1896

Years:
1893 1894 1895 - 1896 - 1897 1898 1899

Decades:
1860s 1870s 1880s - 1890s - 1900s 1910s 1920s

Centuries:
18th century - 19th century - 20th century

1896 in topic:
Arts
Architecture - Art - Literature - Music
Other topics
Canada - Rail transport - Science - South Africa - Sport

Lists of leaders:
Colonial governors - State leaders

From Categories:
births - deaths

1896 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar).

Events

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 16 - Forrest's birthday
January 18 - The X-ray machine is exhibited for the first time.
February 1 - The opera La bohème premieres (Turin).
February 1 - Walter Arnold, of Kent, England, is fined for speeding in excess of the contemporary speed limit of 2 mph

February 11 - Oscar Wilde's play Salomé premieres in Paris.
March 1 - With the Battle of Adowa, Ethiopia defends its independence from Italy.
3 April - First edition of Italian sports newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport is published.
6 April - Opening ceremonies of the 1896 Summer Olympics, the first modern Olympic Games.

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 - J.T. Hearne sets a record for the earliest date of taking 100 wickets. It is equalled by Charlie Parker 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.
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 Britain and Zanzibar

October 3 - Dalton brothers try to rob two banks but only Emmet Dalton survives the shootout
October 5 - After a long siege, Brazilian government troops take Canudos in north Brazil, crushing Antonio Conselheiro and his followers
November - William McKinley defeats William Jennings Bryan in the U.S. presidential election.
November 16 - Cherry Sisters perform in Olympia Music Hall in New York City. At first audience is stunned but then begins to answer with catcalls...
December 30 - Jose Rizal, Philipino scholar and poet, executed in the Philippines

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.
Formation of the New York Telephone Company
The great Realignment of the Republican Party of the United States of America