Famous Deaths In 1896

Jun 10 Amelia Dyer, English murderer (b. 1829) died on this day in history.  

Jun 11 On this day in history friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke, composer, dies at 72  

Jun 25 Emile AH Seipgens, Dutch priest/beer brewer/man of letters, dies at 58 in the year 1896.  

Jun 26 Louis CPR of Orleans, French duke (chosen king of Belgian), dies at 81 in the year 1896.  

Jul 01 Harriet Beecher Stowe, US author (Uncle Tom's Cabin), dies at 85 on this day in history.  

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 Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz, German chemist (b. 1829) died on this day in history.  

Jul 16 In the year 1896 edmond-Louis-Antoine Huot de Goncourt, novelist, dies at 74  

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

Aug 09 On this day in history death of otto Lilenthal, aircraft pioneer, killed during a glider test at 48  

Aug 10 On this day in history otto Lilienthal, German aircraft pioneer, dies  

Aug 12 In the year 1896 death of thomas Chamberlain, officer of the 20th Maine at the Battle of Gettysburg  

Aug 13 In the year 1896 john Everett Millais, English painter, dies at 67  

Aug 17 On this day in history death of bridget Driscoll, 1st Brit to die in an auto-accident  

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 Johannes Habert, composer, dies at 62 in the year 1896.  

Sep 02 In the year 1896 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 Carlos Gomez, composer, dies at 60 in the year 1896.  

Sep 18 Armand-Hippolyte-Louis Fizeau, physicist, dies in the year 1896.  

Sep 20 In the year 1896 gottfried Conradi, composer, dies at 76  

Sep 23 In the year 1896 ivar A Aasen, Norwegian linguistic/poet, dies at 83  

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 In the year 1896 anton Bruckner, Austr composer (Te Deum, Wagner Symphony), dies at 72  

Oct 12 Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish nobleman and politician (b. 1817) died on this day in history.  

Oct 21 James Henry Greathead, British engineer (b. 1844) died on this day in history.  

Oct 26 Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French statesman (b. 1827) died in the year 1896.  

Oct 30 Charles Tupper, PM of Canada (C) (1896), dies in the year 1896.  

Nov 12 In the year 1896 spyridon Xyndas, composer, dies at 84  

Nov 13 Antonio Pena y Goni, composer, dies at 50 in the year 1896.  

Nov 22 On this day in history george Washington Gale Ferris, inventor (Ferris wheel), dies  

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Jan 01 Maurice Jacobson, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

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

Jan 02 In the year 1896 birth of dziga Vertiv, [Denis A Kaufman], Russian director (Sjagai, Soviet!)  

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

Jan 04 On this day in history birth of everett Dirksen, American politician (d. 1969)