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 – 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 )

* October 26 – Gerty Cori, Austrian-born biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ( b. 1896 )

Carl Ferdinand Cori ForMemRS ( December 5, 1896 – October 20, 1984 ) was a Czech biochemist and pharmacologist born in Prague ( then in Austria-Hungary, now Czech Republic ) who, together with his wife Gerty Cori and Argentine physiologist Bernardo Houssay, received a Nobel Prize in 1947 for their discovery of how glycogen ( animal starch ) – a derivative of glucose – is broken down and resynthesized in the body, for use as a store and source of energy.

* 1896 – Carl Ferdinand Cori, Austrian-born biochemist, Nobel laureate ( d. 1984 )

* 1984 – Carl Ferdinand Cori, Austrian-born biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ( b. 1896 )

** Carl Ferdinand Cori, Austrian-born biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ( b. 1896 )

* October 26-Gerty Cori ( born 1896 ), biochemist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1947.

* 1896 – Lilia Skala, Austrian actress ( d. 1994 )

Statistical mechanics was initiated in 1870 with the work of Austrian physicist Ludwig Boltzmann, much of which was collectively published in Boltzmann's 1896 Lectures on Gas Theory.

* January 21 – Joseph Schildkraut, Austrian actor ( b. 1896 )

** Hans List, Austrian inventor and automotive pioneer ( b. 1896 )

** Anton Walbrook, Austrian actor ( b. 1896 )

* September 4 – Anton Bruckner, Austrian composer ( d. 1896 )

The Austrian composer Franz Schmidt ( referred to in Fischer 2003,, as " second only to Mahler in importance "), wrote four symphonies between 1896 and 1933, of which the Second and Fourth were not in the traditional four-movement form ( although both of these symphonies made explicit reference to it ).

In February 1896 his father paved the way for the reconciliation of Bulgaria and Russia with the conversion of the infant Prince Boris from Roman Catholicism to Eastern Orthodox Christianity, a move that earned Ferdinand the frustration of his wife, the animosity of his Catholic Austrian relatives ( particularly that of his uncle, Francis Joseph of Austria ) and excommunication from the Catholic Church.

Though he was born Bruno Schlesinger, he began using Walter as his surname in 1896, and officially changed his surname to Walter upon becoming a naturalised Austrian in 1911.

In 1896 the town lost its City Rights due to a decision by the governing Austrian authorities.

Christiane Hörbiger is one of the three actress daughters of Austrian actors Attila Hörbiger ( 1896 – 1987 ) and Paula Wessely ( 1907 – 2000 ).

His founding of a Social Democratic teachers ' union in 1896 lead to his delegation into the Lower Austrian provincial Board of Education in 1897, which in turn lead to his termination as a teacher later that same year.

* Archduke Franz Ferdinand Karl Ludwig Joseph ( 1863-1914 ), better known as Franz Ferdinand, was Heir to the Austrian throne from 1896 until he was assassinated in 1914, sparking World War I

Otto Hofmann ( March 16, 1896 – December 31, 1982 ) was an Austrian SS-Gruppenführer and an official of Nazi Germany's " Race and Settlement Main Office ".

Joseph Schildkraut ( March 22, 1896 – January 21, 1964 ) was an Austrian stage and film actor.

During this period, Dassanowsky also modeled exclusively for Austrian painter Franz Xaver Wolf ( 1896 – 1990 ), whose work featuring her image is now in museum and private collections.

In 1896, he attempted suicide on his mother's grave, and a short stint in the Austrian army the following year ended with a nervous breakdown.

Heimito von Doderer ( 5 September 1896, in Weidlingau ( now a part of Hadersdorf-Weidlingau, Penzing ), near Vienna – 23 December 1966, Vienna ) was a famous Austrian writer.

Fritz Heider ( February 18, 1896 – January 2, 1988 ) was an Austrian psychologist whose work was related to the Gestalt school.

In 1896 Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria was appointed Colonel-in-Chief of the 1st King ’ s Dragoon Guards and allowed the regiment to wear the Austrian imperial coat of arms, which is still used as the regiment's cap badge today.

The city of Vienna quickly became the centre of Austrian football and by the end of 1896 there were seven clubs playing there, several of which also fielded reserve sides.

First described in print by Alessandro Salvio in 1604, the opening is often called the Austrian Defense because it was studied by Austrian chess players including Hans Haberditz ( c. 1901 – 57 ), Hans Müller ( 1896 – 1971 ), and GM Ernst Grünfeld.