Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In 1896

Jun 10 Amelia Dyer, English murderer (b. 1829) died in the year 1896.  

Jun 11 In the year 1896 friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke, composer, dies at 72  

Jun 25 On this day in history emile AH Seipgens, Dutch priest/beer brewer/man of letters, dies at 58  

Jun 26 In the year 1896 louis CPR of Orleans, French duke (chosen king of Belgian), dies at 81  

Jul 01 Harriet Beecher Stowe, US author (Uncle Tom's Cabin), dies at 85 in the year 1896.  

Jul 06 In the year 1896 alexander Sergeyevich Famintsin, composer, dies at 54  

Jul 11 In the year 1896 ernst Curtius, German archaeologist/historian (Olympia), dies at 81  

Jul 13 In the year 1896 death of friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz, German chemist (b. 1829)  

Jul 16 Edmond-Louis-Antoine Huot de Goncourt, novelist, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

Jul 19 On this day in history death of abraham H. Cannon, American Mormon apostle (b. 1859)  

Aug 09 In the year 1896 death of otto Lilenthal, aircraft pioneer, killed during a glider test at 48  

Aug 10 Otto Lilienthal, German aircraft pioneer, dies in the year 1896.  

Aug 12 Thomas Chamberlain, officer of the 20th Maine at the Battle of Gettysburg died in the year 1896.  

Aug 13 John Everett Millais, English painter, dies at 67 in the year 1896.  

Aug 17 Bridget Driscoll, 1st Brit to die in an auto-accident died on this day in history.  

Aug 18 In the year 1896 frederick Nichols Crouch, composer, dies at 88  

Aug 30 On this day in history death of alexei Lobanov-Rostovsky, Russian statesman (b. 1824)  

Sep 01 In the year 1896 johannes Habert, composer, dies at 62  

Sep 02 On this day in history nat Thompson, cricketer (played 1st Two Tests for Australia), dies  

Sep 11 Anton Joseph Bruckner, composer, dies at 72 in the year 1896.  

Sep 16 In the year 1896 carlos Gomez, composer, dies at 60  

Sep 18 On this day in history armand-Hippolyte-Louis Fizeau, physicist, dies  

Sep 20 Gottfried Conradi, composer, dies at 76 in the year 1896.  

Sep 23 Ivar A Aasen, Norwegian linguistic/poet, dies at 83 on this day in history.  

Sep 24 Francis SK Fitzgerald, US writer (Great Gatsby, Zelda), dies on this day in history.  

Oct 03 William Morris, writer, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

Oct 11 Anton Bruckner, Austr composer (Te Deum, Wagner Symphony), dies at 72 on this day in history.  

Oct 12 Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish nobleman and politician (b. 1817) died in the year 1896.  

Oct 21 On this day in history death of james Henry Greathead, British engineer (b. 1844)  

Oct 26 In the year 1896 death of paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French statesman (b. 1827)  

Oct 30 Charles Tupper, PM of Canada (C) (1896), dies on this day in history.  

Nov 12 Spyridon Xyndas, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.  

Nov 13 On this day in history antonio Pena y Goni, composer, dies at 50  

Nov 22 In the year 1896 george Washington Gale Ferris, inventor (Ferris wheel), dies  

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Jan 01 In the year 1896 birth of maurice Jacobson, composer  

Jan 01 On this day in history birth of teinosuke Kinugasa, Japans actor/director (Jujiro, Jigoku-mon)  

Jan 01 Yitzhak Edel, composer was born in the year 1896.  

Jan 02 Dziga Vertiv, [Denis A Kaufman], Russian director (Sjagai, Soviet!) was born in the year 1896.  

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

Jan 02 Sir Lawrence Wackett, Australian aircraft engineer (d. 1982) was born in the year 1896.  

Jan 04 Everett McKinley Dirkson, (Sen-R-Ill) was born in the year 1896.  

Jan 04 Everett Dirksen, American politician (d. 1969) was born on this day in history.