18 events found for 1896
Naser al-Din, Shah of Iran, is assassinated in Shah Abdol-Azim Shrine by Mirza Reza Kermani, a follower of Jamal al-Din
The United States Supreme Court rules in Plessy v
Khodynka Tragedy: A mass panic on Khodynka Field in Moscow during the festivities of the coronation of Russian Tsar Nich
Nicholas II is crowned as the last Tsar of Imperial Russia
Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average
Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his wireless telegraph
Henry Ford completes the Ford Quadricycle, his first gasoline-powered automobile and also gives it a successful test run
One of the deadliest tsunamis in Japan's history kills more than 22,000 people
An explosion in the Newton Coal Company's Twin Shaft Mine in Pittston, Pennsylvania results in a massive cave-in that ki
William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech advocating bimetallism at the 1896 Democratic National…
Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada,…
Bridget Driscoll became the first recorded case of a pedestrian killed in a collision with a motor car in the United…
Anglo-Zanzibar War: The shortest war in world history (09:02 to 09:40), between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar.
Philippine Revolution: After Spanish victory in the Battle of San Juan del Monte, eight provinces in the Philippines…
Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan: British forces under the command of Horatio Kitchener take Dongola.
Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history (later…