What happened in 1896?
403 recorded events in 1896, including 188 in people, 99 in economy & trade and 37 in architecture & engineering. A further event is dated only to the wider period.
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Major Events 1
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First modern Olympic Games
The first modern Olympic Games are held in Athens, reviving the ancient tradition.
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Wars & Conflicts 18
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Philippine Revolution
1896–1898 conflict against Spanish colonial authorities
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Battle of Adwa
Battle between the Ethiopian Empire and the Kingdom of Italy near the town of Adwa, the climactic battle of the First Italo-Ethiopian War, securing Ethiopian sovereignty
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Second Matabele War
War fought between 1896 and 1897 in the area then known as Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe.
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Defense of Van
Act of self-defense by the Armenian population of Van against the armed forces of the Ottoman Empire
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Battle of Mek'ele
1896 battle of the First Italo-Ethiopian War
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Adibo dali
1896 battle in Adibo during the colonial German military expedition against the Kingdom of Dagbon
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Battle of Binakayan–Dalahican
1896 battle during the Philippine Revolution
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Battle of Porédaka
1896 battle
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Battle of Imus
1896 battle etween Spain and the Philippines
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Cry of Nueva Ecija
Battle of the Philippine Revolution
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Battle of San Juan del Monte
1896 battle of the Philippine Revolution
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Battle of Noveleta
Philippine revolution battle (1896)
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Battle of Pateros
1896 battle
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Battle of Shangi
1896 battle
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Battle of Manila
Battle in 1896 during the Philippine Revolution
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Battle of Sambat
1896 battle during the Philippine Revolution
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Battle of San Rafael
Battle during the Philippine Revolution
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Battle of San Mateo and Montalban
Battle of San Mateo and Montalban (Wars & Conflicts).
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Politics & Government 3
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Li–Lobanov Treaty
Treaty between the Russian Empire and Qing China
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Treaty of Addis Ababa
October 1896 treaty between Ethiopia and Italy
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Yamagata–Lobanov Agreement
1896 treaty between Japan and Russia
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People 188
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Paul Arène died
Provençal poet/French writer (1843-1896)
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Alfred Nobel died
Swedish chemist and inventor (1833–1896)
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August Kekulé died
German organic chemist (1829–1896)
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Ferdinand von Mueller died
German-Australian botanist (1825–1896)
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Gerhard Friedrich Rohlfs died
German geographer, explorer, author and adventurer (1831–1896)
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Edward Benson died
Archbishop of Canterbury (1829-1896)
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Otto Lilienthal died
German aviation pioneer (1848-1896)
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Gabriel Auguste Daubrée died
French mineralogist and geologist (1814–1896)
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Hippolyte Fizeau died
French physicist (1819–1896)
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Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor died
Russian rabbi and Talmudist (1817–1896)
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Abdullah Nadim died
Writer, poet, journalist, and a pioneer of Egyptian nationalism
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Marquis de Morès died
French ranchman in the Dakota Territory, railroad pioneer in Vietnam, and politician
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Emil du Bois-Reymond died
German physician and physiologist (1818–1896)
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Luigi Federico Menabrea died
Italian politician, scientist, and general (1809–1896)
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Vera Popova died
Russian chemist (1867–1896)
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William Robert Grove died
British judge and chemist (1811–1896)
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Benjamin Apthorp Gould died
American astronomer (1824–1896)
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Josiah Whitney died
American geologist (1819–1896)
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Eduard Dallmann died
German explorer (1830–1896)
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John Stanislaw Kubary died
Polish traveler, ethnographer and naturalist, explorer of Oceania (1846-1896)
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Stefan Szolc-Rogoziński died
Polish explorer (1861–1896)
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William Chandless died
Amazonian explorer, linguist (1829–1896)
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Constant de Deken died
Belgian explorer and missionary (1852–1896)
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Théodore Pavie died
French indologist (1811–1896)
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Antonio Cecchi died
Italian explorer (1849-1896)
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Horatio Hale died
American anthropologist (1817–1896)
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Horace Waller died
English anti-slavery activist, missionary, clergyman and lepidopterist (1833-1896)
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Emilie de Morsier died
(1843-1896)
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Papken Siuni died
Armenian revolutionary
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Letitia Youmans died
Canadian activist (1827-1896)
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Philipp Ludwig von Seidel died
German mathematician, optician and astronomer (1821-1896)
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George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr. died
American engineer (1859-1896)
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Aleksandr Stoletov died
Russian physicist (1839–1896)
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Félix Tisserand died
French astronomer (1845-1896)
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Robert Nobel died
Swedish businessman (1829–1896)
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Luigi Palmieri died
Italian physicist and meteorologist (1807-1896)
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Eugen Baumann died
German chemist (1846-1896)
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Carl Humann died
German architect, engineer and archeologist (1839-1896)
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Hugo Gyldén died
Finnish-Swedish astronomer (1841-1896)
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Adalbert Krueger died
German astronomer (1832–1896)
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Alfred Ely Beach died
American businessman (1826–1896)
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Hubert Anson Newton died
American astronomer and scientist (1830–1896)
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Giulio Ascoli died
Italian mathematician (1843-1896)
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Moritz Wilhelm Drobisch died
German mathematician, philosopher and psychologist (1802-1896)
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Sylvester H. Roper died
American inventor (1823-1896)
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Moritz Schiff died
German physiologist and anatomist (1823-1896)
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Joseph Rémi Léopold Delbœuf died
Belgian mathematician (1831-1896)
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Axel Möller died
Swedish astronomer (1830-1896)
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Ferdinand Schichau died
German engineer (1814-1896)
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James Henry Greathead died
British civil engineer (1844-1896)
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Sophus Tromholt died
Danish photographer (1851–1896)
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Dervish Ibrahim Pasha died
Ottoman statesman
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Christian Wiener died
German mathematician (1826-1896)
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Frigyes Ákos Hazslinszky died
Hungarian botanist (1818–1896)
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Rafael Hertzberg died
Finland Swedish writer, translator, historian, businessman, inventor and publicist (1845-1896)
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Adolfo Bartoli died
Italian physicist (1851-1896)
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Eugène Caillaux died
French politician and engineer (1822-1896)
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Kajetan Kraszewski died
Polish writer (1827-1896)
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John Pender died
British politician and industrialist (1816–1896)
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Levi Knight Fuller died
American politician (1841–1896)
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Erik Jørgensen died
Norwegian firearm designer (1848–1896)
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Sekiya Seikei died
Japanese seismologist (1855–1896)
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H. Newell Martin died
British physiologist (1848–1896)
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François Massieu died
French engineer and mathematician (1832-1896)
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Jules de Reiset died
French politician, chemist and agronomist (1818–1896)
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Daniel Kinnear Clark died
British engineer and writer (1822–1896)
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George Harley died
British physician
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John D. Lawson died
American politician (1816-1896)
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Christian Drewsen died
Danish biologist
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Dimitrios Kokkidis died
Greek university teacher and astronomer (1840-1896)
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Charlie Bassett died
American sheriff (1847-1896)
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Friedrich Schickendantz died
Argentinian chemist, botanist, geologist & meteorologist (1837-1896)
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James Browne died
British Indian Army general
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Ernesto Padova died
Italian mathematician (1845–1896)
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Raimundo Teixeira Belfort Roxo died
Brazilian engineer (1838-1896)
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Bernhard Minnigerode died
German mineralogist and mathematician
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Frederick Brearey died
British aeronautical inventor
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Gaston Méry died
French explorer and surveyor (c. 1844–1896)
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George Henry Richards died
Naval officer, Hydrographer of the Royal Navy 1863-1874 (1820-1896)
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Ivan Petrof died
Writer, explorer
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Arthur Bayley died
Australian gold prospector (1865-1896)
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Joseph Moloney died
British doctor
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Samuel Hamersley died
Western Australian politician
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Emelia Gurney died
English campaigner for women's higher education (1823-1896)
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Julia Goddard died
Children's writer and animal welfare campaigner (1825-1896)
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José Asunción Silva died
Colombian author (1865-1896)
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Alexander Ritter died
German composer (1833-1896)
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Ernesto Rossi died
Italian actor 1827-1896
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Matei Millo died
Romanian playwright and actor
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Augustus Harris died
British actor and impresario (1852-1896)
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Adolphe Danhauser died
French composer (1835–1896)
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Richard Pohl died
German composer (1826–1896)
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Josef Dachs died
Austrian musician (1825–1896)
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Kate Field died
American journalist (1838-1896)
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Josef Jiří Kolár died
Czech actor, translator and writer (1812–1896)
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Ivan Gorbunov died
Russian actor (1831-1896)
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Fritz Arlberg died
Swedish singer and composer (1830–1896)
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Henry David Leslie died
English composer and conductor (1822-1896)
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James Lewis died
American actor (1837-1896)
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Otto Sutro died
American conductor
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Jennie Kimball died
American actor, soubrette, theatrical manager (1851-1896)
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Wilhelm Wiesberg died
Austrian author (1850–1896)
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Alice Harrison died
American stage actress (1850-1896)
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Annie Lewis died
American actress (1869-1896)
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Eliza Biscaccianti died
American opera singer (1824-1896)
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Frank Mayo died
American actor (1839-1896)
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Henrique Luís Levy died
French-Brazilian musician, composer, businessman (1829–1896)
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Auguste Louis Brot died
Swiss malacologist (1821-1896)
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Anders Ljungqvist died
Swedish musician
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Wyzeman Marshall died
American actor (1816-1896)
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Henry Howe died
English actor
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Lillie Berg died
American musician, musical educator
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Alexander Salvini died
Italian actor (1861-1896)
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Jane Stephens died
English actress
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John Ashton died
Welsh musician (1830-1896)
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F. Scott Fitzgerald born
Born in Saint Paul. American writer (1896–1940).
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Georgy Zhukov born
Born in Strelkovka. Marshal of the Soviet Union (1896-1974).
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Jean Piaget born
Born in Neuchâtel. Swiss psychologist, biologist, logician, philosopher and academic (1896–1980).
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Eugenio Montale born
Born in Genoa. Italian poet (1896-1981).
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André Breton born
Born in Tinchebray. French writer and poet, co-founder of Surrealism (1896–1966).
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Tristan Tzara born
Born in Bacău. Romanian-French poet (1896–1963).
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Lev Vygotsky born
Born in Vorsha. Soviet psychologist (1896-1934).
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Trygve Lie born
Born in Grünerløkka. 1st Secretary-General of the United Nations (1896–1968).
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A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada born
Born in Kolkata. Indian spiritual teacher and founder of the ISKCON.
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Antonin Artaud born
Born in Marseille. French-Occitanian poet, playwright, actor and theatre director (1896-1948).
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Imre Nagy born
Born in Kaposvár. Hungarian politician (1896-1958).
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Sandro Pertini born
Born in San Giovanni. Italian journalist, resistance leader and politician, President of Italy from 1978 to 1985.
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Morarji Desai born
Born in Valsad district. Prime Minister of India (1977-1979).
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Nikolay Semyonov born
Born in Saratov. Soviet physical chemist (1896-1986).
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Konstantin Rokossovsky born
Born in Cieliachany. Soviet and Polish military commander (1896-1968).
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Roman Jakobson born
Born in Moscow. Russian linguist (1896–1982).
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John Dos Passos born
Born in Chicago. American novelist (1896–1970).
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Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa born
Born in Palermo. Sicilian Prince and writer (1896-1957).
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Klement Gottwald born
Born in Dědice. 5th President of Czechoslovakia.
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Buenaventura Durruti born
Born in León. Spanish anarchist (1896-1936).
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Mamie Eisenhower born
Born in Boone. First Lady of the United States from 1953 to 1961.
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A. J. Cronin born
Born in Cardross. Scottish novelist (1896–1981).
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Howard Hawks born
Born in Elkhart County. American film director, producer and screenwriter (1896–1977).
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Andrei Zhdanov born
Born in Mariupol. Soviet politician (1896-1948).
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George Burns born
Born in New York City. American comedian, actor, writer and singer (1896–1996).
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Nobusuke Kishi born
Born in Yamaguchi. 56th and 57th Prime Minister of Japan (1896–1987).
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Italo Balbo born
Born in Quartesana. Italian Marshal of the Air Force and minister (1896–1940).
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David Alfaro Siqueiros born
Born in Chihuahua City. Mexican painter and muralist (1908–1974).
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Kazimierz Kuratowski born
Born in Warsaw. Polish mathematician (1896–1980).
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Elsa Triolet born
Born in Moscow. Russian-French writer (1896–1970).
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Kenji Miyazawa born
Born in Hanamakikawaguchi. Japanese poet and author of children's literature (1896-1933).
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Mark W. Clark born
Born in Sackets Harbor. United States Army general (1896–1984).
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Ernst Udet born
Born in Frankfurt. German flying ace (1896–1941).
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Na Hye-sok born
Born in Suwon. Writer and painter from Korea (1896-1948).
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Felix Steiner born
Born in Nesterov. German SS commander ; affiant in Pohl Trial (NMT 4).
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Anandamayi Ma born
Born in Kheora. Hindu Guru (1896–1982).
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Ira Gershwin born
Born in Manhattan. American lyricist (1896–1983).
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Aleksei Antonov born
Born in Hrodna. Soviet general (1896-1962).
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Heimito von Doderer born
Born in Weidlingau. Austrian writer (1896-1966).
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Wilhelm Ackermann born
Born in Herscheid. German mathematician best known for the Ackermann function (1896–1962).
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Boris Skossyreff born
Born in Vilnius. Russian adventurer, self-declared King of Andorra (1896-1989).
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Henry Allingham born
Born in London. British supercentenarian,who lived to age 113.
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Jimmy Doolittle born
Born in Alameda. American military officer and aviation pioneer (1896–1993).
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Evgeny Shvarts born
Born in Kazan. Russian writer (1896-1958).
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Gottlob Berger born
Born in Gerstetten. SS general (1896–1975).
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Karl August Wittfogel born
Born in Woltersdorf. German-American academic (1896–1988).
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Joseph Lawton Collins born
Born in New Orleans. United States Army general.
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He Long born
Born in Sangzhi County. Marshal of the People's Republic of China (1896–1969).
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Iona Yakir born
Born in Chișinău. Soviet military commander (1896–1937).
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Sofya Yanovskaya born
Born in Pružany. Russian mathematician (1896–1966).
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Eduardo Lonardi born
Born in Buenos Aires. Dictatorship of Argentina (1896-1956).
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Miles Dempsey born
Born in New Brighton. British army officer (1896-1969).
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Frederick Browning born
Born in Kensington. British Army general (1896–1965).
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Ieronim Uborevich born
Born in Antandraja. Soviet military officer (1896-1937).
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Ludwik Fleck born
Born in Lviv. Polish physician (1896–1961).
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Robert E. Sherwood born
Born in New Rochelle. American writer (1896–1955).
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Zygmunt Berling born
Born in Limanowa. Polish general and politician (1896-1980).
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Ivan Merz born
Born in Banja Luka. Bosnian-Croatian academic, Catholic layperson, writer, schoolteacher, polyglot and blessed of the Catholic Church (1896–1928).
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Agustín Muñoz Grandes born
Born in Carabanchel. Spanish general and politician (1896-1970).
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Prince Roman Petrovich of Russia born
Born in Znamenka Palace. Russian prince (1896-1978).
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Wolf-Heinrich Graf von Helldorf born
Born in Merseburg. German politician (1896-1944).
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Ivan Yefimovich Petrov born
Born in Trubchevsk. Soviet general (1896-1958).
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Aimo Lahti born
Born in Viiala. Finnish weapons designer.
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Vasily Gordov born
Born in Käcä. Soviet colonel general (1896–1950).
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Otto Hofmann born
Born in Innsbruck. Austrian-born German SS general, head of the SS Race and Settlement Main Office (1896-1982).
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Alberto Demicheli born
Born in Rocha. Dictator of Uruguay (1896-1980).
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Steponas Darius born
Born in Darius. Lithuanan-American pilot (1896-1933).
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Friedrich Waismann born
Born in Vienna. Austrian philosopher (1896–1959).
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Máté Zalka born
Born in Tunyogmatolcs. Hungarian writer and revolutionary (1896–1937).
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Albert Ball born
Born in Lenton. British aviator killed in WWI.
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Rudolf Schmundt born
Born in Metz. German general (1896–1944).
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Saeed Nafisi born
Born in Tehran. Iranian writer.
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Hugo Gyldén died
Died in Adolf Fredriks parish. Finnish-Swedish astronomer (1841-1896).
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Science & Technology 22
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University of the Witwatersrand
Public research university in Johannesburg, South Africa
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Shanghai Jiao Tong University
University in Shanghai, China
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Sichuan University
University in Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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Royal Observatory
Observatory in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Clarkson University
Private research university with its main campus in Potsdam, New York, United States
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Beijing Jiaotong University
University based in Beijing, China
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Russian University of Transport
Higher education institution in the field of railway transport in Moscow, Russia
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Adelphi University
University in Garden City, New York
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Lesgaft National State University of Physical Education, Sport and Health
University in St Petersburg, Russia
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Tarleton State University
Public university in Stephenville, TX, USA
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Taipei Botanical Garden
Botanical garden in Taipei, Taiwan
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Oakwood University
American private Seventh-day Adventist university in Alabama
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University of North London
Former university in England
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Gómez Ulla Military Hospital
Hospital in Spain
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Grand View University
Private liberal arts university in Des Moines, Iowa, United States
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Krishna Chandra College
College in West Bengal
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Corinth Excavations
Long-term archaeological project at Ancient Corinth
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Wingate University
Private university in Wingate, North Carolina
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Salem Health Hospital
Hospital in Oregon, United States
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Winthrop-University Hospital
Hospital in Mineola, New York
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Hospital Pirovano
Hospital in Argentina
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Walsall Manor Hospital
UK public sector hospital in Wallsall, West Midlands, England
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Exploration & Discovery 4
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Merneptah Stele
Memorial plaque by Merneptah who ruled Egypt between 1213 and 1203 BC
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Papyrus 1
Early copy of part of the New Testament in Greek
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Shukhov tower in Polibino
Hyperboloid tower in Lipetsk Oblast, Russia
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Harbor Baths (Ephesus)
Bath complex located close to the harbor, adjacent to the harbor gymnasium in Ephesus
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Religion & Belief Systems 16
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Kowloon Mosque and Islamic Centre
Mosque and Islamic center in Hong Kong
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St. George's Cathedral
Cathedral in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Imam Hussein Mosque
Mosque in Baku, Azerbaijan
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St. Alexander Nevsky's Church, Novocherkassk
Temple in Novocherkassk, Russia
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Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament
Roman Catholic religious order for men
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Buzovna Juma Mosque
Mosque in Baku, Azerbaijan
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Nativity of Our Lady Cathedral
Roman catholic church in Samut Songkhram province, Thailand
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Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue
Synagogue in Westminster, London, England, UK
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Synagogue of La Chaux-de-Fonds
Synagogue in the canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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Synagogue in Lida
Synagogue in Lida (Religion & Belief Systems).
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Ahavath Beth Israel
Reform synagogue in Idaho
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Lubuk Bauk Mosque
Mosque in West Sumatra, Indonesia
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Former Synagogue in Yambol
Former Synagogue in Yambol (Religion & Belief Systems).
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Chewra Thilim Prayerhouse of Kazimierz, Kraków
Chewra Thilim Prayerhouse of Kazimierz, Kraków (Religion & Belief Systems).
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Synagogue in Sławków
Synagogue in Sławków (Religion & Belief Systems).
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Haji Teymur Mosque
Haji Teymur Mosque (Religion & Belief Systems).
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Economy & Trade 99
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Hoffmann-La Roche
Swiss healthcare company
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Great Industrial Exposition of Berlin
1896 world fair
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Nordsee
German fast-food restaurant chain
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Luhanskteplovoz
Company
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Nippon Sharyo
Company
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Nutricia
Dutch company
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Karosa
Czech Republic bus manufacturer (1896-1999)
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Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich
Public transport company in Zurich, Switzerland
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SHV Holdings
Dutch holding company in steel and other industries
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Anchor Brewing Company
Alcoholic beverage producer in San Francisco, California
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Yanagisawa Wind Instruments
Company
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Landis+Gyr
Swiss company
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Hypo Group Alpe Adria
Company
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Zimbabwe Stock Exchange
Stock exchange located in Harare, Zimbabwe
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Yvert et Tellier
French philately publisher
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Triumph
German bicycle and motorcycle company
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Addiko Bank
Austrian banking and financial services company
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Coop A.M.B.A.
Coperative based in Denmark
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Omsktransmash
Russian vehicle manufacturer
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British Thomson-Houston
British engineering and heavy industrial company
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Blokker Holding
Former Dutch company
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Yamagata Bank
Japanese regional banks
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Eveready Battery Company
American battery manufacturer
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Meyer-Optik
Lens manufacturer
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Nippn
Company
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Arnold Busck
Arnold Busck (Economy & Trade).
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Cunningham automobile
Pioneering American production automobile
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Borges
Spanish company
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Collectors Club of New York
US private club and philatelic society
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Sure Mobile
Telecommunications company in the Isle of Man, Jersey, Guernsey, the Falkland Islands, St. Helena, Ascension Island, and the British Indian Ocean Territory
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Cattolica Assicurazioni
Insurance company
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Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company
Railway company
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Holley Performance Products
Holley manufactures high performance carburetors, manifolds, superchargers, water pumps, throttle body fuel injection and fuel pumps for street and race applications.
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Riker Electric Vehicle Company
Defunct American motor vehicle manufacturer
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WEC Energy Group
American energy company providing electricity and natural gas to 4.4 million customers
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African Explosives
Mining services company headquartered in Johannesburg
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Roche Diagnostics
Swiss diagnostic company
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Tootsie Roll Industries
Candy company
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Bubba Trattori
Bubba Trattori (Economy & Trade).
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Misono-za
Theater in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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Archambault
Canadian music retailer
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Stark Group
Danish company
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Gunze
Japanese clothing brand
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Tokyo Tatemono
Japanese real estate company
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Raufoss Ammunisjonsfabrikker
Norwegian company
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Bochum-Gelsenkirchener Straßenbahnen
Public transport operator in the Ruhr area
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Satake Corporation
Multinational agricultural equipment maker based in Hiroshima, Japan
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Poudreries Réunies de Belgique
Belgium's former, large manufacturer of munitions
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United Bulb and Electricity Co.
Business
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Petters Limited
Former manufacturer of internal combustion engines, and one of Lister Petter's predecessors
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Norfolk and Western Railway
Transport company
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Garte Valley Railway
Transport company
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arsEdition
Company
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American Appraisal
Company
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Burdines
Defunct department store chain based in Miami
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Arendals Fossekompani
Norwegian energy company
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Charleston and Western Carolina Railway
Defunct American railway company (1896–1959)
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Chappell's
Family-owned department store chain based in Syracuse, New York 1896-1994
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Kragerø Fjordbåtselskap
Norwegian transport company
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Toyo Kisen Kaisha
Defunct Japanese shipping company (1896–1960)
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Holmenkolbanen
Norwegian transport company
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Lodge
Manufacturer of cast iron cookware based in South Pittsburg, Tennessee
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Briton Motor Company
Automobile manufacturer
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Samworth Brothers
British food manufacturer
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Olympia Brewing Company
Brewery in Tumwater, Washington, United States founded in 1896
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The Coventry Motor Company
UK business
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W. Baelz & Sohn
W. Baelz & Sohn (Economy & Trade).
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Mundial S.A.
Mundial S.A. (Economy & Trade).
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Emilio Lustau
Spanish sherry producer
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Dedham Pottery
Pottery company
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Collin Street Bakery
Bakery in Texas, famous for their fruitcake
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Bostitch
American fastening tools company
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Cory Environmental
UK business
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Credito Romagnolo
Bank privately with headquarters in Bologna and mainly active in Emilia-Romagna.
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Warren, Brookfield and Spencer Street Railway
American company
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Castlemaine Brewery, Western Australia
Ceased trading in 1927
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National Counties Building Society
British building society
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Midland Railway
Canadian railway, 1896–1983
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Carl A. Høyers Stomatolfabrikk
Former Norwegian toothpaste manufacturer
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Punjana
Tea brand by Thompson' Tea
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Korn- og Foderstof Kompagniet
Danish company
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St. John's Street Railway Company
Early-20th-century Canadian tramway system
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Standard Chartered Ghana
Bank in Ghana
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Pattison's Ltd
Scotch whisky blending company
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Hamodava
About mars moon and all eight planets in order
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The Seattle Times Company
American newspaper publisher
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Kliegl Brothers Universal Electric Stage Lighting Company
Kliegl Brothers Universal Electric Stage Lighting Company (Economy & Trade).
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Allianz Life
Provides annuities and life insurance products in the United States
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Harrisonville Telephone Company
Telephone company in Waterloo, Illinois, US
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Cawood, Wistow and Selby Light Railway
Railway in Yorkshire
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San Diego Brewing Company
Historic brewery
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Kalgoorlie Brewing and Ice Company
Brewing company founded in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
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Schmitt Music
American retail music company
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Malleable Iron Range Company
Household appliance maker (1896–1985)
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Minster Machine Company
American corporation
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Fellows & Stewart
Shipyard in San Pedro, California, United States
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Malayan Racing Association
Governing body for horse racing in Malaysia and Singapore
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Simmons & Simmons
London-based international law firm
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Libman Company
American cleaning supply manufacturer
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Disasters & Pandemics 2
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Braamfontein Explosion
Explosion in Braamfontein
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1896 Eastern North America heat wave
United States weather disaster
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Social Movements & Revolutions 4
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1896–1897 Macedonian Rebellion
1896–1897 Macedonian Rebellion (Social Movements & Revolutions).
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1896 Manila mutiny
Uprising against the Spanish colonial government in the Philippines
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Kawit Revolt
1896 battle of the Philippine Revolution
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Newlyn riots
1896 riots in Cornwall
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Architecture & Engineering 37
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Christ Church, Windhoek
Architectural structure
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Ponte Cavour
Bridge in Italy
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Church of Sant'Anselmo all'Aventino, Rome
Church building in Rome, Italy
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Church of the Saviour
Building in Baku, Azerbaijan
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Gardoš Tower
Memorial tower in Zemun, Belgrade, Serbia
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Tampere Orthodox Church
Eastern Orthodox church in Tampere, Finland
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Alexander's Courtyard
Church building in Jerusalem, Israel
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Immaculate Conception Church, Smolensk
Church in Russia
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St. Augustine's Church in Warsaw
Church building in Warsaw, Poland
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Rørvik Church
Destroyed church in Trøndelag, Norway
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Malmö IP
Stadium in Malmö, Sweden
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Voll Church
Parish church in Måndalen, Rauma municipality, Norway
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St. Agnes
Church in Cologne-Neustadt-Nord, Germany
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Cooks Gardens
Park and sporting precinct in Whanganui, New Zealand
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Totenviken Church
Church building in Østre Toten, Innlandet, Norway
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Zion's Church
Church in Copenhagen, Denmark
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Stangvik Church
Church building in Surnadal, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
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Crkva Svetog Save
Church in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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St. Anthony of Padua Church
Church
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St Twrog's Church
Church in Maentwrog, north Wales
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St. Luke's Church
Church building in Brzeg, Poland
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Husøy Church
Church building in Solund, Norway
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Saints Constantine and Helen Serbian Orthodox Church
Church in Texas, United States
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St Mary's Church, Borwick
Grade II listed church in Borwick, Lancaster, Lancashire, England, UK
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St Mary's Church
Church in Bruera, Cheshire, England, UK
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Ellis Methodist Episcopal Church
Church building in New York, United States of America
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Trinity Episcopal Church
Church building in North Carolina, United States of America
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Whittier Field
Outdoor stadium of Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine
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Sacred Heart Church
Church in Petworth, West Sussex, England, UK
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St Lawrence's Church
Grade II listed church in Barton, Preston, Lancashire, England, UK
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St George's Church, Heaviley
Grade I listed church in Heaviley, Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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St James' Church, Church Kirk
Church in Church, Lancashire, England, UK
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St. Joseph Parish Complex
Church building in Nebraska, United States of America
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St John the Baptist's Church, Atherton
Grade II listed church in Atherton, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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St John the Evangelist Church, Oxford
Church in Oxford, UK
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All Saints Anglican Church
Church building in Saskatchewan, Canada
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Grant A.M.E. Church
Church building in New Jersey, United States of America
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Sports & Entertainment 8
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Amazon Theatre
Opera house in Manaus, Brazil
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Comedy Theatre of Budapest
Theatre in Budapest, Hungary
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Maria Filotti Theatre
Theatre in Brăila, Romania
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Municipal Theatre in Bydgoszcz
Former theatre in today's Bydgoszcz, Poland (then Bromberg, Germany)
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Adolfa Alunāna Theatre
Theatre in Latvia
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Willow Grove Park
Amusement park in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, United States
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The Spa, Bridlington
Dance hall, theatre, conference centre and former cinema in Bridlington, England
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Detmolder Sommertheater
Theatre in Detmold, Germany
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Empires & Countries 1
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Mossi Kingdoms dissolved
Mossi Kingdoms ceased to exist, having been centered at Tenkodogo.
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Dated to the wider period
Wikidata records this entry only to a century, decade or millennium rather than to a specific year. It is listed here because 1896 is where that broader date falls, not because it is known to have happened in 1896.
1890s 1
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Our Lady of the Rosary Roman Catholic Church
Church building in Detroit, United States of America
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