Famous Deaths Happened In 1896

Jan 01 Alfred Ely Beach, American inventor (b. 1826) died in the year 1896.  

Jan 04 Joseph Hubert Reinkens, German Old Catholic bishop (b. 1821) died on this day in history.  

Jan 08 William Rainey Marshall, Governor of Minnesota (b. 1825) died in the year 1896.  

Jan 15 On this day in history matthew B Brady, US photographer (Civil War), dies at about 72  

Jan 18 Charles Floquet, French statesman (b. 1828) died on this day in history.  

Jan 20 Heinrich M von Battenberg, German son-in-law of Victoria, dies at 37 on this day in history.  

Jan 25 In the year 1896 frans C Baeckelmans, Flemish architect (Court of Justice), dies at 68  

Jan 28 Joseph Barnby, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

Feb 04 Henry David Leslie, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

Feb 06 In the year 1896 abraham Czn van Stolk, Dutch art collector, dies at 82  

Feb 12 Charles Louis Ambrose Thomas, French composer (Mignon), dies at 84 on this day in history.  

Feb 13 Karl Reinthaler, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

Feb 15 E J Nicholson, writer, dies on this day in history.  

Feb 22 In the year 1896 death of thomas Hughes, politican/author of Tom Brown's Schooldays, Brighton  

Mar 01 Albertone, Italian general (Eritrea), dies in battle on this day in history.  

Mar 26 In the year 1896 nanny v Hof, writer, dies  

Mar 28 E Rundle Charles, writer, dies on this day in history.  

Mar 30 In the year 1896 death of charilaos Trikoupis, seven times prime-minister of Greece (b. 1832)  

Apr 05 John Rogers Thomas, composer, dies at 66 in the year 1896.  

Apr 12 Alexander Ritter, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

Apr 22 In the year 1896 death of thomas Meik, British civil engineer (b. 1812)  

Apr 27 In the year 1896 death of henry Parkes, known as the Father of Federation (b. 1815)  

Apr 28 Heinrich von Treitschke, German historian, dies in the year 1896.  

Apr 30 Antonio Cagnoni, composer, dies at 68 in the year 1896.  

May 01 Nasr-ed-Din, shah of Persia (184.-96), murdered at 65 died on this day in history.  

May 05 In the year 1896 death of silas Adams, American lawyer and politician (b. 1839)  

May 07 On this day in history death of h. H. Holmes (Herman Webster Mudgett) , American serial killer (b. 1860)  

May 12 On this day in history juan Morel Campos, composer, dies at 38  

May 13 Nora Perry, writer, dies on this day in history.  

May 20 Clara Josephine Wieck Schumann, composer/pianist, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

May 27 Allard Pierson, theologist/philosopher/art historian/poet, dies on this day in history.  

May 29 Gabriel Auguste Daubrée, French geologist (b. 1814) died in the year 1896.  

Jun 02 In the year 1896 gerhard Rohlfs, German explorer (Abbsynia/Ethiopia), dies  

Jun 07 On this day in history death of pavlos Carrer, Greek composer (b. 1829)  

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Jan 01 On this day in history birth of maurice Jacobson, composer  

Jan 01 Teinosuke Kinugasa, Japans actor/director (Jujiro, Jigoku-mon) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01 On this day in history birth of yitzhak Edel, composer  

Jan 02 Dziga Vertiv, [Denis A Kaufman], Russian director (Sjagai, Soviet!) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02 In the year 1896 birth of ernst-Lothar von Knorr, composer  

Jan 02 On this day in history birth of sir Lawrence Wackett, Australian aircraft engineer (d. 1982)  

Jan 04 On this day in history birth of everett McKinley Dirkson, (Sen-R-Ill)  

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