1896 Calendar
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1896 Historical Event(s)
- January 4, 1896 – Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state.
- January 5, 1896 – An Austrian newspaper reports that Wilhelm Röntgen has discovered a type of radiation later known as X-rays.
- January 18, 1896 – The X-ray machine is exhibited for the first time.
- March 1, 1896 – Battle of Adowa: an Ethiopian army defeats an outnumbered Italian force, ending the First Italo–Ethiopian War.
- March 9, 1896 – Prime Minister Francesco Crispi resigns following the Italian defeat at the Battle of Adowa.
- March 24, 1896 – A. A. Popov makes the first radio signal transmission in history.
- May 26, 1896 – Nicholas II becomes Tsar of Russia.
- August 27, 1896 – Anglo-Zanzibar War: the shortest war in world history (09:00 to 09:45) between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar.
- September 22, 1896 – Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history.
Who Were Born On 1896?
- January 12, 1896 – David Wechsler, American psychologist (d. 1981)
- February 19, 1896 – André Breton, French poet (d. 1966)
- April 16, 1896 – Pat Clayton, British surveyor and explorer (d. 1962)
- April 17, 1896 – Señor Wences, Spanish ventriloquist (d. 1999)
- April 20, 1896 – Wilfrid R. “Wop” May, Canadian aviator (d. 1952)
- May 3, 1896 – Karl Allmenroder, German World War I Flying ace (d. 1917)
- September 10, 1896 – Robert Taschereau, Canadian judge and politician (d. 1970)
- October 8, 1896 – Julien Duvivier, French film director (d. 1967)
- October 28, 1896 – Howard Hanson, American composer (d. 1981)
- November 12, 1896 – Salim Ali, Indian ornithologist (d. 1987)