Alfred Bernhard Nobel ( äl ' fred bern ' härd nōbel ') () ( 21 October 1833 – 10 December 1896 ) was a Swedish chemist, engineer, innovator, and armaments manufacturer.

* 1896 – In Athens, the opening of the first modern Olympic Games is celebrated, 1, 500 years after the original games are banned by Roman Emperor Theodosius I.

* 1896 – Closing ceremony of the Games of the I Olympiad in Athens, Greece.

* 1896 – Hans List, Austrian inventor and entrepreneur ( d. 1996 )

* 1896 – Reverend Gary Davis, American singer and guitarist ( d. 1972 )

* 1896 – Anglo-Zanzibar War: the shortest war in world history ( 09: 00 to 09: 45 ) between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar.

* 1896 – Faina Ranevskaya, Russian actress ( d. 1984 )

* 1844 – James Henry Greathead, English engineer ( d. 1896 )

* 1896 – Erich Hückel, German physicist ( d. 1980 )

* 1896 – Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist ( d. 1980 )

In 1896 England under the captaincy of W G Grace won the series 2 – 1, and this marked the end of England's longest period of Ashes dominance.

* 1896 – Lorenzo Herrera, Venezuelan singer and composer ( d. 1960 )

* 1988 – Jim Jordan, American actor ( b. 1896 )

* 1896 – Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, American author ( d. 1953 )

* 1896 – Pat Clayton, English surveyor and explorer ( d. 1962 )

* 1896 – Tristan Tzara, Romanian poet and essayist ( d. 1963 )

* 1896 – Gerty Cori, Austrian biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1957 )

* 1896 – Catherine Doherty, Russian-Canadian activist ( d. 1985 )

* 1896 – Paul Outerbridge, American photographer ( d. 1958 )

* 1896 – Léon Theremin, Russian inventor, invented the Theremin ( d. 1993 )

* 1896 – Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.

* 1896 – Officially recognised date of the Cry of Pugad Lawin, the start of the Philippine Revolution is made in Pugad Lawin ( Quezon City ), in the province of Manila ( actual date and location is disputed ).

* 1896 – Philippine Revolution: After Spanish victory in the Battle of San Juan del Monte, eight provinces in the Philippines are declared under martial law by the Spanish Governor-General Ramón Blanco y Erenas.

* 1850 – Marcelo H. del Pilar, Filipino writer, journalist, and revolutionary ( d. 1896 )

* 1896 – Raymond Massey, Canadian actor ( d. 1983 )

Following the failed insurrections of 1896 – 97 the Ndebele and Shona groups became subject to Rhodes's administration thus precipitating European settlement en masse which led to land distribution disproportionately favouring Europeans, displacing the Shona, Ndebele, and other indigenous peoples.

A bitter strike of hard rock miners in 1896 – 97 led to bloodshed, at least five deaths, and the burning of the Coronado Mine.

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After they won the Southern League title in 1896 – 97, the club became a limited company and changed their name to Southampton F. C.

* Champions: 1896 – 97, 1897 – 98, 1898 – 99, 1900 – 01, 1902 – 03, 1903 – 04

* Baseball Hall of Famer Honus Wagner played his last two seasons ( 1896 – 97 ) of minor league baseball for the Paterson Silk Sox.

Brighouse Rangers played from 1895 – 96 to 1905 – 06 winning the Yorkshire League in the 1896 – 97 season.

The original Castleford rugby league club played in the Northern Union ( Rugby Football League ) from 1896 – 97 to 1905 – 06, and it had one player named Isaac Cole who won a cap for England in 1906 against Other Nationalities.

Other works of the period were the fantasy overture Over the Hills and Far Away ( 1895 – 97 ) and orchestral variations, Appalachia ( 1896, rewritten in 1904 for voices and orchestra ).

* Brüder brothers, Director: Werner Hochbaum, Germany 1929 – On the general strike in the port of Hamburg, Germany in 1896 / 97

This view is based on his position of President / Supremo of the Katipunan revolutionary government from 1896 – 97.

* The inaugural Rugby League Challenge Cup competition begins in the 1896 – 97 season.

Lasker thus became the second formally recognized World Chess Champion, and confirmed his title by beating Steinitz even more convincingly in their re-match in 1896 – 97 ( ten wins, five draws, and two losses ).

Lasker's match record was as impressive between his 1896 – 97 re-match with Steinitz and 1914: he won all but one of his normal matches, and three of those were convincing defenses of his title.

Their application was successful, and for the club's debut season, 1896 – 97, they joined the sixteen-team Second Division.

Shortly after the disastrous Jameson Raid of the BSAP into the Transvaal Republic, the Ndebele were led by their spiritual leader Mlimo against the white colonials and thus began the Second Matabele War ( 1896 – 97 ) which resulted in the extermination of nearly half of the British settlers.

Two Naval Revolts ( 1891 & 1893 – 94 ), the Federalist Rebellion ( 1893 – 95 ), War of Canudos ( 1896 – 97 ), Vaccine Revolt ( 1904 ), Revolt of the Whip ( 1910 ) and Sedição de Juazeiro ( 1914 ).

File: MerionCricket. jpg | Merion Cricket Club, Haverford, Pennsylvania ( 1896 – 97 ).

** Runners-up: 1896 – 97

* 1896 / 97 Frederick R. Radford

Before Burnley won a trophy again, they were relegated to the Second Division in 1896 – 97.

* 1896 – 97 Inverness Celtic

In 1896 – 97 he explored the interior of Spitsbergen, and the following year he explored and surveyed the Bolivian Andes, climbing Sorata ( 21, 500 ft / 6, 553 m ) and Illimani ( 21, 200 ft / 6, 461 m ).

The competition dates back to 1896 – 97 and was the most prestigious cup trophy in the former East Region.