In history, year 1896 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1896.
| Date/Month | Event / Incidence / Incident |
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| 01 february | Giacomo Puccini's opera La bohème premiered at the Teatro Regio in Turin, Italy, eventually becoming one of the most frequently performed operas internationally. |
| 01 march | Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa, ending the First Italo-Ethiopian War. |
| 01 march | French physicist Henri Becquerel discovered the principle of radioactive decay when he exposed photographic plates to uranium. |
| 06 april | The first modern Olympic Games opened in Athens, with 241 athletes from 14 nations participating in 43 events in nine disciplines. |
| 07 april | An Arctic expedition led by Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen Reached 86°13.6'N, almost three degrees beyond the previous Farthest North mark. |
| 18 may | The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the landmark case Plessy v.Ferguson, upholding the legality of racial segregation in publictran sportation under the 'Separate but equal' doctrine. |
| 27 may | The St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado, one of the deadliest and most destructive tornadoes in US history, struck St. Louis, Missouri, and East St. Louis, Illinois, killing more than 255 people and injuring at least 1, 000 others. |
| 15 june | A 7.2 Ms earthquake and a subsequent tsunami struck Japan,destroying about 9,000 homes and causing at least 22,000 deaths. |
| 09 july | Politician William Jennings Bryan made his Cross of Gold speechadvocating bimetallism, considered one of the greatest politicalspeeches in American history. |
| 16 august | A group led by Skookum Jim Mason discovered gold near DawsonCity, Yukon, Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush. |
| 23 august | Andrés Bonifacio and his Katipunan comrades in modern-day Quezon City rose up in revolt against Spanish rule, marking the beginning of the Philippine Revolution. |
| 27 august | The United Kingdom and Zanzibar went to war, with Zanzibarsurrendering less than an hour after the conflict broke out. |
| 30 august | Philippine Revolution-In the Battle of San Juan del Monte, the first real battle of the war, a Katipunan force temporarily captured apowder magazine before being beaten back by a Spanish garrison. |
| 10 december | Alfred Jarry's play Ubu Roi made its only performance in Parisat the Théâtre de l'Œuvre, infamously causing a riotous response in the audience. |
| 30 december | Philippine Revolution-Nationalist José Rizal was executed by firing squad in Manila after Spanish authorities convicted him of rebellion, sedition, and conspiracy. |
| 04 May | The first edition of the Daily Mail newspaper was published in London. |
| 27 May | Czar Nicholas II became the last emperor of Russia. |
| 02 June | G. Marconi applied for a patent in his name to radio, which was later accepted on July 2, 1897. |
| 15 June | The tsunami that followed the earthquake killed about 22,000 people on Japan's Sanricu coast. |
| 12 November | Famous ornithologist Salim Ali was born in Mumbai by the name of Hubbardman of India. |
| 10 December | Alfred Bernhard Nobel, a Swedish chemist and founder of the Nobel Prize, died. |
| 28 December | Vande Mataram was sung for the first time at the Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress. |
| 18 January | For the first time the X ray machine was brought to the world. |
| 29 January | Swami Pranabananda Maharaj, founder of Bharat Seva Ashram Sangh was born. |
| 16 February | The famous poet, litterateur and writer of Hindi, Suryakant Tripathi Nirala was born. |
| 21 February | The great poet and writer Suryakant Tripathi Nirala was born. |
| 28 February | Vande Mataram was sung for the first time at the Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress. |
| 29 February | Former Prime Minister Morarji Desai was born, Morarji Desai was the sixth Prime Minister of India. |
| 01 March | An experiment by scientist Honory Becquerel revealed what radioactivity is, for the first time. |
| 25 March | Modern Olympic Games begin in Athens, the capital of Greece. |
| Date/Month | Name / Profession / Country |
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| 03 November | Gustaf Tenggren / Illustrator / United States of America |
| 04 February | Friedrich Glauser / Author / Switzerland |
| 04 January | Arnold Susi / Politician / Estonia |
| 05 December | Ann Nolan Clark / Author / United States of America |
| 06 October | David Howard / Director / United States of America |
| 07 April | Frits Peutz / Architect / Netherlands |
| 07 November | Esdras Minville / Economist / Canada |
| 08 March | Charlotte Whitton / Politician / Canada |
| 11 March | Olivério Pinto / Physician / Brazil |
| 15 April | Nikolay Semyonov / Chemist / Russia |
| 16 July | Trygve Lie / Politician / Norway |
| 17 July | Rupert Atkinson / Raf Officer / United Kingdom |
| 17 November | Lev Vygotsky / Philosopher / Russia |
| 18 January | Ville Ritola / Runner / United States of America |
| 20 April | Wop May / Captain / Canada |
| 23 October | André Lévêque / Engineer / France |
| 25 July | Josephine Tey / Author / Scotland |
| 26 August | Ivan Mihailov / Politician / Bulgaria |
| 30 April | Reverend Gary Davis / Singer / United States of America |
| 30 October | Kostas Karyotakis / Poet / Greece |
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
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| 14 January | C. D. Deshmukh / Economist / India |
| 29 February | Morarji Desai / Politician / India |
| 14 January | Sir Chintaman Dwarakanath Deshmukh / Civil Servant / India |
| 21 February | Suryakanti Tripathi Nirala / Writer / India |
| 01 September | A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada / Religious Leader / India |
| 20 August | Gostha Pal / Footballer / India |
| 21 February | Nirala / Poet / India |
| 29 February | Morarji Desai / Politician / India |
| 12 November | Salim Ali / Scientist / India |
| NA NA | Jai Gurudev / Religious Guru / India |
| 03 May | V. K. Krishna Menon / Politician / India |
| 24 February | Gopal Swarup Pathak / Politician / India |
| 28 August | Firaq Gorakhpuri / Poet / India |
| 12 November | Salim Ali / Author / India |
| 02 May | V. K. Krishna Menon / Lawyer / India |
| 29 February | Morarji Desai / Politician / India |