Events in year of 1896

Events in year of 1896

  • 01-02Battle at Doornkop, South Africa (Boers beat Dr Jamesons troops)
  • 01-03Emperor Wilhelm congratulates President Kruger on the Jameson Raid
  • 01-04Following Mormon abandonment of polygamy, Utah admitted as 45th state
  • 01-06Cecil Rhodes resigns as Premier of Cape colony
  • 01-07Fanny Farmer publishes her 1st cookbook
  • 01-121st X-ray photo in US (Dr Henry Smith, Davidson NC)
  • 01-181st demonstration of an X-ray machine in US (NYC)
  • 01-18British troops occupy Kumasi, West Africa
  • 01-27Tasmania bowl out Victoria for 65 for their 1st ever innings victory
  • 01-29Emile Grubbe is 1st dr to use radiation treatment for breast cancer
  • 02-08Western Conference forms of Midwestern University, later renamed Big 10 Conf
  • 02-14George Lohmann takes a hat-trick vs. South Africa, 8-7 for inning
  • 02-14South Africa all out for 30 vs. England - their lowest ever
  • 02-14Stanley Cup: Winnipeg Victorias beat Montreal Victorias, 2-0
  • 02-14Theodor Herzl publishes "Der Judenstaat"
  • 02-18Cave of Winds at Niagara Falls goes almost dry for 1st time in 50 yrs
  • 02-23Tootsie Roll introduced by Leo Hirshfield
  • 02-24Victoria all out for 43 vs. South Australia, Jones 6-15 Jarvis 4-27
  • 02-25Italian government decides to attack Governor Baratieri of Eritrea
  • 02-28France dismisses Queen Ranavalona of Madagascar
  • 03-01Battle of Adua: 80,000 Ethiopians destroy 20,000 Italians
  • 03-02Battle of Aduwa, Abyssinia (Ethiopia) defeats invading Italians
  • 03-02George Lohmann takes 9-28 vs. South Africa at Johannesburg
  • 03-05Italian Premier Crispi resigns
  • 03-05Italians Governor of Eritrea, General Baldissera, reaches Massawa
  • 03-061st auto in Detroit, Charles B King rides his "Horseless Carriage"
  • 03-08Volunteers of America forms (NYC)
  • 03-10After Bob Fitzsimmons KOs much larger Jim Corbett to win world HW championship he says, "The bigger they are, the harder they fall"
  • 03-121st movie in the Netherlands (Kalverstr 220)
  • 03-14Sutro Baths (San Francisco) opens by Cliff House (closed September 1, 1952)
  • 03-20Marines land in Nicaragua to protect US citizens
  • 03-20Uprising in Matabeleland
  • 03-22Charilaos Vasilakos wins 1st marathon (3:18)
  • 03-28The opera "Andrea Chenier" is produced (Milan)
  • 03-31Whitcomb Judson, Chicago, patents a hookless fastening (zipper)
  • 04-04Announcement of Gold in Yukon
  • 04-051st modern Olympic Games officially opens in Athens
  • 04-061st modern Olympic games open in Athens Greece [3 / 25 OS] American, James Connolly, wins 1st Olympic gold medal in mod history
  • 04-10Spiridon Louis wins 1st Olympic marathon (2:58:50)
  • 04-12Stamasia Portrisi is 1st woman to win a marathon (5:30 in Athens)
  • 04-151st Olympic games close at Athens, Greece
  • 04-23Vitascope system of movie projection 1st demonstrated (NYC)
  • 04-25Fight in Central Dance Hall starts fire (Cripple Creek Colorado)
  • 04-25Sidney Jones and Harry Greenbacks musical premieres in London
  • 05-0622nd Kentucky Derby: Willie Simms aboard Ben Brush wins in 2:07.75
  • 05-091st horseless carriage show in London (featured 10 models)
  • 05-15Tornado kills 78 in Texas
  • 05-18US Supreme court affirms race separation (Plessy vs. Ferguson)
  • 05-191st auto (Benz) to arrive in the Netherlands
  • 05-261st American intercollegiate bicycle race, Manhattan Beach, New York
  • 05-26Dow Jones begins an index of 12 industrial stocks (closing is 40.94)
  • 05-26Last Czar of Russia, Nicholas II, crowned
  • 05-27Bay District Race Track closes
  • 05-27Tornado hits St. Louis, killing 255 and leaving thousands homeless
  • 05-301st car accident occurs, Henry Wells hit a bicyclist (NYC)
  • 06-02Guglielmo Marconi patents the radio
  • 06-04Henry takes his 1st Ford through streets of Detroit
  • 06-0621st Preakness: Henry Griffin aboard Margrave wins in 1:51
  • 06-06George Samuelson leaves New York harbor to row across Atlantic
  • 06-07G Harpo and F Samuelson leave New York to row the Atlantic (takes 54 days)
  • 06-081st car is stolen
  • 06-11US Assay Office in Deadwood South Dakota authorized
  • 06-15Tsunami strikes Shinto festival on beach at Sanriku Japan 27,000 are killed, 9,000 injured, with 13,000 houses destroyed
  • 06-261st movie theater in US opens, charging 10 cents for admission
  • 06-30W S Hadaway patents electric stove
  • 07-01Harbor of Ymuiden opens
  • 07-01Wilfrid Laurel sworn in as 1st French speaking Premier
  • 07-08William Jennings Bryan "cross of gold" speech at Democratic Convention
  • 07-13Ed Delahanty, becomes 2nd major leaguer to hit 4 HRs in a game
  • 07-182nd US Golf Open: James Foulis shoots a 152 at Shinnecock Hills, New York
  • 07-28City of Miami incorporated
  • 08-01George Samuelson completes rowing Atlantic (NY to England)
  • 08-06France annexes Madagascar
  • 08-11Harvey Hubbell patents electric light bulb socket with a pull chain
  • 08-12Gold discovered at Klondike River at Dawson
  • 08-12Willem II soccer team forms in Tilburg
  • 08-16Gold discovered in Klondike, found at Bonanza Creek, Ala
  • 08-17George Washington Carmack discoveres gold in Klondike region of Yukon
  • 08-18Adolph Ochs (39) buys New York Times
  • 08-20Dial telephone patented
  • 08-26Armenian revolutionairy assault on Ottoman Bank Constantinople
  • 08-27England defeated Zanzibar in a 38-minute war (9:02 AM-9:40 AM)
  • 08-29Chop suey invented in NYC by chef of visiting Chinese Ambassador
  • 09-071st closed-circuit auto race, at Cranston, Rhode Island
  • 09-07A H Whiting wins 1st automobile race held on a track in Cranston, Rhode Island
  • 09-20John Mcdermott wins 1st US marathon (NYC)
  • 09-21General Kitcheners army occupies Dongola Sudan
  • 10-01Sherlock Holmes adventure "Veiled Lodger" takes place (BG)
  • 10-01Yosemite becomes a National Park
  • 10-08Dow Jones starts reporting an average of selected industrial stocks
  • 10-17Anton Tsjechovs "Chayka, " premieres in St. Petersburg
  • 10-26Abyssinia and Italy sign peace treaty
  • 10-271st Pali Road completed in Hawaii (winds so strong streams flow UP!)
  • 10-30Martha Hughes Cannon of Utah becomes 1st female senator
  • 11-011st bare women breast (Zulu) to appear in National Geographic Magazine
  • 11-03J H Hunter patents portable weighing scales
  • 11-03Martha Hughes Cannon of Utah elected 1st female senator
  • 11-03William McKinley (R) defeats William Jennings Bryan (D) for President
  • 11-14Power plant at Niagara Falls begins operation
  • 11-19Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Sussex Vampire" (BG)
  • 11-241st US absentee voting law enacted by Vermont
  • 11-261st large indoor football game, University of Chicago beats University of Michigan 7-6
  • 11-26A A Stagg of University of Chicago creates football huddle
  • 11-27"Also Sprach Zarathustra" (Thus Spake Zarathustra) debuts in Frankfurt
  • 12-011st certified public accountants receive certificates (NY)
  • 12-06D T Suzuki found the awakening at Engakuji temple, in Kamakura
  • 12-08Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Missing 3 Quarter" (BG)
  • 12-101st intercollegiate basketball game (Wesleyan beats Yale 4-3)
  • 12-25"Stars & Stripes Forever" written by John Philip Sousa
  • 12-30Stanley Cup: Montreal Victorias beat Winnipeg Victorias, 6-5
  • 12-3125th auto built in US

People died in year of 1896

  • 01-15Matthew B Brady: US photographer (Civil War), dies at about 72
  • 01-20Heinrich M von Battenberg: German son-in-law of Victoria, dies at 37
  • 01-25Frans C Baeckelmans: Flemish Architect (Court of Justice), dies at 68
  • 01-25Frederic Leighton: President of the Royal Academy (1878-96)
  • 01-28Joseph Barnby: Composer, dies at 57
  • 02-04Henry David Leslie: Composer, dies at 73
  • 02-06Abraham Czn van Stolk: Dutch art collector, dies at 82
  • 02-12Charles Louis Ambrose Thomas: French Composer (Mignon), dies at 84
  • 02-12Isaac Murphy: Jockey, 628 wins on 1, 412 mounts (44.5%), dies at 35
  • 02-13Karl Reinthaler: Composer, dies at 73
  • 02-15E J Nicholson: Writer
  • 03-01Albertone: Italian General (Eritrea), dies in battle
  • 03-01Arimondi: Italian General (Eritrea), dies in battle

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