1896

Year 1896 () was a (link will display the full calendar) of the  (or a  of the 12-day slower ).

January - March

 * - is admitted as the 45th.
 * - An n newspaper reports that discovered a type of  later known as s.
 * - H.L. Smith takes the first photograph.
 * - The machine is exhibited for the first time.
 * The  premieres.
 * Walter Arnold, of, , is fined for in excess of the contemporary  of 2 mph.
 * - 's play Salomé premieres in.
 * - With the, defends its independence from.
 * - The passes the, restricting Sunday alcoholic beverage sales to hotels
 * - The passes the, restricting Sunday alcoholic beverage sales to hotels

April - June

 * - First edition of sports   is published.
 * - Opening ceremonies of the, the first modern.
 * - Cricket: Against, sets a still-standing  record when they accumulate an innings total of 887.
 * - The rules in, introducing the "" doctrine and upholding.
 * - publishes the first edition of the.
 * - The costliest and third deadliest in U.S. history levels a mile wide swath of downtown, incurring $2.9 billion (1997 USD) in damages, killing more than 255 and injuring over 1,000 people.
 * - sets a record for the earliest date of taking 100 wickets. It is equalled by  in.
 * - and  in Sanriku,, kills 27,000.

July - September

 * - delivers his.
 * - becomes 's seventh.
 * - A is opened between the islands of  and  in.
 * -, and Dawson Charlie discover  in the.
 * - The shortest war in recorded history, the, starts at 9 in the morning and lasts for 45 minutes of shelling.
 * - train wreck stunt.
 * - surpassed her grandfather  as the longest reigning  in British history.

October - December

 * - After a long siege, ian government troops take in north Brazil, crushing  and his followers.
 * - : Augusta High School corner stone laid marking the end of the.
 * November - defeats  in the.
 * - runs as vice-presidential candidate for.
 * - A, later postulated to be the remains of a gigantic octopus, is found washed ashore near.
 * - composes magnum opus, "" on Christmas Day.
 * -, Filipino scholar and poet, executed in the

Undated

 * s rediscover the great stone pillar of at, using 's records.
 * is established by decree of the
 * establishes an administrative post in,.
 * Formation of the Company
 * The great "Realignment" of the Republican Party of the United States of America
 * is founded in.

January - June

 * , American playwright and screen writer (d. )
 * -, Russian filmmaker (d. )
 * , American politician (d. )
 * , French artist (d. )
 * -, American psychic spiritual medium, clairaudient (d. )
 * -, Irish director and actor (d. )
 * -, German theologian and pacifist (d. )
 * -, American author (d. )
 * -, American comedian (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * -, French writer (d. )
 * -, American physician, recipient of the (d. )
 * -, Indian politician (d. )
 * , Greek conductor, pianist, and composer (d. )
 * , German writer, poet, film producer, and man of the theatre (d. )
 * -, Canadian World War I pilot (d. )
 * -, German mathematician (d. )
 * -, Russian chemist, laureate (d. )
 * , founder of (d. )
 * , American musician (d. )
 * -, British Army officer (d. )
 * -, American director (d. )
 * , American chemist, laureate (d. )
 * , American World War I flying ace (d. )
 * -, Duchess of Windsor (d. )
 * -, Oldest Surviving soldier of World War I
 * , American chemist, laureate (d. )
 * , American World War I flying ace (d. )
 * -, Duchess of Windsor (d. )
 * -, Oldest Surviving soldier of World War I

July - December

 * -, Argentine animated film director (d. )
 * -, Canadian violinist, composer and conductor (d. )
 * -, one of Israel's greatest painters (d. )
 * -, first (d. )
 * -, Swiss psychologist (d. )
 * -, Renowned dancer and choreographer, worked with Diaghilev's Ballet Russes and the Ballet Russes de Monte Carlo (d. )
 * -, Austrian-born biochemist, recipient of the (d. )
 * -, American photographer (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, Canadian-born actor (d. )
 * -, Founder of movement (d. )
 * -, American writer (d. )
 * -, - (d. )
 * -, Italian writer, laureate (d. )
 * -, American composer (d. )
 * -, American singer and actress (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, baseball player (d. )
 * -, baseball player and manager (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, leader of the British Union of Fascists (d. )
 * -, Russian psychologist (d. )
 * -, Austrian-born biochemist, recipient of the (d. )
 * -, American lyricist (d. )
 * -, American World War II general (d. )
 * -, American composer (d. )
 * -, American writer (d. )


 * See also .

January - June

 * -, German bishop (b. )
 * -, French lyric poet (b. )
 * -, of , King of Herat (b. )
 * -, emir of Kuwait (b. )
 * -, father of Archduke Ferdinand (b. )
 * -, German composer (b. )
 * -, Italian soldier and statesman (b. )

July - December

 * -, American author (b. )
 * -, co-founder of the (born )
 * -, American Mormon apostle (b. )
 * -, German aviation pioneer (b. )
 * -, an early fatality
 * -, sultan of Zanzibar (b. )
 * , Austrian composer (b. )
 * , Archbishop of Canterbury (b. )
 * -, British engineer and inventor (b. )
 * -, American statesman (b. )
 * -, Croatian viceroy (b. )
 * -, Swedish inventor of dynamite and creator of the (b. )
 * -, national hero of the Philippines (b. )
 * -, national hero of the Philippines (b. )


 * See also .