Bucky Harris, Baseball Hall of Famer (d. 1977) * November 10 - Jimmy Dykes, Major League Baseball player and manager (d. 1976) * November 14 - Mamie Eisenhower, First Lady of the United States of America (d. 1979) * November 16 - Oswald Mosley, leader of the British Union of Fascists (d. 1980) * November 17 - Lev Vygotsky, Russian developmental psychologist (d. 1934) * December 6 - Ira Gershwin, American lyricist (d. 1983) * December 14 - Jimmy Doolittle, American World War II general (d. 1993) ==Deaths== * January 4 - Joseph Hubert Reinkens, German Old Catholic Church bishop (b. 1821) * January 8 - Paul Verlaine, French lyric poet (b. 1844) * April 30 - Hamilton Disston, Floridan developer (b. 1844) * May 20 - Clara Schumann, German composer (b. 1819) * August 10 - Otto Lilienthal, German aviation pioneer (b. 1848) * August 17 - Bridget Driscoll, world's first automobile fatality * October 11 - Anton Bruckner, Austrian composer (b. 1824) * October 11 - Edward White Benson, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1829) * October 23 ? Columbus Delano, American statesman (b. 1809) * December 10 - Alfred Nobel, Swedish inventor of dynamite and creator of the Nobel Prize (b. 1833) * December 30 - José Rizal, national hero of the Philippines (b. 1861) 1896 la:1896 nds:1896 os:1896 sq:1896 scn:1896
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Refer my remarks on other pages this page is perfect: year by topic in a top table and not in a bottom paragraph User:BozMoUser Talk:BozMo --User:Zegoma beach 14:52, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC) F. Scott Fitzgerald, American writer (d. 1940) is listed as being born both on December 24 and September 24. --User:Zegoma beach 12:30, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC) fixed.
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